Pendragon: The Merchant of Death by D. J . MacHale is about 14 year old Bobby Pendragon who is going to save the world. It all starts when his uncle‚ Uncle Press‚ visits his house before he goes to a basketball game. He tells Bobby that there are some people who need their help and asks him to come with him. After putting an ample amount of thought‚ Bobby agrees to go with Press. Press takes Bobby to an abandoned subway station in Bronx. Bobby is flabbergasted by the place where his uncle took him‚ but Press
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historical figures: Francis Marion‚ Daniel Morgan‚ Elijah Clark‚ Thomas Sumter‚ and Andrew Pickens‚ and makes these men who must have faults of their own‚ into a hero who is infallible (Fischer; The Patriot; “The Patriot:
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CULTURE AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS AS EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS In this weeks reading by Michael M.J. Fischer provides a spectrum of definitions of what culture embodies. Fischer also supplies a vast amount of examples that relate to various classifications of cultures. He describes “cultures as a methodological concept or tool of inquiry‚ might best be understood in terms of its historically layered growth of specifications and differentiations‚ refined into a series of “experimental systems” that‚ in
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"I can‚ I will." Bobby is a young teenage boy going through a teenage pregnancy with his girlfriend. Throughout the story Bobby is trying to mature but he is having some problems with his life. the red balloon symbolizes as childhood‚ and the basketball symbolizes as freetime‚ also the arcade game symbolizes as childhood. even though Bobby matures at the end I believe he still had a long way to go. The red balloon that Nia hands over to Bobby symbolizes her childhood in this novel. I chose
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uses many symbols that represent coming of age‚ and how Bobby went from being a child to a semi-man. He has matured majorly‚ but he is just not fully there yet with becoming a full man. Bobby overcomes constant obstacles while trying to conquer coming of age. He gives up playing basketball all the time‚ spending all day at the arcade with his friends‚ and being able to have fun‚ and live his life the way he wants to live it. Becoming a man Bobby is forced with constant obstacles‚ but he knows and is
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is when Nia gave Bobby a red ballon on his birthday meaning she was pregnant. This is coming of age because he is going to be a father and have a child and he will need responsibility to take care of a child and watch them grow up as an adult like him. My second symbol for First Part Last is Feather. Feather is Bobby and Nia’s child. Bobby loves Feather to death and never wants to put her down or leave her. Bobby has a strong relationship with Feather‚ they bond a lot. Bobby had to make a decision
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and utopia‚ which is uncommon. Michael Cunningham’s short story “White Angel” is a tragic tale about two brothers that‚ despite their age gap‚ have an extraordinary relationship. Sixteen-year-old‚ Carlton is an eccentric free spirit and‚ although Bobby is only nine‚ his admiration for his older brother leads him into situations far beyond his years. The boys participate in defiant acts as an escape from the mediocrity of their suburban life. Bobby’s narration allows the reader to determine his
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it…”(pg.25) Angela Johnson uses 3 symbols to allow Bobby the main character to come of age. A basketball‚ a trophy‚ and tears all allow Bobby to come of age and start being a man. Bobby might have had some rough times that he wanted to get out of but‚ he was a man and came of age and grew up raising his daughter Feather. A basketball can maul people but in The First Part Last it represents Bobby’s childhood and how he is letting go of it. Bobby was getting ready to go play basketball with his
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Johnson “Things have to change” this quote was said by Bobby from the book “The First Part Last”. The first part last is a book by Angela Johnson‚ it is about a teenager named Bobby and how his girlfriend‚ Nia‚ is pregnant and he tells about his life with his daughter‚ Feather‚ and his life with Nia. The chapters go from now‚ then‚ now‚ then; his life with Feather is in the now chapters‚ and his life with Nia is in the then chapters. In the book Bobby has to leave his childhood behind and he has to mature
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the most popular jock in school‚ Bobby. He was the wrestling team’s star athlete‚ one of their high school wrestling matches Stacy and all her friends went and they all talked about how dreamy Bobby was‚ they continuously teased Stacy about him and when Bobby’s match was over they all screamed for him and quickly hid their faces to make him look at Stacy. Ever since then they were the hot new item in school. Everything was going amazing until Stacy and Bobby
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