The video selected is the Freedom Riders History. This video sparked my interest due to the title. Many questions come to mind. What is a freedom rider? What did they do and why do they have a history? While viewing the video I was overcome with a lot of emotions. My first emotion was sadness. I experienced a feeling of extreme sadness‚ it is truly a shame that a country that was established under God had so much hate. Did the Americans who were white during that time forget that we are supposed
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Whales have been swimming in the Earth’s oceans for 20 million years; their haunting songs can travel underwater for thousands of miles‚ they are the largest animals to exist on Earth yet they survive on some of the smallest organisms. A whale’s heart can weigh up to 1‚300 pounds‚ and a baby whale can drink up to 130 gallons of its mother’s milk each day (Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society‚ 2010). Currently whale hunters claim that they are killing whales for scientific purposes; however‚ whale
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if you are a whale in the ocean. The Blue Whale is the largest animal on Earth. The Cuvier’s Beaked Whale is known to dive three kilometers below sea level for two hours‚ while the Sperm Whale is known to be able to dive two kilometers below sea level for two hours. The Bowhead Whale lives the longest‚ with a minimum of 200 years without disease or sickness‚ the Beluga Whale lives about 40-60 years‚ the Blue Whale lives about 70-90 years‚ the Fin Whale lives about 60-100‚ the Grey Whale lives about
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The Graveyard Book: A Novel Full of Fantasy Deciding if a work literature is fantasy proves to be a daunting task for any scholar. There are plenty of elements‚ themes‚ and motifs that furnish the fantasy genre as a whole‚ and Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book without question encompasses a number of these. Through the lens of magic‚ the battle of good versus evil‚ and the presence of hope The Graveyard Book delivers a taste of fantasy literature‚ while also supporting the elements of the new mythology
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Riders to the Sea Play Analysis Veronica R. Aguinaldo IV- Jose Rizal Mrs. Mallari Settings * West coast of Ireland. Characters Maurya * An old Aran fisher-women. * She is a poor victimof dark fatality as represented by the unrelenting sea. Bartley * He is the one of the two riders in the play‚ the other being the ghost of Maurya’s fifth son Michael. Cathleen * The elder daughter. * She is more responsible and hardworking. * She taking care of the household
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¨ I am all bluster- I am not violent. I am not malicious. I am a result.¨ The Book Thief‚ written by Markus Zusak‚ is a heartfelt novel‚ which tells a story about a young girl living in Germany‚ but if we go beyond the surface‚ you will find a terrified child trying to escape the gruesome reality by going into the world of books with the help of her foster parents. This story is very awestrucking because Death tells the story of Liesel‚ and there is no bias because he doesn’t have any feelings and
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A novel would be meaningless without theme. The theme is what the author intends the reader to understand through the reading of the novel. Mark Zusak in The Book Thief ‚ encompasses the use of imagery ‚ diction ‚ tone ‚ syntax and detail all to portray theme of the novel. Zusak employs the theme that words are powerful ‚ they can trigger violence but also constitute peace. The theme that words are powerful is illuminated throughout the novel. For example ‚ in Max’s dream Hitler through just the
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I will be evaluating two different themes in the book The Help. One of the themes is racism‚ such as Jim Crow laws and the unkindness to the help. Some of the Jim Crow laws that are shown are‚ the help not being able to touch their employers. Another is that they can not use the same bathrooms. The help is not allowed to sit at the same table as a white or they could risk being fired‚ beaten‚ or even worse‚ death. The whites are extremely unkind to their help‚ they treat them poorly. Such as not
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Book Report Wahid Hashem English 4rth hour 1/9/13 Alex Rider Scorpia Rising Visualization Alex discovers bullet holes in a car. Someone was shooting that car. His job to find out who it was. Character traits Alex was brave‚ respectful‚ and daring. *He was brave because he goes super spy working for the MI6 goes on another one of his adventures to stop some crazed power-hungry lunatic. *He was
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The Book Thief is a very interesting and informative story‚ written by Markus Zusak. The author’s attention to detail and his wonderful voice that was shown throughout this story was impeccable. The voice of death the novel portrays as the narrator is a very clever and creative idea that made the novel even better.This novel had three central themes. Death‚ love‚ and effectiveness of words were very important and key themes throughout this story. This story commences in January 1939‚ with a 9 year-old
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