Rough Draft Thesis: Lucille O’Neal‚ Sherman Alexie‚ and Andy Greenberg taugh us to stand up for yourself‚ focus on your goals‚ and help others. Lucille O’Neal wrote “ Little Warrior”. The story is about the way Shaquille O’Neal got his name. A young single mother‚ strict grandparents house‚ and it was a racist time. A racist time was happening and Martin Luther King was killed. Giving her child a Muslim name with great meaning. Raising a child by yourself is hard to do and she gave her
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cases‚ most people in the United States; even around the world do not acknowledge that our planet is being polluted by coal plants and other industrialized nations. Climate change is a problem and threat to the world. In the reading of “Environmental Warriors Going To The Root Of The Problem” by Greg Jobin- Leeds and AgitArte‚ it talked mainly about the Earth being polluted and the reasons for that. The people that aren’t wealthy are affected by the plants that are built in the cities around them. The
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Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior novel‚ is a semi-autobiographical collection of short stories that chronicles her childhood in California. The main characters‚ Kingston‚ Brave Orchid‚ Moon Orchid‚ and an unnamed aunt‚ are all mentally and emotionally abused by the society in both America and China. Kingston is judged and ignore by the people at school because she is Chinese‚ and in turn blames her mother‚ Brave Orchid‚ for her problems. Moon Orchid moves to America with the help of her
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In the excerpt from The Woman Warrior‚ by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ the purpose is finding one’s identity through the hardship of family struggle because if not‚ they will forever be lost. This passage shows the purpose through the acts of irony‚ anecdote‚ and imagery. Kingston struggles with finding her identity through the participation in forgetting her aunt. She believes by not mentioning her aunt’s name will wash away any sins her aunt caused‚ but the irony is that she still speaks of her
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In the book‚ Worriers Don’t Cry‚ by a woman named Melba. Melba and eight of her former class mates‚ now in their forties‚ black men and women return to their childhood home of Little Rock‚ Arkansas to meet with the former governor‚ Bill Clinton. As the narrator and author‚ Melba explains how the then small gathering of students known as the "Little Rock Nine"‚ is returning to visit their high school‚ Central High School. In 1957 as late aged teenagers they were the first nine African-American students
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To say that the Stephen King novel “IT” is simply a horror novel about a monster is to say that Alan Paton’s “Cry‚ The Beloved Country” is just a novel about a man losing his son. There is much more to it than that. Published by American writer Stephen King in September of 1986‚ “IT” is a known suspenseful‚ horror story that not only pulls back the vivid memories of your childhood fears‚ but makes you relive them as well. Taking place in Derry‚ Maine between the years of 1957 through 1985‚ “IT” is
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Nolan’s Dog and the Dimensional Warriors It was a dark and stormy night. My friend and I were surrounded by darkness‚ monsters in every corner‚ lightning striking every haunted house‚ and . . . zombies coming out of their nooks. We finally reached the haunted castle. When we got in‚ there was a picture. It was a puppet‚ and this puppet was no ordinary puppet. It was. . . . Creak! Creak! We had no time to lose. The puppet hit me in the eye‚ and Nolan dropped his bag. We both ran outside and heard
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Farley‚ Mowat’s “Never cry wolf‚” is a book based on the research of the lifestyle of wolves in the Arctic Circle. Mowat uses his experience to educate the society of the social ills conducted by the hunters towards the wolves. The book displays the risk that the wolf pack families face due to the human activities in the area. The title of the book acts as a symbol in reference to the story of the boy who cried wolf. The book thus enables the reader to think beyond the tile so as to form an opinion
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The fight for equality threatens to end the ego of rich men‚ yet people still rise up against it. Alan Paton‚ the writer of Cry‚ the Beloved Country‚ and Abraham Lincoln‚ the great speaker of justice and our 16th president‚ both fought‚ in their own ways‚ for our rights. They fought their entire lives for our right to equality‚ and wrote beautiful works that are in our hearts and minds until this day. Because Paton’s book and Lincoln’s speech demonstrated their strong faith with the biblical references
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In the story “Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry” the character Stacy has a lot to think about when it comes to having younger siblings to look after‚ being in a friendship with T.J‚ and the concept of having Jeremy around. The decisions are all up to Stacy‚ and the decisions he makes can change the whole chapter or better yet the story itself. For example‚ Stacy’s friendship with T.J‚ would be strong in connection especially in Chapter 7‚ and sometimes T.J. even being a little controlling to wear Stacey
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