Stand Up Essay

Intro: The film ‘Stand by Me’, produced in 1986 by director Rob Reiner, set in the town of Castle rock in 1959 demonstrates how a group of four young boys undertake an incredible and self-discovering journey, which in turn, allows them to uncover untouched things about themselves.

“She was a girl who’d lost her brother, and someone had led her to believe I did it, and in anguish she had tracked me down. If I’d been in her place, would I have done anything differently?”Maria Lu p. 230. This quote shows the ways that Day has grown because of his experience while he was with June. At First , he felt anger while he was June because she betrayed him. However, after making an effort to empathize with her he comes to understand why she treated him the way she did. He also begins to see what he has common with the girl he believes is his enemy. Near the end of the book June finally understand why Day means so much to her and how she can’t let him go, he reminds her of her brother.

Over a year ago, Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick made the first major protest. Surprisingly, it was not immediately noticed by the media. He simply sat on the benches during the national anthem. Kaepernick made headlines when he sat during the 49ers third preseason game, but he aslo sat during the first two as well, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network.

June has always been smart and analytical since the day she was born. Being a fifteen-year-old prodigy, she is gifted in her ability to create, plan, and develop different situations and that proves true throughout the story. Following the death of her brother Metias, June has her sights set on figuring out what happened to her brother. As June and the military join forces to investigate her brother’s death and incarcerate Day, she discovers the truth behind the midst of it all. Now knowing that the Republic set up her parent’s death and Thomas, a military soldier, killed June's brother she now joins forces with Day to fight the resistance and take down the Republic.

In the ending, when April tells June that they are moving, June gets overjoyed, thinking that they are going to move somewhere far away from mean June. When they arrive

One cold sunny weekend in February of 2014 in Madison, MS the Saint Stanislaus boys just arrived to the hotel where they would stay for the night before the big game. All was good the night before we ate and later went to sleep. We all woke up around eight in the morning and had breakfast. We left for the fields around twelve because the game was at two in the evening.

The theme of the novel is that everything is not what it seems. This was demonstrated when the author wrote “I didn't know there was a sketch on my painting. I flip over the paper, to see what dad has written on the back. Theres the date, 5 years ago. And the words Eloise, Les Deux Chemins. Wait. I don't understand”(Friedman 158). This quote demonstrates the theme because she thought the skech was of her but it was really something else. The sketch was of her secret sister Eloise that she did not know she had. When Summer found out that the painting of what she thought was her for the past 5 years was actually someone else she was shocked and she was also upset with her dad for not telling her.

Writing has many tools and devices that can be used to influence the purpose and meaning of the a piece of work. In the two pieces of work, "Private License Plate Scanners Amassing Vast Databases Open to Highest Bidders-which is written in a way that it is anti-license plate tracking- and "Who Has the Right to Track You?'-which is written to be for license plate tracking- many different tools and devices are used by the authors. These pieces of work describe the benefits and drawbacks of collecting data and tracking fellow citizens, but use different forms of pathos, ethos, and logos to portray what they are trying to say. Also, both articles state how many are opposed to this tracking, arguing that it is against the First Amendment,

“How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.” –Lou Holtz. While this quote is directed towards sports, it also speaks to those who are not athletes. As in football, if something great is happening after a past of struggle, one should not become lazy and let this amazing thing slip away. Also, if a situation seems hopeless, how one reacts to it represents who he or she is as a person. A person can give up and give himself no chance despite what the outcome may be in the end.

June said “June what's yours”? She stared at me and replied “June” “we have the same name” “ no we don't June is my name and I don't give you permission to use it” she looked at me “your name is fish eyes”. Later on her mom said that they were moving and June thought far away but it was closer than June wanted. In paragraph 46 her mom says “we're moving”! June thought Alaska Florida Arizona far away somewhere without the other June. but then her mom said “Look at this deal” then mom said “we're moving to Fifty-Sixth Street” this means she still has to go to swim class and she will still get bullied by the other June and she would move closer or farther from the other June.this shows that June wanted to leave and never see the other June but when her mom said “ Fifty-Sixth Street” she knew she was still going to see the other june.Later on when june moved she realized she moved closer to the other June and she went to the other Junes school and got bullied even more. In paragraph 96 June says “NO “ “NO NO NO NO MORE”! I leaned towards the other June put my fingers on her chest and pushed her back. Her cheeks turned red and she squeaked it sounded like Eeeraaghyou and she stepped

High Line is a public park in New York, partner shipped with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Originally, High Line used to be a rail line train station, which then transformed into a public park on Manhattan's West Side. Nowadays, this park is a nonprofit organisation for people and tourists. High Line has a beautiful, vast public space for all visitors to enjoy, relax and explore new areas. Annually, Friends of High Line, try to raise 90 percent of the park’s important private funds to defend High Line’s rail yards and the historical structure, which is located between West 30th and West 34th streets.(The High Line)

Stand by Me is a movie about friendship and loss. The movie itself came from the book The Body by Stephen King that came out in 1982. The movie revolves mainly around Gordie Lachance, a twelve-year-old boy who had lost his older brother Danny in a car accident the year before. We learn early on in the movie that his older brother was the light of his parent’s eyes, and his death impacted them just like any other parent who has lost a child, they now seem to neglect their youngest son. The other three main characters include Chris Chambers, Teddy Duchamp, and Vern Tessio, they are Gordie’s best friends who go on this life changing adventure with him.

These last few weeks the country no come to think of it the world has had a front row view of the latest plight that is seemingly dividing the country. That plight just happens to coincide with the hot button issue that is race and how African Americans by the opinions of some that American society and to a lesser extent police target and brutalize them. Colin Kaepernick took a stance, well a knee to show his disdain for the activities that have been brought to the public's eye about the police brutality. The biggest "problem" in all of this is whether he and others who take his stance should stand during the pledge of allegiance. Over the past few weeks it's been brought to the attention to the

I absolutely agree with your point of view of this poem, since you nicely described what the author was trying to convey being, you shouldn’t give up so easily. This message emphasized greatly especially after working so hard to reach the position you worked so hard to get to in life. I would also sympathize with you since all through my life I’ve let things go past me since I felt that there was no point in continuing certain things in life because of a lack of courage to fulfill my dreams or work harder to make those hopes and dreams a

Life is fragile, everything that knows life will eventually meet death; it is impossible to mention one without the other. Humans have grasped the concept of life and death more so than any other species, yet we still consider it one of the great unknowns. All man knows in regards to life, he learns from his experiences with death. Man can look to many classic and religious texts searching for the meaning of life, but the only way one can truly learn it is through experience. To many, finding happiness means first coming to terms with the finite stretch of life one has and then making the most of it. Many films try to breach the subject of the preciousness of life, but only a few seem to hit as deeply as ones told through the eyes of a