Brenna Hattler October 4‚1012 Summer Reading Writing Assignment Rewrite Block 3 1. How would you characterize Melinda’s relationship with her family? “My family has a good system. We communicate with notes on the kitchen counter” –pg. 14 Anderson. In Speak by Laurie Anderson Melinda’s family is not very close. They each have privacy and there isn’t much communication with each other. Eventually Melinda completely stops talking to her parents‚ but by the end of the novel they learn that they
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Noah Smith Presley-2 Honors English 10 2 September 3 The Importance of Love “It’s not easy to love people when they’re loveable. It’s harder to love them when they’re not.” This quote from an anonymous source expresses how much harder it is to love someone whose not loveable compared to someone who is. It embodies a hidden message made by Markus Zusak about love‚ through the use of Death‚ Hans‚ and Liesel‚ in his book about a family‚ the Hubermanns‚ taking in a foster child‚ Liesel Meminger‚ during
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Critic’s Choice Review of Looking for Alaska by John Green Miles “Pudge” Hatler’s boring obsession with famous last words has only made him crave the ‘’Great Prehaps’’ (Francois Rablais‚ poet) even more. He heads off to the sometimes crazy‚ and anything-but-boring world of Cluver Creek Boarding School‚ and his life becomes the opposite of safe because down the hall is Alaska Young; the gorgeous‚ clever‚ funny‚ self destructive‚ screwed up‚ and utterly fascinating Alaska Young‚ who is an event
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Before I got here‚ I thought for a long time that the way out of the labyrinth was to pretend that it did not exist‚ to build a small‚ self-sufficient world in a back corner of the endless maze and to pretend that I was not lost‚ but home. But that only led to a lonely life accompanied by only the last words of the already-dead‚ so I came here looking for a Great Perhaps‚ for real friends and a more-than-minor life. And then I screwed up and he screwed up and we screwed up and she slipped through
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Question: Analyse how an idea is developed in texts you have studied. Many meaningful language features and techniques are used by Markus Zusak in the historical fiction novel; The Book Thief to develop the idea of humanities extremes. Throughout this book these techniques work together to demonstrate the utter distinction between man-kinds potential for both beauty and cruelty. The idea of humanity is developed through specific use of juxtaposition‚ narrator’s perspective and symbolism. This
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Forty million people a day view Instagram stories‚ 79% of teenagers use Snapchat once a day‚ and 51% use it at least eleven times a day. In fact‚ teenagers use on average five screens a day (Patel‚ Deep “10 Tips”). This use of social media makes teenagers happier and gives them something to do after school. But is it a problem that young people are finding all this satisfaction in “likes”? All this time spent on social media and screens could end up with a bad outcome and could be bad for their health
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American writer Mary E. Pearson has said‚ “Words have longer lives than people” (Goodreads 6). This quote is implying that words never fade away. Rather written‚ spoken‚ or musically played‚ people cannot undo the impact of their language. Words not only hold power in real life‚ but also in fiction novels. The use of the accordion and Liesel’s book in The Book Thief illustrate the presence of symbolism which Markus Zusak uses to shed light on the power of words. The accordion illustrates the importance
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Shaheed Awati Ms.Pindar ENG2D April 17‚ 2015 The Book Thief Essay The Book Thief written by Mark Zusak‚ which is narrated by Death who is also a character in the story. Death states‚ “It’s just a small story really‚ about‚ among things: A small girl‚ some words‚ an accordionist‚ some fanatical Germans‚ a Jewish fist fighter‚ and quite a lot of thievery” (Zusak 5). Humans are capable of both great compassion and great evil based
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Looking for Alaska‚ by John Green‚ is a story about friendship and love. As a new student at Culver Creek (a boarding school)‚ Miles gets a chance to start over and actually get a chance to make friends. When Miles gets to his school for the first time he meets his roommate‚ Chip‚ and they become friends. A little after meeting Chip and Miles go to Chips friend Alaska’s room. Miles automatically started to fall for Alaska by her looks. Without even fully getting to know Miles‚ Alaska starts to gossip
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Looking for Alaska is a book that everyone should read. It is written by John Green‚ and it is such a nicely written book. It is about a boy named Miles Halter (nickname is Pudge) who doesn’t have many friends where he lives‚ so he decides to move away and attend Culver Creek boarding school in Alabama for his junior year like his father did. Miles goes to Culver Creek searching for his Great Perhaps‚ because he knows there is something more out in the world for him. Miles Halter is the main
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