Crank by Ellen Hopkins Crank by Ellen Hopkins is based on a sixteen year old girl named Kristina‚ who ends up going down the wrong path during a vacation to visit her father. In this writing the theme is loud and clear for the reader; the horror and risks of illegal drugs‚ what the “monster” can do to ones life‚ and how the drugs can set you for downward spiral. Kristina a 16 year old leaves home in Nevada to visit her absent father in Albuquerque for three weeks. Kristina soon meets a boy
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and the emotion. I knew that this is what I would want to do for the rest of my life.” Prologue Ellen White’s palms poured an oily liquid as his body trembled faster than a toy bobble-head. He pulled the blonde bangs from his eyes‚ taking brief‚ deep breaths between small intervals of panicking. “What are you so worried about?” Ellen’s friend‚ Phoenix‚ called from across the room‚ stretching his legs and reaching for his toes. “Shut up‚” Ellen rolled his eyes‚ and tried
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Learning how we develop to become who we are is a hard concept to understand and its something that we may not ever be able to understand completely. Why is it that even if a brother and sister are raised in the same household and taught the exact same things in the exact same ways‚ that they develop differently. One may develop and learn their abilities fast and become a brilliant student during high school‚ but the other is barely passing and struggling to develop his skills. Many psychologists
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In the book Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons‚ Ellen is a lonely child. She is in a family where she is responsible for her mother’s health and receives little love from her parents. She has few outlets and is forced to suffer the many traumas of her life alone. She eventually gets away from her family only to find more unhappiness while continuing to observe the happiness of families surrounding her. And throughout the entire book she is yearning to belong and become loved. It took Ellen five moves and
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Conflicts Analysis The troubled situation of JVC can be attributed to the major conflict between Ellen and Jack‚ causing another aggravating conflict occurred consequently. a. The major conflict was between Ellen Moore and Jack Kim‚ with the following symptoms: - They had controversial issues "during the first few weeks because they were clearly stepping upon each other’s territory". Ellen understood that she was the co-project manager with Jack‚ but Jack believed that he was the sole project
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Since I love watching Ellen show I decided to do this paper about Ellen’s show. From saddest to the happiest situation‚ she always bring smile to the audiences faces. Her focus is on the happiest moments in life. She starts her show with a wild and fun music and she dances‚ it gives audiences so much energy; moreover‚ they would know this is will be the funniest and best places to be at. She have a create connection with her audience. She brings anyone to her show to tell a different story each
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Ellen Kullman is a business executive in the United States and is known for her role as the CEO DuPont. Also‚ Kullman is a former director at the General Motors and Wilmington. For this reason‚ Ellen Kullman has been rated as a Global 500 Women CEO‚ as well as the Forbes 100 most powerful women in the world. The award was given in 2014. In 2015‚ Kullman retired from her position at DuPont. As a result‚ Ellen Kullman is an influential woman whose autobiography is worth taking into account. Ellen
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was born on October 29‚ 1938‚ in Monrovia‚ Liberia. She was mixed with Gola and German heritage and her father was the first indigenous Liberian to sit on the national legislature. As a child‚ she was schooled in the United States. After school in the U.S.‚ she moved back to Liberia and graduated from The College of West Africa at Monrovia. At age 17‚ she married a man named James Sirleaf‚ and they were later divorced. She later went to Madison Business
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Info Name of Book: Crank Author: Ellen Hopkins Publisher: Simon & Schuster Where Published: New York‚ New York 10020 When Published: 2004 Number of Pages: 537 Length to read: 3 weeks Section 2 – Authors Purpose The authors purpose in Crank is to inform about the dangers of drugs‚ and how they can affect everyone around you. The whole book is an example of the things that can happen if you were to do those drugs‚ the way she gets addicted and how it consumes her life. Section
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How We Are Influenced Social psychology is the “scientific study of how people think about‚ influence‚ and relate to one another” (Myers‚ 2010‚ p. 4). There are many different “external social forces” (Myers‚ 2010‚ p. 8) that influence our thoughts‚ feelings‚ behaviors and attitudes‚ such as our family‚ peers‚ culture and gender; all of which persuade us in one direction or another. Any social situation we may encounter can be so powerful that it “leads us to act contrary to our expressed
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