Chulani Sterling English Dr.Genn Book Report Title: Thirteen Reasons Why Author: Jay Asher This novel is about a girl named Hannah Baker who committed suicide & before she died she recorded 13 audiotapes filled with reasons why she killed herself and they all had to do with a specific person‚ and she sent all the 13 tapes to the 13 people so they could listen. Justin was the first person on the tape‚ the boy she first kissed‚ he exaggerated what
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David Trask once said‚ commenting on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby that "The Great Gatsby is about many things‚ but it is inescapably a general critique of the ’American Dream’ and also of the ’agrarian myth’ - a powerful demonstration of their invalidity for Americans of Fitzgerald’s generation and after." Fitzgerald defiantly breaks down the societal boundaries of the 1920’s and creates a new societal example. Although the country was rooted in the American Dream‚ or what they thought was
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TOM Tom thinks of Gatsby as a “home wrecker” and a criminal. He cannot see any of Gatby’s virtues‚ but rather focuses on and exaggerates his questionable behavior (pursuing Daisy and bootlegging). Nick‚ on the other hand‚ sees both Gatsby’s virtues and faults and presents them to the reader from a neutral point of view. “Who is Gatsby anyhow?” demanded Tom suddenly.”Some big bootlegger?” (PG 104) • This quote reveals Tom’s suspicions of Gatsby’s wealth. Even though Tom doesn’t know that Gatsby
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First aired in January 1977‚ Roots‚ a dramatic factional TV miniseries captured the minds and hearts of the nearly 80 million people who watched (Bird 94). The series was based on the book Roots by Alex Haley; both depict his family tree going back eight generations (on his mother’s side) when his family was still in Africa. The story begins with Kunta Kinte begin a young man in the Juffree village‚ Gambia‚ West Africa who was taken from his village to become cargo on the Lord Ligonier; a ship that
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Stephan Jay Gould’s "The Median Isn’t the Message" Stephen Jay Gould was a paleontologist‚ evolutionary biologist‚ and a historian of science. He spent many years teaching at Harvard as well as at New York University in his later life. Gould‚ along with Niles Eldredge in 1972‚ published the theory of punctuated equilibrium. Their theory stated that creatures had long periods of evolutionary stability occasionally marked with rapid periods of advancement‚ unlike the previously accepted idea of phyletic
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mentioned in the case‚ Jay-Z wears several hats with respect to the several business ventures he manages. What does this say about his time management skills? Time management means techniques designed to enable people to get more done in less time with better results. Jay-Z is known for multitasking. In the text it says research has found that people who multitask are actually less efficient than those who focus on one thing at a time. This was not the case for Jay-Z. Jay-Z took multitasking to a
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the perspective of one of the main characters‚ Nick Carraway. Nick tells the story of a man named Jay Gatsby‚ who is his neighbor in the West Egg. Fitzgerald portrays Gatsby as a man who everyone wants to know and copy but deep down are very envious of him. Gatsby trusts few people and those whom he trusts know his life story. To everyone else‚ he is a mystery. Everyone seems obsessed with Jay Gatsby. For this reason the novel revolves about rumors of Gatsby rather than the truth. Nick Carraway
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the novel aid in the development of all the characters‚ in particular Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan. Three major symbols assist in those characters’ development: the car symbolizes wealth‚ power of the upper class‚ and chasing dreams; the consumption of alcohol symbolizes revealing the truth; and New York City represents freedom to do what one pleases‚ not bound by the views of East or West Egg. The development of the characters Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan is shaped by these symbols throughout the novel
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and glam of it all with out of place music and important scene changes‚ and seemed to lose some of the key parts and aspects of the book. It is pretty clear that the music wasn’t appropriate for the time period. It was the jazz age but artists like Jay Z and Lana Del Rey had songs featured in the film. While it could be argued that the current music added things to the movie‚ like a larger audience‚ the music just didn’t fit correctly. The inclusion of such current music takes
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In his essay‚ “Women’s Brains”‚ Stephen Jay Gould discusses the incorrect and often biased research of women’s intelligence based on data written by craniometrometer Paul Broca. While Gould does not come out and blatantly say it‚ I believe that he is using this essay to appeal to a more open minded individual who will take the data presented to them‚ and formulate their own opinions and ideas based off of what Gould has projected. I believe that Gould is actually a very liberal-minded person‚ and
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