James Craig Anderson was an African American male‚ in his late forties‚ who was murdered in what was classified as a hate crime. In Jackson‚ Mississippi on a Sunday morning‚ June 26‚ 2011‚ a group of white teenagers had been drinking all night and were on a mission‚ specifically seeking out a black person to cause harm to. James Anderson happened to be in a parking lot‚ near his car‚ when the group of teenagers pulled up and started to beat him while yelling racial slurs at him as well as yelling
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Gabriella Rodriguez “Speak” by Laurie Halse Anderson Summer Reading Assignment 1. Pg. 11 “Her eyes meet mine for a second. I hate you!” | Melinda and Rachel have been best friends since kindergarten. That hurts considering how close their friendship is. Melinda never returns Rachel’s hatred. | 2. Melinda Sordino | Melinda is very bright‚ but her vision is sometimes clouded by her suffering. She is 14 years old and has to deal with the memory of being raped at the end of the summer
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James Anderson Depreist‚ was born on November 21‚ 1936 in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. His father died when he was six‚ then he went to live with his aunt‚ Marian Anderson the celebrated contralto. It was Ms. Anderson‚ who was earliest influence in music‚ and who supported and encouraged all his endeavors. Depriest entered the University of Pennsylvania‚ as a pre- law major‚ where he received his bachelor’s degree in 1958. Soon after he realized that he no longer wanted to be a lawyer‚ so he pursued
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In the book “Speak”‚ a girl named Melinda Sordino experiences something very terrifying. The author‚ Laurie Halse Anderson‚ describes how Melinda was raped by an upperclassman that goes to the exact same high school as her. As result‚ Melinda is now scarred and mute‚ even though she wants to speak very badly to someone about her assault. Laurie Halse Anderson uses allusions and archetypes to show the difficulties Melinda faces. Such uses in the book are tree‚ cave‚ lightening‚ and for archetypal
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Bullying Text Set I. Overview • The content area of this text set is English because these books can be used as gateways into writing. The topic is bullying. Bullying is an issue present in every school today whether it be verbal or physical. By reading‚ discussion‚ and writing about the books in this text set‚ the students who are being bullied may realize they are not alone and that there are outlets for their feelings and the students who are the bullies may have the opportunity to step into
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changes in their behavior‚ as Anderson described. Within my account as a Mexican American‚ impression management is known as saving face within my community. When going to a public library within a predominately white area‚ my mother would often tell my sister and me to be on our best behavior. We walked calmly and collected into the library so as not to cause alarms‚ walking without making any sudden movements to appease the eyes that followed our every move‚ for as Anderson expressed similarly‚ "American
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1. What do you think of the way Chapman handled the accusations from Peters and his conversation with Anderson? How would you have handled them? I think that Chapman was both right and wrong about what he did. He met in private with Anderson to discuss the matter and let her know that Peters was uncomfortable with her showing affection for Peters‚ that part was right. What was wrong is that in the conversation he included “We don’t think it’s right for people of different races to pursue each
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really wants to hear what you have to say” (Anderson 9). All of her thoughts are trapped inside of her because she has no one to talk to and she refuses to tell anyone what happened to her. Throughout the novel‚ she has an internal battle with herself. She wanted to tell someone because the truth was eating her up‚ but she couldn’t bring herself to do it. “I should probably tell someone‚ just tell someone. Get it over with. Let it out‚ blurt it out” (Anderson 99). When Andy Evans attacked her again on
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A Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams centers on the character Blanche Dubois‚ whose life tailspins into guilt and depression after the passing of her late husband. Similar themes can be seen in the second novel‚ Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. The main character Melinda Sorino goes through similar emotional problems after what happens with an older boy. In the play A Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams‚ Blanche moves to New Orleans after all the tragic events regarding Bell
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People usually think a grotesque is a person who has bad background‚ who people hate and has Most of stories in Winesburg‚ Ohio which is written by Sherwood Anderson talk about how grotesque people in the 19th century were. And most of people at that time thought that being a grotesque was horrible. However‚ “The Book of The Grotesque” and “Hands” are two stories which show that the grotesques are not all horrible‚ and each grotesque has their own truth or belief. In “The Book
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