Hey I’m David Smith and I’m running for 8th head boy. Everybody please stand up! Take one step to your right. Take one step to your left. Clap three times! Now sit down. My parents told me that if I could somehow “move the crowd” then I would win! So thank you for your cooperation. But on a more serious matter‚ I am here to talk about why I want to run for Student Council President‚ my experience as a leader‚ and how I can bring many new and creative ideas to Viewpoint Middle School. Student
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In the book A Raisin in the Sun the author highlighted the values of a society through the characters who were alienated from the society because of their gender‚ race and class. The younger family current condition and living condition motivated ‚to get a house in a all white neighborhood knowing that her family wouldn’t like it. Living in poverty motivated him to attempt to open his own liquor store. Beneathas current condition based on society stereotype when to simply be a nurse motivated her
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The Forty Thieves Retold by Andrew Lang In a town in Persia there dwelt two brothers‚ one named Cassim‚ the other Ali Baba. Cassim was married to a rich wife and lived in plenty‚ while Ali Baba had to maintain his wife and children by cutting wood in a neighboring forest and selling it in the town. One day‚ when Ali Baba was in the forest‚ he saw a troop of men on horseback‚ coming toward him in a cloud of dust. He was afraid they were robbers‚ and climbed into a tree for safety. When they
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community throughly brainwashed by tribulation that causes the citizens to believe “normality” is the main focus in life. Consequently‚ Waknuk became a hostile environment totally intolerant of differences‚ which causes judgment‚ discrimination‚ and alienation to occur in everyday life. This quality of life is clearly evident firstly by the thought group’s constant threat of being discovered‚ secondly‚ the brutal treatment of those who are discovered‚ and last but not least‚ the never-ending conflict
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In the book Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathebane there are many obstacles that Mark the protagonist has to overcome. The first of his problems was to get through school in his poor South African ghetto. The second was to achieve his goal and receive a tennis scholarship to an American college. Mark’s father is one of the major antagonist‚ he was opposed anything to do with Mark getting an education in a school. He was a very traditional man and he didn’t like anything that had to do with
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Today‚ readers learn much about older cultures through the writers of a specific period. A common method is to illustrate the life of a citizen in a community who is alienated from the rest. An individual that is alienated from society is not always looked down upon or discriminated against. In The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde‚ Dorian Gray is seen as immoral by the citizens of London and by himself.The personality Wilde gave Dorian Gray is a representation of who many citizens of 19th century
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In the book Fahrenheit 451 the setting is in a suburban city in the twenty fourth century‚ in this book‚ the government is afraid that the people in the city will learn too much from these books‚ so the books of the innocent are burned‚ and unfortunately the town has a girl named Clarisse McClellan she is a young girl who causes Montag (the main character) to reconsider his field of work later in the story she is also being alienated by everyone she comes into contact with in the town. They all think
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Summer Book Report Title: Miracle’s Boys Author: Jacqueline Woodson Copyright Date: 2000 Number of Pages: 133 Setting: Manhatten ‚New York Main Characters: Lafayette -12‚ Charlie -15‚ and Ty’ree -22 Summary: The story is about Lafayette who’s relationship with his older brother had changed ever since he came out of a detention home. Charlie blames Lafayette for the death of his mother‚ Milagro. Thier father‚ Lafayette had also died before Lafayette was born. Ever since Charlie
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phone call from the police saying that john parents was involved in a very cruel accident and sadly neither one of his parents was able to live. After receiving such a phone call she was confused about how she was going to tell a eight year old little boy that he has lost to his parents to a very bad car accident on the way to come pick him up from school. As she paced herself back and forth‚ John knew something wasn’t right. After a few minutes go by john finally asked the teacher what was the matter
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The Alienation of the Black Veil Lessons can be taught by using a parable in a story‚ like Nathaniel Hawthorne he teaches that no one should judge another unless they have judge themselves. In the “Minister’s of Black Veil”‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne uses Rev. Hoopes’ alienation brought on by his adornment the black veil across his face to illustrate the Judgemental‚ superstitious‚ and hypocrite of the people in the environment that is closely related to the “puritan society.” The message
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