Ever wonder why we love stories so much? Well-written stories appeal to the human heart and peak our interest enough to keep reading. They impact the reader by allowing them to be a part of the story and form belief systems they can use in their own life. The reader reacts with various emotions such as anger‚ excitement‚ fear‚ worry‚ intrigue and so many more. A good story also allows the reader to consider new ideas and discover different things about themselves and the world in general. Essential
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Fifteen-year-old Clarissa "Clary" Fray is at a nightclub with best friend Simon Lewis when she witnesses a murder by a group of teens at the club she is at‚ surprised that Simon and the club’s security guard cannot see the killer‚ a teenage boy called Jace. Jace claims that the boy he murdered was a demon and they return to their home dimension when they die before Clary leaves with Simon‚ confused by how she can see them yet no one else could. The next day‚ while at a coffee shop with Simon‚ Clary sees Jace
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The Boys of Baraka’ is a documentary that follows 4 “at-risk” Black boys who’ve received the opportunity to study abroad in Kenya for the next 2 years. Throughout the film‚ there are many issues documented such as poverty‚ lack of resources‚ and neglect within inner cities and the surrounding institutions. However‚ one of the biggest issues focused on the film is the lack of educational support available for Black youth. Throughout the film‚ one of the students [Richard] shows potential and drive
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John Grisham‚ an author from Arkansas‚ wrote a book called The Pelican Brief. John doesn’t just view his books as books. He views them as entertainment for everyone else. In The Pelican Brief‚ John shows how the brown pelican stirs conflict in court and leads to the murders of two Supreme Court Justices who both agree on one topic: the environment. The brown pelican is a “gull-like” bird that usually tops out around 11 pounds (Brown Pelican). These birds have multicolored streaks of brown‚ yellow
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A brief story about archangels Michael ~ Raphael ~ Gabriel ~ Ariel ~ Azrael ~ Chamuel ~ Haniel ~ Jeremiel ~ Jophiel ~ Metatron ~ Raguel ~ Raziel ~ Sandalphon ~ Uriel ~ Zadkiel Archangel Ariel ~ Ariel’s name means ’Lion or lioness of God’ and this archangel is associated with lions and animals. Ariel is involved with healing and protecting nature and that includes the animals‚ fish and birds‚ especially the wild ones. Environmentalism. Patron Angel of Wild Animals Archangel Azrael ~
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Living a life in her village Ziavi‚ everything is nice and peaceful with a family and even having an arranged marriage‚ until one day‚ her life crumbled in a blink of an eye. Watching her nice and happy life fall down right before her eyes‚ as in the story‚ “ Villagers ran blindly into the fire‚ trying to escape and screaming for mercy‚ only to be felled by the weapons of the strangely paled men”. A girl named Amari trying to understand why she is even alive and not reunited at death with her family
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“The Little BOY Lost” vs. “The Little Girl Lost” A belief of envisioning a future to seek your creator is a task many people‚ young or old‚ continue to accomplish today. William Blake’s two poems from Songs of Experience: “The Little BOY Lost” and “The Little Girl Lost” recognizes two children of different genders living through a time of need. The narrator in these two poems lecture through an era of mixed emotions and opinions the little boy and girl witnessed. The setting of “The Little BOY
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mid to low socioeconomic community. Benji’s students consist of some disruptive boys. As those students are disengaged the principal appoints Benji in thinking that as a male teacher‚ the boys might respond to his authority and teaching method to improve reading and literacy. The belief that boys can achieve and thrive with male teacher‚ study has discredited the assumption that both boys and girls respond equally to good teaching‚ regardless of the gender of the teacher (Jennet‚ 2013‚ p. 12). With
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He is a fun-loving kid who faces many challenges. He is a totally a dynamic character. Auggie‚ that’s his nickname‚ changed in this book; it’s almost like Auggie grew up more throughout the story. He became more mature and would talk to people at the end of the story. He would’ve never thought to do that at the beginning of the book. He changed for the better‚ for sure. Another character is Olivia or Via. Via is Olivia’s childhood nickname. She is also dynamic. Via faced the
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have witnessed what happened. Ceres goes to a house near the seaside. An elderly woman opens the door. She seemed to be rather nervous as Ceres begins to ask if the woman had seen what happened to her daughter. The elderly woman struggles to tell the story as her voice was shaky. When the woman says that Proserpina had been taken by King Pluto‚ Ceres’s face turns pale as a ghost. “She was picking
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