normally they would never do. How are you supposed to deal with it when for most people it’s everywhere around them? My solution was JROTC‚ or Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. JROTC helps you deal with these things by building your self-esteem‚ you set a goal for your life ahead‚ and you don’t want to let the instructors down. JROTC has morphed me into the leader I am today. The program helps you deal with peer pressure and so much more. In JROTC‚ they teach you a lot of things. For example‚ drill
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Alison DiNucci “What you Pawn I Shall Redeem” 10/25/10 Jackson Jackson is a homeless Indian living in Seattle. He was given a chance to win back his grandmother’s powpow regalia. I believe that throughout the story all of Jackson’s intentions to try and get back the regalia were good‚ although it didn’t seem like it at first. What made me like Jackson was his continued effort. Also what made Jackson more likeable in the story was he used his humor to help him. Jackson is a very complex person
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The movie Ten Things I Hate About You is a modern(ish) day interpretation of the Shakespeare classic Taming of The Shrew. The movie followed pretty close to the plot of the play‚ but with some obvious differences. In a handful of paragraphs‚ I plan to compare the two‚ along with answering the various questions you have provided us. There are many similarities between the movie and the play. Bianca and Kat in both the play and movie have the same names. The rest of the main characters are mostly
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Many movies follow the typical “Hollywood pattern”‚ that is‚ they provide no greater meaning‚ no deeper purpose‚ than solely to entertain. However‚ this is not the case‚ as shown in ’10 Things I Hate About You’‚ directed by Gil Junger. The movie explores important ideas and themes‚ such as‚ the role of women in the 21st century‚ peoples judgments and the power that Shakespearean symbols hold. The movie breaks down the idea of the liberated woman of the 21st century. This is shown throughout the
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In her essay‚ Angelou states “But the names to long. I’d never bother myself. I’d call her Mary if I was you” (5). This quote depicts the power that Miss Cullinan tries to assert and take away from Margaret and doing so by robbing her of her identity the one thing that was truly hers. It also shows the lengths in which Miss Cullinan will go to assert her
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surprising when I read “What You Pawn I Will Redeem: Noon” by Sherman Alexie (Perkins 31). “I grew up in Spokane‚ moved to Seattle‚” (Perkins 31) is the author’s life as well as the main character in the story. It did not surprise me that the main character and the author had similar paths in life. I questioned while reading‚ and still do‚ how much of the story is real. Mr. Alexie’s experiences must have shown him many of the things that happened in the story in reality and/or to him personally. I was so
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Tolkien is so specific that you get the feeling that the only books that fit into the guidelines are his own. Of course there are thousands of books and stories that people call Fairy-Tales that don’t fit into everyone of these guidelines‚ but a new genre hasn’t been created. This fact leaves one wondering; do everyone one of Tolkien’s guidelines need to be achieved for a book to be called a Faerie story? The answer to me is that the situation can not be possible. Now you are left to wonder how many
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The Thing I Never Told You I never told you about the cramped and noisy circumstances of my childhood. You know I spent most of my younger years living in a 900 square foot house with three small bedrooms‚ a galley kitchen‚ a compact living-dining room and one tiny bathroom. The house belonged to my grandparents; my mother‚ sister‚ and I shared one of the bedrooms. Another bedroom accommodated my invalid aunt‚ her wheelchair‚ and port-a-pot‚ and a bed where my granddaddy slept. The third bedroom
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Humor acts as as a remedy for Jackson Jackson and other characters‚ as they find relief during situations of negativity. In the short story‚ What You Pawn I will Redeem‚ the author‚ Sherman Alexie‚ uses humor often when talking about Indian stereotypes and in ironical situations. Alexie uses humor ironically through his characters to show how they can get passed through harsh moments with laughter. An example when Alexie’s character‚ Jackson Jackson used humor in this story was when he was
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4th of July party in Barry’s car and accidentally run over a man named David Egan‚ who has "Sara" tattooed on his arm. They call an ambulance from a pay phone‚ thinking he is seriously injured‚ only to receive a letter the next year stating‚ "I know what you did last summer". Then Julie and Helen meet David’s sister Missy Egan (Anne Heche)‚ and find out that they didn’t hit Egan. Then‚ a psychotic man hits Barry with his own car‚ who luckily survives. Helen gets her hair cut off by the maniac’s scissors
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