I chose to analyze reviews of Steve Sheinkin’s Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team. I was able to locate three reviews after some rather frustrating searching. The first resource I used was School Library Journal‚ where I almost immediately was able to find an online review. Next‚ I pulled up the websites for Publishers Weekly and VOYA but was unable to find any reviews. I then tried Booklist but was discouraged when I discovered an account was needed to access full-text
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Making its debut 1982‚ The Dark Crystal‚ created and directed by puppeteers Jim Henson and Frank Oz‚ was a fantasy film that involved intricate puppeteers and animatronics. Aside from The Muppets and Sesame Street‚ which involves more comedic skits to relay their message to its viewers‚ The Dark Crystal was a different kind of muppet movie because it used fantasy‚ fiction and action to tell its story. With this change in Jim Henson’s usual way of story telling‚ the fantasy aspect of the movie becomes
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Dead Man Dead Man is a western comedy that stars Johnny Depp and Gary Farmer directed by Jim Jarmusch. The film begins as Johnny Depp’s character William Blake travels west on the transcontinental railroad to the town of Machine‚ where he had been offered a job as an accountant. When he arrived he found that the position offered to him had already been filled‚ in addition‚ city slicker Blake who came all the way from Cleveland and sold everything to make the trip‚ was out of place among the
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An interesting character in the film The Truman Show’ by Peter Weir was Truman Burbank‚ played by Jim Carrey. The film is about a reality TV show which revolves around the life of unaware Truman. His life has been broadcasted to the world ever since his birth. In Truman’s world everything is fake except for him. What I find so interesting about the character is the way he reacts to his environment and how he manages to discover what he truly is. We first see Truman as cheerful and friendly. He
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Racism and Southern Identification The Ethics of Living Jim Crow1 ! Upon reading the Ethics of Jim Crow a number of things came to mind. First and foremost‚ the difficulty of being a black person in this era. Throughout the article it seems that negroes are continually targeted without any basis. The response to any giving situation is never appropriate‚ the respectability for the self and other negroes is completely obliterated and most importantly there is a system of fear that is instituted not
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2. What is one major point that Jim Cummins makes about language acquisition? Do you agree with his perspective? Why or why not? Support with an example. a. To summarize a large point in Cummins way of thinking‚ “Just because a child is speaking “fluently” does not mean they have the cognitive‚ academic components.” Cummins believes that learning a new language is a cognitive process‚ and that learning the tools of one language‚ will help you with your learning of a new language. Fluency‚ in Cummins
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The short story “The Tiger’s Heart” by Jim Kjelgaard follows Pepe Garcia‚ a master of his village in pursuit of a tiger who has terrorized his village. Pepe has many motivations as to why he is hunting the tiger which include pride‚ money‚ admiration‚ and because he is a hunter. Throughout the story‚ Pepe puts great emphasis that owning a rifle makes a man the “master” of his village‚ yet when he needed it most‚ the rifle fails. You would think that a normal man would lose all motivation and drive
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written history. In the following‚ I will highlight portions of Cree history to establish an understanding of such a rich culture. I will focus on the teachings of Jim Kanepetetew and how “The Ten Treaty Sticks” have established a foundation of Cree culture. As a basis for guidelines‚ I will follow the oral teachings of Jim Kanepetetew. As per Jim Kanepetetew of the Onion Lake First Nation‚ there are unwritten words of history. In this case‚ where Kanepetetew explains “The Ten Treaty Sticks” it is clear
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to hide their true identity‚ it could lead to certain consequences. Being someone that someone is not can be detrimental because there is a lot of consequences in it. It doesn’t have to be physical‚ but it can be mental as well. Former governor Jim McGreevey was a married man with children. He resigned after stating that he was gay. They publically humiliated him by calling him offensive names. Someone had even accused him of sexual harassment. The fact that he had a wife and children did not
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The 1970’s: An Age of Turmoil and Triumph Throughout history‚ from Ancient Greece to modern day America‚ humans have always strived for a better world and what it could bring. Whether it be advancements in medicine or the principle of relativity‚ people all across space and time have been fascinated by what they could accomplish or who they could deceive and control. The human race is full of examples of individuals who have gone above and beyond imagination and others who have faltered horribly
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