“You’ll only find happy endings in books. Some books.” In the novel‚ Burned‚ by Ellen Hopkins portrays a story of a young girl going through a rough life with no way of escaping from her past. Pattyn‚ the protagonist‚ grows up in a busy household with 7 other sisters‚ a mom‚ and an abusive father at the age of 17‚ her household was never quite peaceful due to her father who abuses the mother and herself both verbally and physically‚ till Pattyn finally stand up herself. She dreamed on meeting the
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The following is taken from Whitney R. Cross’ book‚ The Burned Over District pp 146-150 Mormonism has usually been described as a frontier religion. But study of the circumstances of its origins and its continuing appeal in the area which bred it suggests a different view. The church did not rise during the pioneering era of western New York. Its early recruits came from many sects‚ but invariably from the longest settled neighborhoods of the region. Joseph’s peregrination during the period when
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The Day They Burned The Books Jean Rhys’ “The Day They Burned The Books” is a short story narrated by an anonymous young girl about Eddie and his family‚ including his abusive father and tortured mother. Eddie’s father‚ Mr. Sawyer‚ fancied his library and later on died of unknown cause. His wife decided to burn and sell all of the books in his library. It is obvious that feminist criticism and structuralism are well applied to the story. Feminism refers to the advocacy of equality of the sexes and
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Not long ago in a little village among the woods lived a lad called Link. Now Link looked just like an ordinary child and he fit in with all the other children‚ but deep down he knew he was different. One sunny morning in the Kokiri Forest Link was passing the time as he usually would‚ reading‚ writing‚ practicing sword play‚ and talking to his fairy friend‚ Navi. Link was exceptionaly good as sword play‚ in fact he was the best in the village. So one morning while Link was practicing with his
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the fat gets burned off. First‚ in activity 1.1‚ the lab data about jogging shows there was an -6 difference in calories before then after exercising. Also‚ on page 11‚ it states‚ “You know that when you go from sitting to running‚ you increase the amount of energy your body needs. This increase in amount of activity causes the changes you observed when you exercised in class.” This evidence means to me that‚ when we work out‚ we burn the fat we ingested earlier on & with the burned fat some of
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I was so lost‚ but later found. Julian discovered me. My parents weren’t born in England‚ escaped their country and began a new life here. Only to be separated from their new lives several years later. They were fugies and you can imagine what happened to them. It was in the wake of‚ what I assume‚ their death that Julian revived me. She mesmerized me; she was my leader to a new life. How could I disagree with someone who had saved me? How could I betray her? Guilt washes over my body as I scan the
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Iconoclasm‚ Incarnation‚ and Art During the time of the Byzantine period‚ the utilization of religious images was a controversial subject. This controversy consisted of three parties; the Carolingians‚ iconoclasts‚ and iconodules and each party had their own interpretation on how and where these religious images could be used. Although each party had a different view‚ there was something in common amongst the three of them‚ they all agreed that God is the only thing that someone may worship. The
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Burned Alive is the devastating story of a young Arabic girl named Souad living in a small West Bank village that is run by the law of men‚ where women are practically worthless. Women here are beaten almost daily‚ and are used mostly for labor purposes‚ but most importantly‚ to produce sons. Not only do women go through horrible abuse and mistreatment‚ but they also live with the risk if being killed for committing even the smallest sin which brings embarrassment to the family. In order to restore
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As part of a huge project multiple classes came together to create the biggest crime scene ever to step foot in VAAS. Ms. Taylor a well-known UCLA researcher came to visit our class to talk about her findings on a new drug she recently discovered. As part of her visit she brought several supplies‚ so that my class could watch an experiment of the drug taking action in the stomach. The experiment didn’t go as planned. It exploded and nearly killed Ms.Gura. Now as her Bio-Med class we were subjected
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Jenna Book Response English 12 – Kalin Burned written by Ellen Hopkins Is a great novel‚ and worth the time to read. Burned is about a teen girl who was born and raised a Mormon; Pattyn Von Stratten she is like most teenagers growing up. Her family is extremely religious but in the same prospective her father is a drunk and very abusive. Pattyn is tired of living the fairytale of a Mormon lifestyle and ready to be energized with her own free spirit and way of life. Pattyn slowly starts to
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