Jan Brett is an impressive children’s book illustrator and author‚ shown in the popularity of her book’s among children and early childhood professionals alike. By taking her real life travel experiences and drawing them to life in her books‚ she creates a world far from our own that feels real enough to reach out and touch. In her many years creating these books‚ she has brought thoughtful stories from all over the world told through animals and humans that truly delight children and touch the professionals
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Passage I picked this passage because I thought that this was a turning point in the book. This is when Wilm decides to start rebelling against the Soviet Union and Schuops. In this part of the book‚ Wilm realizes that he must vandalize and rebel against these awful forces. He realizes that his disabled father has been beaten for no reason‚ both his sister and mother have been sexually assaulted‚ and he is always being controlled by the Schuops and Soviets. His whole family thinks that this is the
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1. “…Elijah finally admits to me that he sees that the medicine has caused him to lose too much weight…Maybe he feels guilty. Maybe it’s because he and I are two of the same in place of strangers” (p.211). Finally‚ Elijah recognizes the side effects of the medicine that he has used it. Xavier tries to stop Elijah using morphine many times but it does not work out. Xavier is worry about Elijah. Xavier feels responsible to Elijah because since Elijah followed Xavier to live in the bush‚ Xavier
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up‚ like bucket drawing water from the well.” (p 19) He can show the white people that he is not ignorant. But Gideon felt as though they would just laugh at him “and mock this nigger” (p 19). Once Brother Peter told him “take that dollar and buy a book‚” Gideon felt as though that he could go to the Convention and make a change. 3. Abner Lait was a tenant of the Carwell’s. He regarded the “world suspiciously and uncertainly.” (p 32) He had a hard time growing his crops and when he had a good one
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“Still‚ our first impressions of the Germans were rather reassuring. The officers were billeted in private homes‚ even in the homes of Jews. Their attitude toward their hosts was distant‚ but polite. They never demanded the impossible‚ made no unpleasant comments‚ and even smiled occasionally at the mistress of the house.” (5) | The idea that the Germans weren’t always harsh during that time baffles me. I always thought that the Germans were constantly beating down on Jews‚ and‚ even though they
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to find cheap liver or a tomato that was overripe. Here was the indefinable stink of despair. Here modesty was a luxury. People struggled for it. (pg. 18) | Most of the people I know including myself waste so much food. Reading this section of the book made me realize how hard they had it and how hard I was to find food especially if you didn’t have money. I personally feel so ungrateful because I can’t eat fruit if it’s bruised but here are these people eating almost spoiled tomatoes. | “Some
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Dialectical Journal Passage from the text | Pg #s | Reflection | "Now‚ women forget all those things they don’t want to remember‚ and remember everything they don’t want to forget." | Pg 1 | The narrator has drawn a distinct line between men and women. Perhaps this foreshadows a theme of "the role of women in a man’s world". Also in order to have that kind of perspective‚ I believe the narrator has to be a woman otherwise the narrator could not be that precise about how a woman thinks. | “There
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Passages quoted from the text (with page numbers) Responses (interact with the text through analysis‚ predictions‚ evaluation‚ and connections‚ but don’t just summarize) 1. “On this count‚ most of the men in the room could rest easy. They had personal trainers‚ gym memberships‚ and enough nutritional awareness to avoid diets that were heavy in the foods they manufactured” (11). This just confirms a horrible truth: the food companies are very much aware of the lack of nutritional value in their
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Chandler Hersom Ms.Jones English 2 Honors August 24‚ 2013 Passage no.1 Page 7 Chapter 1 “While they continued to write and talk‚ we saw the wounded and dying. While they taught that duty to one’s country is the greatest thing‚ we already knew that death-throes are stronger. But for all that we were no mutineers‚ no deserters‚ no cowards--they were very free with all these expressions. We loved our country as much as they; we went courageously into every action; but also
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Quote Analysis Literary Features “They told me to take a street-car named Desire‚ and transfer to one called Cemeteries‚ and ride six blocks and get off at - Elysian Fields!” (Scene 1‚ Page 6) Sexual desires are a common interest several people tend to have and Blanche Dubois significantly portray and represents the theme of sexual intimacy in A Street Car Named Desire as Tennessee Williams uses allegory‚ allusion‚ symbolism‚ and foreshadow in order to demonstrate how do Blanche’s “trip” through
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