Themes of West Side Story: Peer pressure: this is seen when the gangs are about to have a rumble and some of the members don’t want to use weapons or even fight. By looking at this scene closely you see that they seem to be forced to do so to stay in that gang. As well as Maria being forced to accept Chino’s marriage proposal which is also in Romeo and Juliet where Juliet is being forced to marry. Family: There is a bond between Maria and Bernardo that is seen‚ where Bernardo is seen as being
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Helen Keller Helen Keller was born like any ordinary baby‚ without any abnormalities. She was born June of 1880 in Tuscumbia‚ Alabama. It was a sleepy and very southern town. The beginning of her life was very normal. She came‚ she saw and she conquered. At the age of 2 she came down with a fever as a result of an acute congestion of the stomach and brain. After that‚ no part of life would ever be simple again. The doctor said she might not recover‚ although she did. Except as that sickness
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typing? Helen Keller experienced it all. She had a deaf-blind illness‚ she was just 19 months when she caught the illness‚ but that didn’t stop her from accomplishing her goals and become a hero that people can look up to. Helen Keller achieved being the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor’s degree. She has also overcame challenges that got in her way. Helen Keller is inspiring and tenacious. She was always the type of girl that would look out and try to help people. For those reasons Helen Keller
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Cherry Liu (Meng Ting Liu) Eng101 10:30-11:20 Assignment essay 1 01/21‚ 2013 Troy Wolff Exchange Year “Being an exchange student is awesome”‚ “I had the best year of my life”‚ “ I learned so much about myself”. These are what people‚ who had already been abroad‚ told me about their past experiences two years ago. They told me about how wonderful it was‚ how the exchange experiences have changed them forever‚ and what they had learned from it. I was truly inspired by their energy and passion
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To be a hero you have to be strong enough to stand up for what you want‚ no matter who or what gets in the way. Several people have done inspiring things to accomplish what they wanted. Strong heroes like Anne Frank‚ Jackie Robinson‚ and Helen Keller had to fight hard for a long time to reach their goal. The first person who should be in the Hero Hall of Fame is Anne Frank. She was around 9 years old when she went into hiding from the Nazis. She was a little girl‚ in school‚ when the Nazis starting
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The travels of Aeneas‚ from the fall of Troy to the founding of Lavinium The travels of Aeneas‚ from the fall of Troy to the founding of Lavinium are very important myths by which the Romans modeled themselves‚ and from which they were able to derive a sense of past and ’who they were’. Archeological evidence shows that Aeneas and his story were well known throughout ancient Rome as coins and urns were found depicting Aeneas’ myth. Some of these coins were found prior to the lives of Livy and Virgil
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but a lot of people would say Helen Keller stands out. She was a courageous‚ encouraging‚ and hardworking woman despite her many disabilities. She was a true hero. A hero‚ according to dictionary.com is “a person who‚ in the opinion of others‚ has special achievements‚ abilities‚ or personal qualities and is regarded as a role model.” That is the definition of who Helen Keller was; she was a role model to many people. One of the many things you could say about Helen is that she was courageous. Throughout
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Vesuvius and St. Helens are volcanoes‚ they both erupted . Nonetheless‚ these volcanoes did damage to land and loss of life. Some people even lived by these volcanos‚ it may awesome to live by a volcano‚ or it may be terrifying. Nonetheless‚ if you were to live by a volcano while it was erupting‚ the event would be terrifying from the tremors of a volcano‚ moreover‚ many years ago St. Helens erupted‚ the tremors were horrific‚ people who lived by this volcano were terrified they probably had to
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Wishful Thinking “Let’s have the mum leaving the dad for a change” (Simpson 772). This line in Helen Simpson’s “Homework” is where the real story begins. In this story‚ a mother helps her son‚ George‚ write a paper for his English teacher‚ Mr. Mottram. The paper is supposed to be about a life changing event‚ and George does not know what to write about. The mother convinces George to write a fictional story about his parents’ divorce‚ despite the fact that they are still married. What the mother describes
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connection between how people view non-normative bodies and mental capabilities and it is apparent in the texts “The Monster” and “The Story of My Life”. In the texts‚ Johnson and Keller were treated differently because of their non-normative bodies. Although Johnson’s and Keller’s lives were affected by their disabilities‚ Henry Johnson lost his humanity while Helen Keller gained her humanity. Both texts show the challenges of being physically different from other people but have different messages
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