“Black and White”(20) Vocabulary Bias- prejudice‚ impartiality Stereotypes- preconceived ideas of what certain people are like Activists- people actively working for a cause‚ usually political #1 What does Keisha feel that Andy does too frequently? Keisha feels the Andy complains to much. #2 What metaphor does Keisha use to describe herself? The metaphor Keisha uses to describe herself is “I’m a rose in the snow‚ the bright spot in your dark”. #3 What does the snow remind Gerald of? The snow
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Hamlet was a depressed teenager?!?! Shakespeare’s hamlet is an enriching and deep piece of work that touches upon many human experiences. Causes of hamlet’s depression‚ and the literary analysis that allows you to peek into his psyche. humanism presented in hamlet affects culture and society. The causes of hamlet’s depression are what fuels him and the story. The main reason hamlet is depressed is the death if his father. His father’s death rattles hamle to the core‚ because to him it seems like
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Tears of a Tiger was a tragic book written by the author‚ Sharon M. Draper. The Publisher of this book was Atheneum Books in the year 1994. This book was a realistic fiction‚ which is something that could be real but was fictionalized. The book Tears of a Tiger starts off with a Newspaper Article dating back to November 8th titled “Teen Basketball Star Killed in Fiery Crash”. Four teenagers named Andrew Jackson‚ B.J. Carson‚ Tyrone Mills‚ and Robert Washington were driving home from a basketball
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the books The Maze Runner and Tears of a Tiger‚ they both share the same theme of death. In The Maze Runner‚ Thomas and his friends constantly live in anxiety that they will all be killed by hideous monsters and never make it out of the maze. During Tears of a Tiger‚ Andy had witnessed death right in front of him and had scarred him to a very threatening point in his life. Both The Maze Runner and Tears of a Tiger share a common theme of death because both Thomas and Andy are shocked by death‚ someone
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I can relate the situation from the novel Tears of a Tiger to my own life. For example in chapter one which is titled Crash‚Fire‚Pain‚ there is a boy named Robert Washington and he dies in a car crash from him and his friends drinking on november 8th in hazelwood. On page 1 it says that “Robert Washington died last night in a fiery automobile accident on I-75”. In chapter two titled Hit the showers! Hit the streets! it talks about how they got done with a game and then they get in the car and drink
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This is a Sharon M. Draper novel called Tears of a Tiger about a group of high school basketball players at Hazelwood High that just took a big win‚ and decided to celebrate with a few beers. They end up getting on the road after they’ve been drinking and crash into a fiery abyss. Everyone ended up making it out except one of the guys that got stuck and was killed- Robert Washington the most talented and gifted of the group. Andy Jackson was the designated driver who had also been drinking. After
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Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper Anthony Avila ENG 3 Honors Period 3 The novel Tears of a Tiger is about a high school student named Andy Jackson going through a life of pain and guilt. The story begins with a newspaper article on an accident that killed a basketball player named Robbie Washington. They were all coming from a party and they have been drinking. Andy was driving the car and his three friends‚ Robbie‚ B.J‚ and Tyrone were the passengers. When the accident happened the Andy
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Tears of a Tiger By: Sharon Draper Isbn-10 #: 0689806981 Themes: Death‚ Depression‚ Decisions Reading level: Young Adults Teaching Connections: I see this as a good book to use with young African Americans because the main characters in the book are African American kids in high school. The novel is also a very good teaching aide because it includes many different types of writing styles like poems‚ letters and short essays. I feel the strongest point to using the book in the classroom is the
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Why are Tigers Disappearing? The two major reasons tigers are dying out are habitat loss and poaching. 1) Habitat Loss Save Forests‚ Save tigers Habitat loss and fragmentation is another important reason why tigers disappearing. Without a safe and healthy home for tigers and their prey‚ neither can survive in the wild. Humans are rapidly encroaching into wilderness areas that were once ruled exclusively by the tiger. In India‚ which is home to over one third of the world’s wild tigers‚ the human
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Learning to be Depressed Sarah Robertson General Psychology Dr. Melissa Gebbia 12/10/10 Throughout life we all have different experiences whether they be positive or negative. Our hope is that if an experience is negatively affecting us we ourselves have an ability to change it. Generally‚ most people expect that the outcome of an event is dependent on their actions and that if they behave a certain way‚ a certain desirable outcome
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