Media Unit Take Home Test Presented to Mr. Setnyk By Jessica Hutchinson ENG 4U-English Tuesday‚ January 17th 2012 1. Gender Stereotyping in Video Games ___ /3 Doctor Karen Dill says‚ “When women are consistently shown as sex objects rather than agents‚ consistently depicted in demeaning and degrading ways‚ and consistently shown as submissive‚ the result is to condone and support violence against women‚ coercion of women‚ and anti woman attitudes.” Do you agree or disagree with
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Badge of Courage‚ the main character‚ Henry‚
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that he wants his son “to see what real courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.” Courage is the ability to do something that frightens one. So how is courage defined in this novel? In To Kill a Mockingbird most of the town‚ Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ shows courage. Courage can be a small thing like saying hi to somebody as you pass them on the streets‚ even though you’re too shy to speak up. Courage can be a big thing like going up to somebody’s house that you
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Assignment 6 Personal Narrative Essay In life‚ when is there one time that things have not gone the way that it should have? “Love” and “Life” will pass you by and bring forth joy and disappointment but I believe that with determination and courage‚ everything in time will be solved and life will go on as it it should. This is a personal experience that I have gone through. When I first dreamt of going away to America to go to school‚ I was terrified. I knew that my parents were letting their
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Does Henry Fleming mature from an uncertain and naïve adolescent to a strong young man over the course of The Red Badge of Courage? Set during the Civil War‚ The Red Badge of Courage follows the journey of Henry Fleming through a number of trials‚ including battle‚ fear and the death of his fellow comrade over a mere three days. But do all these transform him into the larger-than- life war hero he always dreamt of or a coward who fled at the sound of an enemy bullet? In the first chapter
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Red Badge of Courage is about a young soldier named Henry Fleming‚who is drafted during the war. The book traces the thread of emotions and reactions to events that he goes through‚ in the civil war. Being an an average farmer from New York‚ Henry wanted to go to war and become a hero like the ones he has read about in his school. The book starts off with a bunch of boys sitting at camp by the river‚ and while everyone is thinking about what they will do in war and how heroic they would be‚ Henry
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2011 Courage in the face of the worst “Here is a small fact: You are going to die(Zusak 4).” But have courage‚ for death will not come just yet. Show courage when faced with death and despair‚ like Hans Hubermann‚ Rosa Hubermann‚ Liesel Meminger‚ and Max Vanderburg. These are all characters from Markus Zusak’s book‚ The Book Thief‚ a story told by death‚ of a young girl‚ Liesel Meminger‚ who lives in Nazi Germany with her foster parents‚ Hans and Rosa. They take in a Jew
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Henry’s independence at the beginning of the story is immediately threatened. This places a crucial part in the fear factor process. The army he dreamt that would fulfill his hopes of glory and honor was no where to be found. The threat of losing their individuality was forgotten when the soldiers move and prepare for combat. Henry gave himself to the saving embrace of the fellow members of his platoon. He was no longer an individual working for his own goal. He was a teammate‚ partner‚ member. Henry
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Our history fair project is for “Taking a Stand in History” is on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We chose Dr. King as our topic for this project because we think he was a very brave individual who fought for equal rights for colored men and women. Dr. King definitely took a stand in history by giving speeches‚ leading marches‚ and doing everything he could for black America all the while staying peaceful and nonviolent. I think this particular topic is important because King has done a lot for our country
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government and help build the United States. Federalists wished to be able to tax states in order to help fund federal programs‚ also supported the idea of a national bank‚ and supported efforts for federal control over interstate commerce. Prominent federalists were Alexander Hamilton and John Adams for example. In the early republic there was a huge difference between what the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans believed should be done in order to improve the economy. Alexander Hamilton envisioned
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