Few people are fearless speakers. As students‚ we generally feel the rumble of butterflies in our stomachs‚ but the most we have to lose is a good grade. For Emma Goldman‚ the stakes were considerably higher. She had the daunting task of speaking to secure her own freedom when she was placed on trial for obstructing the draft in 1917. The country was awash in patriotism‚ and she was prosecuted as an enemy of the state. When preparing her speech‚ she realized that a seated jury would be
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Belonging is a controlling force influenced by our personal situation and is characterized by the understanding of our relationships and interactions with others. An individual’s perception of belonging is greatly influenced by interactions with the environment and their surroundings. This is clearly seen in The Simple Gift by Stephen Herrick which demonstrates elements of belonging and acceptance through the ’pain and suffering’ of rejection‚ ’homelessness’ and ’dealing with death’ by the characters
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Midterm Check-In For the TV show analysis‚ I chose the show Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and completed the first season. The first season of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer begins with Buffy Summers‚ a troubled teenager‚ moving from her hometown of L.A. to the town of Sunnydale‚ California. Buffy must start at a new high school as a sophomore after burning down the gym of her previous school. Although Buffy is described as a troubled teen‚ she seems relatively normal. The traumas she has faced do not stem
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Everyone has a story to tell‚ a story either based on their life experiences‚ a story to educate listeners‚ or just simply a story to entertain others. Ms. Elisha Greenwell from Oakland‚ California‚ has a story to share that includes a little variety of all three‚ but she is doing it in a unique way by allowing African-Americans to celebrate who they are and where they come from as a culture of people. As the founder and organizer of Oakland’s First Annual Black Joy Pride‚ Greenwell wanted to tell
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occurring all over the world. Abuse of power is when‚ a person or the people who hold the power are not taking responsibility and mistreating it. These themes are represented in many Novels‚ poetry‚ drama and films. The novel Animal Farm and the film Erin Brockovich are two texts which explore these timeless themes. This assignment will compare and contrast how power has been abused and the effects of the abuse of power occur in both the book and the film. Both novel and film are base of real live events
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In the fantasy novel‚ Warriors‚ The Apprentices Quest‚ Erin Hunter shows how not all things are what they seem. Erin Hunter uses the forest as her setting. In the novel‚ a young apprentice named Alderpaw receives a vision to go and find what’s in the shadows‚ and save a long-forgotten clan. He decides to go on a journey to save Skyclan. On the way‚ Alderpaw’s close friend and leader of the party‚ Sandstorm dies. But they continued their journey. A young ShadowClan apprentice named Needlepaw helps
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themselves and other cats in the clan. Warriors: Fading Echoes‚ by Erin Hunter‚ is a fiction novel they has lots of action and adventure‚ but is also sad and confusing at the same time.
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The world is filled with many forms of cruelty. One of these forms is bullying‚ no matter the side of bullying one has experienced it is something most people can relate to. In her essay‚ White Lies‚ Erin Murphy explores the effects bullying can have within in a person. The mother in Murphy’s essay should not have participated in helping her daughter lie her way out of bullying. Although the mother’s intentions were good‚ she is ultimately hurting her daughter in teaching her to pay her way out of
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if you want something go and get it. Norma Rae was determined to make a change in the textile factory‚ even if it risks her own job and her family. She showed that women can do anything we put our minds to‚ just as good as men or even better! Erin Brockovich (Steven
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PENGUIN ACTIVE READING Teacher Support Programme Teacher’s notes LEVEL 3 Stories of Courage Clare Gray Stories 5–6: Prisoner for Peace tells the story of Burmese Aung San Suu Kyi‚ the unofficial leader of Burma. Her government was removed from power by the Burmese army in 1988‚ and she was placed under house arrest shortly afterward. Since that time she has fought tirelessly for democracy. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1991 and continues to fight for her people’s freedom
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