The Progression of Melinda Sordino Melinda Sordino‚ the main character in Laurie Halse Anderson’s award winning novel‚ Speak‚ is a 9th grade student attending Merryweather High. In a flashback it is discovered by the reader that Melinda‚ Mel for short‚ was raped by an upper classman during a party in the summer between 8th and 9th grade. Mel calls the cops but by the time they arrive Andy‚ her rapist‚ is gone so everyone who attended the party was lead to believe Mel called the cops because of
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Anderson’s novel Speak focuses on this very issue. The protagonist‚ Melinda Sordino‚ must face the challenges of high school‚ family issues‚ and the inability to express herself. Mr. Freeman‚ David Petrakis‚ and sports are the things Melinda relies on to overcome the past that haunts her. Mr. Freeman is a factor that motivates Melinda Sordino to learn from her mistakes and took look beyond times of difficulty. On the first day of school Melinda is an outcast who encounters Mr. Freeman‚ an art teacher who
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Melinda in “Spotlight” has a vivid inner voice‚ where the reader can make an inference that she is a analytical introvert. The quotes “I see a few friends - people I used to think were my friend - but they look away” and “There’s that new girl‚ Heather‚ reading by the window. I could sit across from her. Or I could crawl behind a trash can. Or maybe I could dump by lunch straight into trash and keep moving out the door.” shows how the author’s use of diction helps create her voice as analytical
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Out of many successful business entrepreneurs I found Bill Gates‚ the richest men in America quite fascinating and the endeavors he has taken to effect the social change is simply marvellous. I was very curious to know about the life history of Bill Gates. This was also one of the main reason to choose this text. Simply from his childhood he was attracted towards computer and later he became the world’s largest software business Microsoft owner and in the process he came to be one of the richest
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campus‚ they would always have their bags checked by the security personnel manned at the gates of the university. If a student is seen having laptops‚ cameras (DSLR and the like)‚ tablets and etc. inside their bags‚ they will be asked of whether they have a ‘gate pass’ for the gadget and will be obliged to get one if they don’t have. The gate pass serves like an I.D. to a gadget. Whenever there is no gate pass present for the gadget‚ the student will not be allowed to enter unless they get one
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|Born |William Henry Gates III | | |October 28‚ 1955 (age 57) | | |Seattle‚ Washington‚ U.S. | |Residence |Medina‚ Washington‚ U.S. | |Nationality |American | |Alma mater |Harvard University | |
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Hobbies of Gates 3. School age a. Primary school b. Transfer to Seattle’s Lakeside School c. Meeting with Paul Allen d. First success 4. University years and life before Microsoft a. Harvard life b. Co-working with Paul Allen c. Creating of Micro-Soft 5. Beginning of Microsoft a. Microsoft went to public b. Paul Allen got cancer 6. Bill Gates retired as CEO of Microsoft a. Being the richest man in the world 7. Creating of Bill & Melinda Gates foundation
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RAILWAY GATE CONTROL Submitted by [pic] M.V.PRAVEEN KUMAR M.SATISH ¾ EEE‚ ¾ EEE‚ Praveenwish007@yahoo.co.in satishwin46@gmail.com Contact: 9989823951 Contact: 9966633406 S.R.K.R.COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING BHIMAVARAM ABSTRACT: The objective of this paper is to provide an automatic railway gate at a levelcrossing replacing the gates operated
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Dillon Brown Professor Hershenberg 3 December 2012 Government DC Bill Gates Bill Gates is an extraordinary man in the world of technology‚ as everybody knows from making the groundbreaking software “Microsoft”‚ to working to make better and more powerful computers for today’s world. However‚ the impact has had effects far more than just the technological world. With his charity work and strong beliefs‚ he has shown to be a well known advocate for making the world a better place. So this is
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growing humanitarian efforts‚ Bill Gates should be included in Atlantic Monthly’s Top 100 Most Influential Americans List. Consistently running into trouble at a young age‚ Bills exceptional knowledge of computers during his
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