In the book Soldier’s Heart by Gary Paulsen‚ the main character‚ Charley‚ sees some awful things. There are many down falls to war‚ and the imagery is one of them. Some soldiers aren’t strong enough to take the emotional hit that follows it. You go through battle daily and see people being shot‚ but the aftermath is worse than watching people fall‚ clinging to life by a thread‚ if they haven’t already died. They stab‚ shoot and claw and they’re filled with too much joy for the moment because they’re
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This is how I Gary Parkes solved a mystery about a robbery on school campus. It was just past 8:30 I walked into my third period and sat down next to Sarah Willis. When I sat down‚ She asked me how I was doing and I answered "Fantastic!" She replied with "Well did you do your speech?" Then bell rang and "I said I wrote 3 pages". She was really surprised since we only had to write 1 page. That’s when Mr. Hawks came into the class and said to open up your textbooks to page 134. So I opened my textbook
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About the author (2006) Gary Soto was born April 12‚ 1952‚ and raised in Fresno California. He graduated from Roosevelt High School and attended Fresno City College‚ graduating in 1974 with an English degree. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines‚ including The Nation‚ Plouqhshares‚ The Iowa Review‚ Ontario Review and Poetry‚ which has honored him with the Bess Hokin Prize and the Levinson Award and by featuring him in Poets in Person. He is one of the youngest poets to appear in The
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Essay 1 If you didn’t have friends‚ would you be able to live a valuable and meaningful life? Friendship is a very valuable thing because it can get people through the hardest of times‚ as shown in Nancy Farmer’s House of the Scorpion‚ where the reign of El Patron over his country‚ Opium‚ is overthrown by his own clone‚ Matteo Alacran‚ with the help of his few friends‚ whom he keeps through loyalty and compassion. “Tomorrow he would begin the task of breaking down the empire of Opium. It was
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The Chorus in Greek drama was a large group of performers (suggested between 12 and 30) of people who sang or chanted songs and poems‚ and danced during plays. They are homogenized and non-individualized group in Greek drama. Despite the large size‚ they represented a collective consciousness‚ or a single body‚ often wearing masks to render sense of unification and anonymity. In Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex‚ the chorus is composed of senators‚ while in Sophocles’s Electra‚ the chorus is made up of the
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Psychology has majorly changed from the 1800’s due to developing methods and theories that adapt to human nature and societal changes. As an academic discipline that has been taught‚ modified and industrialized since the 1800’s we are able to understand and use these past theories to practice psychology today. Firstly‚ the essay will explain and define psychology‚ where it originated from‚ including the main theorist that impact the way psychology is influenced today through approach’s. Secondly
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They bring out Macbeth’s inner evil ambition and determine his fate. “Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair” (Act 1‚ Sc. 1‚ 11)‚ the witches start Act one‚ Scene one in an ominous atmosphere of thunder and lighting. The bleak atmosphere that starts off the drama supports the horror and tragedy that characterizes the rest of the play. The audience learns about their intentions of meeting Macbeth and doing harm “when the hurlyburly’s done/ When the battle’s lost and won” (Act 1‚ Sc. 1‚ 4-5). Macbeth may win
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victim scared‚ victim trying to get away. 2) The Greeks would not let any type of violence on the stage. All fighting shooting etc. had to happen off stage. If the character/actor were killed he would be wheeled on to the stage. 3) Because the dramas evolved from choral dances and chants‚ the chorus remained a strong presence in Greek tragedy throughout the Golden Age and beyond. 4) The addition of one actor‚ by Thespis was a major step forward ‚ and was later followed by the addition of two
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The performance ‘Hoods’ by Barking Gecko Theatre Co. is a play about two young children‚ Jessie and Kyle‚ who create video game style situations to pass the time as they are left in the car by their mother. This play was performed at Thornlie Senior High School’s Performing Arts Centre on Friday the 1st of April 2011. It was a great honour to have this brilliant play shown to the high school students as it showed perseverance of the young children. The play was written by Angela Betzien and directed
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Illnesses of the 1700’s There were many illnesses in the 1700’s and 1800’s that were life threatening‚ or even a sure death‚ that are in current times‚ not a concern‚ or highly curable. Examples are smallpox‚ bubonic plague‚ typhus‚ mumps‚ influenza‚ yellow fever‚ and measles. These diseases almost single handedly wiped out several native American tribes‚ and wreaked havoc on European communities. Small pox‚ overtook half of Boston in 1763. There was no cure‚ and to this day there is not one
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