Marie Lu's Legend

had different views on life and the statuses of particular people, but they also shared a common

From June’s, or Jing-Mei’s, perspective is an assumed unspoken communication that may never have existed.  "I had always assumed we had an unspoken understanding about these things; she really didn't mean I was a failure, and I really meant I would try to respect her opinions more" (27).  June felt that her mother saw her as a failure, "and after seeing my mother's disappointed face once again, something inside of me began to die" (144).  "I hated the tests, the raised hopes and failed expectations" (144). June began to resent her mother for pushing her so hard in everything she did.  She wanted to give up being a child prodigy.  She wanted Suyuan to love her for who she was not what she had the potential to become. June never had the chance to heal that rift between her mother and herself for her mother died abruptly before they could ever make peace.

Twenty-year old Tiffany Sierzputowski and 27 year-old Robert Golden were arrested on January 14, 2016. They have been charged with armed robbery. The couple has been involved in multiple robberies. The first robbery occurred on Sunday, January 10, 2016. The couple robbed a Denny's.

Although neither Madame Defarge nor Lucie Manette are well-developed as characters in themselves, both symbolize opposing forces. Lucie is lovely, golden-haired, and good, a symbol of light. By her very presence she draws the people together and brings them to their full potential. She enables Dr. Manette to return to health and peace, and inspires Sydney Carton to find redemption for his degenerate living in the ultimate sacrifice of his life. Madame DeFarge, however, is the symbol of evil and the inevitable forces of the French Revolution. Driven by the ravages of the aristocrats to an inconsumable hatreds she patiently knits the names of the tormentors soon to be

Marie Daly is a famous biochemist who had to overcome dual hurdles of racial and gender bias to peruse her lifelong love of chemistry. Marie had to undergo judgment from her being a woman and trying to become a scientist, which was a male dominated occupation and also had to endure racism because she was an African American. Marie made many scientific discoveries that we are lucky to have today.

Throughout Gender and Race in the Physical Sciences, I have been struck by how rarely in STEM we shed a light on the women of color that already exist and thrive in the sciences. Often, when we discuss diversity in the sciences, we only discuss it in the frame of a problem. More specifically, we tend to focus on the problem of there not being enough of these women in the field. As a result of the lack of attention paid to pioneering women in STEM, many young people of all backgrounds are inclined to believe that there are no women of color doing great things in the field- that there are no role models. With this paper, and an on-campus event to be held in the spring, I hope to challenge people’s assumptions about what a scientist looks like, and inspire people through a discussion of innovative women of color.

Marie Kashpaw is a central female character and mother figure in the novel. She is in the middle of just about everything in the novel. Marie is a strong person, who goes through life steadfast. Only fourteen years old at the time, Marie trusts her impulses to get what she wants: Which was to be the first Indian reservation girl to become a saint. Marie is not of full Indian descent; she was very defensive about having some Native American relatives, telling the reader that she doesn't "have that much Indian blood" and was just as "light" as the other nuns were. In fact, she was so sensitive about that, eventually, she denied having any Native American blood, even with family members. Marie was raised in the bush, she only went to town for Sunday Mass and school. Marie didn’t seem to mind going to church because prayer is kind of a great equalizer and “she could pray with the best of them”, which meant it would be impossible for the nuns to reject or look down at her in disdain. The convent, on top of the highest hill, holds the strongest attraction for Marie.

Marie Lu is a full time writer for both teenagers and young adults, particularly dystopian novels. She was born on July 11th 1984 in Xianwaxi, China. However, when she was just 5 years old her family decided to move to the United States. They settled in Georgia and this is where she spent her childhood as an aspiring writer. As a child she wrote many short stories and by age 14 she finished her first full manuscript. After her childhood, she decided to attend the University of Southern California. Immediately after graduation, she went into the videogame department of Disney. After that, she moved to Facebook for a couple of years before becoming her dream achievement, a full time writer (Webbiography, 2015).

A hero is a person who is admired for their outstanding achievements, which mine is Selena Quintanilla. Selena had many qualities that show she was an epic hero, such as all the accomplishments she was able to do. Selena Quintanilla embodies the characteristics of an epic hero because she is capable of deeds of great strength and courage because she is a great warrior and because she demonstrates humility.

Lilia Fernandez is a Chicago native who rights about how the city’s neighborhoods changed in the 20th century. The history that she describes in her book with the newcomers that have settled within the city’s urban spaces have transformed it now in the 21st century in conjunction with the changes in the racial dynamics and the physical structure that were seen during the 20 year span from 1950-1970. She explores the question of how these tens of thousands of Latinos ended up settling in Chicago. Her work traces the roots of Mexican and Puerto Ricans particularly in terms of their historical roots and their migration, settlement and overall experiences in Chicago. She writes about the neighborhoods they lived (Pilsen, Lincoln Park and Humbolt

Although ambition is deemed as being the leading factor of preventing self-discovery, fear is along the honourable mentions. For example, in the novel it presents the character of Marie-Laure, a girl who is blind, literally, and lives a life in fear. Now the word fear is one where most people tend to avoid it, reason being is that fear is the very essence of something that is believed to be harmful, destructive, and painful. It is an unknown variable whether being physical, emotional, or spiritual in which it can frightens one’s self of self-imagination, or even their own very reality. To continue and explain on how Marie lives in a life of fear, she is firstly blind. Being unable to see the physical animate objects in front of you only leaves

In the beginning of the life of one of the most significant female scientist to date, there was obscurity. Born in Vienna, Austria on November 7th of 1878 during turmoil of war and persecution that would seem to not cease throughout her life, she was bound to surpass her limitations as a necessity to prosper the scientific status. Born the third child out of eight in a Jewish family, she still was not one to go unnoticed or to be persuaded, as a strong minded individual tends to be. At the time of her birth, her family was fairly wealthy, and though of Jewish background, did not practice the religious beliefs of the Jewish heritage. This meant that although she was Austrian in nationality, her ancestors practiced the Jewish way of life, yet it was not as discernable in Meitner or her direct family. Her mother Hedwig Skovran, a musician, was not well known but of enough skill to continue the occupation, while her father, Philipp Meitner, was a lawyer and a master of chess. Her siblings, much like her parents, grew up to be detached from the Jewish culture, which would lead them towards Christianity during a time of maltreatment of those of Jewish features or religion. This change of religious beliefs would be reflected in Meitner as well in 1908 at the age of thirty as she converted to the Lutheran church. This change of religious practice would not make a difference after the rise of Hitler, which catalyzed the already present disfavor towards the

In Legend by Marie Lu the author uses the plot device to show how much Day’s mother's death has affected him. At this point in the story Day is knocked out in Batalla Hall’s hospital wing having a nightmare. He’s chasing after Tess through a street packed with people while she frantically looks for him. He calls out to her, but she can’t hear him and he can’t catch up to her. She runs into a soldier and tries to get away but the soldier grabs her and throws her to the ground. Then he points his gun at her. In the text it says “ Then I see that it’s not Tess, but my mother, who lies in a puddle of blood. I try to run to her. But instead I stay hidden behind a chimney on a roof, crouched like a coward. It’s my fault she's dead.” (Lee 205).

Reading Lolita In Tehran: A Memoir In Books is a novel that chronicles the life of Azar Nafisi, a Professor of English, during her years in the Islamic Republic of Iran. As described in its ' title, the novel is a “Memoir in Books” that chronicles Azar Nafisi’s experiences while teaching during the Iranian Revolution in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and her life there until leaving for America in 1997. Much of the book focuses on Nafisi as a professor at the University of Tehran, and, (after her expulsion from there), the Allameh Tabatabai University. Nafisi begins with a description of a dream she fulfilled in her final years of life in the Islamic Republic of Iran: to hold a private literature workshop with a select group of dedicated students.

The method that Madam Looi uses to deal with an increasingly diverse group of workers in her department is managing workforce diversity efficiently. The staffs of Madam Looi are becoming more heterogeneous demographically. There have seven types of workforce diversity, such as disability, gender, age, national origin, religion, race and domestic partners. There are different guidelines to respond to each dimension.