Shani's Argumentative Essay

If you ever want to send the actress a gift, a book is a safe bet. She has said when she isn't filming, she can read like no one's business.

materialistic she is. There are many quotes that describe how she feels about love, mortality,

Digging into a chapter and realizing that each one is a different event in her life, is thrilling. The reader forms opinions and creates a vision in their mind about the characters and scenery. There are times where I found myself asking questions and wondering what

Many people have memories from when they read their first book and how excited they were. They remember everything like the palm of their hand, although I honestly do not recall when I read my first book. I just began to read and loved it. I would read for hours and hours, my parents would take books away from me, because I would not sleep from how much I read. I have read an abundant amount of books, but my all time favorite book is, “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. I relish the way Harper Lee demonstrates every character's emotions and thoughts so clearly to the reader. This book exemplifies how we should not judge anyone until we step in their shoes and walk in them. There are books that are not pleasant for

of why she's apprehensive of the books, other than that because the society says she should be.

Just like any author she achieves storytelling in a simple and straight forward manner. Some of

Her favorite movies were Mary Poppins, Sound of Music, The Fiddler on the Roof, The Devil Wears Prada, the Princess Bride and many more. Her favorite books were the Harry Potter series, the Hunger Games and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. She also liked to listen to music and her favorite artists were Taylor Swift and Grace Vanderwaal. She also loved Broadway and would listen to the soundtracks very often.

She is intelligent, hardworking, witty, charismatic, dedicated, loyal, and is an excellent speaker, reader, and writer. As a student, she read two or three grade levels above her grade level and was well read—reading most of the classics at a young age. I was quite impressed, but not surprised when she graduated at the top 10 percent of her high school class and graduated from The University of Texas in

Maria was scared of Jawanna and did everything she told her to do. For an example when Jawanna wanted Maria’s brownie she gave it to her, even though Maria wanted it for herself. Jawanna had basically owned Maria. Once when Maria only had one pencil she gave it to Jawanna just because she asked for it. Jessica, Maria’s friend tried to convince Maria to stick up for herself or the bullying would never stop. After Maria thought about it and a talk with Ms. McMillan she said enough is enough. The next day on the school’s playground Jawanna had came to Maria and said that she needed to do her homework for her. Maria then told Jawanna that she didn’t have to time to do her homework or anything else for her again. From that day forward, Maria

books for all ages. she is known for tackling tough subjects with humor and sensitivity,

manner. Her book is well written and is a refreshing change to the one sided

For Victor, growing up on a reservation was not easy. Multiple times he experienced discrimination, on and off the reservation. His second grade teacher decided to punish him instead of rewarding him for his phenomenal grade on a spelling test. He was also subjected to discrimination when a teacher assumed he passed out due to drunkenness because of his skin color, Victor says to this, “Sharing dark skin doesn’t necessarily make two people brothers.” (Alexie, 1993, p. 5) Discrimination was not the only issue Victor experienced, hunger was another problem. While he and his family barley had any food, girls in the bathroom stalls were throwing up their lunch. People take advantage of the luxuries they possess when there are people who barley

“Audio books are the greatest thing.” Her preferred reads are Janette Oke books. “Janette Oke is a Canadian author and pioneer of inspritational fiction. Her books are often set in a pioneer era and centered on female protagonists. Her first novel was Love Comes Softly.” Gwen also enjoys light mystery stories. “I like a little whodunit but nothing violent or scary or gory. Nancy Drew type of mystery stories is what I fancy.” Gwen shared “I don’t watch many movies but when I do it is usually a musical. My favorite movie is Oklahoma. TV and movies are soemteims just background noise to me while I do my handwork.”

I learned the true power that lies between the covers of a book when I started reading about Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games trilogy. Her story opened the doors to reading and invited me into fantastic worlds I had never before experienced. Now I will forever love reading and literature and it has positively impacted my vocabulary, the way I view life and my life in general. Katniss Everdeen has proven herself to be a true hero time and time again. She constantly sacrificed for her family, specifically Prim. Even before the Hunger Games series started, from the age of 11, she hunted in the forest for her and her younger sister’s sake. She volunteered for her at the Reaping. She even ended up having children because Peeta desperately wanted

most of her time in the house reading in her Father’s collection of books. “Their