were a major aspect as to how I view situations in the world around me. I cannot pick a favorite text that I have read throughout my grades nine to twelve years‚ but I will review a few that made an impact on me. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah. This is the memoir of Ishmael‚ who was once a child soldier‚ reflecting on his
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of a small‚ sterile room with white walls and fluorescent lights that hummed softly overhead. Here‚ where my older brothers Alan and Denny sat next to each other‚ Alan lay pale and weak in bed‚ looking so small and fragile‚ like he was just a shadow of the boy he used to be. Denny sat down beside him quietly with his thick voice filled with tears. I didn’t understand what was happening‚ as I was young and all I know is that Alan is gone. that’s what Denny told me at least before he made me leave
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they enjoyed very much and some even went as far as to say "no" to their fiancés because they did not want a stamped marriage license. When the war between the British and colonists actually came‚ the men went to fight and the women had to keep going with their daily household duties all the while learning how to successfully carry out their husbands’ jobs too. When these patriotic women heard that their men were suffering without much food and clothing‚ they went right to work and set up a system
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HIS-112 | Gone With The Wind | Directed by Victor Fleming; 1939 | Starring:Vivian Leigh as Scarlet O’HaraClark Gable as Rhett Butler | Mattie Seidel | 3/30/2012 | Gone with the Wind On December 15‚ 1939 a movie was released in Atlanta‚ GA that would forever change how people saw the "Old South". This movie quickly became a smash hit and went on to become the #1 movie of all time and still holds the title‚ as we were reminded of at the Oscars last year. The movie was "Gone with the
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A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah had a really tough life throughout his childhood and teenage years. In his literary work‚ A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier‚ Ishmael Beah uses symbols to underscore his central theme of oppression and/or freedom. The three symbols he used to underscore his central theme of oppression and freedom was Ishmael’s AK-47‚ his cassette tapes‚ and the drugs he used. Ishmael’s AK-47 was the most important symbol that Ishmael Beah used to underscore
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Good Girl Gone Bad: Rihanna Since the beginning of time women have been uniquely viewed as a source of human life. Historically‚ however‚ they have been considered not only intellectually inferior to men but also a major source of temptation and evil. As one reflects back upon history he or she can easily conclude that women have made significant progress. Traditionally women roles were understood to be wifehood and motherhood. However‚ time has greatly changed and women have acquired several
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Camping Trip Gone Wrong It was our first camping trip together as a family‚ and it was definitely not the fun filled experience we anticipated. After we got all the stuff loaded into the truck we were on our way to Baker Lake. It’s an hour and a half drive and we were planning on a two day stay‚ our plan was to arrive early‚ set up our tent and get settled. We would then familiarize ourselves with the area then go fishing. I couldn’t wait. It started to go wrong when we arrived
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Do people learn who they are only when they are forced into action? Well‚ in my opinion‚ the answer at this question would be “no”. It is true that in a difficult situation people react better in their self-interest. Even the most peaceful of us‚ in a hard situation‚ react as maybe no one would have expected. Being forced into action is‚ in my opinion‚ a limit situation. In these cases‚ people cand learn only their limits‚ but not who they really are. The youth years are a period in someone’s
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Letter is a very old book written during the 1700’s in America and the author‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ is descriptive and uses a lot of symbolism. Throughout the novel‚ Hawthorne uses the symbols of light and dark to depict good and evil among the characters Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Roger Chillingworth. Hester has to live with the darkness of her sin every day‚ yet she finds ways to help people and it shows that she is often times charitable when others would not be. “Except for that small expenditure
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Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl When I had heard that New York Times’ Crime Columnist‚ Marilyn Stasio‚ had written about former Entertainment Weekly critic‚ Gillian Flynn’s newest thriller‚ the best-selling crime novel of the summer‚ Gone Girl‚ I was compelled to see what she had written. Stasio begins by setting Flynn’s newest piece on a pedestal of literary genius. Her use of the English language made it as tempting as bait to a fish: “Gillian Flynn’s latest novel of psychological suspense will confound
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