Chrysen park Honors Summer Reading Book Choice 1. Mitch Albom‚ the book’s narrator‚ recalls his graduation from Brandeis University in the spring of 1979. While at Brandeis‚ Mitch says his farewells to his favorite professor Morrie. He promises Morrie‚ who is crying‚ that he will keep in touch‚ though he does not fulfill his promise. Years after Mitch’s graduation from Brandeis‚ Morrie is diagnosed with ALS. Morrie’s wife‚ Charlotte‚ cares for Morrie while doing her job as a professor at M
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John and Carrie. I’m about to share with you one of the best‚ worst‚ and wildest experiences I have ever faced. It all started on a cold‚ September day‚ with it storming cats and dogs. I was in my bookshop‚ right next to the Blackleaf Lake‚ when he walked in. John was soaked from head to toe‚ and I just assumed it was from the storm. I got up off of the reading couch‚ and asked if he would like a towel and something dry to wear‚ and as I approached him I noticed what he was wearing. He looked
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the 1980’s often touring with Midnight Oil. They sought to synthesise Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal music traditions into one musical form. They sang in both English and a Pintupi-Luritja dialect. Country and western music was the preferred music of white pastoralists so this was the major form of music that Aboriginal people in the desert were exposed to before rock ‘n’ roll. Some Songs pointed to the circumstances of growing up for Aboriginal in Central and Northern Australia. Their first album Big
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The White Man’s True Burden One common theme between “The White Man’s Burden”‚ Heart of Darkness‚ Apocalypse Now‚ and The Man who would be King is conquering a “lesser” people. Now each story presents this theme a different way‚ but it all circles back to this common element. In post colonial theory we learned about England deciding that it had the “God given right” to conquer/improve other civilization and cultures and in each of these stories this idea is shown. Each native community is
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Most of us are familiar with the Disney version of Snow White‚ Snow White and the seven Dwarfs‚ a classic fairy tale movie about a kind princess and her evil stepmother. However‚ there is another version of this tale by Brothers Grimm‚ who were the first to publish it‚ which is similar to the Disney movie but with few variations in the story. In this essay‚ both contradictory and similar meanings of the two versions of the fairy tales are discussed based on the allegorical‚ sexism and morality content
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School‚ a white school that is beginning to engage in integration. Looking at evidence from the story so far and Sylvia’s reasoning‚ we can predict which school she will most likely go to. It is very apparent that Sylvia has a crush on a fellow classmate at her middle school‚ named Reggie. When Reggie
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Little White Lies: An Analysis and Evaluation of “The Pathology of White Privilege” by Tim Wise Growing up in the United States‚ racism is an issue one cannot help but hear about at one point or another. Racial inequality and discrimination is a topic that comes up every February with Black History Month‚ and is often talked about in high school history classes around the country. But that is what it is considered to the majority of people: history. Most students are taught that‚ while there are
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Blanche Neige – “Snow White” In complete contrast with its title‚ Angelin Preljocaj’s version of Blanche Neige is intended to be not so “whitely” pure (Wheeler 2012). Taking a leaf out of the Brothers Grimm original tale‚ in conjunction with Preljocaj’s influential background as mentioned earlier‚ Preljocaj attempts to twist this usually happy‚ Disney fairytale into a romantically dark thriller filled with serious societal undertones (Kourlas 2014). Snow White is no longer innocent‚ rather she
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White Privileges and the role they play in American Society Our daily lives are affected by race whether we know it or not. We all see the world through a racial lens that colors our world‚ African American‚ Caucasian‚ Asian‚ Mexican‚ or other. I came across an article online entitled “Black Sons‚ White Privilege‚ Ferguson‚ and the Gospel” which is written by Caucasian Pastor Jeremy Haskins. Haskins has three sons‚ two of whom are African American. He talks about a time‚ he went into a children’s
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Along the coastlines of U.S.A‚ Africa and Australia‚ sharks‚ especially the Great Whites‚ have received a bad reputation as very aggressive predators that like to attack and eat human beings. There is a long‚ complex and often bloody relationship between Carcharodon Carcharias and Homo sapiens. The great white’s reputation as ferocious predator is well-earned‚ yet these marine animals are not as once believed –indiscriminate ‘’eating machines’’. They are ambush hunters‚ taking prey by surprise from
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