be a blessing or a curse. This essay will show how 3 books with different conflicts changed a character’s life or the characters’ way of thinking. In the story “Scorpions” by Walter Dean Myers‚ Jamal Hicks is the main character. Jamal faces a conflict of whether or not he should become the leader of a gang called scorpions so he can be able to pay for
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Walter Dean Meyers’ Monster is a realistic fiction novel following Steve Harmon‚ a sixteen year-old student on trial for felony murder‚ navigate his way through one of the most challenging‚ nerve-wrecking experiences of his life. The novel focuses on time spent at Steve’s trials as well as moments in jail‚ while it also takes the reader back to moments of his childhood. Written in the point of view of Steve himself‚ the book is written as a journal and not only focuses on the events which are taking
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Scorpions vs Outsiders In this essay‚ I am going to compare and contrast the two novels ‘Scorpions’ by Walter Dean Myers and ‘Outsiders’ by S.E. Hinton. I will summarize the stories and then describe their differences and similarities. For example‚ both books are about gangs. But in Scorpions‚ there is one gang; in the Outsiders there are two. The Scorpions is about a 12 year old boy named Jamal who lives with his Mama and his little sister‚ Sassy‚ in Harlem. When his older brother Randy ends
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Night of the Scorpion-Nissim Ezekiel MATCHES: Two Scavengers in a Truck‚ Nothing’s Changed-Two Cultures Vultures‚ Limbo-Contrasting Views Nissim Ezekiel (White male poet): 1. Nissim Ezekiel was born in Bombay‚ now Mumbai‚ India in 1924. 2. His parents were Israeli and he was brought up with the Jewish faith‚ though he had friends of many different religions. 3. As a child he was very serious about religion and often spoke to his friends on a deep scale in relation to religious matters
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INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW The novel Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers is a fascinating book and it teaches a life lesson about gang life at young ages. The book really makes the reader want to read more and more as the suspense builds up. The book is about the life of a young kid named Jamal Hicks. Jamal struggles through some family problems when his older brother is accused of murder. The book is a really sad story about gang life and friendship. There are some appealing traits to
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Through racism and stereotypes‚ we examine how Asian-American superheroes are often relegated to a secondary or “side-kick” status in modern comic books. In “Blue Scorpion and Chung‚” we take a look at Chung‚ an Asian-American chauffeur whose advanced combat skills and athleticism are dwarfed by his eccentric partner and boss‚ Blue Scorpion. We also take a look at James‚ an Asian superhero with a vast amount of powers‚ who becomes relegated to side-kick status to a much lesser superhero‚ Hank‚ due to
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Crook”‚ it seems as Jimmy‚ the protagonist changes. Also in the fable‚ “The Scorpion and Turtle” no change occurs as the scorpion breaks his promise and stings the turtle. In both the play and fable‚ the main idea is not to trust a person a person too quickly because people can lie and might trick you. Progress is impossible without change‚ and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. In the fable‚ the scorpion doesn’t change and is not able to cross the river since he killed the turtle
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“The best-adjusted people are the ‘psychologically patriotic‚’ who are glad to be what they are.” - Isabel Briggs Myers (goodreads). MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator‚ Myers Briggs Testing Instrument) is a personality assessment that was based off of the Jungian typology theory created by Carl Jung. Isabel Briggs Myers is the one responsible for this assessment‚ and the one responsible for my ungodly obsession with it. It was my Junior year in Psychology and our teacher‚ Mrs. Mais‚ took us into
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of a mother for her child‚ which in itself is a conspicuous feature of Indianness. Analysis of the poem – Apparently the theme of the poem is an experience of a scorpion bite that was inflicted on the poet’s mother. The poem is a first person narrative of the agony that a son had to undergo watching his mother suffer due to a scorpion sting. But subtly the theme of the poem is a stringent satire on the lack of medical and scientific knowledge that plagues the lives of so many people in India. The
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Night of the Sorpion’ is a poignant poem that evokes the strong hold of superstition within our social psyche. Ezekiel recalls the night when his mother was stung by a scorpion. With the onset of the monsoons‚ the ten hours of warm and steady rains had compelled the mysterious scorpion to crawl into the house and hid itself beneath a sack of rice in the dark store room. Without any mercy‚ it raised up its lethal‚ venomous and diabolic tail and stung Ezekiel’s mother in one of her toes while she was
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