I’m Not Her by Janet Gurtler Written by Jordyn Leavens The novel that I am reading is “I’m Not Her” by Janet Gurtler. It is about the struggles a young girl‚ named Tess‚ goes through when she finds out that her sister‚ Kristina‚ was diagnosed with cancer. Tess has always been looking up to her older sister‚ because her sister was always the center of the crowd‚ sporty‚ beautiful one and Tess was always the smart‚ un-popular one. It was always hard on Tess‚ so when her sister was diagnosed with
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is trapped between her freedom and her family. In the beginning Ann is about 11 years old. She lives in a plantation in Unity‚ Maryland with her three brothers‚ mom and dad. the problem of the story is Ann can’t decide whether or not she should run away and risk the chance to never see her family again. Her mom makes most of her families meals. She mainly cooks corn mush‚ but it keeps her family alive. During the time she does not work she cleans and knits for her family. Her father John workds
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“Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.” This quote helps convey the thought that revenge is a poison to the mind‚ and can create a violent obsession. One would see this if they were to look at how Prince Hamlet’s behavior changed from the time of the King’s death to Hamlet’s death. It all started with King Hamlet’s death. Hamlet became quiet‚ and rarely showed emotion. It was when the ghost of King Hamlet appeared that revenge poisoned Hamlet’s mind. The ghost told Hamlet that it was
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writes a letter to her son‚ John Quincy Adams‚ while he is away on a trip with his father. Adams’ purpose is to warn her son about the temptations he may encounter while he is on this overseas trip with his father. She would also like for him to use this time as a learning experience. Adams’ conveys a condescending tone to impart her authority over her son. In one of the first points of the text‚ Adams’ compares a “ … judicious traveler… ” to a flowing river. She compares her son to the river by
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Divergent theme Veronica Roth’s novel Divergent is not necessarily one that I would have chosen to read on my own‚ at first it was hard to get into the plot itself. However about a hundred pages into the book I found myself interested in the plot of the story. Divergent is a book with truly many themes such as fear‚ family‚ society and class‚ and power. But to me the main theme is choice. The main character’s name is Beatrice Prior‚ who later changed her name to Tris. The entire premise of the
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Geoffrey’s‚ a poet protagonist dedicated to love. In this dream‚ he meets an eagle that promises to bear him to the House of Fame as a reward from Jupiter himself. Once there‚ Geoffrey is told that he will “here…mo wonder thynges…and of loves folk moo tydynges‚ both soothe sawes and lesinges‚ and moo loves new begonne‚ and longe yserved loves wonne‚ and moo loves casuelly (Chaucer‚ Lines 672-679).” This excerpt is meant to outline what is to be expected from Chaucer and his text. However‚ when Geoffrey finally
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13 | "Super Kikay and her Flying Pagong" | Pablo S. Gomez | December 4‚ 2010 | Kikay (Kim Chiu)‚ is a simple girl wishing to do something extraordinary on other people. She and her little brother (Elijah Magundayao) saves a sea turtle from her aunt Elma (Jessa Zaragoza). The turtle is a magical and gave Kikay the power to save humankind and the sea creatures. It is her duty to protect the ocean deep from the giant small Octopus and its master disciple from getting the magical pearl that gives life
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WMNST 100 Dana Cuomo This past week an event called “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” was held at Penn State in order to raise awareness for sexual violence against women. This event is not only important for the sake of sexual violence awareness but also to help men see things from a women’s perspective. Many important issues such as assault and violence can be resolved if only people chose to look at things from the opposite person’s point of view. The same can be applied to global feminism. Women in
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Husband and the Devotion to God In the poem “A Letter to Her Husband‚ Absent Upon Public Employment‚” Anne Bradstreet addresses the importance of her husband’s presence in her life and the emotions she experiences when he is gone at work. Clearly demonstrating education unfamiliar to women in the 1600’s as well as passion not commonly found in her time’s literary works‚ Bradstreet successfully portrays the connection she feels between her and her husband and the consequences of such a connection. Using
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it is not her auntie rather a family friend) The dads stilll live together and have a good relationship as friends -atheena has a dog -atheena changes her name after disappearing to remi taylor There are people who never need a real disguise. A different suit‚ body structure‚ hair‚ face‚ voice and anything else that makes people unique and identifiable would be changed to become someone else. A lot would change. A hat‚ a pair of glasses or perhaps wig for some people and they become someone new
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