The fiction novel Out Of Focus by Margaret Buffie is an old‚ true sounding story about a teenager named Bernie Dodd with extra burdens‚ including looking after her younger siblings because their single mother is an irresponsible alcoholic. When Bernie was thirteen‚ she told her mother‚ “When you stop being drunk‚ I’ll call you Mom” (Buffie‚ 29). She is sixteen now‚ and still calls her mom Celia. Things started to look up for Bernie and her younger siblings Ally and Jojo; Celia is marrying Mario‚
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The article I chose from the Journal of the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) was written by Laura M. Pelton-Sweet and Alissa Sherry‚ titled‚ “Coming Out Through Art: A Review of Art Therapy With LGBT Clients.” They found that the potential between LGBT clients and the use of creative art interventions is an area that deserves more research. It states that AATA does not publish guidelines for working with LGBT clients because homosexuality is no longer classified as a mental illness or disease
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Parents should allow their children to grow up on themselves for them to be able to make difficult decisions‚ so they realize how it is out in the real world. In both the articles “‘Snowplow Parents’ may be trapping their children” and “Kids of Helicopter Parents Are Sputtering Out” show that students’ parents are way more involved in their lives than they should be. Students should be allowed to have more freedom to be able to have fun‚ but they should also know that having an education is important
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In the novel Inside Out & Back Again‚ by Thanhha Lai. We have characters named Ha‚ Mother‚ Vu‚ Quang‚ Pam‚ Steven‚ Cowboy‚ and Miss Washington. It takes in Vietnam in 1975-1976. They will go through lots of the troubles that other refugees experience too‚ this is called the universal refugee experience. They will have trouble leaving home and finding a new home‚ they will be inside out for a while. They will also have trouble when they eventually come back again. They will experience very similar
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Out of My Book is a television series concerning eight book characters who are marooned on an island called Eithiola. In the exposition of the show‚ which is about two or three episodes long‚ the main characters are introduced. Ava‚ Sophie‚ Prairie Evers‚ and Ivy are all from Earth and do not believe in magical occurrences. However‚ Sophie Foster‚ Fitz Vacker‚ Jeremy Thatcher‚ and Mary Lou Hutton have experienced the effects of magic and believe in its power. When the characters arrive‚ they are
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The novel Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison succeeded on shining a light in the unglorified world of the abused and their mental struggles to cope with that stress. The messed up relationship between Bone and Daddy Glen changes Bone’s personality and outlook on life as “the world was full of Daddy Glens” (296). When Anney had Bone at age fifteen‚ her independence and maturity seemed years older than she was. Anney loved everyone who came into her life‚ and loved her children unconditionally
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Alecky Blythe is a huge part of the development of verbatim throughout the past 13 to 14 years. In 2003 Alecky Blythe founded Recorded Delivery‚ a verbatim theatre company. Their first production was ’Come Out Eli’ which was premiered at the Arcola Theatre in London and ended up winning a Time Out Award before it moved onto perform at the Battersea Arts Centre. The company she created then went on to make the musical London Road‚ which was based on the murders of five women in 2006 in the town Ipswich
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Can happiness be found in everyday life? In the articles‚ “The Pursuit of Happiness‚” “Just for the Joy of it‚” and “Get out of the Groove‚” each author suggests different ways that people may acquire happiness. People are constantly trying to find happiness in some aspect of their lives. For some‚ it may be easy for them to feel happy‚ but for others‚ it may be a continuous difficulty. Not everyone will experience happiness equally‚ because no person is identical to another. Everyone is different
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The Dateline video on Julia Butterfly‚ Out On a Limb‚ was my favorite of the three videos this week. I liked the theme that one women could make so much of a change. She was risking her life because she thought it was the only way people would notice what was happening in the Redwood forest‚ she wasn’t wrong. I didn’t actually know that only 3% of the virgin redwood forest remains‚ most likely less than that now. If she protested on the ground‚ they would have chopped down the trees‚ including the
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will tell about when he came out more often is in chapter 5‚chapter 2‚and the last example when he finally came out was chapter 1. In chapter 5 the way how Bilbo stands out is by him being the only one around.The other reason how he was standing out is because this was his situation that he had to deal
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