Summer Reading Assignment July 23rd‚ 2013 The Fault In Our Stars (Tfios) Introduction Sympathy. We often use it when someone has a paper cut‚ or they broke an arm. Many of the characters in this book‚ don’t want you to feel sympathy for them but honestly‚ there is no possible way for you to avoid it. John Green wrote “The Fault In Our Stars” in the most realistic way possible‚ using things that we use everyday: our feelings and emotions. That’s what made it an astonishing
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The Men we carry in our Minds It is men who get to be the President and the politicians‚ it is men who get to be the CEO’s‚ it is men who all the joys and pleasures of life are given. This is what the women say‚ they say men have all the advantages of life that it is so much easier for them to get ahead‚ that it is unfair that they can work prominent positions of work‚ while the women are reduced to child raising and homemaking. Do the women of Scott Sander’s essay "Gender and Identity"
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In the texts‚ “No Name Woman” and “The Men We Carry in Our Minds”‚ both authors explore the harsh protracted struggles an individual goes through when an individual’s identity clashes with the narrative society has preset for a person of their nature. Despite a different message‚ purpose‚ and tone that defines each memoir‚ Sanders and Kingston display striking similarities in rhetorical structure and setting as they deconstruct the situations they describe as they tell their stories. Each author
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If you like the book The Fault in Our Stars‚ by John Green‚ you will like All the Bright Places‚ by Jennifer Niven‚ because in both books the characters go on a thrilling adventure which ends in sorrow. In All the Bright Places‚ Finch and Violet explore their state‚ Indiana‚ for a school assignment. In The Fault in Our Stars‚ Augustus takes Hazel on an adventure to Amsterdam to meet her favorite author. During these adventures‚ the characters in both books realize that they are in love with one another
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The Fault in Our Stars‚ by John Green‚ is about Hazel Grace‚ a 16-year old girl with stage IV Thyroid cancer who meets the young cancer survivor Augustus Waters. Through their interactions Augustus brings and unforeseen light into Hazel’s life. Throughout the story Hazel’s strongest character traits are sarcasticness‚ stubbornness‚ and gratefulness. Firstly‚ one of Hazel Grace Lancaster’s strongest character traits is being sarcastic. She loves to joke around and poke fun. For example‚ when Hazel
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purpose than others. In The Fault in Our Stars and Catcher in the Rye there are main characters that are searching for meaning and true identity. A common trend with these character’s quests for true identity is that there is more depth behind their words. The main characters’ inner voices and process of failure in both The Fault in Our Stars‚ by John Green‚ and Catcher in the Rye‚ by J.D. Salinger‚ help to enhance underlying themes in the novels. In The Fault in Our Stars‚ Hazel’s narration and acceptance
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Our Daughters‚ Ourselves – Analysis In this short piece‚ “Our Daughters‚ Ourselves” by Stevie Cameron the many feats that woman have overcome in recent years are highlighted‚ as are the many setbacks. This piece is basically a summation of a daughters life from an over-cautious parents point of view. Although this is a short piece of writing‚ it does indeed touch on some of the sexual differences that still exist in our society today such as male-dominated post-secondary fields like engineering
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without reason; this could be for personal gain or it could be the satisfaction of having a positive impact on others‚ either way‚ most people would agree that their first instinct is to be kind to someone before knowing them. In both‚ The Fault in Our Stars and The Boy in Striped Pajamas tap into cruel and unforgiving situations and the resilience people’s kindness have through them. Compassion progresses all of the relationships in both books and without any sympathetic connection the books wouldn’t
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Ever since the beginning of time‚ men have been the ones who were faced with heavy responsibilities of going to war‚ working on the railroad...etc. Women have also suffered a great amount of difficulty and hardship‚ but not to the extent that men (such as toilers) have. In "The Men We Carry in Our Mind" Sanders explains why men’s lives are often harder or why their lives have been considered harder than the lives of women. Women have easier lives than toilers because they have more freedom of choice
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50’s‚ gender roles were simpler‚ men goes to work and women stays at home. Today‚ both genders are equal when it comes to their own rights and choices. In the essay “The Men We Carry in Our Minds”‚ by Scott Russell Sanders‚ he discusses his own view on the gender roles. Sanders grew up in a lower class environment where men worked hard and labored with their bodies. He states that “The bodies of the men I knew were twisted and maimed” (p.1). He also states how men worked hard and physically suffered
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