Emily Fontenot AP English III Summer Reading I. Journal: After playing the game Spent‚ I learned that low-wage workers have to sacrifice many things in life and make difficult decisions. For example‚ if two bills are due at the same time‚ they may have to choose which one to pay. Also‚ they are not able to provide their children with many things most kids take for granted. Children of low-income families may have to miss out on birthday parties‚ field trips‚ and even meals because their
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extraordinarily worried about--opinions. If others are not fond of the way one acts‚ looks‚or conducts oneself‚ it does not bother this person in any point of time. Byoung-Hyoun Hwang and Seoyoung Kim‚ doctoral students at Emory University‚ allege the idea that‚ “social ties are a potentially rich source of [a person’s] dependence” (Hwang/Kim‚ par. 4). When two people have a strong attachment to each other‚ they are more dependent than it generally seems.They rely on each other for almost everything: money
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(Franiuk and Scherr 19). The female characters in The Vampire Diaries are magically enamored to the vampires‚ due to their stereotypical masculine portrayal. The beginning of the human/vampire relationship is connected to masculine depictions by the male vampires. Stefan‚ for example‚ demonstrates his skills on the football pitch before Elena and he get together (20). Elena is a down to earth girl with brunette hair and although she is popular at school and has some admirer‚ she does not present
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things from their point of view. As a young girl oblivious to the harsh reality of the world‚ Scout only sees the events of her childhood through her own point of view. For example‚ on the first day of school she gets upset with her teacher‚ Miss Caroline‚ but later realizes that she shouldn’t have. As she starts to mature and sees that not everything is what it appears to be‚ she puts herself in Mayella’s shoes at the trial. Finally Scout demonstrates the quality of putting herself in others shoes
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A Divergent View Similar to walking around in someone else’s shoes‚ this is what changes Jem and Scout’s viewpoint of understanding. In this simile‚ Atticus tries to teach an important lesson about truly accepting one’s situation to alter Jem and Scout’s outlook with people. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird reveals that a change of perspective can lead to a different way of understanding through a similar metaphor‚ idiom‚ and the plot twist of finding out that Boo Radley is not akin to Jem’s absurd
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said by Jess after he came back to town. It shows that Rose isn’t afraid to say her honest opinion and is always open to everything. When Larry Cook‚ a proud and demanding farmer‚ unexpectedly wants to retire and give his precious land to Rose‚ Caroline‚ and Ginny‚ it stirs up a chaos within the family.
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The Vampire Diaries are a supernatural book series that has been made into a TV series in the past few years. The show\books follow the life of a 17-year-old girl name Elena‚ who falls in love with a vampire‚ which leads to complications. The Genre of the both Vampire Diaries is supernatural drama‚ teen drama and horror. The TV show has been charge from the books; this is to see if these changes are positive or negative. The main changes are to do with the characters. There is one change that
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accessibility on water sources. A Public issue is mostly the one that affects a person’s day to day life. The traditional use of land by communities and farmers on a diverse scale of production becomes much more difficult when water sources are at risk. (Hwang & Steward‚ 2008). Water conservation had become a huge issue in India and all over the world. A decade ago Coca-Cola faced a major crisis in south India. The government and several non-governmental organizations objected so strongly to its water
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Traditional Korean Dance Heoak Lee “Imperial Jewel” Traditional Korean Dance Group Traditional Korean Dance originated in ancient shamanistic rituals thousands of years ago benefited from regular support of: – – – royal court numerous academies an official ministry of the government Traditional Korean Dance in the Occupied Korea (1910-1945) Due to cultural suppression by Japan during the Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula (1910-1945)‚ most dance academies
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The Search of Utopia in Dystopia in Gulliver’s Travels Utopia‚ the word invented by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia‚ describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean‚ now is generally considered as a world which tends to be perfect‚ a world of equality‚ without conflicts. Utopia is a name for an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system (Smith‚ 2010). Although the word “utopia” was invented by Thomas More‚ people in western world had begun their
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