of many other individuals‚ I think Irene Opdyke merits this Award as she had put her life at risk. Irene was a polish catholic nurse who had joined the underground. The underground was a group or movement organized secretly to work against an extreme regime. The holocaust was a period where a large number of jews were fiercely slaughtered by the nazis amid the World War II. It was a genocide in which roughly 6 million jews were executed by Hitler. I believe Irene should win this award because not
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Across Five Aprils By Irene Hunt Across Five April’s by Irene Hunt is about how the civil war tears apart a family during the hard times of the civil war. There were 239 pages it this story. The book follows the life of Jethro Creighton‚ a young farm boy in rural Illinois as he grows from a protected and provided for nine year old‚ to a educated and respectable young adult during the chaos of the civil war. In the beginning of the book Jethro has an incorrect idea of
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Boyd. This article is a letter of Irene M. Boyd for her daughter Dolores‚ who are a nursing student. In the letter‚ it appears that Dolores is feeling bored with her major and she wants to quit. As a nursing student‚ she must devote herself to studying‚ so she does not have much time for herself. “It makes for a fine career but not for marriage‚” she thinks. Knowing that‚ Irene M. Boyd tries to convince her daughter not to quit her career by many persuasive
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In “Chapter 3” Irene Hunt begins by discussing Josh’s and Joey’s emotions towards the tragic death of their close friend Howie. When they get off the freight train‚ they are in a small town. A kind man offers food and they resist it‚ because of their deep shock. However‚ he stills gives them a can of beans for them to eat. Next‚ the brothers find a place to rest under a bridge. They are so devastated at the tragedy with their friend‚ that the cry under the bridge together. However‚ the boys are able
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Response to Antigone (1961) The 1961 film‚ Antigone‚ starring Irene Papas is about a woman who is trying to rise up against the King of Thebes‚ Creon‚ who ordered the body of her beloved brother‚ Polynices‚ to be left unburied and unmourned. Her rise against the state and patriarchy causes Creon to not only sentence her to death‚ but to die alone confined inside a cave. The film provides a great visual to its written drama as well as following the plot and even the script very closely. The
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In “Chapter 1‚” Irene Hunt begins the book with the main characters‚ Josh and Joey. Josh’s alarm is going off at about four o’clock in the morning‚ to wake him up to deliver papers. Joey‚ Josh’s frail little brother‚ wants to go with him‚ but Josh does not want him to. Also‚ the October chill‚ along with little sleep makes him irritable and moody. Despite his feelings‚ Josh knows that the infinitesimal amount of money he is bringing in for his family is important. However‚ he goes downstairs and
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people undergo in their lives. There are two kinds of abuse‚ physical and emotional‚ and both types of abuses can cause people to lose hope and self-confidence in themselves‚ which can change their lives forever. In the novel The Lottery Rose‚ by Irene Hunt‚ is about a boy that suffers from the two types of abuse in many ways. A boy named Georgie‚ who is seven and a half years old‚ loses hope in himself when his alcoholic mother and her abusive boyfriend abuse Georgie both physically and emotionally
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“The American Dream” What is the American Dream? for some people they each have their own view of the American dream and for others they pretty much have the same reason‚ But some Authors were Kind enough to provide us examples for the american dream. According to Everett Rosenfeld’s article “American Dream is still alive‚ but unrecognized”Some people come to America and the first time they come its all fun and games and others that are living in the land already knows the real struggle. A “Unknown
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1. I do not feel that Irene became too dependent on her classmate whom she met online. I believe that talking to her friend online became part of her life. Irene had developed a bond with her classmate. As humans‚ there are people that we bond with and share a connection. Interacting with the people that we share a connection gives us support and we have someone that we feel understands what is going on in our everyday lives. I believe that is what Irene had with her online friend. They communicated
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Irene Ruddock and Lady Macbeth are different in the way they transform throughout the the play. Lady Macbeth throughout the play changes as she goes from being a cold blooded cruel woman to being a nervous‚ scared and sad suicidal woman. The book starts by Macbeth being awarded the position of Thane of Cawdor‚ but Lady Macbeth wants more‚ she wants to be powerful and rich this is why she and Macbeth decide to kill Duncan."Come‚ thick night‚ and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell‚ That my keen
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