The Giver – Theme Essay Imagine never feeling anything at all. No happiness‚ no excitement‚ no nervousness nor anxiousness. You feel absolutely nothing. That’s what your life would be like without having feelings. Emotions give people’s life depth and meaning. The Giver teaches us that having emotions is important to not just living‚ but to feeling alive. Being able to feel love and joy adds more value to one’s life. The people who lived in Jonas’s community were unable to express any type
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Section 1: Individual oral commentary Weighting: 15% Duration: Preparation 20 minutes; delivery 10 minutes The individual oral commentary is a literary analysis of an extract taken from one of the works studied in part 2 of the course. Choice of extract Self-taught students prepare for section 1 of the alternative oral examination—the individual oral commentary—by using guiding questions supplied by the IB as a basis for choosing extracts from the works studied in part 2. Each extract must
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give them more freedom as a person. What parents don’t realize is that their incessant complaints regarding their children’s unbounded freedom can have a negative impact on them. Many teens hear these complaints and believe that their parents would not approve of their choices and they must navigate their personal issues without assistance. Hormones alone are not what guide teens’ seemingly irrational behavior‚ but the absence of constructive parental guidance‚ too much freedom‚ and the stress
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All people are different and the characters in “The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-TIme Indian” demonstrate this. The main character Arnold “Junior” Spirit shows that even though you may be born in the same place and time as others you are different. This is the case with Junior and his best friend Rowdy‚ while they were born in the same town at the same time Junior’s drive to get more out of life set him apart from Rowdy. This was demonstrated by his push to change schools‚ his determination
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A dominant theme in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is the threats that come along with following traditions. The people of the village follow a tradition that has been going on for as long as they can remember because they rely on the fact that it will stop them from going back to their primitive ways. At first the tradition of partaking in the lottery does not seem so bad seeing as how it’s true nature is not revealed till the end. However‚ it is then revealed that the lottery is one unlucky villager
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are the way you used quotes. Introducing quotes is a better strategy than just using the quote as a sentence (paragraph 2) as it gives a better flow and gives a better explanation for your argument. Also in my opinion you could expand more on your analysis of both paragraphs and connect your argument to the thesis and to each other so you have a better evaluation of the discussed topic. There are several other small issues that I found. In paragraph 3 you used a long quote‚ which is 4+ lines‚ and
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The Holocaust Diary First Entry January 30‚1933 My name is Friedrich Krebs. I am a 29-year-old free-lance journalist. I write about all things happening in Germany‚ and then sell them to newspapers and magazines all over the world. I am the only son of a World War 1 hero‚ and my mother who idolizes me. I am divorced with one son who resides with his mother. I’m young‚ blonde‚ blue-eyed‚ strong‚ and pure German. I’m what you would consider Hitler ideal German to be
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Spanish writers Cecilio Apostol- wrote poems dedicated to Rizal‚ Jacinto‚ Mabini and all other heroes but his poem dedicated to Rizal is considered the best poem in praise of the hero of Bagumbayan. FERNANDO MA. GUERRERO-It is believed that Fernando Ma. Guerrero shared with Apostol the reign in the balagtasan in Spanish during their time. In his debate with Balmori‚ he was more attractive to the public because of the modious words he used. He defended OLVIDO (Forgetfulness). CLARO M. RECTO-In
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citizens experience‚ and taunts their once freeing rights‚ such as the prerogative to explore sexuality. Gilead’s only freedom‚ is freedom from all other liberties‚ or as Aunt Lydia would describe‚ freedom from the anarchy that unveiled in the first society. The novel’s protagonist‚ Offred‚ uses two sets of images to recount the vast difference between a “freedom to” society‚ and a “freedom from” society. She recalls to the reader a photographic clarity of her previous life as an American woman with liberties
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Diary of Wimpy Kid Evaluative Essay San Diego Christian College Children’s Literature Abstract The Diary of a Wimpy kid is a book about adolescence who have dealt with emotional struggles and social acceptance in middle school. The book highlighted areas of struggle which included: bullies‚ emotional responses in both positive and negative ways‚ friendship‚ and family dynamics. The book was intended was readers of age seven and older but could be used a discussion book with children
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