In the book Go Ask Alice (1971) By an Anonymous author‚ a teenager struggling with drugs tragically succumbs to her problems. There has been a lot of Controversy revolving around whether the author is real or if this book was just written to draw attention to drugs. Regardless of whether the supposed author actually existed‚ the fact that remains is that identity issues and drug addiction are very real problems for millions of teenagers. In the beginning of the book a teenage girl talks about
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On the very first page of The Color Purple‚ the reader encounters strong words and difficult concepts. The book unfolds into a series of letters from Celie to her sister Nettie‚ as well as some diary entries. The book talks mostly about Celie’s life. We learn that in the beginning of the novel Celie is raped by her father. Another thing we learn is that Celie’s mother is ill and therefor is unable to care for her family. Celie‚ the narrator‚ is a poor and uneducated‚ 14 year-old African American
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The Color Purple The story The Color Purple is about a fourteen-year-old girl name Celie who was raped repeatedly by a man whom she was lead to believe as her father majority of her life later only to find out later after her mother’s death he was not. At the time she believed that her father was her father so finding out that her father‚ Alphonso was not her father made her relieved being that she had gave birth to two children whom she believed was her brother and sister. Celie experienced rape
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Paul is the most significant figure in all of Christianity. Although he was previously Saul and killed many Jews‚ God was able to convert him to a Jew/Christian which he hated most. This is such an inspiring story that shows the power of God and that anyone can become Christian no matter their background. Paul is the most significant person in Christian history because he wrote letters to the Church so they can change their ways from corruption‚ he wrote the most books in the Bible‚ and he shaped
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Banned Books According to DoSomething.org‚ more than 60% of teens are doing or have done drugs at one time. Go Ask Alice should be banned from middle school and elementary libraries and only permitted at the high school level because of the use of vulgar language‚ the use of illegal substances‚ and the explicit descriptions of the activities being done throughout the book. One reason this book should be banned is the use of vulgar language. The foul language used in this book is not appropriate
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Howard Zinn and Paul Johnson Howard Zinn‚ born August 24‚ 1922‚ grew up in the slums of New York City. He recalls moving around a lot as his father ran candy stores during the Depression. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and became a pipe fitter in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It was here that he met his wife‚ Roslyn Shechter. Zinn was a revolutionary and an activist. He spent his early life organizing labor rallies and participating in marches for civil rights. In 1943‚ Zinn joined
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Dung Vu Nursing 53 October 6‚ 2016 Extra Credit: “Still Alice” Movie Review This movie is about a psychologist named Alice Howland diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive‚ incurable disease that destroys memory and important mental functions.Alice displayed many signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease‚ such as‚ mental decline‚ difficulty thinking and understanding‚ disorientation‚ forgetfulness‚ difficulty concentrating‚ agitation‚ self-care deficits
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LaFlair 1 Professor Rhonda Rodriguez English 209 17 March 2014 Alice Walker As a writer‚ Alice Walker deals with many issues‚ most of which concern historical and modern race problems in America. Through this she brings to national attention the cruelty and inhumane abuse that African Americans have endured. This general topic can be broken down into many areas that she feels are important for people to know and to learn from. Alice walker was born on the ninth of February in 1944‚ In Eatonton
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this reason all people interpret events through their own life experiences and historical contexts. Artists express their own unique perspectives in their artworks which are influenced by their worlds and experiences. Both John William Waterhouse and Paul Gauguin interpret these world though the different uses of art making approach‚ intentions and influences. John William Waterhouse created paintings in the Romantic style. Producing work mainly in oils‚ his canvases consist of realistic and natural
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Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac Patrick Ennis Mrs. Carter Research Monday‚ December 9‚ 1996 "Physical Laws should have mathematical beauty." This statement was Dirac’s response to the question of his philosophy of physics‚ posed to him in Moscow in 1955. He wrote it on a blackboard that is still preserved today.[1] Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (1902-1984)‚ known as P. A. M. Dirac‚ was the fifteenth Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge. He shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1933 with
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