Senior Picture Day Michele Serros As I began reading the short story of Senior Picture Day by Michele Serros‚ my expectations were low on excitement. I was expecting to read a rather bland story of how a young teenage girl had to conquer a million defeats in order to take the perfect senior picture. However‚ to my astonishment the short and sweet story pulled at my heartstrings. I could empathize with “Cal Girl” having endured a similar situation in my own teenage years. This story depicted only
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In the reading‚ A Day Without Feminism‚ the authors‚ Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards‚ illustrate what our modern world would be like had there never been a women’s movement. Taking us back to 1970‚ a view is given that many of us do not think about in our daily lives and thus; Baumgardner and Richards show us why it is so important to have a women’s moment to continue to build on what the strong women before us have accomplished so far. It is important to be reminded that women were looked
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The text “Earth day” by Atticot and Manning states‚ “Every square mile of the oceans contains more than 46‚000 pieces of paper.” Thanks to Earth day we can have a clean and healthy Earth. We don’t have to worry about waking up one day and not being able to breathe because our Earth is sick and polluted. Earth day is still important because if we do not have Earth day our oceans would be even more polluted and dirty‚ our animals would be sick and become endangered and humans would start dying
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It’s the rare western book that invites a Marxian analysis‚ but Elmer Kelton‚ who died recently‚ was the rare western writer. "The Day the Cowboys Quit"takes place at the intersection of rugged American individualism and the collective efforts of the undercapitalized to improve their lot. The book renders a cowboys’ strike - a fascinating concept - that actually happened‚ on ranches in the Canadian River region of west Texas circa 1883. By Kelton’s lights‚ the strike occurred in the crucible
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The Feeling of Being in a Corset Corsets were typically use it the 1800 and progressed in the 1900‚ mostly use to disguise ones figures now in the 21st century women use girdles for the same purpose. Siri Hustvedt author of “Eight Days in a corset‚ explains her experience in a corset‚ she was an extra in a film the “Washington Square.” She was not an actress nor was they really interested in her‚ the film director Agnieszka Holland was interested in Hustvedt daughter Sophie. Once the fitting was
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The book I read was Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II. It is set in Cold War era America in the Pentagon. The tension between the public and the president are the main focus in this story. Most of the people this book talks about are in the military and work for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff is presented as the antagonist in the book‚ whereas the protagonist is one of the people who works for him and catches word of a plan to stage
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several unwanted diseases and genetic mutations. The worst part is at times‚ the civilians were left with no right to express their opinion nor feelings towards the bomb testing. That’s when Jane Dibblin a British journalist steps up. In her book the Day of Two Suns: U.S. Nuclear Testing and the Pacific Islanders Dibblin projects to the world the unheard voices of the native villagers
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“All Summer in a Day”‚ by Ray Bradbury is about a girl named Margot who comes to Venus from Earth. The other kids are jealous of her and lock her in a closet because she remembers and misses the sun. At the heart of jealousy is an insecure person who doesn’t have something they need or want‚ which can lead to criticism‚ scrutiny‚ and hatred. The other kids would criticize whatever Margot said‚ no matter if she was right or wrong. For example‚ she was telling the others about the sun once‚ how it
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ONE DAY WAR BY JUDITH SOLOWAY KAY The narrative is set in the USA in 2065. It is a momentous time for the American public as it is the bicentenary of the American Civil War. The celebrations have already been the centre of attention for a long while. The celebration is held on the ninth of April‚ the time when the American Civil War ended. The weather is clear and beautiful. It seems perfectly fit for celebrations in a festive atmosphere. The bicentennial celebration is broadcast by an American
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Every story has a clever theme that is dispersed throughout to educate the readers of main issues in our world today. One substantial example of this is Ray Bradbury’s story‚ “All Summer In a Day”. In this story‚ young Margot from planet Earth tries to adapt to life on Venus‚ but there are roadblocks in her path that prevent her from having a decent time‚ which are her classmates. Each and every one of them made sure that Margot would suffer the pain they went through: not being able to see the sun
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