Character Analysis: The Glader

The award-winning author, Luis Alberto Urrea, creator of The Hummingbird's Daughter, Into the Beautiful North, and The Devil's Highway, describes The Devil’s Highway which occurred in May of 2001, one of many that impacted the desert on undocumented immigrants. which is a desert located beyond Sonora, Mexico. It is a desert which few turn to in able to cross over. A group of illegal Mexican were left for dead after attempting to cross; they were left stranded after traveling for days in the wrong direction, through mountains, desert and only a small amount of water along with a few personal items. The Devil’s Highway name was set out to one’s belief “bad medicine” (5). Even though the desert is an obstacle itself, there are still other physical

Do you remember when you were a specific age or have you discovered a time in your life? Where you looked at individuals and saw them for who they are and what or who they could be? It’s like you never bothered to see someone else purpose in life. So you start to question yourself for the reasoning of their presence. Think about a time in your life when someone just wanted to see the good in you and wanted you to live up to your full potential. Sylvia’s character in, “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara represents Sylvia's transitioning from her childhood to adulthood. It is motivated by Miss Moore's Lesson where the process of the growth is demonstrated through Sylvia’s life experiences which later makes her realize she needs to grow up.

The theme of the book is about the Gladers trying to survive the next round of experiments, that WICKED is making them do. After the Gladers got out of the Maze, they landed in a even more terrifying situation. Having found that they were apart of an ongoing experiment, WICKED. Wicked explained that they were collecting crucial data and establishing brain patterns that would hopefully help they find the key to saving the world – a world that has been scorched dry and destroyed by disease and environmental disaster. “Due to intense solar flares, civilization has fell into chaos as people have got a highly damaging disease called The Flare, slowly turning them into insane, flesh-hungry murderers, or cranks” (Dashner, 113). All of WICKED’s manipulations

I was pleased to have attended a lecture cosponsored by the Ethics Center, the Fresno State office of the president, the Fresno Bee and Valley PBS. The lecture began with Dr. Castro recognizing a few leaders on campus, including a past Fresno State president, Dr. John D. Welty and campus volunteer Mary Castro. Dr. Castro then mentioned a few things about Mr. Brooks stating that he is a columnist for the New York Times and an analyst for the PBS “News Hour” and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Dr. Brooks also teaches at Yale University, one the finest university in the country. Dr. Castro continued by saying that he learned that Mr. Brooks office hours are from 9am to 1pm and how “cool” it sounded to him. I was surprised how many people attended the event. I was fortunate to find a seat. David Brooks mentioned how he has some remote roots in the Central Valley because his father grew in Chowchilla, CA but Mr. Brooks grew in New York.

Andrew is very excited to portray the Baker in Into the Woods this fall. Some of Andrew’s previous credits include Lord Farquaad in Shrek the Musical, Horton the Elephant in Seussical, and The Beast and Gaston in Beauty and the Beast. Andrew has been a part of Rancho Cucamonga High School Chamber Signers for four years and has performed at Disneyland in the Candlelight Processional. Andrew would like to thank his friends and

War, “the blood-swollen god” (Crane 27), is one of the most controversial yet beneficial acts to humanity. Many exalt this deity by liturgical forms of media such as video games or entertainment on the television. Nevertheless, their praise cannot eradicate the casualties of war. To further explain, the Iraq War has fluctuated the American economy by costing one trillion dollars and six hundred and fifty thousand people ( Kelley & Ingersoll par 1, Iraq par 3). The depression of lives and money has credited war with several demerits because many citizens would rather live passively in a nation that will be “Okay For Now” (Schmidt 1). Numerous works of literature have narrated differing opinions of war; however, one novel in particular,

In the novel, Seventeenth Summer, written by Maureen Daly, there’s no question that each character has to overcome some challenges they encounter whether it may be internal or external.

It's pretty odd, life that is, when reduced to its basic essence, everything on this planet seems quite odd. The fact that we are made from the insides of stars, and that we live our lives with almost no tangible point rattles the mind. We commit to being authentic to ourselves, but we are also in inauthentic because we fear freedom. In Leo Tolstoy's the death of Ivan Ilyich, and T. S Elliot's love song of J. Alfred Prufrock, the existential concepts of commitment, and authenticity are used to show that living the examined life. Living authentically to avoid living inauthentically, will bring alienation, but in the end, will lead to commitment.

A small town in the state of Washington is now shredded to nothing by a recent tornado that has struck. Upon looking at the damage, the detectives of Cherrystone, Washington, finds a family that is deceased. In A Cold Dark Place, a family found dead after a tornado is now being ruled a murder and the detectives do not know where the killer is. They are collecting all the clues and tips possible to save the town before the killer strikes again. To make matters worse, the detective’s daughter, Jenna, is now missing. In the book, these are the three most important objects, a gun, the school, and a payphone.

The Maze Runner, by James Dashner, is the first book in a young-adult post-apocalyptic dystopian science fiction trilogy of the same name. The book starts with Thomas (the main character) waking up in an elevator. He has no memory of his life before entering the elevator, or “The Box”. Once the elevator doors open, Thomas is greeted by a group of teenage boys. He finds himself in the middle of a glade, which itself is sitting in the middle of a large Maze.

The Maze Runner Imagine being trapped in a maze, surrounded by 60 teenage boys who cannot remember a single thing about their life back home. This is the exact situation that Thomas finds himself in. Most of the boys hate him or do not trust him, and some even want to kill him. However, there is one thing all the boys have in common: they know that they have to get out. “The Maze Runner”, by James Dashner, is a compelling novel about a group of boys who find themselves trapped inside a maze.

George Washington said, “I do not expect the Constitution to last for more than 20 years” (Gilder Lehrman). Today, we have oldest written constitution in the world. It has been able to endure because it is flexible and it stresses liberty and equality to the American people. The book states, “It has endured for more than two centuries as the framework of government because it has changed over time” (Overview). Thomas Jefferson, based on his notion that "the world belongs to the living" was technically right. We are the living and our Constitution is basically the same as it was when he made that statement.

Authors in many instances use the main elements in the story such as setting and narrative to prove a point in the story. For example, writers often use characters, their actions, and their interaction with other characters to support or prove a theme. In the short story “Our Thirteenth Summer”, Barry Callaghan effectively uses characters to develop the theme that childhood is fragile and easily influenced. One of the ways that Callaghan makes effective use of characters to develop the theme is by describing the tension between Bobbie and his parents. This usage of characters supports the theme because Bobbie’s childhood is no longer free to do what he wishes, but has to bow down to his parents’

After finishing all twelve chapter of the book “A Wrinkle in Time, I may say that the book made me feel different things: from happiness to sadness, confusion to realization, tension, nervousness and excitement. I can say that I experienced all of them in the last chapters, those were the ones in which the book reached its maximum climax. For example, I was shocked when the guys met the IT, it’s like those moments in the movies in which the mysterious character is revealed and all the people in the room are with those surprised expressions printed in their faces. Another moment was when Calvin finally kissed Meg, I was so happy and my head just shouted ‘Finally’. From the first moment I knew something was happening there, Meg trusted him almost

Mining is a necessary component of the world we live in and it has been practiced for thousands of years. The mining industry produces billions of tons of raw product every year. The process of mining is very complicated and involves plenty of physics! Two main components of the mine cycle are: Drilling, and Blasting. Some important factors in mining are the pillars, rock elasticity, and the slope stability of the ground being mined.