In the novel “Peak” written by Roland Smith are conveyed the important of themes adventure‚ friends and family and betrayal. The novel “Peak” is a story about a young boy who began climbing and tagging‚ but this all changes when he is caught and is sent to juvenile detention. But when he gets to choose his sentence to either go to Thailand with this real father or stay in jail‚ his life changes. Firstly one of the important themes in the novel is friends and family. Friendship and family plays a
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Ashley Lewis Ms. Bostick US History (Period 4) May 31‚ 2013 Black Panthers One of the biggest contributors to help develop civil rights in the United States was the Black Panther Party. This civil rights movement created by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland‚ California of 1966 was considered to be the “greatest threat to the internal security of the country” (US History 13.3). This party was created to specifically focus on self-defense especially from police brutality. Section 1:
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"Peak" is categorized as a realistic fiction book. it’s about a boy named Peak Marcello who has a deep passion for climbing. He shows this passion through scaling skyscrapers in the big apple. One night whereas he’s making an attempt to scale the Woolworth building‚ he’s caught by the S.W.A.T team and brought to court. He’s saved by his long lost father‚ Joshua Wood‚ the renowned adventurer‚ volunteered to acquire custody of Peak for a 18 months‚ which would be his jail sentence anyway. Peak would
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Characters: Main Characters: Peak‚ 14-year-old Peak Marcello. His parents are professional mountain climbers. As Peak says‚ "It could have been worse. My parents could have named me Glacier‚ or Abyss‚ or Crampon."Peak gets in big trouble for attempting to climb a skyscraper in New York City‚ where he is living with his mother and stepfather. Peak gets sent off to Tibet‚ to join his father who leads groups of wealthy people up Mt. Everest. Climbing Mt. Everest is a dangerous pursuit but Peak’s
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Black Panther Ten Point Plan Response During the 1960s‚ the black civil rights movement was at its peak and the call for social and racial equality was spreading throughout America. To promote these ideas‚ different groups rose up and protested against the current white dominant order in the United States. Among these groups‚ the Black Panthers were founded to demand an end to “racism and social oppression in order to create a global socialist community” (Ten Point Plan). Their tactics were very
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According to the proponents of the ’Peak Oil’ theory‚ the world is expected to face severe oil shortages in the near future. Then‚ how can mankind meet its energy needs? Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached‚ after which the rate of production enters terminal decline. The concept is based on the observed production rates of individual oil wells‚ and the combined production rate of a field of related oil wells. The aggregate production rate
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Black Panther Habitat - Rainforest Animals An animal’s habitat is the place where its basic needs for food‚ water‚ shelter‚ and reproduction are met. Black panthers are adapted to living in a wide variety of habitats within their range. The black panther’s habitats include the rainforest‚ marshland‚ woodlands‚ swamps‚ savannahs‚ and even mountains and deserts. One of the reasons that black panthers are able to live in such variety of habitats is that they can eat many types of animals. Their
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Kyuem book report The book I choose was a story entitled‚ ‘Star Trap’ by Simon Brett. IT was published in 1982. I choose this book because I like detective novels. The storyline is very mysterious. The plot thickens when many incidents happened in the story such as a rehearsal pianist was shot in the hand by an airgun pellet and a actor tumbled down some stairs and broke his leg. As I keep on reading the story‚ more and more questions keep on rehearsing my mind as I try to solve the case as well
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The Panther by Rainer Maria Rilke The poem The Panther by Rainer Maria Rilke depicts the picture of a panther locked in a cage of a zoo. The cage has iron bars and because of being tired he cannot see anything. To him‚ it looks as though‚ there are thousands of bars which are confusing his vision. To him‚ there is no world behind the cage. When he moves round and round the cage frequently‚ it looks as though he is performing a ritual dance. The panther inside the cage of the zoo has a powerful desire
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Peak Performance Interview To be able to do one’s best in one’s physical state is a way of saying of how peak performers are. I am still in the process of becoming a peak performer. Even though I mostly know what I want‚ there are still some things I’m missing about being a peak performer. Ofelia Rios is my mom. She is a woman in her middle fifty’s living in Mexico‚ and recently she started her own business after being slave of the famous “living paycheck to paycheck” finally she can rule her own
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