Alex Haley: Roots Contents Page Contents 2 1. Introduction 3 2. Alex Haley: Roots 4 3. Dialogue between Kunta and his father 5 4. Kunta’s thoughts 7 5. Summary 8 Omoro said that three groups of people lived in a village. First were those you could see – walking around‚ eating‚ sleeping‚ and working. Second were the ancestors‚ whom Grandma Yaisa had now joined. “And the third people – who are they?” asked Kunta
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I am reading Alex Rider Crocodile Tears by Anthony Horowitz and i am on page 212. This book so far is about a man who went and planted a bomb in a nuclear plant and Alex was not able to stop him in time. The power plant blew up and sent a huge nuclear cloud in the air with very toxic fumes. Alex is living in Scotland with a host family Alex and the family go to a party at the loch that is being hosted by Desmond McCain. Desmond McCain is a very rich man that owns the loch and he owns a natural disaster
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Your Name Goes Here Your Grade etc goes here ex. Grade 10 date goes here ex. 18 October 18‚ 2005 Horowitz‚ Anthony. Point Blank. New York: Scholastic inc. 2002 This is a story of a young boy named Alex Rider who is headed for an exclusive private school in the French Alps because the isolated mountain academy is linked to the deaths of two prominent men. This case leads him to an undercover assignment as the son of one of the world’s richest supermarket businessmen. While there he finds
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Origin: This was written by Alex Haley as told by Malcolm X. It was a collaboration between human rights activist Malcolm X and journalist Alex Haley. Purpose: The purpose was to have Malcolm X tell his story and where he came from. This was for people who follow him and his life closely and would like to get an idea on how he thinks. He was telling people about the questions or concerns he has with the world. He wrote the book to tell Malcolm X’s side of his story. Value: I can see how he thinks
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Alex Taylor walked out of the hospital building‚ smoothly avoiding the workers rushing around her. Stepping out into the building she began to make her way towards the car park in order to find her trusted car. Reaching the car‚ she put her hand into her pocket and pulled out her keys‚ shoving the car key into the lock and turned it. She pulled the door open‚ not having to worry if she hit anyone else’s car as none where parked near hers. She reached over the steering wheel to the glove box and
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people are unaware people in certain parts of the country are sold or tricked into slavery by false claims of a better life. Once such example is a lady by the name of Eudocia Tomas Pulido‚ also known as “Lola.” Lola’s story is brought to light by Alex Tizon‚ a known journalist‚ who personally knew her and wanted others to know her story. He wrote an article called “My Family’s Slave‚ that was featured in the Atlantic. This is a subject I feel very strongly about and think more awareness needs to
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language is unwritten. However‚ there is always the exception that proves the rule. In this case it is Alex the Parrot. Alex‚ like other parrots‚ is able to repeat human words back to us. But psychologist Irene Pepperberg believed that Alex had an understanding of what he was saying. She claims that he communicated with her through the use of colors‚ objects‚ numbers‚ and shapes. While it is likely that Alex was able to recognize patterns‚ there is little concrete proof that he has a special ability to
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Do Hard Things‚ by Alex and Brett is a challenging book. It is written to teenagers to convince them of the need to overcome the stigma of low expectations. It goes through‚ in depth‚ the story of both Alex and Brett and all that they were able to accomplish by choosing to take risks beyond what people expect you to do. Many times‚ teenagers of today are expected to be rebellious and good-for-nothing until they are older. Alex and Brett set out to prove the world’s view of teenagers is wrong. They
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What does the 360 degree data tell us about Alex’s likely career success? If you were Sam Glass‚ would you invest more time in helping Sander progress at Landon? The 360 degree data draws a “good vs. evil” portrait of Alex. He is a sort of incarnation of House‚ MD‚ a main character of a famous TV series: he is a high performer‚ but he has a lack of ability to work well with others. Narcissism‚ Machiavellianism and arrogance are three important negative traits of his personality emerge from the
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Revolutionary by Alex Meyers is a historical fiction story about a brave and powerful woman named Deborah Sampson. Throughout history women have been pushed aside by men who believe women are enable of fighting in wars. Even though this is the case women throughout history have proved to men that they are stronger and more able than most to do the job men are supposed to do. In the revolutionary war‚ there are maybe a dozen known women including Deborah Sampson who are given glory to their part in
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