advancement we have today. This genre keeps our emotions alive and well. Most stories connect with people in ways they can’t imagine. With fiction keeping our heads out of the clouds‚ there should be no reason to take it out of the curriculum. Ink and Ashes not only deals with the coping of a parent’s death but also the difficulties of high school and the hardships that go along with it. For example‚ the book begins with a family tradition of remembering and honoring Claire’s father every year. This is
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In William Kamkwamba’s The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind‚ the setting‚ point of view‚ and irony demonstrate the theme that persistence is necessary for reaching goals and having a successful life by showing the consequences of giving in to adversity. William lives on a farm in the village of Masitala in Malawi. Life for him‚ his family‚ and the villagers is not easy because they have to deal with hunger‚ drought‚ deforestation‚ and many other hardships. In addition‚ there are frequent power outages
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Doing the dishes and vacuuming the house are simple everyday chores‚ but adult tasks are like stepping into a whole different world. I have had some experiences stepping up into the adult world‚ and it was not easy. In the book‚ No Promises In the Wind‚ Josh had some experiences dealing with adult responsibilities. When Josh left home with Howie and Joey he did not have people to help and take care of them. He did not have someone to help him get food‚ and needed to get money on his own. He had plans
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Yoo’s continued fabrication of constitutional cover with his memos abetted the executive to excel in policies that dramatically reduced the civil liberties. Stellar Wind‚ for example‚ was initially maintained through his legal opinion that the “Court’s jurisdiction over electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence” to be “an unconstitutional infringement on the President’s Article II authorities” (112). Greenberg also discusses the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001‚ which “privileged intelligence collection
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Both Cates‚ in Inherit the Wind by Lee and Lawrence‚ and Procter‚ in The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller‚ are both subjected to unjust laws. Both demonstrated that ‚ "if the law is of such a nature that it requires one to be an agent of injustice toward another‚ then I say break the law‚" as stated by Henry David Thoreau. When a law is put into effect that will convict a person who is a free thinker then it is a unjust law. One might as well break it because if no one stands up for the principle then
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It is common knowledge that winners write history. In Inherit the wind‚ by Lawrence and Lee‚ this is obvious by how they portray religion and sciences. Theology‚ the side that lost the case‚ is shown as a deleterious force‚ smothering all ideas that disagree with it without reason. The religious town of Hillsboro causes the setting to put a negative connotation on religion. When it is described as being a “sleepy‚ obscure country town” (Lawrence 3) it implies that this is what happens to places
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McCarthyism in the 1950s echoed the outrage caused by the 1925 “Scopes Monkey Trial” case‚ as people in both cases were fighting either for or against the right to hold varying opinions. Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee wrote the play Inherit the Wind in response to McCarthyism and based it on the Scopes Trial‚ warning that threats to freedom of thought will continue in the future if such hysteria is repeated. The play follows fictional characters based on the real participants of the trial as Bertram
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Five Themes of the Novel; Angela’s Ashes By Greg Cashman Patriotism Patriotism is the love for one’s country and the defense of that no matter what. In Angela’s Ashes Patriotism is expressed through Cuchulain‚ who is a war hero from Ireland. Frank’s Dad is constantly telling him stories about Cuchulain and reminding Frank how Cuchulain fought for Ireland. In this way Malachy wants to pass on this love to his children. Being the eldest‚ Frank is pushed by his dad more than the other children
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India 2011-Winds of change and its impact on our lives. In India‚ corruption is something we all learn to live with. We have been breast-beating over the sorry state of affairs from the times India marched on a Sovereign nation. Why do I start my essay with a negative note of corruption? We need not be resigned to it or remain cynical about the issue. The economy of India was under socialist-inspired policies for an entire generation from the 1950s until the late 1980s. The economy was characterized
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As Gone with the Wind begins‚ Scarlett O’Hara is illustrated as an attractive wealthy spoiled brat. She is just that. She can get any man in her vicinity; well‚ she can get all but the one she has wanted for some time. She is rather haughty with the knowledge of her being able to do what she wants. She has a very provocative demeanor. The way she bats her eye lashes‚ fidgets with clothing‚ or what she wears. Jeannie Campbell writes‚ “Scarlett had a tendency to select husbands” (Campbell‚ 2011).
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