Alex Volkov Per. 3 English “Speak” Essay Melinda escaped her tough times by going to her art class. She was assigned to draw and sculpt trees. Her art had a really strong connection with her personal feelings throughout the book. Melinda goes through tough times and her problems show in her art. In her first phase (the confused phase) she really isn’t sure of her art assignment. This is similar to her life‚ because on her first day of high school she wasn’t sure of what clan she was going
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Don Quixote In the story the author uses many situations and circumstances to demonstrate loyalty. Loyalty is the state or quality of being loyal‚ faithfulness to commitments or obligations. Don Quixote is a man that believes in being loyal‚ and he expects the people that he encounters to be the same way. In one situation in the book‚ Don rolled up on a farmer beating his servant. That made Don furious and he could not believe what he was seeing. After a conversation with the boy and the farmer
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Lord Byron’s Don Juan is a satirical poem that offers a seemingly comical and serious outlook of sexuality. In three different sexual relations in three different places‚ the events that surround Don Juan are both laughable and questionable. From an early affair with Donna Julia‚ to an innocently‚ beautiful engagement with Haidee and finally an unfulfilled and avoided relation with the Sultana Gulbeyaz‚ Don Juan escapes through the clutches of love with shattered innocence‚ a broken heart and near
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Symbolism is used to represent many meanings. In the novel Speak‚ the protagonist Melinda draws a tree that symbolizes her in many ways. The tree symbolizes Melinda’s growth and her journey to overcome depression. It symbolizes Melinda’s silent personality. Also‚ it symbolizes Melinda cutting off her depression. The tree symbolizes Melinda’s growth and journey. Right after summer‚ a tree starts losing it leaves and becomes ill once winter arrives. It lives through a dark and depressing period.
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World Lit 10 November 2010 Don Quixote Response In Don Quixote the prologue‚ he speaks of writing his story and how it will not meet the standards of many other great writings. He say “with a tale that is as dried as a rush‚ a stranger to invention‚ paltry in style‚ improvised in content‚ and wholly lacking in learning and wisdom‚ without marginal citations or notes at the end of the book when other works of this sort‚ even though they be fabulous and profane‚ are so packed
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Nick Gonzales “Don Quixote” Cervantes novel “Don Quixote” was written back in 1500’s. The main character Don Quixote is from the region La Mancha located in central Spain. While he was a man of a sound‚ mind‚ and reason. His reading of many books about chivalry had a very strong effect on his mentality. Don Quixote reveals himself thru a mental process in which the real world has been distorted in his perception of impractical mental behavior. Don Quixote sets out with Snacho on a chivalric
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In the book “Speak”‚ a girl named Melinda Sordino experiences something very terrifying. The author‚ Laurie Halse Anderson‚ describes how Melinda was raped by an upperclassman that goes to the exact same high school as her. As result‚ Melinda is now scarred and mute‚ even though she wants to speak very badly to someone about her assault. Laurie Halse Anderson uses allusions and archetypes to show the difficulties Melinda faces. Such uses in the book are tree‚ cave‚ lightening‚ and for archetypal
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Autism Speaks I’d like to introduce you to my brother. Christopher Joseph‚ or CJ as my family calls him‚ is 14 years old‚ 5’7” in height‚ and very handsome. He has the most impeccable memory‚ although‚ it is very selective. He doesn’t remember the last place where he placed his retainer‚ but he remembers every line from every Transformers movie and could describe in detail the characteristics and features of every autobot and decepticon in the series. He can also recall the models and features
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Ke’Shanee Thomas WAC 101 ASU 9/21/2012 The One Night I Felt Like a Queen The smell of burned hair filled the room as the last of my long black hair was being curled. A horse tail being brushed against my face‚ as my mom applied a hint of blush to my high cheek bones; and to make my eyes stand out and appear to be auburn stand out more than usual she applied deep black eyeliner. I then stood to put on my beautiful silky smooth teal dress. I could feel the roughness from the tutu underneath
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everyone has a person whom they admire. A majority of people seem to admire someone because of fame or fortune. I‚ on the other hand‚ do not place my admiration on material possessions or people who idolize them. My admiration is reserved for someone far more priceless than anything this world may offer. Therefore‚ my mother‚ is the person whom I admire most because she was supportive‚ she was tenacious‚ and she was a provider. First‚ I adore my mother because she was supportive. I participated
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