The biggest artistic merit is the character development. Not only does Dusty, the protagonist, develop as a character thought out the film the other characters do as well. One of the most significant developments deals with the idea that you should help other no matter the consequences. One of the side characters has their own moral dilemma about half way through the film. She, Ishani, is going a brand new propeller form Ripslinger, the antagonist who is trying to cheat to have Dusty lose the race. Ishani takes the propeller, a Sky Slycer Mark Five, and tells Dusty a short cut for the next leg of the race. The catch is that she knows taking that route will more than likely kill him. Dusty manages to make it through the shortcut unscaved. So,
Farah Ahmedi wanted a life free of war. Aengus was desperate to find his true love and Walt Masters was motivated to save a man's claim. Whether if it was one's determination to find love or determination to save one from danger, Farah, Aengus, and Walt all worked hard to succeed at their own goals.
Ryleigh Gangarossa is a sixth grader at Martha Brown Middle School. She loves to read, write, and play football and soccer with her family. Ryleigh is a hardworking and intelligent person who loves to work with her friends. She hopes to be a professional soccer player when she grows up.
Sophie Biyoya Ciardulli is the main character in the book, “Endangered”, by Eliot Schrefer. She is the daughter of Florence Biyoya, who is Congolese, and an Italian-American dad. Her mother had always thought of protecting bonobos as her top duty in life, so it was no surprise when she chose staying in Congo to develop her bonobo sanctuary rather than returning to the U.S. with her husband and daughter, after Sophie’s dad is transferred to Miami, Florida by his company for a job. Sophie attends school in America, but spends summers with her mother. Sophie had always been angry and hurt by the fact that her mother was the reason her parents divorced, but when she meets Otto, she transitions slowly in opinion and grows in acceptance of her mother’s
A reluctant look mixed with hints of nervousness and boredom is projected clear as day on the face of 20-year old college student Gabriella Perpetuo. She attends Miami-Dade College and is currently studying Mass Communications with the intention to begin working in Public Relations. At first glance Perpetuo comes off as nonchalant and a bit detached; more focused on what is going on in her own world, or in this case her cellphone. Underneath that is a young woman who has a passion for education and strong family bonds. She and many other young people in today’s world find it challenging to balance school, work, home life, and social interests. Gabriella is a native of Framingham, MA and has lived there for 16 years before she moved to Miami,
Suzy Zail, aged 51, is an internationally published author who has written many books for all ages. Her books about the Holocaust (‘The Wrong Boy’, “The Tattooed Flower’, ‘Alexander Altmann A10567’ and more) were inspired by her father who, before he passed away from a terminal illness, told her about his survival in World War II.
Zeena Frome is a character who embodies the traits of a bitter and resentful individual. Throughout the novella, Zeena is depicted as a woman consumed by her own ailments and grievances, which she uses as a shield against the outside world. One instance illustrating Zeena's bitter nature is when she constantly complains about her supposed illnesses, which serve as a means of control over Ethan. For example, when Ethan suggests bringing in a hired girl to help with household chores, Zeena opposes the idea, claiming that she couldn't bear to have someone else in her home, thus highlighting her possessiveness. Furthermore, Zeena's attitude towards Mattie, her cousin, reflects her resentment, as she perceives Mattie as a threat to her marriage
Nancy Blachman prefers getting around Burlingame by bicycle to driving a car. After not playing squash for about 20 years, in September Nancy joined the Bay Club in Redwood City to get back to playing the game. What to play some games of squash? Nancy enjoys watching documentary films and volunteering at Julia Robinson Mathematics Festivals. Nancy was born in Palo Alto, has spent time in California, New Jersey, Illinois, England, France, Israel, and Spain. She's married to David desJardins, and has twins; Louis is in the Nueva class of 2019 and Sarah is at Urban in SF also in the class of 2019.
“My entire body went into shock. Only my eyes moved, slowly opening and closing” (Ishmael Beah 18). Ishmael had just found his family's ashes in their house, that burned down. In a Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah was separated from his family at twelve years old when his town, in Africa, was attacked. When he was eighteen years old, he went through many challenges of being a soldier in the Sierra Leone Civil War. He got through most of his days with the power of alcohol, drugs, and marijuana. Throughout A Long way Gone Ishmael lost, and partially regained his innocence, his will to survive weakened, and the damage of war continued to get worse. Ishmael Beah's theme is survival, and manipulation. Ishmael did whatever he needed to survive, and he was also manipulated during the war to take drugs, drink alcohol, and smoke marijuana.
Randy Pausch. Who is he? What does he stand for? The day he gave the last lecture... His last lecture he only had months to live. He packed a lot of lessons into his lecture. The claims he gave that stood out were to be optimistic, to be determined, and to take risks.
The tree Melinda is assigned in art class symbolizes her and how she changes dramatically, for better or worse, throughout the book. In the near beginning Melinda draws trees that have been struck by lighting, the trees are dark, broken down and weary to symbolize how Melinda is feeling at this point. A great example of this is when Melinda says “For a solid week, ever since the pep rally, I’ve been painting watercolors of trees that have been hit by lightning. I try to paint them so they are nearly dead, but not totally. Mr. Freeman doesn’t say a word to me about them. He just raises his eyebrow. One picture is so dark you can barely see the tree at all” (Anderson 30). This symbolizes how she is going through a period in her life where she
Carter has many heroic adventures on barsoom, in one story, he witness the capture of a alien princess armed dejah by some big green martians with who he keeps company. Being an honoruble getleman (after all he's from Virginia), captain carter resolve to help poor Dejah escapes her Martian captors and protect her verchue. Even after his initial escape, Dejah is frequently the target of evil villians, whom Carter must protects her from. Carter will never despair or back down from a fight. He always knows in the back of his mind that he will wiN the fight. Because of his great strength, and swordsmanship.
Does your past haunt you? In Obasan, a novel by Joy Kogawa, Naomi Nakane returns to her family to mourn the death of her uncle, but uncovers memories and secrets about her past during her stay. During her childhood, Naomi and her family were thrown into internment camps where her family faced oppression that lead to traumatizing events that remained a mystery to Naomi throughout her life, these experiences of Naomi’s past build up to add to the story’s meaning as a whole.
“The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance” (Socrates). In Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay, it is determined that this quote is in fact true. In the novel, Sarah a ten year old girl is introduced. Sarah lived in Paris during 1942 when Hitler demanded that all Jews be arrested and sent to concentration camps. Most of the Jews had no information on what was going on, especially in France where the French police rounded up all the Jews and brought them to concentration camps. Major conflicts arise in the novel because of character’s lack of knowledge. Sarah’s innocence created her lack of knowledge leading to her brother Michel's death additionally, William’s lack of knowledge created a conflict within himself, and finally
The movie Girl, Interrupted is based on the memoir written by Susana Kaysen. In this film, Susana Kaysen, the main character is first introduced in the hospital where she was taken shortly after overdosing on aspirin and alcohol. Despite taking a whole bottle of aspirin and alcohol Susana claims that it was not a suicidal attempt. In the hospital scene, there is also evidence on Susana’s wrist that she is what is known as a “wrist banger”, Susana claims that she does this because there are no bones in her hands. Shortly after, Susana is evaluated by a family friend and former psychiatrist and is strongly encouraged to check herself into a mental institution not too far from her, by the name of Claymoore. At Claymoore, she is evaluated by psychiatrist Melvin Potts. He asks her why she took so much aspirin and she replies that she wanted to make the time jumps, depression, and wrist banging stop. Susana is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder once she arrives at Claymoore.
Traits that humans inherit from one generation to the next fall under the concept of Genetics. HeLa cells had a tremendous contribution to the innovative research that’s focusing on advanced human genetics (Skloot, 98). The most important process that HeLa cells initially contributed to was cloning. Scientists attempted to start cloning but the problem was that Henrietta’s cells originated from a tumor which is a “cluster of cells” rather than just her original cells (Skloot, 97). In addition, human cells exhibit many distinct behaviors, such as in Henrietta’s case, even though her cells all originated from the same place yet they were all different. For instance, some of those cells grew rapidly while others grew slowly, the amount of poliovirus