ever wanted to get away from your normal everyday life? In Gary Soto’s poem‚ “Saturday at the Canal‚” the poet tells of a seventeen-year old boy who is leading a very monotonous life and one that he wishes to get away from. Using First-Person‚ the boy feels that his life is boring and by leaving his home town he will find happiness. He also feels that his life lacks purpose and going away will show him that his life has worth and purpose. Gary Soto uses personification‚ metaphors‚ and rich imagery to
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For my character theme song‚ I chose the song dying inside by Gary Barlow. It’s a song about hurting yourself by hiding your feelings from the people around you. That’s why I chose it to represent Dally. Speaking of choosing‚ this song also represents the theme of choice. I think that because‚ in the song Gary Barlow made a poor decision that really hurt him inside. Dally did the same thing. They hid their feelings and let them build up inside. That’s what lead to Dally getting the police to shout
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imitation.Some people may feel as if intelligence and imitation are two entirely separate terms but if one closely examines these words they are more alike then one would think. Imitation is a form of intelligence. Susan Blackmore in her essay‚ “Strange Creatures‚” argues that the theory of memetics controlling the world.Blackmores disputes the common idea that every idea people form is not entirely theirs‚ from viewing the world with our power of sight‚ smell‚ taste‚ touch‚ and hearing we have
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Victor‚ a character in the story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto changes in the story many times‚ including being nervous‚ being embarrassed‚ and being happy. In the first place‚ at the beginning of the story‚ Victor is nervous about whether or not Teresa will like him. In the text it states “He raised his eyes slowly and looked around. No Teresa. He lowered his eyes‚ pretending to study‚ then looked slowly to the left. No Teresa. He turned a page in the book and stared at some math problems that scared
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Because the enduring diarrhea and fever‚ my carcass lay flat on the bed‚ head spinning and eyes sparkling. The vertigo took me on a journey to a strange new world. The world was not a heaven‚ for not a single jaw crusher angel me hello. Visible to me were several indescribable‚ unnamable creatures. Their utterly weird shape and color took me by surprise‚ having no eyes‚ no nose‚ no hands or legs‚ sometimes their bulk being no larger than a puppy‚ another time their existence occupying everywhere
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In the passage Seventh Grade by Gary Paulsen there are many ways that Terasa and Mr.Bueller help victor become more confident in himself and excited about his seventh grade year.In this passage Teresa is Victor’s crush and Mr.Bueller is his french teacher.Victor receives various information and it gives him confidence and excitement that he will have a great seventh grade year. Teresa gives victor confidence every time she smiles and says hey‚but what really gives him confidence is when every students
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Have you ever caught a 7 ½ pound bass? If you haven’t I’ll tell you it’s a gigantic fish. Me and my dad where at Gary Yamamoto’s Ranch fishing‚the whole day dad and I didn’t catch much‚we caught 6‚3 pound bass‚and one 4 pounder. A very nice woman named Megen Farley worked at Gary Yamamoto’s Ranch. Since me and my dad weren’t catching much we were thinking about going home.Megan asked us‚” If we wanted to fish with live bait.”We said yes and she helped us catch the bait. After that we caught a catfish
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police officers made early morning arrest making the largest anti-gang take down in the city’s history. These gang members seem to have been heavily influenced by rap music and mafia flicks - some police officers say‚ during the raid of the malvern crew‚ alot of mafia movies like ’Scarface’‚ ’The Godfather’‚ and rap music such as of 50 cent and G-Unit were seized. The influence of these movies can be seen on the streets when you see local gangsters calling themself ’Scarface’ inspired by the role
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THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE CHAPTER 1 ACTIVITIES CHOOSE A‚ B‚ OR C 1.) Mr. Utterson was … a.) A rather boring but tolerant man b.) A cold cruel man c.) A kind and warm man 2.) The shops were made to be… a.) Cheering for saleswomen b.) Attractive to customers c.) Threatening to criminals 3.) The passers-by who had seen the man mistreat the child… a.) Beat him severely b.) Threatened to denounce him publically c.) Asked the woman to beat him 4.) How is Mr
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In the story‚ “Seventh Grade”‚ Gary Soto creates a character that faces challenges with impressing his crush. As Victor tries to win Teresa over with embarrassing tactics his French teacher helps him to not embarrass himself in front of Teresa. So does Victor actually learn from his experience? Does he have responsibility in the problem he has caused? In the beginning of the story Victor decides that in his seventh grade year he is going to get a girl named Teresa. Victor soon discovers
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