teleplays [Rod Serling’s “Monsters are due on Maple Street” and its 2003 remake “The Monsters on Maple Street”] it tells that we would turn on each other and attack‚ just out of fear. The claim both stories try to get across is fear of the unknown can cause people to turn on each other. Sadly‚ under circumstances that are abnormal‚ we people may get suspicious of each other‚ which leads to our downfall. In the first teleplay “Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” [made in 1960]‚ the story tells of how fear
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John Laurens was the man who had it all- a South Carolinian Adonis who had many reason for the swagger in his step. His father was the most respected man not only in the county‚ but also in most of the state. With buckets of money and a high seat in the US senate‚ Henry Laurens raised nothing less than prideful children. Not only his father caused his pride‚ however‚ for John was quite the scholar. All A’s in the most highly sought after high school in the state‚ and close to the top of his class
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Street Children Causes and Effects In the last 100 years ‚ The Number of street children has risen in a scary way .The United Nations lately tried to estimate Their number .The estimated number was terrifying ‚it was 150 million and rising daily .These children are part of the of future of our communities. Their age range is from three to eighteen years old‚ 40% of them are homeless. Imagine a three years old child roaming the streets with no place to go with no home! While the other 60% work on
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English 1C 30 June 2014 Essay One (outline 387-5) Street Smart I. Introduction- There are certain skills people need to become successful in life that can only be gained through experience. A. Students shouldn’t be too focused on having book smart. 1. Book smart person is a gobbler of books who is well educated. 2. He might have problem putting his knowledge into real world. B. Utilizing street smart is the best way to succeed. 1. Street smart person finds his own interest‚ and gets his knowledge
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Baldwin’s book “If Beale Street Can Talk” is about a couple named Fonny and Tish who are said to have a kid together. Fonny is in jail and Tish is trying her all to get him out with a lawyer. Tish’s parents and Fonny’s dad are consistently trying find ways to get him out of jail while his mother has a different outlook on the situation. She believes that his current predicament is all within God’s plan‚ and time in jail will allow him to learn his lesson. She is blindly arrogant to helping free
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3/5/2012 Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe was an American author‚ poet‚ editor and literary critic‚ who was considered part of the American Romantic Movement. He was best known for his tales of mystery. He was the first well known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone‚ resulting in a financially difficult life and career. When Poe was a very young age his mother died leaving his brother‚ sister‚ and himself orphans. He had a very rough life because of the loss of
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exemptions in the following years after the financial crisis (White). These exemptions and what was perceived as specialized treatment spurred the creation of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Initially‚ the Occupy Wall Street
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The main character in the book “A Corner of the Universe” written by Ann M. Martin is a twelve-year-old girl named Hattie Owens. In this book Hattie Owens is trying to solve the problem of Adam’s parents kind of neglecting him and dis owning Adam just because he has a few disabilities. She feels that it is unfair because they kind of take advantage of his disabilities. Hattie tries to solve this problem but she has a few roadblocks along the way. Therefore Hattie helps Adam because of her being so
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Edgar Allan Poe was an American author‚ poet‚ editor and literary critic‚ who is also connected with the American Romantic Movement. However‚ he was best known for his tales of mystery and horror. He was among the earliest American authors to write short stories and is usually considered the creator of what is now called the detective-fiction genre. He is also credited for his contribution in the ever evolving category of science fiction. His works have greatly swayed American literature and
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about them. In The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ Jonas‚ the receiver of memory chooses to return all the memories back to his communities so that they could have a life with emotions‚ color‚ and diversity. In The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street by Rod Serling‚ members of the street were being very paranoid because some aliens came to their community to raid them. They had played with the neighbors‚ which lead to false accusations on each other. Jonas and the residents of the community show paranoia because
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