Debra J Chawner‚ To whom it may concern Ashley Charles is a man I have known all of his life. His mother and I were school friends and have remained close friends ever since‚ always living near enough to maintain regular contact. Because of this I have always had a close relationship with extended members of the family. I have always been Ashley’s hairdresser and enjoyed being able to talk freely with him‚ sharing his experiences and thoughts such as in recent years his passion
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In another video‚ “Look up” by Gary Turk‚ we live in a world full of social media “friends” that we speak to everyday but none of them really know me. We have a decision to look into people’s eyes or a name on a screen‚ most choose a screen. If you take a step back and look around you may realize social media is anything but social. All the technology we have is just an illusion. When most people step back from social media they are confused because their life revolved around it and they do not know
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The book “Canyons” by Gary Paulsen is a good book that should be read by kids that are interested in stories about challenges. It should mostly be read by middle school students. It takes place in El Paso Texas‚ a dry and hot area near canyons. Brennan Cole‚ an older boy in highschool goes camping in the canyons and finds a skull and takes it home. The skull is getting to Brennan and is bothering him so he decides to do something about it and goes to Mr. Homesley‚ his biology teacher‚ for
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In the novel Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt‚ a possible theme could be that one will occur multiple conflicts and will have to overcome them to continue life. In the novel‚ Franklin’s father was “sitting alone in the bay window” with “no work” on his desk and his pipe was “cold and unsmoked” (Schmidt 143). In the following days after Franklin’s desk‚ Henry’s father is not overcoming his son’s death and will not continue on with his normal life. This quote relates to the theme because it shows that
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Do you believe onions buried underground are the cause of sadness? In the book “Buried Onions” by Gary Soto there are many different examples; such as metaphors‚ similes‚ and personification to grab the reader’s attention. That is exactly what you want when reading a book! First type of figurative language‚ “Yellow shoes the color of a pat of butter” (40). is a metaphor that stuck out the most to me. A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to
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Commentary for “Soldier’s Heart” Author‚ Gary Paulsen The book Soldier’s Heart‚ is based on a true story about a fifteen-year-old boy in Minnesota named‚ Charley Goddard‚ who lies about his age to join the First Volunteers of Minnesota to fight in the Civil War. Some of the events and time sequences are not completely factual‚ but the essential elements of the books story are true. Charley Goddard is a fifteen-year-old boy growing up in the farming community of Winona‚ Minnesota‚ in 1861‚
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Chapters 1‚ 2 and 5 [pages 99-104] Notes from The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing Closed-form writing consists of • An explicit thesis in the introduction that informs readers of the point of the entire essay • Unified and coherent paragraphs • Sustained development of that thesis without digressions Open-form prose consists of • No reduction to a single‚ summarizable thesis • The use of story or narrative as an organizing principle through which a point emerges
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The Book I chose was Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. The genre of this book is young adult fiction. It takes place in the forest of Canada. The book doesn’t mention the time that the story takes place. Although‚ it does say the his mother dropped him off in Hampton‚ New York in the beginning. This book is about a boy named Brian Robeson who is riding in a private airplane to Canada. At the beginning of the ride‚ the pilot invited him to help in the cockpit and then the pilot had an unfortunate heart attack
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Canyons is a fiction book written by an author by the name of Gary Paulsen. Paulsen wrote the book was written in the year 1991. Paulsen wrote this book and all of his other books because he has a passion to write. Paulsen has written over 45 books for young people since 1966. This book called Canyons is not one of his most popular books. His best selling book is called Hatchet written in 1987. Paulsen has written many books and won many great awards for his books. The book‚ Canyons is about a young
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Desire—The Viper in your mind By reading the short stories” A&P” and “The Lottery Ticker”‚ it is evident that both of them talk about the power and the negative effect of desire. In some situations‚ desire or emotional thoughts may impair people’s judgments‚ and even lead to some negative consequences. The character development in both stories highlights the power of desire and how desire makes people impetuous‚ They get influenced by the strong feeling deep down inside‚ For instance‚ in the
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