A worn path is a short story that features the main character Phoenix Jackson. Her character alludes to a mythical bird that consumed itself in fire after five hundred years and rose renewed from it’s ashes. Phoenix is a very old woman who has a dying grandson that is terminally ill. Her objective is to travel through the woods and retrieve medicine for her ill son. She begins the long journey to town on “A bright frozen day in the early morning”(Welty 462). in december. The story seems to indicate
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“Charles” Change is a burden; the coping strategies used to deal with it illustrate personality. Shirley Jackson accurately describes the difficulties of growing up through the character Laurie in “Charles.” Seeking attention‚ Laurie‚ a troubled kindergartener decides to act out in school to soothe his desire to be noticed. Similar to an average kindergartener‚ Laurie is energetic and undisciplined. At home in the 1950s‚ Laurie maunders over the actions of a so called misbehaved boy in his class
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The exceptionally engaging film‚ Hoop Dreams goes deep into the life that surrounds basketball. To make it‚ a player has to be something more then just a good player. They need to be belligerent‚ well trained‚ surpass academically‚ and unaware of anything that doesn’t include basketball. The highly thought out‚ and heartrending film closely records the lives of two Chicago teenagers as we watch their struggle of basketball‚ to become the best. For five years‚ Steve James‚ Frederick Marx‚ and Peter
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" I don’t remember touching her‚ but the next thing I know‚ Nancy is sitting on her butt in the fountain‚ screaming" was said by Percy Jackson the protagonist in the lightning thief. Percy Jacksons Personality is he’s funny he makes things funny most of the time and brave because he fought a Minotaur and he is also very confused about a lot of things. Percy Jackson fought a Minotaur all by him self. When he killed it the Minotaur vanished in dust. Percy can be funny sometime like when he said " hay
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For as long as I remember‚ I have been raised with a basketball hoop. This hoop stood firmly‚ looking down at the trees secured by patches of cement in my backyard‚ in my neighborhood‚ Dorchester. This hoop was my center of faith and tranquility surrounded by gunfires‚ shattering windows‚ car alarms. As a girl‚ I learned not to adventure any place else other than this hoop because going beyond its faded lines on the concrete is an unknown world full of hazards and danger. And when I did cross these
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Night Hoops‚ the book‚ is written by an author who includes sports in all of his published books. Carl Deuker is the author of Night Hoops. Carl Dueker is one of my most favorite authors‚ and I will continue to read his published books. In this book there are many themes such as; teamwork‚ dedication and friendship. Nick Abbott‚ the main character in the book is a sophomore in high school. He has a passion for basketball and deeply loves this sport with hard fought blood‚ sweat and tears. In my
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Hoop Dreams Paper The movie Hoop Dreams shows you the difficulties and obstacles that come in the way of dreams. Although it’s said that if you believe in a dream long enough it will come true‚ but in Hoop Dreams you are shown the harsh realities of the falseness of that statement. Then that the reality of a dream not coming true hits you like a brick wall. This movie shows the conflict perspective view showing how sports can be harmful because they make you believe that if you have a talent it
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was wondering if you could get me a basketball hoop so I can play my favorite sport at home. Some of the reasons you should get me a basketball hoop is that I don’t like walking 5 blocks to go to the community basketball hoop‚ it can help me with exercising my body and doing a workout‚ and some of my friends can come over to my house to play on my very own basketball hoop. The reason that I don’t want to walk five blocks to the community basketball hoop is that sometimes there could be another person
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Jackson’s story‚ it is quite the opposite. You wouldn’t think anything was wrong at the beginning of the story. It takes place in a small village. Everyone seems to be excited about the lottery‚ because everyone is present for the lottery. All the characters in the story seem to get along well. Everyone in the town gathers for the lottery. All the children are gathering rocks. This rock collecting didn’t seem to make sense until later. The lottery takes place by having each man or head of household
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Hoop Dreams Many authors/film makers realize that sometimes‚ in order to make a point‚ an idea is best conveyed through a stirring of the audience’s pathos‚ or feelings. An audience whose emotions have been affected is more likely to remember a message and take it into consideration. Hoop Dreams‚ a documentary by Steve James‚ is an apt example that employs heavy use of pathos in order to present its theme. The documentary follows two boys through their high school years in Chicago as they pursue
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