Julia Gariepy Period 2 12/11/12 Literacy Letter #2 Speak by: Laurie Halse Anderson The summer before her freshman year of high school‚ Melinda Sordino‚ meets Andy Evans at a party. Outside in the woods‚ Andy rapes her. Melinda calls 911‚ but does not know what to say. The police come and break up the party. Melinda does not tell anyone what happened to her‚ and no one asks. She starts high school at Merryweather High School as an outcast‚ shunned by her friends for calling the police. She
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1. Spaniards and English immigrants were guilty of genocide against Native Americans “Damn any man who sympathizes with Indians. I have come to kill Indians‚ and believe it is right and honorable to use any means under God’s Heaven to kill them.” This statement was said by Colonel John Chivington. He was celebrated as hero after killing dozens of Indian women and children. In the early history of our nation‚ genocide against Native American was almost encouraged by the authorities. Native Americans
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never conquers.” This means that in literature there is often a case where evil wins a battle but it never wins a war. This consensus seems reasonable because most books or movies the characters overcome the evil. This is especially true in the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Evil may appear to be dominating‚ but in the end‚ good prevails. The major evil that Melinda‚ overcomes is that she has been raped. This is the main conflict of the story. This is a man vs. man conflict. Melinda‚ the
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“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” Analysis Langston Hughes was a great writer who was a representative of black writers during Harlem Renaissance. Most of his work depicts the lives of African Americans and race issues. He was known for his poems‚ and “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” is one of his famous poems (Hughes Biography). In the poem‚ Hughes tells African Americans’ evolution‚ and he is proud of his race. In “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”‚ Hughes uses point of view and figurative language to create
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Mary luu English 102 Underground America For many years‚ America has always been seen as “the land of opportunity” to achieve the American Dream. Underground America documents the lives and stories of those undocumented immigrants migrating to the U.S for a better life but with the status of being undocumented comes great deal of hardship. The Immigrant are moving to the United State to have a better life because they have a background of a poor economy in their home country. But to
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vast number of resources available for learning about guitar. You can learn how to play songs‚ how to repair your broken instrument‚ how to play fancy scales‚ and much more. The trouble is‚ there just aren’t many GOOD guitar lessons available to someone looking to start playing guitar. These guitar lessons are designed for people who own (or have borrowed) a guitar‚ but don’t yet know the first thing about playing it. What you’ll need for these Guitar Lessons * A guitar with six strings. Any type
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Cristobal Illegal Immigrants Deportation There has been an issue for several years in the United States‚ and yet it hasn’t been resolved. While the government is looking for a solution‚ there have been so many families that are getting separated just because they are deporting too many people. Some states that have made their own laws which are laws that are absolutely unconstitutional‚ such as the one from Arizona the SB-1070‚ which
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important is to be able to read‚ write and speak English in Thailand? At the present time‚ English is used widely around the world and also the most spoken official language. Being able to read‚ write and speak English becomes important for Thai people because of various reasons. English is used in education and in doing business. Firstly‚ it is important for Thai children because English is used in education. There are many sources of knowledge written in English such as textbooks or information on
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The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England‚ who speak the English language. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin‚ when they were known in Old English as the Angelcynn. England is one of the countries of the United Kingdom and English people in England are British citizens. Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles‚ Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain in the fifth century AD.[8] Historically‚ the English population is descended from several peoples — the
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In modern‚ evangelical Christianity‚ the term “rapture” conjures up images of the Christian church being pulled from an earth in turmoil and swept away to Heaven. It is an image that is reminiscent of the “Left Behind” books‚ a fictional series which depicts a world in which a rapture of all of earth’s Christians has occurred‚ leaving behind only “sinners” to stare down the end of the world. This view of a “rapture” has become a popular one‚ and one that remains largely unquestioned by
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