Senior Picture Day Michele Serros As I began reading the short story of Senior Picture Day by Michele Serros‚ my expectations were low on excitement. I was expecting to read a rather bland story of how a young teenage girl had to conquer a million defeats in order to take the perfect senior picture. However‚ to my astonishment the short and sweet story pulled at my heartstrings. I could empathize with “Cal Girl” having endured a similar situation in my own teenage years. This story depicted only
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The text “Earth day” by Atticot and Manning states‚ “Every square mile of the oceans contains more than 46‚000 pieces of paper.” Thanks to Earth day we can have a clean and healthy Earth. We don’t have to worry about waking up one day and not being able to breathe because our Earth is sick and polluted. Earth day is still important because if we do not have Earth day our oceans would be even more polluted and dirty‚ our animals would be sick and become endangered and humans would start dying
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The Feeling of Being in a Corset Corsets were typically use it the 1800 and progressed in the 1900‚ mostly use to disguise ones figures now in the 21st century women use girdles for the same purpose. Siri Hustvedt author of “Eight Days in a corset‚ explains her experience in a corset‚ she was an extra in a film the “Washington Square.” She was not an actress nor was they really interested in her‚ the film director Agnieszka Holland was interested in Hustvedt daughter Sophie. Once the fitting was
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In the reading‚ A Day Without Feminism‚ the authors‚ Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards‚ illustrate what our modern world would be like had there never been a women’s movement. Taking us back to 1970‚ a view is given that many of us do not think about in our daily lives and thus; Baumgardner and Richards show us why it is so important to have a women’s moment to continue to build on what the strong women before us have accomplished so far. It is important to be reminded that women were looked
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“All Summer in a Day”‚ by Ray Bradbury is about a girl named Margot who comes to Venus from Earth. The other kids are jealous of her and lock her in a closet because she remembers and misses the sun. At the heart of jealousy is an insecure person who doesn’t have something they need or want‚ which can lead to criticism‚ scrutiny‚ and hatred. The other kids would criticize whatever Margot said‚ no matter if she was right or wrong. For example‚ she was telling the others about the sun once‚ how it
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The book I read was Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II. It is set in Cold War era America in the Pentagon. The tension between the public and the president are the main focus in this story. Most of the people this book talks about are in the military and work for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff is presented as the antagonist in the book‚ whereas the protagonist is one of the people who works for him and catches word of a plan to stage
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several unwanted diseases and genetic mutations. The worst part is at times‚ the civilians were left with no right to express their opinion nor feelings towards the bomb testing. That’s when Jane Dibblin a British journalist steps up. In her book the Day of Two Suns: U.S. Nuclear Testing and the Pacific Islanders Dibblin projects to the world the unheard voices of the native villagers
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online? Everyone may be confronted by a large group of people‚ who have completely different opinions about a certain problem‚ and whether the minority holds the truth or not‚ they are always beaten by the majority. In the story of “all summer in a day” written by Ray Bradbury‚ the conflict between those two groups is nicely showed------ Margot is confronted by a group of people who believe that they hold the truth and then punish Margot who is really the truth teller. The story happens in Venus
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Fablehaven Night of the Evening Star Fablehaven rise of the evening star was written by Brandon mull and is a fiction story. It provides pictures that we can look to see what they think they look like. This book was released on May 31‚ 2007. In this book there is someone that can control people when they sleep. The book Fablehaven rise of the evening star written by Brandon mull and illustrated by Brandon Dorman is a great book. And in this book report I’ll show everyone. Kendra found a knoble
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“To His Excellency General Washington.” Poetry for Students‚ Encyclopedia.com‚ www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/his-excellency-general-washington Accessed 14 Apr. 2017 The article begins by giving the reader some background information as to why the poem was written‚ and for whom it was written. It continues by delving into the biography of Phillis Wheatley. The poem‚ “To His Excellency George Washington‚” follows afterward‚ and is accompanied with a per line summary and explanation
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