“Or maybe I would let go and give up” these were the words Hannah Baker lived her final days by (Asher 126). In the novel Thirteen Reasons Why written by Jay Asher‚ a young girl named Hannah ended her life. The story of why Hannah ended her life is explained on a set of seven cassette tapes‚ each one having a part A and a part B. Days after her death these tapes were sent out to the thirteen different people‚ who Hannah blames for forcing her to end her own life. The story flips back and forth between
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TITLE: GLADIATOR PLOT: The story is about Maximus‚ one of the leading generals in the Roman army. He led the Romans to victory in a decisive battle with the Barbarians that ended a long war between them. This victory helped him gain trust and favour from the old Emperor Marcus Aurelius‚ which is now old and near his end. Emperor Aurelius wishes to appoint Maximus as the temporary leader of Rome‚ even though he has a son‚ Commodus. Commodus‚ being told by his father that he would not be the appointed
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Personal Views about Franklin’s Thirteen Virtues Among Franklin’s thirteen virtues‚what impresses me most is the Sincerity. What is considered to be Sincerity? For me ‚ Whether a person is sincerity is connected with his personality and mental health is related. A man without integrity and proper moral quality will not be a sincere person. Integrity‚ is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation.Incredibility is difficult for people to accept. In our whole life ‚we take integrity as a beacon
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13 Reasons Why is a novel by Jay Asher‚ that will stay with me because it has genuinely changed my outlook on life. I was fascinated by the character Hannah Baker and her poetic way of describing the terrible events that changed her life. Hannah sends 13 cassette tapes to people she blames for her suicide‚ before killing herself by taking a handful of pills. The book is set around Clay Jensen‚ the ninth person to receive the tapes out of twelve. I was fascinated at how all of these people in
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Sight Passage on Chapter Thirteen of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter Within the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the narrator addresses the audience and develops the dynamics of Hester Prynne’s character by illustrating her as a stereotypical maternal figure towards the people of Boston. Seven years after the protagonist’s initial ignominy at the scaffold‚ the society’s perspective of Hester transforms as her relationship with her community becomes repaired over time. During
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Malcolm and Donalbain from Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Macbeth and Hannah Baker from Jay Asher’s novel Thirteen Reasons Why all run from fears and come about reactions unexpected. Malcolm and Donalbain flee the town after their father was killed in his sleep; their actions turn around to people blaming them of this tragic act. People go into the king’s chamber and find him dead. Once Malcolm and Donalbain get wind of the news they have a conversation about what they should do. Malcolm and
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A day in the life of Frederic Godé‚ Operations Manager‚ BonPain Q-1: Analyze the many things that Frederic does during his typical day. You should groupthese in terms of the five categories below‚ and provide a full list of subcategories for each: 1.Strategic Productivity & Quality Control Discussion about growing demand & ways to meet it. Quality Control checks during visit to ensure the best product and in line withthe demand orders Demand forecasting and quality performance Business
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wanted to use that to her advantage but then rumors started. She recorded seven cassette tapes with thirteen people on them‚ they were the people who lead to her suicide. The rumors tie in to a theme of the novel‚ rumors are almost impossible to disprove. Hannah uses the tapes to justify committing suicide and the people on the tapes did unreasonable things that lead to her actions. In the novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher‚ the setting and point of view affect the themes. One theme is that rumors
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between the American colonies and Britain during 1774. From these problems‚ the thirteen colonies achieve their American independence in July 4th‚ 1776. While conflicts continue from 1774‚ there were several reasons that lead to the cause of the American revolutionary war. The American revolutionary war was caused by the stamp act‚ sugar act‚ and plenty of other ways Britain’s laws were used to take money from the thirteen colonies. After the French and Indian war in North America 1763‚ Great Britain
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The Thirteen Colonies of America were all founded by England in the 17th century. However‚ the origins‚ beliefs‚ economies and governments of these colonies are as varied and diverse as America itself. The Northern Colonies of New England and the Southern Colonies were the most prolific of the New World and were very different in most cases. The New England colonies to the north and the southern colonies were vastly different in their economies. The New England colonies’ colder
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