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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Figure 2 of the original article which follows this foreword. There are two torques‚ gravitational and spring‚ in this system. The condition that will produce an infinite period is that the two torques balance each other exactly for any angle 0. Since the gravitational torque varies as sin 0‚ the spring torque must also. However‚ the spring torque is the product of two variables‚ the pull of the spring and the lever arm. Can we expresssin 8 as a product of two trigonometric functions? Yes‚sin 0 = 2 sin
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Palm Springs‚ California has been a vacation home and party city for many years now‚ despite the heat people still flock over here to vacation and heres why! The name of the town comes from the Hot Springs found in the Indian Canyon. The ancestors of this lovely town are known as Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Today the town is split up among the natives and everyone else. There are a lot of areas where the land is referred to as “Indian Land’ and they have full rights to do whatever they
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Winter Poems A Winter Message A flake of snow in flurry thro’ the air Had landed as a kiss upon my cheek: A secret message‚ just for me to share; To take to heart but never dare to speak About or presuppose to other eyes Your open feelings – distant though they are. And so‚ upon your lips‚ my OWN surprise: A flake of snow returned from me afar. Copyright © Mark R Slaughter 2010 http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-winter-message/ As Winter raged And Winter was at war. Her
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"Hopkins’ Innovative Style displays his Struggle with what he believes to be Fundamental Truths" Reading this statement it was impossible to eagerly have various examples of Hopkins’ innovative style spring to mind. It is beyond reasonable doubt that this statement recognises Hopkins’ superb use of innovative style in his entire body of poetry. Although undoubtedly present‚ Hopkins’ struggle with fundamental truth lies mostly within his Terrible Sonnets‚ as he struggles with the presence of God
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Gerard Genette writes at the outset in his essay ‘Structuralism and Literary Criticism’ that methods developed for the study of one discipline could be satisfactorily applied to the study of other discipline as well. This is what he calls “intellectual bricolage ’‚ borrowing a term from Claude Levi-Strauss. This is precisely so‚ so far as structuralism is concerned. Structuralism is the name given to Saussure’s approach to language as a system of relationship. But it is applied also to the study
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The Contrast Royall Tyler’s play is called The Contrast because it focuses on the differences between Americans and Europeans and the contrast between upper class society and lower class society for example‚ fashion‚ mannerisms‚ and lingo. The play introduces Jonathan as Colonel Manly’s Yankee waiter during the war. Jonathan’s way of thinking‚ his language‚ and his fashion sense emulates that of his master‚ Colonel Manly. Both Col. Manly and Jonathan appear to be a more humble nature with little
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The most meaningful piece of literature that I have read is Crank by Ellen Hopkins. Crank is the first book in the Crank trilogy. After Crank is the sequel Glass‚ and finally Fallout. Crank is a beautifully written free verse poetry novel that is composed of 544 pages. The novel is about a teenager named Kristina. Kristina is a junior in highschool and has all A’s.She lives with her her mother‚ dad‚ and brother. Kristina lives a normal‚ happy‚ and carefree life until she is introduced to the drug
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Ann Hopkins Case Study Webster University Ann Hopkins Case Study Why Was Ann Hopkins Passed Over for a Partnership? Give Examples of Events That Contributed to her Being Passed Over. Ann Hopkins was passed over for partnership for a number of reasons. Some of these reasons were valid areas of concern‚ however much of the justification "had sexual overtones" (Weisel‚ 1991‚ p. 2). Although Thomas Beyer supported Hopkins nomination for partner and supported with what seemed to be a very well-written
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is a list of rules people must follow; however‚ it’s their choice if they follow them or not. Kristina from the series‚ “Crank‚” by Ellen Hopkins is just one example of a person who is devious by breaking rules more than once. Kristina is a 16-year-old girl who visits Albuquerque for a visit to her dad. While she is visiting‚ she meets a boy named Adam and falls deeply in love. Both of the men she spends time with‚ her dad and Adam‚ are currently addicted to crystal meth‚ and with just one try‚ she
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