Scorpions vs Outsiders In this essay‚ I am going to compare and contrast the two novels ‘Scorpions’ by Walter Dean Myers and ‘Outsiders’ by S.E. Hinton. I will summarize the stories and then describe their differences and similarities. For example‚ both books are about gangs. But in Scorpions‚ there is one gang; in the Outsiders there are two. The Scorpions is about a 12 year old boy named Jamal who lives with his Mama and his little sister‚ Sassy‚ in Harlem. When his older brother Randy ends
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The Fattail Scorpion is one of the most dangerous species of scorpions. In many places this is known at the man killing scorpion‚ due to the fact that so many people have died once they have been stung by this scorpion. A description of this scorpion would be they are fairly small with an full grown size of about 4-5 inches. The females are bigger than the males. The tail on this Scorpion is very fat and that is where the name comes from. This particular Scorpion offers a very strong venom. They
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The central theme in Katherine Mansfield’s story is the cruelty of class distinctions. Mansfield was born in New Zealand when the country was still a British colony in which class distinctions were rigidly maintained. Her best-known short story‚ “The Garden Party‚” also deals with this subject. The reason that the rich Burnell children attend a school along with working-class children such as the Kelveys is that they live in rural New Zealand‚ where there are no other nearby schools. These same
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The play “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen deal with the sacrifice women had to make for their families in the 19th century‚ a child obligation to their parent and how appearances can disguise reality. By writing about these issues Ibsen is educating his audience about these issues and how they affect other people. One of the main purposes of literature is to educate and give insight so by using a big issue in the world a larger number of the audience will be able to relate making it successful. In
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YOU MAY HAVE A HOUSE BUT NOT A HOME In the novel The house on Mango Street‚ written by Sandra Cisneros many themes are discussed but one major theme is a house but not a home‚ homelessness‚ which catches a reader’s attention. Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in the year of 1954. Sandra Cisneros is a brilliant writer. Her novel is read not only by adults but also by children. This novel is used in elementary school‚ middle school‚ high school and even Universities and all because of the Simplicity
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be a blessing or a curse. This essay will show how 3 books with different conflicts changed a character’s life or the characters’ way of thinking. In the story “Scorpions” by Walter Dean Myers‚ Jamal Hicks is the main character. Jamal faces a conflict of whether or not he should become the leader of a gang called scorpions so he can be able to pay for
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“The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros is series of vignettes put together to create one remarkable novel. The story unfolds from the perspective of Esperanza Cordero‚ a young Latina girl growing up in inner-city Chicago. The plot is loosely based on the author’s childhood. The setting of the novel‚ Mango Street‚ is important to the work’s themes of social classes‚ self-identity‚ and gender roles. Social class is very important to the narrator. Esperanza is ashamed of where she lives and
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NIGHT OF THE SCORPION ‘Night of the Scorpion’‚ in which Ezekiel recalls the behaviour of ’the peasants’‚ his father‚ his mother and a holy man when his mother was poisoned by a scorpion’s sting. Here the aim is to find poetry in ordinary reality as observed‚ known‚ felt‚ experienced rather than as the intellect thinks it should be. While the peasants pray and speak of incarnations‚ his father‚ ’sceptic‚ rationalist’‚ tries ’every curse and blessing‚ powder‚ mixture‚ herb and hybrid’ and a
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called “The Scorpion King”. Johnson plays the character ‘Mathayus’‚ who as the last true Akadian mercenary‚ is being hired by a king to kill a sorcerer. With the help of the sorceress and his inspirational leadership characteristics‚ Mathayus is able to win the kingdom. Johnson’s characters leadership style and the ideas and plans for improving leadership effectiveness are summarized in the following paragraphs. 1. Dwayne Johnson’s Leadership Evaluation as Mathayus in “The Scorpion King”: Mathayus
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seeking payment for the house on Biscove Street‚ not Bisgrove Street). Although Kathy cannot afford a lawyer‚ she is assisted by a Legal Aid lawyer‚ paid for by the state. Although Kathy’s lawyer has filed suit against the county whose tax office made the error‚ Kathy has nowhere to go after she is evicted and‚ were it not for Lester’s help‚ would become homeless. Behrani sees an ad in the legal section of a newspaper for the auction of the Corona house; he gets the house for $45‚000‚ paying in full
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