Do what is right “Don’t give up for your rights‚ stand up for your rights‚”Bob Marley. In Among the Hidden‚ by Margaret Peterson‚ one of the main characters‚ Jen Talbot demonstrated standing up for rights. Twelve-year-old Jen‚ who lived in a wealthy family‚ was illegal for being a third child. If the population police were aware of her existence‚ she would be sentenced to death immediately. Throughout the story‚ Jen attempted to find a resolution to the issue of the two-child policy ‚ in order
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the day‚ Luke gets cabin fever. Longing for contact with the outside world‚ he regularly watches the new neighborhood through vents in the attic walls. Doing so‚ he makes the surprising discovery that one of their neighbors appears to have a third‚ hidden child as well. One day‚ after weeks of careful observation and planning‚ he sneaks over to their house‚
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SUMMER READING RESPONSE Book: Contemporary Title: The Hunger Games Series Author: Susan Collins Choose a character and explain how the character changes throughout the story. What causes the change? What lessons does the character learn? Peeta‚ the son of a baker‚ has changed the most throughout the story in The Hunger Games Series. From the beginning of the story‚ Peeta is a shy and closed guy‚ who is always afraid to say his own feelings and words‚ “Well‚ there is this one girl. I’ve had
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Summer Reading 2nd Block Fahrenheit 451 Characters Guy Montag- Montag was a fireman who wanted to find a meaning to life. His attitude about life and society suddenly changed after meeting Clarisse. Also‚ he didn’t think before he acted and this got him into some trouble. He didn’t understand why he had to burn books. Montag saved some of the books he was supposed to burn and this was completely against the law. He was eventually caught and had to go on the run so that he was not put in jail
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Parvana’s Journey Chapter 1 Parvana’s father is dead‚ and the book starts on the funeral. She put rocks on his grave‚ with some help of a man. And after the funeral he says that she is going home with him and live there with his wife and children. She gets back to the lean-to‚ where she and her father had lived‚ and gets her things and follow the man to his house. She lives there in a week‚ until the oldest girl tells her that the man is going to give her to the Talibans for money. So she has
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Edward Shaker Mr. Gereg English 12 AP 5 September 2013 Desire: Temptations and corruption “Desire of having is the sin of covetousness” William Shakespeare. Living day to day‚ we are constantly influenced by our inner temptations that we carry throughout our life. In today’s world‚ desire and temptation leads individuals to make decisions that can either benefit or negatively affect the life of that particular individual. Both Theodore Dreiser and Sinclair Lewis know first hand the effect
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Among the Hidden In the book Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix is about the Governments rules and restrictions about having more then two children and in this essay I’m going to describe the three characters and how they resisted the Government. The book Among the Hidden is about Government controlling the population by limited the number of children people can have and how one boy Luke survives bing hidden in his house his whole life. I’m going to write about three main characters and
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Among the Hidden is the book I read for this book report. It has 153 pages and it is fiction. The book takes place on a farm over a one-year time period from late summer to late spring. We don’t know the exact year‚ but it is sometime in the future. It is here in the US‚ but it just doesn’t seem like it could be since things happen in the book that just don’t seem imaginable to us. The story is about a boy named Luke. He is a shadow child. A shadow child is a third (or even more) child in a family
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Reading Among Students Reading Among StudentsByAbdullah I. Al FaifiIntroductionReading in general is a big word that branches into so many topics. Nations advancement is based on education which includes reading as a main part of its elements. Therefore‚ whenever a nation wants to advance‚ reading must be one of its characteristics. Reading is not dedicated to certain people indeed. It is a gift for anyone can read and understand as well. But‚ there are places where reading must take place. In
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English 12 Summer Reading Teachers: Helen Dunning hdunning@kis.or.kr‚ Jim Burwell jburwell@kis.or.kr Here is the summer reading list for English 12—A Thematic Study of World-wide Literature. This is required summer reading. Reading these books will expand your vocabulary‚ build your personal library‚ start preparing you for university study‚ and guide the discussions for much of the first semester. 1. Order the TWO books and order them early. How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A
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