Brenna Hattler October 4‚1012 Summer Reading Writing Assignment Rewrite Block 3 1. How would you characterize Melinda’s relationship with her family? “My family has a good system. We communicate with notes on the kitchen counter” –pg. 14 Anderson. In Speak by Laurie Anderson Melinda’s family is not very close. They each have privacy and there isn’t much communication with each other. Eventually Melinda completely stops talking to her parents‚ but by the end of the novel they learn that they
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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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On Summer of Betrayal by Hong Ying I was first attracted by this book for its brief introduction----“A graphic‚ sensuous and surprising novel about the aftermath of Tiananmen Square----by a young woman who was there.” It is also said that this book was published in Taiwan in 1992; though banned in the inland of China‚ it circulated there. And what I am reading is the first publication in the West. Man‚ more often than not‚ is inclined to be drawn by an unknown and mysterious world‚ and
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“All Summer In A Day” “All summer in a day” is a short story by Ray Bradbury about people living on the planet Venus and the weather conditions they live with. One might ask for the purpose of why Bradbury would write such a depressing and saddening story. The reason for that is to stress his audience of the importance of the little things in our everyday lives. We tend to take things for granted and lose our appreciation for them but do not stop to notice how important they are and how big of
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impacts on the overall society. John Foulcher depicts the idea of the lack of connection of our society with the Mother Nature and with others through his poem “Summer Rain”. Not only this he also indicates that we are not only blowing the humanity away but also condemning nature. Foulcher starts his poem with an ironic topic ‘Summer Rain’ which usually sets up expectations of nature‚ joy‚ cleansing and beauty but instead we see disconnection from nature‚ traffic jam and pollution. Our society
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The Madness of King LearBy Nick Summers - December 08‚ 2002 It is odd to think that true madness can ever be totally understood. Shakespeare’s masterful depiction of the route to insanity‚ though‚ is one of the stronger elements of King Lear. The early to middle stages of Lear’s deterioration (occurring in Acts I through III) form a highly rational pattern of irrationality: Lear’s condition degenerates only when he is injured or when some piece of the bedrock upon which his old‚ stable world rested
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The Second World War what I am trying to summarizing to the brave men and women in front of me with‚ “We shall defend our island‚ whatever the cost may be‚ we shall fight on the beaches‚ we shall fight on the landing grounds‚ we shall fight in the fields and in the streets‚ we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” I need for all of you to defend our island. I need for all of you to fight on the beaches. I need for all of you to fight on the landing grounds. I
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Irwin Shaw’s short story "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" is about a couple’s marriage in danger. The man in the relationship‚ Michael‚ desires other women. His wife‚ Frances‚ knows this and is confused about her feelings in their committed relationship. Michael and Frances are jeopardizing their marriage. Both of them have different attitudes and expectations for a committed relationship therefore leading to a failing marriage. Michael desires other women regardless of the fact that he is
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All Summer in a Day written by Ray Bradbury teaches us to not take our anger out on other people. All of the kids at the school were very mean to Margot for no reason. She did nothing to the kids‚ they got jealous beacuse she had seen the sun and remembered it. The kids also made fun of her for looking different‚ acting different and talking different. The main pupose or theme of the short story is to not take your anger and jealousy out on others. One of the ways that the author shows this is when
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During the summer holidays I have no hurry to wake up‚ hence I wake up slowly and prepare myself a nice full breakfast. On the table I always find a paper with the grocery needs and some money my mother would have left before going to work. I put on some clothes and leave quietly to do the errand‚ but I never expected that a simple run to the grocer would change my perspective towards life. One particular day I carried out the same procedure and as I got in the supermarket‚ I took a trolley and started
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