STUDENT’S NAME : JB Spring C. Bacurnay TITLE OF THE BOOOK : Dear John NAME OF AUTHOR : Nicholas Sparks SETTINGS : Hilmington ‚ North Carolina MAIN CHARACTERS : * John Tyree * Savannah Lynn Curtis * Randy Welch * Mr. Tyree * Tim Wheddon * Noodles * Rooster * Gavin McCulley Starks * Bryce Hayes Harris (Cameo) * Braeden Reed Alan * Alan (Age 14) CHARACTER LIKED BEST & REASON : * John ‚ because John did not let go of his feelings although
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If we were to read about Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards’ lives‚ we would think they were fairly similar. Even though they both have devoted their lives to their Puritan religion‚ there is a notable difference in Bradstreet and Edwards’ writing styles and their view on the Puritan religion. They are both well respected writers from the early 1700s‚ but their writing styles are completely different. Bradstreet uses a great deal of figurative language and rhyming in her poems. This helps emphasize
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What if you loved someone so much but they didn’t know you existed? You could change so much that you lose yourself in the mix. In the short story‚ “Nobody Stole Jason Grayson” by Caroline Mackler‚ the theme of the story is that love can make you do strange things. The characters‚ Abby‚ Jason‚ Daytona‚ and Sloppy Joe all deal with someone that they have fallen for. They also have some reality checks along the way. Each character has an interaction that teaches them what love really is‚ or what love
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varied greatly between its public and private members during the 17th and 18th century. Anne Bradstreet shows the private side of the Puritan faith in her poem and Jonathan Edwards shows the public side of the Puritan faith. Bradstreet was a very successful colonial poet during the mid to late 17th century‚ while Edwards was a Puritan preacher who led the Great Awakening about seventy years after Bradstreet‚ in the 1730s and 1740s. Bradstreet’s poem “Upon the Burning of Our House‚” written in 1666
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“Desiree’s Husband” In Kate Chopins “ Desiree’s Baby” the main character Desiree is a fragile human being who was the victim of a few unfortunate circumstances. Her life starts disorder and also ended in disorder. As an infant she was purposely abandoned in a gateway and found by Madame Valmonde who loved her dearly. At the end of her life she was also abandoned by her husband who shuns her once he finds his mother “belongs to the race that is cursed with the brand of slavery”. The character Desiree
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Loving V Virginia Every human should be granted basic civil rights. The constitution itself claims we as American citizens are granted “life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness‚” but does the government always allow us these civil liberties? Life‚ yes we are all granted the right to be alive‚ but liberty and true pursuit of happiness maybe not as much. Webster defines Liberty as “The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life”.
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LOVING v. VIRGINIA Can you imagine not being able to share your life with the person you love because of the color of your skin? Well‚ this was the case for those who resided in Virginia decades ago. Interracial marriages were not allowed in Virginia and sixteen other states due to the adoption of the Racial Integrity Act of 1924. The sole purpose of this act was to completely prohibit a "white person" marrying other than another "white person". Marriage licenses were not issued until the
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Dear Mom‚ First off I want to start off with how proud I am to be your daughter. I’m continuously amazed with how you deal with so much and make everything look so easy. I couldn’t imagine dealing with the obstacles thrown at you time after time. You’re my role model and I strive to be as strong mentally and physically like you everyday. I hope I can be as great as a mom as you are one day and make my daughter as proud as I am. I’m sorry that I can be so self-centered and careless because that’s
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17th century Puritan Anne Bradstreet‚ author of “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and “Upon the Burning of our house”‚ wrote the first notable poetry of American History. Bradstreet’s poems went against Puritan ideals. Her poetry reflected her personal life and her radical views of God. Bradstreet and Edwards differ in their apperceptions of God. Bradstreet’s poems contrasted Puritan beliefs of what poetry should be and Edwards’ sermon was designed to scare people like Bradstreet into changing their ways
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Anne Bradstreet and Mary Rowlandson. Anne Bradstreet and Mary Rowlandson were two puritan women whose writing portrayed them to have had strong religious beliefs. Both Mary Rowlandson and Anne Bradstreet religious puritan values allowed them to survive the harsh struggles that they endured in their live Mary Rowlandson main struggle was her captivity when the Indians tried to regain the lands that belonged to their tribe. On the other hand Bradstreet struggled with childhood diseases
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