Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing “If you don’t accept all of us‚ you accept none of us.” - Zen Wander from Wander Over Yonder in the episode The Wanders When most people look at me‚ they don’t always see me. They see a girl. They see a quiet girl who is a big reader. They see a girl who is a hard worker and does well in school. They see the sister of three younger brothers. It’s true. I’m all of these things. I am also much‚ much more. I am mature in certain matters‚ and childish in others. I change
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Tris and Four need to stop the Erudite and Dauntless leaders from going to war against Abnegation the government faction. When both of them wake up one night they realize they are the only ones awake. Everybody else is in a simulation controlled by the evil faction leaders. To save their old faction they pretend to be in the simulation too. Until they are caught and Four is being put into a simulation especially for divergent people. Tris gets saved by her mom and meets her old friends and family
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Every single person in the world whether they were alive 100 years ago or are alive today‚ have or will go through that stage of growing up and becoming an adult. Lizabeth from the story Marigolds is an example of this. In the story‚ as a teenager‚ she goes through three situations that many teens today go through as they slowly mature. These three situations are family matters‚ seeing people as they really are‚and uncontrollable emotional outbursts. Lizabeth goes through these problems as she matures
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Nya Nya deals with many problems. Here are some examples of how she persists through them. Let’s start with the very first chapter. This is where her most important situation is. She has to walk twelve hours a day (basically half a day) to get water for her family. Although the text doesn’t tell us how she got through it‚ it does give us hints. In the last line on page.1‚ it says’s “[h]eat. Time. And thorns.” This is like saying that she just accepts it. She just takes the heat and thorns and
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Writing Assignment #2 In the short story “The Threshold” by Amy Frazier‚ addresses an abusive relation between Ricardo and Vanessa. Alcohol converted the high school sweethearts into enemies. Unfortunately‚ domestic violence is a common problem in Hispanic families. There are three types of abuse that predominate in this story‚ physical‚ verbal‚ and psychological. Due to Ricardo’s frustration and unsuccessful life‚ he starts beating Vanessa which is a clear example of physical violence. Although
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Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel Speak has won multiple awards and is recognized for its raw and powerful story of Melinda‚ the protagonist. Melinda is a ninth grade rape victim‚ who is sexually assaulted by a senior student at her high school in the summer between her eighth and ninth grade school years. The trauma of the rape causes Melinda to lose her voice that would allow her to speak out about the event‚ so instead she spends a majority of her ninth grade school year silenced. It is only when
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The Odyssey Odysseus went on a 9 year journey for home on a ship. The name of the book is Odyssey written by Homer. During the journey Odysseus and his men get captured and escapes‚ he also went through boat wreckage and almost gets killed by different types of gods and monsters. Odysseus deserves the title of a hero because he sacrificed a lot for his crew and he also shows courage and loyalty to his men as well. He sacrificed a lot to get to his beloved penelope Odysseus has his men tie themselves
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Quince never had much‚ growing up in a financially unstable family. The family’s earnings came from his father’s carpentry business where Quince developed the skills of his father’s. His father’s strict and tough demeanor enforced Quince’s leadership and managerial qualities. However‚ growing up‚ he took responsibility of taking care of his ill mother and younger brother. As a child‚ he was feeble and naïve and was often picked on by the kids of the slum for his unattractive appearance and unusual
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In the beginning of the novel‚ Cass shows America missing her family because of the letter that her sister‚ May‚ sent from home. Cass proves this in the book‚ “I should’ve been there‚ I wasn’t though. I was here.” (Cass 5). This illustrates America sacrificing time with her family for her future of being with Maxon. This is a hard sacrifice because America wants to be there for her family and their difficult times. This would be better for the future she wants because she’d get to stay with Maxon
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Reading Wintergirls was eye-opening and heartbreaking for me because I began to understand more about the mentality behind anorexia nervosa. I always thought that individuals diagnosed with anorexia knew they should be eating‚ and were choosing not to because they felt they needed to stay thin. Reading this novel and reading the diagnosis in the DSM made me realize those diagnosed with anorexia sometimes don’t feel they need to eat. The idea that not eating makes them stronger and shows their strength
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