The book Outcast United by Warren St. John is about groups of refugee families that come to a small community in America from around the world to try and start a better life through employment‚ education and even sports. Throughout their journey in Clarkston‚ Georgia they had to over come many obstacles to fulfill the American Dream. From unpleasant encounters with the police‚ violent gangs‚ to the hardship on the soccer field‚ resettlement in Clarkston was not a easy thing to do‚ regardless of
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favorite in poor and rich countries alike because of this reason. Soccer can keep children and adults away from crime and steer them away from substance abuse. In the book‚ Outcasts United‚ Luma Mufleh‚ a middle eastern woman‚ creates and coaches a soccer team with all refugees in the town of Clarkston‚ Georgia. The author‚ Warren Saint John‚ takes us through the development of the team and the players themselves along with the struggles of poverty and discrimination. The discrimination the Fugees face from
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Outcasts United English essay Outcasts United a nonfiction book written by Warren St. John ‚ takes place in Atlanta and Clarkston Georgia. A soccer team made up of refugee kids overcame many challenges: lack of funds‚ zoning laws‚ and academic struggles; in result winning something bigger than a championship. To start off‚ lack of funds in the beginning had a huge impact on the team. Without the proper funds the team could not get the equipment they needed to start. No money
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‘Outcasts United’ is the story of a refugee soccer team‚ their coach Luma Mufleh‚ and the town they live in‚ Clarkston Georgia. Clarkston‚ once a primarily homogenous white southern town‚ finds itself in the throes of extreme ethnic and cultural diversity after the relocation of thousands of refugees from Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Middle East. Located just outside of Atlanta‚ Clarkston residents were accustomed to things being a certain way. The town motto “small town‚ big heart” came from an old
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GEP Outcast United and the World around Us As I am reading the book Outcast United by Warren St. James‚ he talks about many prevalent issues in our society. There is one particular chapter in the book that sticks out to me in my mind whenever I think back to the book. In chapter eight titled “they’re in America now not Africa” we learn of a well to do man named Chime. Chime has come to Clarkston from Nigeria and has made a great living with his insurance company. Not only had Chime done well for
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Outcast The novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is about a 9th grade girl called Melinda Sordino whose life is being terrorized by her memories from a bad incident at an end-of-the-summer party. It is the first day of 9th grade for Melinda at Merry Weather High School‚ nobody likes her because she called the cops at the party‚ making her an outcast and speechless. By the end of the novel Melinda finally speaks to her mom and her ex-friends about the party‚ and the narrator learns that having the
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Keisha Kennedy Bot 322 May 05‚ 2013 “Devil’s Temptations” Hypericum perforatum (common name St. Johnswort) is a member of the Hypericaceae. It is a perennial (relatively long-lived) plant that can easily be recognized by its bright yellow flowers. It blooms near Summer solstice‚ thus derives its common name because it blooms near June 24th‚ the birthday of the Baptist St John (Sheahan‚ 2012). The word “wort” means “plant” in Old English. It has been associated with religion and witchcraft
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famously known for his sculpture of David‚ his portrayal of Christian saints‚ prominently St. John The Evangelist‚ aided in defining the new world of Renaissance art by divulging into the characteristics of humanity‚ known as humanism. Donatello was able to bring that humanistic approach to artwork by masking the interpreted
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The Outcast The character archetype of the outcast is described as a figure that is banished from a community for some crime (real or imagined). “The outcast is usually destined to become a wanderer” . Society often times shuns people deemed different‚ making them feel like an outcast. This can be positive or negative‚ depending how the individual reacts to it. Being viewed as an outcast could inspire a person to resist popular opinion and encourage them to do great things in their life. While for
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St. John Bosco A man with a vision‚ with an awareness of the good that lives in people‚ with an ability of dreaming dreams of beauty for those he met along his way‚ this is John Bosco. (www.catholic.org) St. John Bosco (1815-1888) was born to poor parents in Recchi‚ Italy‚ the Piedmont area of northern Italy. When John was two‚ his father died. As a boy‚ John lived on a farm with his family doing the only thing they knew how‚ farming. He worked hard everyday to get food on the table for his family
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