One of the first scenes where the role of gender is evident is when we’re introduced to Precious in her classroom staring at her teacher‚ Mr. Wicher. Precious states that she “loves math” but mainly because of her teacher whom she lusts after. While staring at him‚ she says “I pretend he my husband‚ he like me too‚ I know it‚ he always lookin’ at me‚ smilin’”. We’re seeing how ‚ like in many other films‚ the role of the young girl is to fall in love with her male teacher‚ all attention is on the
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universe” a powerful opening statement from the film Precious introduces the audience of a teenager who feels the opposite of this statement. On the contrary‚ the novel based on the film titled Push by Sapphire starts off the novel with a negative notion‚ of Precious being left back at the age of twelve and being raped by her father‚ just from the opening sentence. Both the novel and film present the hardships and struggles in which Precious endures. There are various perspectives in regards of
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Treasure Island is a novel written in the era of the eighteenth century. The technology was basically just being started. Back then if you wanted to sail a ship‚ it was wooden. In this time period pirates were very common. Robert Louis Stevenson was right on point. Treasure Planet is a Disney movie that is based on the original novel of Treasure Island. Naturally‚ Disney put a twist on it‚ instead of the characters being humans‚ they were animals or cyborgs. The setting was completely different‚
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Treasure of Lemon Brown The Treasure of Lemon Brown written by Dean Myers is about the life of Greg Ridley. Greg started having a bad day‚ Greg was not doing well in school. If his grades were not good then his father would not allow him to play basketball ‚ Gergś dad sends him to his room to study so that he can improve his grades. Two days later‚ Greg leaned his parents house and goes to an abandoned house. There‚ He meets Lemon Brown. While talking Greg‚ Lemon Brown reflects in his life. The
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Treasure of Lemon Brown In Walter Dean Myer’s story The Treasure of Lemon Brown a teenager named Greg meets Lemon Brown and shows him a lesson about what is truly valuable in life. The theme of this story is “Everyman has a treasure” (Pg. 475). When Greg finds out about Lemon Brown’s treasure he automatically thinks of something value in money not something emotionally value. But Lemon Brown teaches him that everyone has some kind of treasure and that it doesn’t have to have money value.
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Clarieece “Precious” Jones‚ is a 16yrs old African American female living in Harlem‚ New York. From the moment she was born‚ she was sexually and physically abused by her father as her mother watched. Currently‚ she is pregnant with her second child‚ both children are a product of incest by her father. Precious’s first child has down syndrome and lives with Precious’ grandmother. Precious resides with her mother‚ Mary and is abused emotionally and physically by her on a daily basis and at night
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A Haunted House: Treasures of Life The short story "A Haunted House" is story with meaning‚ by portraying to us the treasure of life. When two ghosts are searching through their old house‚ looking for their "Treasure"‚ the treasure or meaning is revealed to us. The joy and love shared between two people is the treasure‚ the treasure of life. By using irony and stream of consciousness Virginia Woolf is able to reveal the meaning of the story. Virginia Woolf uses a style called the "Stream
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In the novel Treasure Island‚ written by Robert Louis Stevenson‚ a young boy named Jim Hawkins must battle against a group of mutineers on an island‚ risking the life of himself and his friends‚ in order to be the first to find Captain Flint’s hidden treasure. The characters’ decisions and traits in Treasure Island demonstrate the theme of greed. Greed is a constant and inordinate craving‚ want‚ or desire for money or possessions; solely for the interests and pleasures of oneself that is often times
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In the story “Snow Treasure” there was a situation when morality came into play. One of the German soldiers well at least they thought he was a german soldier who went by the name Jan Lasek. He was captured by Peters’s uncle Victor and his pal Rolls. The captive pleaded that they take him to America with him he told them that he wasn’t a German spy but in fact Polish. He explained to them that the germans came into his country and cause nothing but misery they destroyed their homes stole their food
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LESSON PLAN Subject/Title: OUTDOOR ACTIVITY – Treasure hunt Materials: Small envelopes (24 of them); in each envelop is question from different curriculum area appropriate to children’s age Treasure map Treasure (chocolate coins) Objectives/Learning Goals: Direct objectives Hunting for treasures in the garden by answering on questions from envelops and by following the map ; Indirect objectives Using and exploring concrete materials from different curriculum area by answering on questions from
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