Jeanette Banda Book Title: The One and Only Ivan Author: Katherine Applegate Date of Publication: December 2011 Awards: John Newbery Award Central Character/s: 1. Ivan: Ivan‚ a silverback gorilla who lives in a stationary circus. Ivan is a talented gorilla who can draw pictures and write simple words. He lives in his domain all the time‚ never leaving it for any reason. Ivan is good friends with Stella‚ the elephant who lives beside him‚ and Bob‚ a stray dog who likes to sleep on Ivan’s belly.
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Simone’ Sanders Phil 1301 Henley Historical Criticism and Langston Hughes In reviewing two of Langston Hughes’ poems‚ Ballad of the Landlord and Ruby Brown‚ the literary theory that would be most appropriate to use to develop an analysis of these poems would be Historical criticism. Historical criticism by definition studies the historical factors (social‚ cultural‚ etc.) that influenced the writer‚ as well as‚ his/her work of literature. This particular style of evaluating works of literature
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or thirteen years old‚ and she is growing up very fast. Ruby is Phyllisia’s sister‚ and she is about fifteen or sixteen. All of Phyllisia’s friends think that Ruby is gorgeous. Phyllisia doesn’t really get along with Ruby very well. Ruby and Phyllisia don’t fight‚ but if they did Phyllisia would probably come out on top. Phyllisia is criticized by Calvin almost every day. Calvin is her father‚ and he tells her that she is ugly and that Ruby is pretty. Phyllisia acts like she doesn’t care‚ but she
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little battles within one war. This theme means that there are multiple little battle whether its person vs. self‚ or person vs. fate‚ within one war. First off‚ there were lots of problems with diversity when it came to what type of powers people have. Ruby was struggling her own small battle of person vs. society. She was a fireblood within a world of frostbloods. However‚ there was only one person who didn’t judge her based off of her powers. “I will judge you by your actions‚ not your heritage. But
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looking for the light switch.* Ruby‚ Lei Ren‚ Nora‚ Phyrra‚ and Weiss were walking in the hall where the closet was and heard Blake banging on it. "What ’s that noise?" Ruby asked as she walked over to the closet. "Blake‚ is that you kitten?" Weiss asked. "Yes it ’s me! And don ’t call me kitten! I ’m no one ’s kitten!" Blake replied seriously‚ "We ’re locked in!" "We?" Lei Ren asked. "Yang and I are locked in!" she replied. "Let us out!" "Yang ’s in there?" Ruby shouted panicking‚ "Are you hurt
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pimp. In another story‚ Ruby’s eyes still exhibit an innocence and exuberance of youth. Slaughterhouse is a story told by the voice of Frankie‚ Ruby’s teenage boyfriend. The story begins with Frankie describing her eyes “pretty as the nighttime sky”. (p.51) But later in the story‚ Frankie notices a change in Ruby. “The sun showed in her eyes‚ but I couldn’t see her straight on.” (p.63) At this point‚ it appears that Ruby has resigned herself to working
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When Ruby was five years old she was tested to be put in an all-white children elementary school. When her family received news that she could be accepted to learn at the school‚ her mother wanted Ruby to be able to get a god education. On November 16th 1960‚ Ruby and her mother were escorted by federal Marshals to her school where white people protested‚ threw objects‚ and screamed at her. Ruby was courageous as she walked and attended school. Ruby quoted “Never doubt that
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in heaven‚ I gained much insight to his life and how it affected others. Eddie was very depressed and full of regret during his life on earth. As a child‚ Eddie’s ambitions were to attend school and become an engineer; he wanted nothing to do with Ruby Pier or maintenance
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The novel takes off at the time around the Civil War; Inman is critically wounded due to the fact that he is a confederate soldier during this time. After about ten years Inman finally decides to go back home to Cold Mountain. Inman wrote a letter to his dearly beloved Ada‚ saying that he will return soon so that they can talk about future plans with each other and also discuss the present and the past with each other‚ like all the hardships and trials each individually had to overcome in order to
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Factory‚ Chipotle‚ Ruby Tuesday‚ and O’Charley’s‚ I noticed that Ruby Tuesday and O’Charley’s had more total debt than the other two and were consistent with each other in relationship to equity and liabilities. Both of these organizations capital structures also seem to fluctuate with increases and decreases in the same years. Chipotle and Cheesecake Factory both have very low levels of debt while O’Charley’s debt is moderate in proportion to its equity and liabilities. Ruby Tuesday however has
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