Period 2 Mrs. Allen Someone like You Book Report Sarah Dessen is a remarkable young adult author who has written many outstanding books such as This Lullaby and Keeping the Moon. A movie called How to Deal was also made based on her books That Summer and Someone like You. She is thirty-eight years old‚ however somehow‚ she seems to have unique gift where she reads and comes into teenager’s minds. Sarah can understand and feel what teenagers are going through most of the time‚ giving the story the
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death. In the poem " I heard a fly buzz- when I died‚" seems like the speaker is passively sitting there waiting for death. In "Because I could not stop for death" the character is not just going to sit and wait for her life to end. Instead the speaker is going to live life and just let death come to her naturally. In the poem "I heard a fly buzz when I died" the feeling of death being present in the room is the tone. In the poem the speaker writes "For that last onset- when the King/ Be witnesses-
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fact about me is that I like to rollerblade in my spare time. I do not play hockey and I do not do anything with it beyond the fact that I just like it. Even though it is typically seen as unusual for someone like myself I enjoy it because it is can helps me in many ways. If I am feeling down or stressed out the feeling of freedom and relief of gliding along can take my mind off anything. If I need a workout I can go from just a relaxing cruise to a tough workout anytime. I have not had the chance
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108. Like the deer that yearns for the running stream‚ so my soul is thirsting for you my God. When can I enter and see the face of the Lord? DEDICATION. The Lord is King‚ Most High over all the Earth. The Lord is King‚ with Majesty enrobed! Some may be questioning why we need to pray. Young people nowadays‚ in a world where anything seems possible at the touch of our fingers‚ are swathed in confidence about life and what lies ahead. This can be a double-edged sword. It is good to have great self-belief
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Emily Dickinson’s poems "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"‚ and "I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died"‚ both deal with one of life’s few certainties‚ death. Dickinson’s intense curiosity towards mortality was present in much of her work‚ and is her legacy as a poet. "Because I could Not Stop for Death" is one of Emily Dickinson’s most discussed and famous poems due to its ambiguous‚ and unique view on the popular subject of death. Death in this poem is told as a woman’s last trip‚ which is headed
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In both ‘I Will Marry When I Want’ By Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Ngũgĩ wa Mĩriĩ and ‘Woman at Point Zero’ by Nawal El Saadawi a running theme of pride is used to present the values of the characters presented. ‘Woman at point Zero’ portrays the idea of sacrificing the things in which you hold pride for your values or necessity though Firdaus‚ a struggling young Arab woman fighting to live in a predominantly male 1970’s Egypt. ‘I Will Mary When I Want’ differs in that it focuses on the battle to maintain
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assignments is posted online and may be completed at leisure without having to attend class meetings. While the leisure of this concept is nice‚ it takes away from the interpersonal skills that students need to acquire along with their education. When in a classroom‚ students may be required to speak their mind. They may be required to give presentations or speeches. They will have to work in groups with all kinds of people with many differing viewpoints. Online courses require none of that. Businesses
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HOW TO FORGET SOMEONE YOU LOVE How do we forget someone that has been a part of our lives for a quite some time? We find it hard at times when we actually want to forget them but still can’t because they’ve been “something” to us. Some get depressed‚ and some get stressed out with the things around them some get drunk and put their selves to trouble just to forget the hurt that they feel. But where do they end up? Some in the jail for their stupidity‚ some are stuck in the past and don’t
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In the poem “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer”‚ by Walt Whitman‚ the speaker “[becomes] tired and sick” of the learned astronomer’s “proofs‚ [and] figures” used to observe the stars. While the others attending the lecture applaud the astronomer for his approach to the stars‚ the speaker‚ however‚ exits the lecture hall to enjoy the stars in his preferred method of going outside in the “perfect silence”. These contrasting scenes expose the dichotomous relationship of the speaker’s and the astronomer’s
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Have you ever heard about the book Someone Like You? Someone Like You written by Sarah Dessen is a Young Adult Fiction Novel. The main characters are two friends Halley and Scarlett who both work at Milton’s Market in a small town near the Grand Canyon. One day there was motorcycle accident with Scarlett’s boyfriend and he passes away. Soon after Scarlett finds out that her life will change forever. After the funeral Halley and Scarlett have to go back to school the next day. It was the first
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