Silently skilled Jacob Jones‚ an introvert sophomore‚ exerts his energy into basketball rather than talking. It is said Jones has three special character traits that not many talented athletes his age have: focus‚ priorities‚ and the ability to be humble. “I guess [I am humble]‚ I don’t really brag much about being good”‚ says Jones‚ looking down and shrugging his shoulders. Not only does Jones set a positive example with his humble attitude‚ he sets an example with his work ethic. A tenth grader
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My son the fanatic Growing up with teenage attitudes and not having a role model around can make it difficult to be loved. The short story “My son the fanatic”‚ by Hanif Kureishi is set in 1997 in England. Ali has no one to look up to – He starts as an attentive scholar who got straight A’s‚ but turns into a dedicated Muslim‚ which gives Ali the opportunity to find it in his religion. We get to know Parvez‚ who is a Pakistani immigrant in England. He had an indignant experience with
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MOTHER TO SON: VIDEO PRESENTATION ‘Mother to Son’ is an ecstatic poem composed by Langston Hughes. The poem is structured in a form of a conversation between a mother and her son. Hughes assures her son that her life wasn’t crystal stair‚ she also had to face several struggles in her life. Hence‚ she commands her son not to look back and keep climbing higher in life even if he thinks climbing is hard. He should try not to fall and climb the stairway of success without any fear because his mother
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“Mother to Son” The speaker of the poem “Mother to Son‚” by Langston Hughes is a mother who is giving advice to her son. Her life has been difficult and hard at times. As readers‚ we know this because the speaker talks about how life is a staircase and her staircase has had “tacks and splinters in it” (line 3-4). This means that her life has not been perfect and she had many challenges to deal with. Perhaps she was born into poverty‚ because the images in her poem reveal a ragged‚ old staircase
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The Red Tent is a well researched novel about the women of biblical times; specifically‚ the wives of Jacob‚ and his only daughter‚ Dinah. The separation between the world of men and the world of women was mental‚ spiritual‚ as well as physical. The women had traditionally ’feminine’ jobs‚ which for years have been looked down upon by men and eventually even other women‚ but the women of The Red Tent knew the importance of their tasks and did not allow the prejudiced men to tell them otherwise. In
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The role of the youngest son Throughout the progression of my life‚ I must take a certain roles. Some of these roles are extremely important. Being young give me experiences about the crucial roles that will benefits me for the rest of my life. Taking positive interest in my actions is what enables me to improve in my roles. Even if I do not succeed in life‚ there will always be responsibilities and consequences that I must face and learn. Being the youngest son in the family is challenging since
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Throughout the 20th century‚ individuals attempted to address problems within American society. Their efforts have had a significant impact on American life. Two individuals that attempted to address problems within American society were Upton Sinclair and Jacob Riis. These two muckrakers revealed the horrible working and living conditions of the lower class. In Upton Sinclair’s In The Jungle (1906)‚ Sinclair showed how unregulated capitalism was in the meatpacking industry. His described the unsanitary
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television series and seasons of our favorite shows have become so glamorized and important in our lives that we tend to overlook the sexism laid upon characters that are often subtly presented‚ yet sometimes acerbically insulting to both men and women. Sons of Anarchy is a well-known show that airs on FX Networks‚ has an all-star cast‚ a deep‚ heartfelt story line that chronicles the rough life of the
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Dr. Joseph Wolpe‚ born in 1917‚ he was a South African Psychiatrist‚ and during wartime he worked in a military psychiatric hospital. There he observed soldiers who mentally suffered from what they went through and observed while in war‚ better known today as post-traumatic stress syndrome. Dr. Wolpe decided to dedicate his work at the time‚ towards finding more effective means of dealing with this mental problem. Dr. Wolpe also founded the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy and the
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the age of Discovery and British colonization. If a British citizen thinks that the Sons of Liberty were terrorist for fighting against an unfair situation‚ then they may as well think people such as Indians‚ who fought for their independents‚ were also terrorist. Then again‚ let us take a look at other terrorist groups and their ideologies. They commit acts of terror with different ideologies. Accordingly‚ Sons of Liberty could be categorized as patriots‚ who used a tactic of terror.
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