Dreams by Langston Huges and Summer by Walter Dean Myers gives two different types of poems. The poem Dreams is in the ballad form and takes you to a sad place inside yourself as the reader. Summer is a free verse that gives you the sense of play and have nothing holding you back. Dreams is a ballad because the writer uses repetative speech. "Hold fast to dreams" is an example of the repetative speech in the poem. Dreams gives the impression of sadness and cold. "Life is a broken-winged bird that
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Malcolm X‚ “We are fighting for the right to live as free humans in this society. In fact‚ we are actually fighting for rights that are even greater than civil rights and that is human rights” (Malcolm). Human rights is the topic of the two eye-opening stories: 1984 by George Orwell and “The Train from Rhodesia” by Nadine Gordimer. In 1984‚ Winston‚ in a desperate attempt to rebel against the tyranny of Big Brother‚ has a rebellious love affair with Julia and gets caught‚ tortured‚ and brainwashed into
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In his novel Monster‚ Walter Dean Myers demonstrates the complexity of the justice system‚ and how people can be tried unethically. The characters‚ Bobo Evans‚ Steve Harmon‚ James King‚ and Osvaldo Cruz all differ in magnitude of guilt and involvement‚ but were tried either too harsh‚ or let off too easily. What differs in each person’s case is attributed to biases including age‚ race‚ and cooperations with the police. The first poorly tried suspect in this felony-murder case was Osvaldo Cruz. Osvaldo
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times not.” Walter Dean Myers said this to The New York Times about why he writes the way that he does. Walter Dean Myers grew up in a time of racial prejudice in a poor area of Harlem. Growing up African American in Harlem during a period of repeated racial prejudice and being in the Army influenced his writing. You can see some of his life from Harlem in most of his books including The Beast. His writing affected his life and his life affected his writing. Walter Dean Myers was born on August
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learned from the book is‚ if someone does something wrong they have to pay for it. The book is a murder mystery‚ that can entertain anyone. This book is a must read in my opinion. The plot of the book Monster includes setting‚ main character‚ and conflicts. First‚ the story takes place in the jail cell and courtroom. Steve is on trial for the robbery and murder of Mr. Nesbitt. Next‚ is Steve Harmon‚ who is sent to jail for being involved with the crime. Steve is a high school student. He is walking
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An Innocent Boy In Walter Dean Myer’s novel Monster‚ a young‚ black 16 year-old‚ Steve Harmon is on trial for participating in a robbery and murder. Steve is innocent. Why? Ms. Petrocelli describes him as a monster. Why? She sees a young‚ black teenager. She stereotypes Steve. She assumes that he would commit the crime by his association with Bobo and James. To her he seems ready to confess. However‚ I see that Steve plays no part in the crime. He is not a “monster.” One reason I believe that
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In writing his novel “Monster”‚ Walter Dean Myers used his experience to keep the judicial system relevant to his points while still realistic. Steve’s attorney‚ O’Brien‚ is honest about her role in the system to Steve‚ telling him‚ “My job is to make sure the law works for you as well as against you.” Instead of pretending to be crusading for a not guilty verdict‚ O’Brien tells the truth that she intends to help hunt down the truth both for and against Steve as an unbiased tool of the court. This
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Think how boring life would be if all humans only demonstrated one personality trait. In literature‚ characters are made more interesting by being developed as round characters‚ people with more that one personality trait. In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet‚ Romeo demonstrates being lovesick‚ impulsive‚ and sneaky. One of the personality traits that Romeo demonstrates in the play is being lovesick. First‚ when Romeo falls in love with Rosaline‚ she does not respond. As a result he
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SLAMS Workshop October 2013 Problems and Suggested Answers PROBLEM 1 Jim drove his wife‚ Betty‚ to Southern Cross Station‚ so that she could catch the Melbourne-Sydney express‚ a special service operated by InterUrban. She was planning to spend a week in Sydney visiting friends. Having arrived at the station‚ Jim carried Betty’s luggage on board the train. They had just stepped into the carriage‚ when the train driver announced over the intercom that the Melbourne-Sydney express would
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that Guy de Maupassant illustrates character development in The Necklace by showing us how human behavior can vary through
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