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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3-7-2012 Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom By: William Craft and Ellen Craft Beginning in the principal slave state of Georgia‚ “Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom” details the adventure and eventual escape from slavery of William Kraft and his wife Ellen craft. In December of 1848‚ both received written passes from their owners allowing them a few days away together. They would make the most of it and never return to bondage. Ellen craft was the daughter of her first master and as such was almost
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negative stuff going on in life.” – Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen DeGeneres is a talk show host who is very big in pop culture and uses her status to help out people who are going through some difficult stuff‚ such as; being gay‚ family problems and maybe stress from work. If you did not know already‚ Ellen DeGeneres is homosexual. She helps other people about it because she’s had some help from her friends and family. Madonna‚ a good friend of Ellen’s‚ gave Ellen words of encouragement before she came
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When I watched the episode of “The Ellen show” published on September 9‚ 2015‚ I noticed how uncomfortably you felt in the studio. It was visible through your non-verbal communication‚ especially in terms of the gestures (see fig. 1) and facial expressions (see fig.2).Interestingly‚ however‚ that by virtue of the established eye contact with the audience‚ you managed to get people interested and engaged into your performance. The audience‚ being under influence of their emotions‚ and being impressed
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Ellen DeGeneres has been an immense agent of change in this generation. Ellen DeGeneres is a well-known comedian‚ actor‚ and talk show host on her show “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”. In addition‚ she serves as a prominent gay and lesbian role model and is an active participant in the LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) community. Additionally‚ she was an actress on her own sitcom show called “Ellen”. In the sitcom‚ Ellen revealed on an episode that she was a lesbian. According to bio.com it says
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someone who has all of my respect for doing this is Ellen Degeneres. Yes‚ she is famous and has lots of nice things but the part of her I like the best about her is her selflessness for humanity. Ellen has exercised the term “Pay it forward” a daily task. A few examples of heroism include her recent assistance to a new library for the homeless kids in Las Vegas‚ giving a less fortunate family a roof to live under‚ making a cancer patient’s wish come true
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Analysis of The Lady’s Maid by Katherine Manssfield Name: The Lady’s Maid" by Katherine Mansfield (1888 to 1923-New Zealand) was first published in 1920. The story is told in the first person by Ellen but at the same time meant to be told to “madam.” She has worked as a lady’s maid for the same family for many years. This story expresses regret that this lady had wasted her life on her lady instead of having a real life. The writer Katherine has achieved this through various narrative conventions
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How does Ellen MacArthur succeed in enabling the reader to appreciate the grueling and difficult nature of the incident described? Ellen MacArthur became famous in 2001 when she competed in the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world competition. She later wrote a book about her journey and the troubles/dangers that she faced. The moment that we start the extract‚ we are shown the first difficult situation that McArthur is faced with ‘it was the hardest climb to date’. Ellen goes on and tells the reader
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For my independent reading critical analysis‚ I am going to do not one book but seven. These books are all by Ellen Hopkins and they all have the same writing technique. Ellen Hopkins is a beautiful and realistic writer. All of her books are connectable and understandable‚ especially to teens and young adults. Let me explain and give you my take on the books. Ellen has a very interesting way of writing that I’ve only seen in a handful of books‚ such as Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse‚ I Heart You
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Section 1 – Book 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
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