THE DISCOVERY OF THE ZEBAPHANT By Rochelle Welch My special thanks to Judi Burnside for all her help and many readings of this book . Chapter 1 Let me tell you what I discovered in the jungle on an island far out in the ocean . I don’t think people have bothered to investigate this island before even though it is fairly large . I had never been on this island and did not know if there was life of any kind there The jungle was thick with trees ‚ vines ‚ bushes and beautiful flowering
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Cree Summer’s song and Martin Luther King’s letter have a lot in common. Both the song and the letter put a strong emphasis on racism and how it’s historically been a part of us‚ and is even still present in society today. “Racism is a set of beliefs that one’s own racial group is naturally superior to the other groups.” (Benokraitis‚ 2010) But racism is much more than that. Racism relates greatly to power. It is about having the power or capacity to transform prejudices and attitudes or feelings
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“Comrades! We have pushed back the Fascists from the outskirts of Moscow‚” Commissar Petronov said. The wailing sound of Katyusha rockets blazed from behind‚ “you see‚ my friends? We have destroyed the enemy’s spirits‚” sounds of screaming came from the ashes of smoke that laid ahead‚ “and now‚ we destroy their lives! Onwards‚ to Berlin!” “URRRAAA!” I screamed‚ drowned in the sounds of others. The smoke slowly dissipated. The sound of a whistle pierced the explosions. For I‚ Dimitri‚ of the 28th
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Wise Blood Hazel Motes Hazel Motes is a young man from Flannery O’ Connor‚ in Wise Blood‚ who I considerably believe him to be naïve‚ because of his innocent‚ ignorant‚ and impulsive behavior as seen throughout the book. His innocence is shown through the way he talks to Mrs. Watts and Sabbath‚ as both of them approach him in a sexual manner‚ and Hazel and his innocent mind doesn’t know how to continue with their devious ways. Hazels ignorant against Jesus‚ that even if he existed and had him
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Cat On The Hot Tin Roof In many movies there is a book created before the movie so the movie can base it off the book. Such as unbroken‚ a story of a man that was never broken after being held prisoner in japan during WWII‚ this book was made before the movie and came out completely different. The movie only took the important parts of the book such as running in the olympics and being held prisoner. In the movie there are many key differences between the book and the movie‚ but they both are
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Ruby Bridges once said “Racism is a grown up disease and we should stop using our kids to spread it.” Meaning‚ what adults go through in life or disagree with shouldn’t reflect on how their kids act or think. Just like in the movie the parents of the white kids took them out of class because they didn’t want Ruby around them. Ruby is her own person and stood out among the other black students she had courage‚ perseverance‚ and most of all she had self- confidence. Ruby had courage throughout
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is playing as they walk up the hill to Gary’s grave site. Verbal Technique of narration by voice-over Sheryl: “In Virginia highschool football is a way of life. It’s bigger than Xmas day. My daddy coached in Alexandria. He worked so hard my momma left him. But I stayed with coach‚ he needed me on that field. Up until 1971 in Alexandria there was no race mixing. Then the school board forced us to integrate. They combined the black school and the white school into one called TC Williams High
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“And I realize momma really paid the price she nearly gave her life to raise me right.” In hearing those words by the late Tupac Shakur in his song “Keep Ya Head Up”‚ I had a startling revelation: My mother was somebody and I had been taking her for granted. Immediately after the hearing that song I processed every lyric and applied it to my life. At that very moment I realized how important my mother really was and I stopped taking her for granted. This song had changed me forever. Growing
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Jacob The story of Jacob takes place in Genesis 25-36 detailing the events of his life; however‚ the background setting starts with Abraham and Sarah‚ in Genesis 12. Jacob was the son of Isaac and Rebekah‚ the grandson of Sarah and Abraham. Throughout the bible Jacob is known for his trickery; however it is not until towards the end is the fulfillment of Abraham’s promise. The name Jacob actually means trickster. But in the end Jacob makes a full turn He was a very manipulative character and
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Although the movie “Babies” is not your average movie with a plot‚ climax‚ bad guy‚ good guy type of movie it can be very inspirational and educational. Along with cute funny moments that leave you in awe and laughter‚ this movie shows a lot of psychological aspects being involved along with sociological norms of four babies from Tokyo‚ San Francisco‚ Mongolia‚ and Namibia. From reflexes‚ to motor development‚ to basic brain development‚ these come along from growing up as a baby. Starting off
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