the book I read is That Summer‚ by Sarah Dessen. In the book That Summer Haven who is 15 years old finds out that her dad is getting re- married to a woman she doesn´t like. Her sister Ashley whom she was really close with when they were growing up‚ is getting married and is moving out with her husband. Meanwhile Haven is worried because Ashley is known for having many boyfriends and then breaking up with them. Haven is also not getting any support from her dad because he’s ignoring her. With all
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Mark Morrison Page 1 Professor Bautista English 110 October 8‚ 2012 “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell In his essay “Shooting an Elephant‚” George Orwell recounts a time in his life when as a British police officer in India‚ he was faced with the moral dilemma of having to shoot an elephant in order to save his pride. In the beginning of the essay‚ Orwell describes it as a time of tension and hostility. For example‚ if a European woman was seen walking alone in a bazaar she
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The central idea for the essay “ Ongoingness” is that when we are recording things with writing or with photography‚ we aren’t experiencing the moments. As stated by Sarah Manguso in the essay‚” The trouble was that I failed to record so much. I’d write about a few moments‚ but the surrounding time- there was so much of it! So much apparent nothing I ignored‚ that I treated as empty time between the memorable moments.” Manguso was explaining how she was only focused on the beginning and the end‚
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“Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell is an essay surrounding the difficulties of doing what you are supposed to do versus what others want you to do. For Orwell the problem boiled down to whether he should leave an elephant ‚that went on a rampage but was now calm‚ alone or to shoot it because that was what the locals wanted him to do. Orwell didn’t feel like it was necessary to do it but the pressure from the mob made it seem like the only choice he had. So he chose the words of others over
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That Summer The book “That Summer” by Sarah Dessen is a book about the relationship between two sisters‚ who have their struggles but come together in the end more as friends than as a family member. Haven is just another teenage girl that doesn’t agree with what her body looks like and tries her hardest to either be noticed by the guy she likes or hide in the crowd from the girls she wants to avoid. Haven is six feet tall her freshman year and lives in the shadow of her twenty-one year old sister
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becomes baptized‚ that means that they have accepted the Lord as the savior of their sins. Sarah‚ a young girl who doesn’t understand her religion‚ does not know when she will choose to be baptized and whether or not she even believes in it. Being a preacher’s daughter‚ you would expect “being saved” to be the main objective. However‚ Sarah’s family never pushed her to be baptized. At a point in her life‚ Sarah finally realizes that being baptized requires no specific time‚ but when you know the moment
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Coraline Reviewed by Sarah Estes Have you ever wanted to read a book that keeps you on the edge of your seat and at the same time you will be scared of what’s going to happen next? Well if the answer is yes then Coraline is the right book for you. This wonderful book was written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean. I chose this book because I had never read a good scary story in my entire life. This book is supernatural fiction. This story mainly takes place in another world that
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Violent shootings are becoming more and more popular in the United States. Last year there were 58‚543 shooting incidents. There were 1‚956 incidents where it was a self-defense case. There were also 2‚552 home invasion cases and 2‚201 of the shooting incidents were unintentional‚ which does make a whole lot of sense to me because I don’t know how you accidentally shoot somebody. However‚ 384 of these shooting incidents were classified as mass shooting incidents. That means there was a mass
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In officer involved shootings‚ I found a lot that confused me. In the paragraphs Sighted versus Unsighted Shooting‚ Shots Fired & Hit Probability‚ and Night Sights‚ is what I’m planning on writing about. In my opinion this does not make any sense‚ either you do something or you don’t. And it seems that the police officers need more training. Firstly‚ in sighted verses unsighted shooting‚ “Good sight alignment is fundamental to the target shooting‚ yet 70% of the cases reviewed indicated that no
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Shooting Dogs Reflection The first Character that I will be discussing is Joe‚ who throughout the movie was “living out” the philosophies of Immanuel Kant. In one scene of the movie Joe demonstrates the Categorical Imperative. He acted as he would want others to act if they were in his situation. In this scene many people came to Joe asking for something to build a fire‚ in order for them to eat. Joe had‚ then went up to the room he was staying in‚ grabbed the bed frame‚ dresser
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