Madison Davis English 30D Mrs. Reimer February 12‚ 2011 Looking for Alaska The main theme in John Green’s novel “Looking for Alaska” is that there is more to life than can be experienced through any one person or experience‚ and that we will never truly understand everything that happens to us or the ones we love. We just have to accept these things‚ whether they be good or bad‚ and hope for the best. The novel is written in first-person perspective‚ through the eyes of the main character. His
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Looking for the root This discussion post centers on possible causes of learning disabilities‚ specifically that of dyslexia. Common symptoms of dyslexia are difficulty in the areas of speaking‚ pronunciation‚ reading fluency‚ decoding‚ comprehension‚ and word retrieval (Society for Neuroscience‚ 2012). However‚ in languages such as Finnish and Italian‚ which are more consistent in their relationship between letters and sounds‚ the only evidence of dyslexia may be slow reading (Society for Neuroscience
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In Gary Soto’s essay‚ “Looking for Work” he explains his fascination with the “perfect family” as a child. He watches television shows and wants his lower-class Mexican-American family to be a typical middle-class “white” family. In order for his family to achieve this he believes that money and wealth are the answer. Gary then goes around the block to find little jobs he can do. He gets some money and then meets up with his best friend Little John who wants to look for work too. Gary then recalls
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Chapter One: Q1) Ten words to describe Josephine Alibrandi are: Rebellious‚ Emotional‚ Intelligent‚ Mature‚ Embarrassed (by Nonna)‚ Self conscious‚ Sarcastic‚ Opinionated‚ Friendly and Observant. Q2) Josephine lives in a suburb called Glebe Q3) Josephine attends a school named St. Marthas. This school Is not Co-Ed and has nuns as teachers. It is full of rich‚ white kids. Q4) Her biggest problem is being stuck at a school full o rich kids with rich families. Q5) She is ‘illegitimate’ because
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‘King Richard III’‚ human condition is shown throughout the play through the words of the characters‚ but most noticeable is through antagonist Richard and how he is power-hungry‚ also Shakespeare’s need to perpetuate the Tudor Myth. While in ‘Looking for Richard’ Al Pacino’s 1996 docu-drama human condition is shown through Al Pacino and the reasons as to why he wanted to create Looking For Richard‚ these reasons include wanting to revive Shakespeare and also to bring Shakespeare and Richard the Third
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had. The poem Richard Cory by Edward Arlington Robinson and the Paul Simon song of the same name share many attributes. The theme is the same: in both the song and the poem‚ the title character is somewhat aloof and distant from the rest of society due to his wealth and position. I think Paul Simon was interested in the mystery: the question of exactly why he might kill himself given that he appears to be living a charmed life. In the poem‚ the first two stanzas focus on Richard Cory but not so
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I am Sorry… My best friend Robel was the smart student in engineering department of his University‚ he was scoring high all years until he graduated. For graduation day the university invited different engineering company and lot of other companies to open opportunity for the student to apply and get hire to one of those companies. Robel was the first student to got hired in one big industrial engineering company. Since he was excited to help his family he start working after a week
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Alice Tully is 17‚ working in a coffee shop until she can go to university. Affectionate‚ eager to please‚ loved by her boyfriend‚ cherished by Rose who fosters her‚ she has modest ambitions. Alice wants little more than a quiet life‚ something that‚ as a child‚ she may have forfeited for ever. It is understood that some grown-ups kill each other. This is regrettable and not to be encouraged‚ but who knows what any of us might not be driven to under pressure? The law and the public regard murder
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Josephine Alibrandi‚ a Catholic girl‚ narrates the novel in her final year of High school. She attends St Martha’s‚ a wealthy catholic school in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Her academic scholarship ensures her place at the school as she is not as well off as the population of largely wealthy Anglo-Celtic girls that attend the school. Her Italian origin has been the reason for much persecution toward her in her life. Her background against the moneyed origins of her peers also provides much source of
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Character Before change + quotes Catalyst and result of change + quotes Narrative techniques used my Marchetta to highlight this Michael Andretti - Single minded - Not interested in being present - Cold and unwelcoming - Believed life was perfect before and when he initially met Josephine and re-met Christina - Arrogance ‘ don’t pity me‚ my life lacks nothing’ Gives the perception that he enjoys his life regardless of the recent discovery‚ perhaps not wanting to get involved with Josie and
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