Monica Rodriguez 4-3-13 “True Notebooks.” Book Analysis (A) True Notebooks by Mark Salzman Part # 1: Questions 1. What did you learn from reading this book? By reading this book‚ I learned a lot about teenagers’ critical situations at juvenile hall. This book gave me a greater insight and deeper understanding of what their lives are like and the challenges they face in this place. I also learned that the legal system is not doing a great deal to help these young kids mend their lives. They
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Society ignores the things juvenile delinquents went through growing up or what they had to experience in order to get by in life. People need to realize that there is always a story behind a child’s action or behavior. The boys like the ones from True Notebooks end up in the juvenile detention center because they lack a positive role model in their lives. Every child wants to be someone in life but in order for them to be successful they need the support from their family. How could teenagers achieve
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Ruben Zelaya BMC Class B1 28 June 2013 True Notebook Book Report I am reading the book “True Notebooks” by Mark Salzman. It is about a teacher who teaches a writing class in a juvenile detention center. The student wrote about their life and some of the things they wrote were interesting and deep. For example one of the students wrote about hate and how it been through his life “hate taught me how to speak‚ hate taught me how to love‚ and eventually hate taught me how to hate. This kid
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Everyone will behave differently when they face adversity. Some of them might give up easily‚ or they fight with their courage instead of accepting adversity and tragedy. In True Notebooks‚ Mark Salzman shows us how the boys deal with obstacles. If those boys can’t overcome obstacles‚ obstacles overcome them. Therefore‚ they must persist in the end when they face adversity. Sometime‚ some of them are lucky to overcome obstacles by persisting in the end‚ but many of them can’t overcome obstacles because
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One student that benefited from the class was Francisco Javier. Francisco wrote two letters to his mother explaining how he feels and appreciates her. In one of his letters he said‚ “You know what‚ Mom? When you lecture or counsel me‚ even though it doesn’t seem like I’m listening‚ your words stay in my mind. When I go to bed‚ I reflect on them. I know you think I don’t appreciate everything you’ve done for me‚ but it’s the opposite.”(96) Even though he never sent either of his letters to his mom
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The Mark of a True Hero Abraham Lincoln once said‚ "Any nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure." Upon hearing this‚ the first thing that comes to one’s mind might probably be‚ “Who are the true heroes of our nation?” The answer to this baffling question is‚ indeed‚ very simple. A true hero is someone who is willing to help those who are in need in any way deemed possible. Undoubtedly‚ everyone who puts out a hand to help a stranger can be considered as heroes in their own little
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The Notebook Directed by Nick Cassavetes ‚ the notebook is based or better said its an adaption of the bestseller with the same title by Nicholas Sparks known for his romantic books . The story revolves around the lifes of a boy from the poor side of the tracks who falls for a beautiful‚ rich girl. Hottie Ryan Gosling stars as Noah ‚ who works his ’small-town boy’ charms on Allie Hamilton stared by Rachel McAdams. Despite the family backgrounds ‚ they fall passionately in love with each other during
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The Notebook Kristi Rousos Psychology 101 March 18‚ 2006 Ms Grimes Class The Notebook is a movie in which the main character Allie has Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is marked by forgetting and repeating things‚ getting lost and confused‚ difficulties recognizing persons and objects. Symptoms usually appear after age sixty. Alzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of aging and the cause is yet unknown. Alzheimer’s disease is the fourth leading cause of death among adults
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THE NOTEBOOK By Nicholas Sparks The love story between two different teenagers that come from completely different worlds is the most remarkable. The Notebook is about two young teenagers who fell head over heels with each other. They got separated by Allie’s upper-class parents who insist that Noah isn’t right for her. But that obstacle didn’t stop these two young lovers from being together even if it took years. This beautiful tale has a special
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(The Cahill Article) by Michael Lynch‚ ‘Dr Stella Ameyo Adadevoh: Ebola victim’ (The Ebola Article) by Tolu Ogunlesi and ‘The mark of a true hero’ by Dmetri Kakmi all argue. In the text ‘Tim Cahill’s a Hero? Definitely‚ Definitely …’ Michael Lynch insists that Tim Cahill is a Hero‚ and that any good sports person can be a hero. The text by Dmetri Kakmi‚ ‘The mark of a true hero’ disputes that you need to be more than
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