Mackenzie Calderon Miss Bone English 2 Period 2 14 December 2012 English Literature Data Sheet Quarter 2: Speak Summary & Theme: The book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is about an incoming freshman named Melinda Sordino. She’s riding the bus to school but she doesn’t have any friends to sit with. While she’s looking over the crowd of kids on the bus she spots her ex best friend‚ Rachel‚ but even she mouths “I hate you.” After Melinda attends her first few classes she already hates high
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the nature of justice and its relation to human existence. Book I of the "republic" contains a critical examination of the nature and virtue of justice. Socrates engages in a dialectic with Thrasymachus‚ Polemarchus‚ and Cephalus‚ a method which leads to the asking and answering of questions which directs to a logical refutation and thus leading to a convincing argument of the true nature of justice. And that is the main function of Book I‚ to clear the ground of mistaken or inadequate accounts of
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similarities in Speak and Animal Farm. Starting with similarities in theme are there is an abuse of the power. Napoleon uses it to take over the farm and have the other animals as his slaves. Andy uses his power over Melinda to where she’s afraid to speak. Although there is abuse‚ the protagonists still hope for a better life. The major conflict in Animal Farm is the common animals versus the pigs. There are also minor conflicts between underlying characters that add into the big picture. Speak has Melinda
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Text-Speak‚ Harmful or Helpful? Text-speak is‚ “A form of written language as used in text messages and other digital communications‚ characterized by many abbreviations and typically not following standard grammar‚ spelling‚ punctuation‚ and style‚” according to Dictionary.com. Text-speak is diminishing our young student’s ability to write properly and make convincing arguments‚ as stated by the writer of Text Speak is Harming Teens’ Writing Skills at Triumph Learning. The author states‚ in the
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Anthem Theme Essay This wonderfully crafted novel‚ Anthem by: Ayn Rand suggested many ideas concerning how effective and “perfect” utopian societies are. In the story our protagonist‚ equality‚ lives in a utopian society in the future however the societies technology isn’t very futuristic. All of what we have know has been stripped from the society to the point where they don’t have electricity and they use candles for light and primitive ways of farming instead of more productive ways to mass
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church. He had two choices he could make; one he could risk his life by saving the kids or two he could just let the kids die in the church. In the end Ponyboy made the right decision to risk his life to save the kids (pg. 90-93). At the end of the book Ponyboy chooses to help his friends fight in the rumble even though he is not feeling very well and is not in very good shape (pg.131-145). It could have been easy for Ponyboy to change any of the decisions he made‚ but he did not. So in the end the
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We use names simply as a way to organize and differentiate people. However‚ in Two Words by Isabel Allende‚ names symbolize more than individuality and instead represent power‚ strength‚ and courage. Allende uses names to convey a message and even in the first sentence she shows us an example‚ "She went by the name of Belisa Crepusculario‚ not because she had been baptized with that name or given it by her mother‚ but because she herself had searched until she found the poetry of ’beauty’ and ’twilight’
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demonstrates many themes in The Book Thief‚ however there are two exceedingly significant themes that are consistent throughout this novel. The purpose of this essay is to analyse and describe these central themes. The first is death and how it has been used as a foundation theme that connects characters and is even used as a narrator. The second is the power of words and how it also directly connects everyone‚ even under these dreadful circumstances. From the beginning of the book death is always
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Speak is set in Syracuse‚ New York‚ in the Merryweather neighborhood and Merryweather High School in the present day. The duration of events is approximately one year. 3. The main theme of Speak is that silence has a place and a purpose‚ but sometimes speaking loudly‚ risky as it can be‚ is necessary. Throughout the novel‚ she finds several methods
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Crucible Themes Essay If you don’t believe in witch hunts‚ that’s fine. But the idea of them is very real. The Crucible is a story that takes place in Salem‚ Massachusetts. This small community is full of superstition and the towns people let their beliefs destroy friendships‚ and lives. Arthur Miller uses many repeating themes in the play The Crucible. There are many good‚ and bad themes that come up throughout the play. Some of the common themes of this story are lust‚ fear‚ and courage. Lust
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