Grace Hopper Character Traits

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“Daddy named me Billie Jo. He wanted a boy.” (3) In the novel Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, Billie Jo Kelby is a 14-year old girl who was born on the kitchen floor of her Oklahoma home. She is a tall and extremely slender girl with red hair and freckles. Despite of being exceedingly clever, her presence often disappointed her father. After all, she wasn't a boy. She couldn't do the farm labor that a son could do. Even so, Billie Jo was not discouraged. She allowed herself to follow her dreams and eventually became a great pianist. Throughout the book, Billie Jo portrays as the compassionate, intelligent, yet stubborn protagonist.

The relationship between Jenny and Forrest is initially looked at as Forrest’s savior, but Jenny also saw it as a way to escape her father when they were children, then later giving Forrest the role of safety net. He was always there when Jenny needed someone to lean on. She cares for Forrest very much and while she is kindhearted, she has also shown how selfish and self-destructing she is. By the end of her life she redeems herself by fulfilling Forrest’s dream to marry her while simultaneously leaving her son with his father to be taken care of.

First of all, Gene Forrester is the narrator and one of the main characters in the novel. One of Gene’s best friends is Phineas, another main character in the novel, and an important one as well. Gene and Phineas’s relationship has its ups and downs. One of the downs being, Gene's feeling of jealousy towards Phineas. Phineas is an athletic champion and a charmer, someone everyone adores. These same qualities of Phineas make academic and studious Gene envious. The envy drives Gene to try to be a better student than Phineas, thinking that would make them equal. He thought that if he could be the smartest person in the class, then it would be equal to Phineas’s athletic stardom. What he did not know was it would change him as a person and his

After reading Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman, I have learned that Joe Stoshack is a dynamic character. At the beginning of the book, Joe is misbehaving; eventually, Joe becomes thoughtful, and then very self controlled.. These character traits were observed through Joe’s actions, dialogue, relationships, choices, and problems.

Jackie is an elite distance runner when no one else in her family has this trait is because she has a different combination of gene versions. Evidence card D states "she ran sprints three days a week, but her sprint times were nit very good, and she never won any races." This evidence supports the claim 2 and refutes claim 1 because even though she did train, she was not very good. Based on the he evidence I could conclude that Jackie's running ability did not have to do with training. Another piece of evidence is on card B, it states that Lincoln has a gene version combination of A1 and A1 which points to the result of Jackie's mother having A1 is one of her gene versions. This is important bad use when you inherit genes from your

Who is Annie Easley? Maybe she was one of the four African Americans to work for NASA out of 2,500 employees. Or maybe she was a human computer, a mathematician, or a math technician? Who was Annie Easley?

Computers were once humans. Men and women had the job of sitting at a desk so they could calculate numbers that would get astronauts into space. Katherine Johnson was famous for what she did and became.

A character trait is the aspect of a person's behavior and attitudes that make up their personality. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is known to have strong characterization. One of the most important characters is Atticus Finch, a highly respected lawyer in Macomb County and a father to Jem and Scout Finch. Two major character traits Atticus truly represents is compassion and understanding.

Hazel grace was remarkably negative during her cancer battle. A quote from the book is, on page 99, Hazel says “I’m like. Like. I’m like a grenade, Mom. I’m a grenade and at some point I’m going to blow up. I just want to stay away from people… because there’s nothing I can do about hurting you” She was saying that she is going to die and she wants to stay away from people so they don’t end up being hurt.

In U.S. history the roles of society were decide by gender, men’s role was mostly the same throughout history, but the women’s role changed slowly over time. There was many women who were fighting to change their roles and one such woman is Anne Marbury Hutchinson. In “Divine Rebel” Selma R. Williams tells the story of Anne Hutchinson, who was a Puritan woman of the late 1500s, and researched informations was hard to find. She was often described as a woman who did not fit the ideal woman mold and she did nothing to force herself into such a mold. Anne Hutchinson is described differently in the textbook that was assigned to our class as well as a few similarities. Anne Hutchinson may

Presley Catherine Self is the daughter of Daylon Self and Sunny Romano, and stepdaughter of Michael Romano. Presley is the eldest of her four siblings, John Eric, Russell, Brody, and Anniston. She is the granddaughter of John and Cathy Magee, Edward and Rita Self, and Joe and Nan Romano. Presley currently has a grade point average of 4.14 and will graduate with 21 college credits. During her four years at FHS, Presley has received academic awards in Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Advanced Math, English I, English II, English III, Spanish I, Business Communications, Physical Science, Biology, Agriculture I, Agriculture II, Chemistry, World Geography, Civics, American History, IBCA, and Fine Arts. Presley also received certification in Microsoft

Another reason that Zora Hurston left a legacy by telling women that they can do anything if they believe in their self . She wanted to make sure that women had a good life that they will have the changeset to make a big difference in women history. Women wanted to have some of the right to do what the Men’s right are and Zora Hurston wanted the something .

Maya Angelou: An Influential Voice Not many can say they have been a writer, a civil rights activist, and a dominant part of American culture, but Maya Angelou could. By taking on these different identities with grace and dignity, she made a lasting impression on the world and in the lives of millions. Her diligent commitment to the greater good is evident in her many accomplishments and awards. Although most of her prominent efforts took place in the 20th century, Angelou’s lifelong mission to transform humanity for the better is still relevant today.

“Winter Dreams”, one of the greatest works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, has successfully depicted the downside of the so-called American Dream in his time. The story described the frustration of people who had defined their happiness as material success. Beside the protagonist Dexter Green, there was another character that made readers preoccupied with conflicting ideas after reading the story. She was Judy Jones, the center of Dexter’s winter dreams. In this essay, we will examine this character to see whether she was a statue of woman beauty, a devil who kept hurting other people, or a victim of such a material society.