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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Should a pregnant woman be punished for exposing her fetus to risk? The question about whether pregnant women are liable for subjecting their unborn children to risk has yet to be properly addressed. One state South Carolina has been on the forefront of this issue. The Supreme Court in South Carolina in 1997 in the case Whitner vs. South Carolina decided that pregnant women who exposed their viable fetuses may be persecuted under the state child abuse laws. This action was specifically targeting
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Speak Up We live in a country where we have a freedom of speech‚ where our opinions matter‚ where we can speak up and our words could possibly change a lot of thingssomething. Everyone has opinions‚ ideas‚ things that could change many things in our or others liveslives or possibly others lives‚ but what stops people from speaking up? Many people have a hard time speaking up due to rejection ‚ and judgmentor judgment from others. People often feel that if they speak up or express an their opinions
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They may not know it but my parents have the most influence on my life. They don’t know how much I look up to them but I do‚ I love my mom and dad and admire what they do for a living. I believe I have the best parents in the world. (When I do say I have the best parents I mean it because I have had different parents). My parents display all the characteristics of what a real hero should be. They are always their when I am at the bottom of my game‚ they always back me up on the decisions I
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quietly…but its power is always present in every human mind. No one can completely forget the past. The past has no shape‚ it’s invisible but it can change a man. Each person has their own past. The only common point is every human life is happy and sad past. Nobody is born perfect happiness or has to suffer forever. Secondly‚ the present is the real life of every human being. Everyone has a personal life for themselves. In present‚ the people would suffer or can be happy. People should live
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Reflective Personality The novel Speak is about a girl named Melinda. She is very shy and timid throughout the story but that is only because she had gotten raped at a party over the summer. She called the cops because of what had happened so for calling the cops everyone hated her and wouldn’t talk to her‚ even her best friends. A main part or motif of the story is mirrors. Every time Melinda looks in a mirror or a reflective object it reflects on how she is feeling about herself that part of
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The Sons of Liberty were much like modern day Isis. From burning houses to murder‚ they were the a group of people no one dared to provoke. The famous rebel group took a stand against the British Parliament for what they believed was right. They gave colonists hope in not only their future‚ but also America’s future. The Sons of Liberty are important because they secured America’s future‚ showed their bravery‚ and formed the Continental Congress. The Sons of Liberty organization consisted of only
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A Woman of Strength Beauty‚ patience‚ and strength; these words come to mind when thinking of the ideal woman. My grandmother‚ Jerri Self‚ exemplified these characteristics. If you had had the opportunity to meet her‚ the first thing you would have noticed would have been her striking physical beauty. She had short-sandy blonde hair and beautiful deep green eyes. Her smile was radiant‚ and her nose was very distinct in that it was elongated with a small hump in the middle. After talking with my
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In Angela Carter’s “The Man Who Loved a Double Bass”‚ a tale is told of an intense relationship between a musician (Johnny Jameson) and his prized loved bass (Lola). Jameson‚ a very eloquent bass player‚ is perceived to be mad because of his desire to treat his instrument as his wife. Jameson plays in a band called the West End Syncopators. Lola Jameson’s bass‚ is his most valuable asset‚ so much so that it is required for people to treat her as a lady and purchase her a drink. The band’s fate is
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Koeller 1 ESL 118 Prof. Shields April 7‚ 2014 Final Draft An image that speaks Some photos never leave one’s memory. The photo that I choose for this essay is one such photo. It is the Pulitzer prize-winning photograph taken in 1994 in Sudan by Kevin Carter during the Sudan famine depicting a child about to die of starvation
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