Stand Up and Speak Up After reading “The Journey” written by Mary Oliver‚ I have noted that the author of the poem was suggesting a few different themes and ideas. One of which is that although there will be countless things dragging you down in life‚ you must stay strong and carry on. From line four to line seven‚ the author mentioned that bad advice was shouted at you‚ and the entire house began to tremble. They represent the people who tell you that you will never succeed and the awful things
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Bullying Text Set I. Overview • The content area of this text set is English because these books can be used as gateways into writing. The topic is bullying. Bullying is an issue present in every school today whether it be verbal or physical. By reading‚ discussion‚ and writing about the books in this text set‚ the students who are being bullied may realize they are not alone and that there are outlets for their feelings and the students who are the bullies may have the opportunity to step into
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All people in the world during life are faced with problems that they have to face and persevere. In the book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson the reader is introduced to a fourteen year old girl named Matilda who has to go through all that was described. When the novel first started Matilda is introduced to an easy life. But into the book things get bad for Mattie and her family because Matilda’s mother and grandfather get the yellow fever and her grandpa dies. Towards the ending of the book
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The Impossible Knife of Memory- Laurie Halse Anderson Hailey Kincain has just moved back to her hometown for senior year‚ and she has to assimilate to her new high school life. Her father‚ Andy‚ is a war veteran and has memories of his past that haunts him daily. But what happens when someone that you’ve been trying to forget is edging back into your life? “The Impossible Knife of Memory” is a contemporary novel in a town setting. Hailey and Andy have just moved back into their hometown‚ after
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A teen tries to navigate between rival gangs. 5. Strays ‚ Ron Koertge. Ted’s parents are killed in a car crash‚ and his troubles are just beginning. 6. Thirteen Reasons Why ‚ Jay Asher. A teenager receives haunting audiotapes after a suicide. 7. Twisted ‚ Laurie Halse Anderson. Tyler‚ busted for tagging‚ tries to find his way through his senior year. 8. Paper Towns‚ John Green. Q and Margo are childhood friends who drift apart‚ but reconnect one evening in high
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constitutionally protected speech‚ whether for protection or for any other reason‚ violates the first amendment." - www.Ala.org I have read Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. It is often banned or challenged because of its rape scenes and the depressing and emothional feelings expressed throughout the book. On macbookkids.com it states "Andersons book sends a critical message not only to teenagers‚ but to adults as well. If you are or have been a victim of sexual assault‚ speak up‚ you dont have
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Core I Essay: Literacy Narrative Megan Smith ENC Valencia Students Prof. Phillips ENC 1102 02/16/15 My Love for Reading The first books I ever started reading were Winnie the Pooh and Dr Suess books. When I was young my parents were really good about getting me started with reading different books and for a long time I loved reading‚ as long as it was books I got to choose and enjoyed reading myself. Once I got further along in school and they started mandating what books we had to read I got
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Outcast The novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is about a 9th grade girl called Melinda Sordino whose life is being terrorized by her memories from a bad incident at an end-of-the-summer party. It is the first day of 9th grade for Melinda at Merry Weather High School‚ nobody likes her because she called the cops at the party‚ making her an outcast and speechless. By the end of the novel Melinda finally speaks to her mom and her ex-friends about the party‚ and the narrator learns that having the
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When the war begins‚ Jethro is quite young. He even thinks the war is kind of neat‚ imagining horses‚ trumpets‚ and polished brass buttons. Throughout the book he not only loses that glamorous image‚ but he comes to understand that the war is an unrelenting force that propels him and everyone else forward without mercy. Jethro is hurled from boyhood into manhood‚ as he assumes responsibilities left after his father has a heart attack. He is the only boy in the family not fighting in the war‚ and
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‘The measure of a man is what he does with power”(Plato). With this quote‚ we can judge a man for what he is truly worth when authority is given to him. In both novels the antagonists do not use the power wisely‚ and this makes the protagonists miserable. That being said‚ power shapes the life we live. Power can be good; it can be bad; but it plays a huge role in who we are. There are many similarities in Speak and Animal Farm. Starting with similarities in theme are there is an abuse of the power
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