Something like hope! By: Shawn Goodman *This book something like hope is about mainly about‚ 17-year-old Shavonne has been in a juvenile detention since the seventh grade. Mr. Delpopolo is the first counselor to treat her as an equal‚ and he helps her get to the bottom of her self-destructive behavior‚ her guilt about past actions‚ and her fears about leaving the Center when she turns 18. *Shavonne tells him the truth about her crack-addicted mother‚ the child she had (and gave up to foster
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The Custody of the Pumpkin Q&A P. G. Wodehouse THE CUSTODY OF THE PUMPKIN Lord Emsworth P.G. Wodehouse is quite well-known for his portrayal of eccentric‚ snobbish and socially-parasitic aristocrats in his different chronicles.Lord Emsworth is the main character of the Blandings Castle Books‚ which are based out of the fictional Emsworth estate‚ of which he is supposed to be the head. Lord Emsworth is a great sample of a "Wodehouse type"‚ which are characters that bear the unique
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Save as Many as You Ruin In this short story called “Save as Many as You Ruin” by Van Booy we are introduced to Gerard‚ who works in an office. He appears to the reader as likeable man and the story begins one day as he gets off work. He walks down the street thinking about what the area was like before the big city of Manhattan was constructed. The footprints in the snow remind him of how everything will disappear. He breathes out just to see his breath disappear‚ and thinks of a Rainer M. Rilke
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Week 3 You Decide mYa Cater SOCS 350 07/20/2011 Gail Rognan My job is to hire a sales manager who will sell the latest fiber optics to leading wireless manufacturers of five key companies. Some of the job requirements are that the sales representative must be articulate‚ sophisticated‚ and knowledgeable about fiber optics. The job also requires travel Monday through Friday in order for the sales representative to work with those in the prospective company. The job
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In Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes‚ Jim and Will are portrayed as characters with few similarities: being extremely close in age‚ and living next door to each other being the two main parallels. Will is born only minutes before his counterpart‚ but he is born in the closing minutes of All Saints Day‚ October 30‚ and Jim in the initial minutes of Halloween. As for these two days that the boys are born‚ the former seems to represent righteousness and innocence
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Are you distracted by technology? Yes‚ it is a proven fact‚ with lots and lots of experiments to prove that‚ technology is a big distraction in today’s generation. There was an experiment shown that they actually might be failing us educational wise‚ there was a study done that people who are more active on their phones‚ got 20% lower on a cognition tests. The other study showed‚ that on a good day students can concentrate for up to two minutes‚ before their phone becomes a distraction. A recent
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Finding something to invest in can be confusing because of the terminology of different ways and things to invest in. A person may not have the knowledge or confidence on how to invest wisely. There is so much information to research and understand on what a person should do if they want to invest. Morningstar Inc. was established to make investing easier for individuals because their main focus is on the individual and not institutions (Ferrell‚ Hirt & Ferrell‚ 2009). I know I would like to
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Learning something new can be scary Learning something new can be quiet a scary experience. One of the scariest experiences I’ve had to do was learn how to surf. I have always had a deep fear of sharks‚ but decided I wanted to overcome that fear. I also thought it would be great exercise and not only would help me become more physically stronger‚ but mentally as well. What I did not realize is‚ learning how to surf would help me become a more confident person over all. Any new situation makes
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A City That’s Doing Something Right Statistics predict that the global population in the year 2025 will be more than eight billion‚ and almost four billion of these people will be living in cities in developing countries. Population growth causes overcrowding. Overcrowding
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the characters‚ events and themes of Something Wicked This Way Comes. The book was written by Ray Bradbury and first published in 1962. From this novel‚ there has been a movie adaptation. It begins with “First of all‚ it was October‚ a rare month for boys.” The setting of this story is in October which explains use of the image of leaves. The lines represent a spider web‚ this is my interpretation of the book because everything in the story is linked. Something Wicked This Way Comes has a dark theme
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