CASE DESCRIPTION Identifying Information: Akeelah Anderson is an eleven-year-old African-American female. Akeelah is single‚ lives in a suburban‚ predominantly African-American community in South Central Los Angeles‚ and attends Crenshaw Middle School. She is from single-parent family with young adolescents and a limited income. Akeelah is a very brilliant girl who is the winner of the major event in the US‚ the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Akeelah comes from an impoverished background but overcomes
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“Ridiculous” and “Bizarre” are words used to describe the meaning of grotesque. Typically if you are considered grotesque you are strange in a ridiculous way. This explains Sherwood Anderson’s collection of short stories: Winesburg‚ Ohio. These stories range from the lives of children‚ men‚ and women. Each character in the novel is considered as grotesque because of the way he or she views life and their concept of truth. This concept of truth‚ an absolute truth searched for by all of the people
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Fireproof is a film directed by Alex Kendrick‚ who is also the screenwriter of the movie in collaboration with Stephen Kendrick. The principal actors in this film were Kirk Cameron and Erin Bethea. This film’s purpose is to entertain and at the same time instill values. The most important elements in the film include the plot‚ character‚ emotion‚ and thought. The plot involves the conflict of the characters going through divorce and the personal struggle of the lead character‚ Caleb Holt‚ to save
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Sherwood Middle school can be full of surprises‚ it even has a superhero. Mr. Eric Bowman‚ an eighth grade Language Arts teacher. His kryptonite? John Mantalas‚ one of SMS’s PE teachers‚ widely known for his famous pose‚ coffee in one hand‚ phone in the other. It was a well-known fact at Sherwood Middle School that on Wednesday‚ September 23‚ Mr. Bowman officially accepted a BFF request from Mr. Mantalas. It seemed that the two teachers from different ends of the teaching spectrum were an unlikely
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Although the idea of a grotesque has negative connotations‚ grotesques come in several forms and can actually have positive effects on characters. It has become the norm among grotesques to teach a lesson on what not to do‚ however Kate Swift‚ of Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg‚ Ohio‚ is a divine example of the theory that grotesques can lead to a deeper understanding of the world. Kate Swift attempts to aid in George Willard’s ability to throw his heart and soul into his writing‚ to love deeper‚ and
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Moonrise Kingdom Review Outline Name: Per: Directions Following the outline below‚ write a grade-appropriate‚ grammatically correct film review focusing on Moonrise Kingdom. Introduction (One paragraph) Give the reader something to think about Compare it to another film Discuss a connection to current events Discuss the director’s career or an actor’s career and how this does or does not fit into that mold Set the tone for your review If the movie is going to receive a poor
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Robin Hood’s good traits are easily seen throughout the story. The author did a good job of making his hero come across as a good person‚ who has often been misinterpreted because of things that he did as a young boy. Showing the change Robin Hood has made since he was a little boy easily allows the reader to better understand how great he really is‚ and how he is helping not only himself‚ but all of the poorer community.<br><br>Robin Hood was faced with issues from very early on in his life. His
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1. Which of the investment alternative: Provides the highest returns to the client? Provides the highest profits to Stuart&Co.? In order to find the right result for each question‚ I suppose the client of each situation will invest $10‚000. I will make a lot of calculations to support my opinion. The process listed as Exhibit1‚ Exhibit2 and Exhibit 3. Both Alternative A and C will provide the highest returns to the client depending on the period of investment. In this case‚ A has the highest investment
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Name Kerron Williams School Fyzabad Secondary School Center code Candidate’s number Topic Coastal Processes Date Submitted Table of Contents Aim of study To assess the coastal features and processes evident at Las Cuevas bay‚ Trinidad. Introduction Las Cuevas bay is derived from the Spanish word caves. It is located in the north coast of Trinidad‚ longitude 61.4 north and latitude 10.78 east. It is a sheltered bay a bit more than the nearby Maracas bay. It is considered
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people have speculated that she did survive with many imposters claiming that they were Anastasia for reasons most likely with the hope of retrieving the substantial fortune left by the Romanov family. One of the most infamous claims was made by Anna Anderson who fought for recognition for many years but was unsuccessful. With the discovery of human bones found near the burial site of the Royal family in 2007‚ the world was told that they did belong to the two missing children Alexei and Anastasia with
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