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From “Inside Rikers”, written by Jennifer Wynn, Wynn shares the lives from the “world’s largest penal colony” the inmates from Rikers Island. She really humanizes criminals by giving them faces and names because she does what most American are unwilling to do because they are afraid, that is forgiving people and giving them second chances. She really does see the good in the hearts of some staunch criminals. At the same time, she is a clear sighted humanist on how hard it is to leave the criminal lifestyle. Drawing all the difficulties and complications that our society has placed in the way of the newly released inmate. Not to mention the persuasions of the criminal lifestyle itself. The first chapter is Welcome to the Rock, where Wynn introduces the narratives of Angel, Kenny, Charlie, Alfonso, and Benjamin. Chapter two is titled, From the Belly of the Beast to New York Streets where both Frank and Mike are introduced here. In Chapter Three, the Captain and Harry tell the stories of Keepers Of The Kept, Convicted At Birth with Rico, Napoleon, Hilton, and James in Chapter 4.

Watchers, by Dean Koontz, describes the themes of the powerful effects of love and the dangers of technology. Watchers starts off with three different subplots but ends with one cohesive story. Travis Cornell believed his life was in a constant downhill spiral until he meets a dog who he later names einstein. Vincent Nasco is an mentally-ill cereal killer who will do anything for money and fame. Nora Devon is a quiet person who believes she is not anything special, until she lets her guard down and meets the love of her life. Throughout the story, Nora and Travis meet and fall in love and discover what Einstein truly is. When a creature from a secret experiment escapes, the Outsider, Travis, Nora and Einstein are faced with a series of difficult

Carl Deuker was born in San Franscisco on August 26, 1950. He was raised in Redwood City, California. He is the son of Jack Deuker and Marie Milligan Deuker. He attended the University of California, Berkeley majoring in English. He describes himself as a classic second-stringer who wasn’t very athletic. Carl is currently teaching junior high English and physical science in Northshore School District outside of Seattle. He is also, the author of Heart of a Champion, Night Hoops, Painting the Black, High Heat, Runner, and Swagger. On the Devil’s Court was a YA book of the year in South Carolina.

Book Summary- In Fablehaven, two kids, Seth and Kendra Sorenson are dropped off at their grandparents house while their parents go on a cruise for “family reasons.” When they arrive at their grandparents house, Grandpa Sorenson acts suspicious when the kids wonder where their grandmother is. Grandpa Sorenson introduces them to Lena, the housekeeper and Dale who helps with yard work. He then leads them to a spacious attic space where there are many things to be entertained with. Grandpa only has two rules for Kendra and Seth: No going into the woods and never enter the barn. Kendra is given three keys, over a couple of days she finds that one key goes to a jewelry box and one to a dollhouse. In the dollhouse, there are two more hidden

Coming Together is an annual event that takes place in Skokie, sponsored by the village council. In this event, residents of the village are embolden to read and discuss a book that will capture the interest of the village. For the selection of the book, the village council asked the Niles West English 22 classes to suggest a book for the upcoming event. The House of Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer would fit the council’s criteria.

From the beginning of the book, Half the Sky, the stories of Srey Rath, the vibrant girl from Cambodia, and Meena Hasina, the courageous mother from India, and other stories like theirs have helped many people understand the tragedies taking place all over the world. Their stories have inspired the authors and many who have read their stories to dive deeper into thought about worldwide issues plaguing many countries, including the United States. The global issues surrounding women’s health in the beginning of this book include the topics of: the three types of abuses, the inaccuracy of the term “sex trafficking”, and the initiatives to stop slavery.

The book crank by Ellen Hopkins is about a young girl named Kristina who turns to drugs she becomes most addicted to crystle meth or the mosnter is what it is referrred to in the book through out the journy of kristinas addiction in the book she gose threw alot of struggles like being home less and having unhealthy relationships with bad giuys who will provide her with a lot of crank.

Most everyone knows what Greg Hardy brings to the table. He was pro bowler in 2013. Hardy’s stacked up an average of 13 sacks and 40 solo tackles in his last two full seasons with the Carolina Panthers. He’s extremely explosive off the edge and has elite hands that make it almost impossible to block him for an entire game. Hardy will be a huge upgrade for the Cowboys. With one position improved in the “rush men” rotation, who else can the Cowboys count on to contribute not only during Hardy’s four game suspension but also for the entire season.

In ‘Nickel and Dimed’ by Barbara Ehrenreich, is about a journalist with a PhD in biology, who went to Florida, Maine and Minnesota to do research on how low-income families survive (Ehrenreich, 9). Dr. Ehrenreich, put herself into the daily life of a low-income worker, which over millions of Americans are working jobs for lower wage (Ehrenreich, 10). Chapter 1, consists of an introduction of the author and how she believes she has advantages like being white, native English speaker and being so well-educated that she even said should could never ‘experience poverty’ because of those advantages (11). Ehrenreich, first place is Key West, Florida, which is closer to her hometown and the first thing she did when she arrived is to apply for a job

Ha Jin’s short story “Saboteur” tells of a man who seems discontent, idealistic, and gravely ill. In Muji, Mr. Chui, is accused of sabotage and taken by force to jail after a run in with railroad authorities. His crime is for speaking out against police officers assaulting him and his bride during lunch in the city square. The reader is lead to believe this is a simple case of excessive force by the police, therefore the abuse of power is the catalyst of this short story, but the real story is about Mr. Chui’s contempt for all those around him and his utter lack of integrity.

For my optional book I read Crank by Ellen Hopkins. I chose a theme from the book in order to choose an article that would be relevant to the book. The article I chose is “Smoking, drinking, prescription drug abuse by teens is down, survey says” by CNN. I chose this article because the theme is teen drug abuse. It is a current event about teen drug abuse and how the percentages have gone down. The article states 16.6% of 10th graders did and 21.2% of 12th graders had, according to the survey. This is relative to the book because Kristina the main character is a junior in high school and during summer break she decides to start taking drugs after she met this guy Adam. The article also states “Compared to other countries, even with the decline

In Sherwood Anderson’s “Hands”, the main character, Wing Biddlebaum’s ambiguous actions (both physical and psychological) are often misinterpreted and get him into trouble due to his tendency to express himself through his hands. He is accused of homosexual pedophilia and gets shunned by the society. As Wing gets rejected from one society, he gets accepted by another. Yet, Wing’s past prevents him to fully engage with his surrounding, and he is only able to make a friendship with George Willard, a young reporter in town. Their relationship plays an important role as Wing’s interaction with George sparks a change in Wing, and serves to demonstrate that the supposedly sexual acts that Wing displays is neither concerning nor intriguing part of the story. Anderson’s effective use of diction and sentence structure creates a clash between Wing’s psychological state

IV. What is the main problem Breyer describes in Breaking the Vicious Circle concerning United States policy making? What causes it and how does the problem develop? How does it affect business? What solution does Breyer propose? Describe another plausible solution. Which of the two solutions, Breyer’s of that you just described do you consider morally preferable and why? What ethical theory discussed in class best supports your position? Critically assess this theory by contrast with other ethical theories discussed in class.

A romantic drama film is a genre that explores the difficult aspects that come with love. The plot usually includes two people that are in love that can’t be together the way they want to be due to obstacles. The obstacles in a romantic drama film can include a family 's disapproval, to forbidden love, to one 's own psychological restrictions. The Notebook is a movie based on a best-selling novel that was written by author Nicholas Sparks. This is a love story that is composed of a series of obstacles between two young people that are madly in love with each other. It perfectly fits and displays the criteria for a successful romantic drama film because it includes the complexity of love, and elicits emotions.

There was a boy named Jamaal Charles. He lives on an orphanage at Whitmore Village. When he starts to grow, he often gets bullied and thinks to himself, why am I still alive. One time when he was down by the river by himself, he saw a ledge that is like 8 stories high. He said “I hate my life” so he closes his eyes and leaned forward and was falling down. He opened his eyes and realizes that he wasn’t dead yet. He finally looked down and saw that he was hovering above the ground. He started to move around a bit, figuring out how to move and trying to get down. He knew there was more to live for, discovering his new abilities.