William Foster's Home-Personal Narrative

The chapter begins with the author, Thomas C. Foster, describing a hypothetical situation about a sixteen year old boy that he calls “Kip”. Foster continues on, outlining Kip’s journey to the A&P; Kip suffers through various trials such as an encounter with a German shepherd and seeing his dream girl with his nemesis. When the girl, Karen, sees Kip, she repeatedly laughs while Kip buys a loaf of bread. He then decides to lie about his age and join the military, regardless of the consequences. After concluding the hypothetical situation, Foster declares that Kip’s entire trip to the store was a quest. Foster refutes any possible dissenters by introducing an analogy comparing different aspects of the Kip’s journey to a “real quest”; he

On Monday 6/29/2015 Sgt. Alexander and I was dispatched to the Hostess House located at 6741 Highway 70 in reference to 2 subject, Mr. Burnette and Mr. Jacobs that were renting room 251 and had outstanding warrants.

In How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster (2014), Foster first introduces in his book that every adventure is a quest even if it does not seem to be a quest. According to Foster, a quest can be as little and simple as a trip to the grocery store or as big and complex as an adventure to another destination. In this case, Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1959) is a good example of a complex quest. The story was mainly about a group of British boys stranded in an island, trying to survive while attempting to be rescued. As the plot advances, the quest within the story becomes more and more complex. Given all the information and understanding from both books, I consider Lord of the Flies a quest.

For my outside reading book, I chose Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons. It is a novel centered around the life of eleven year old Ellen Foster. Early in the book, Ellen’s mother commits suicide, leaving Ellen alone with her father. After this, Ellen endures different kinds of abuse from her alcoholic father including physical, psychological, and sexual, and is forced to fill the role her mother has left behind. She has to pay bills, shop for groceries, and take care of herself. Ellen then takes matters into her own hands and seeks refuge from her friend Starletta, a person of color. After a day at school, Ellen's teacher notices a bruise on her arm and she is sent to live with the art teacher, Julia, and her husband, Roy. Despite Ellen living a happy life with Julia and Roy, Ellen must leave because Ellen’s grandmother wins custody over her in court. Ellen's grandmother orders her to work in the fields alongside the servants and Ellen becomes friends with a lady named Mavis who teaches her to do the work of the field. While at her grandmother’s, her father dies from a brain aneurism. Later on, Ellen's grandmother becomes ill and Ellen takes care of her. Despite her efforts, her grandmother dies. After this, Ellen

Jude Foster The Foster’s is a show on Freeform. The show is about a family called the Fosters. The Foster’s are a family of adopted kids to a same sex female couple. The show tackles many complex issues both that we discuss in human sexuality and some that we do not.

I wonder why Mr. Foster or anyone involved in this development experiment would be happy to have humans mature faster. Because it sounds to me that the faster humans mature the more birth defects possible. In the book it says that in the result of maturing faster humans aren't as intelligent because they don’t get as much oxygen has a regular maturing human would get, and if there isn’t enough you can get dwarfs or even eyeless monsters. Which the department doesn’t want so I just wonder why they would risk the chance of not giving enough oxygen to get human to mature faster if there is a chance to have these bad birth defects. (115 words)

Stephen Collins Foster was born on July 4, 1826 by the Allegheny River in Lawrenceville, PA. Stephen was not a big fan of school, instead he preferred to indulge himself in music rather than other subjects. Stephen was tutored and then went to private academies in Pittsburgh and north-central Pennsylvania. He eventually became a well educated person for his day. Stephen was also very literate in music. It is said that he received his formal music training from a German immigrant, Henry Kleber. Henry Kleber was very accomplished and versatile and would eventually have a major influence on the musical life of Pittsburgh.

Foster’s idea behind the use of illness in a novel creates a deeper meaning to Hosseini’s use of the topic. In chapter twenty three, Foster reveals that more often than not, the use of illness in book is to emphasize an underlying issue. “There are certain principles governing the use of disease in works of literature: not all diseases are created equally, it should be picturesque, it should be mysterious in origin, and it should have strong symbolic or metaphorical possibilities.” (Foster 224). Cancer has often been used as a common ailment in books because of the mystery behind what may cause it. It is also used because of the many different paths it can take. Brain cancer can have a very different metaphorical meaning than lung cancer. In

I didn't always live in California. Before California I lived in Denver, Colorado. Before Denver I lived in Aurora, Colorado. When we moved to california we had a family of five. We moved to California, when I was six, Then we lived at my grandma’s house in Riverside for a year. We found a place on Ferree Street and that became our home.

It was the Saturday before the last week of first grade and my family and I were attending a kickstart into summer barbecue at Scott Shaw’s house. Accompanied by my mother, father, brother, and my father’s 20 plus mountain biking, “crunchy granola” friends and spouses, we all arrived with summer’s approaching warmth on our faces. Everyone shoveling food into their mouths, playing ping pong, pool and swimming, everything was going smoothly.

Boxer is a hard working horse that is being taken advantage of by Napoleon. Boxer is unaware of that Napoleon has made him be the main worker of the windmill. Boxer is used by Orwell to show how leaders exploit the working class for their own personal gains. In the literary analysis essay “Animal Farm: An Allegory of Revolution” Valerie Meyers states that Boxer’s role in the novel is to show “the decent working man, fired by enthusiasm for the egalitarian ideal, working overtime in the factories or on the land, willing to die to defend his country” (27).

I was fifteen years old when my mother invited me to help out with the local foster home. When I arrived at the foster home I began to cry in response to the young children that I saw. It was difficult for me to understand the children's emotions initially but throughout the day I learned the reason behind their joy. Most of the foster children were grateful for the little deeds that the volunteers performed for them because we showed that we cared about them. In all honesty many people take for granted the advantages they have for succeeding in life. The foster children that I've seen that day were limited because they did not have the physical and the emotional support of their families. I did not realized how blessed I was to have a loving

I was in foster care when I was 7 years old. This was hard because imagine being taken away from your parents at that young age and being put in another family. This was a challenge because this meant going to a different school with different kids I didn’t know. I always hated being the new kid at a school because being the new kid meant you didn’t know anybody and everybody always stared at you. Every school had a different way of teaching and so I always had to adjust and adapt to different environments. I went to 5 different homes throughout those 3 years because the families kept giving up on my brothers and I. So every time we moved we also moved schools and so I just started giving up on trying to make friends and started giving up

John Grisham’s fictional legal thriller A Time to Kill follows the struggles of lawyer Jake Brigance as he tries to convince a jury in rural Mississippi to acquit his client from murder. Jake starts as an ambitious, persistent, and young lawyer who decides to help Carl Lee, an African-American father who killed the two white rapists who assaulted his daughter, mainly for the fame and fortune he hoped to earn. However, his motivation and tenacity eventually compromise his family, his property, and his health. His case is very polarized, bringing radicals of both sides outside the courthouse during the trial. Carl Lee kills two members of the Klu Klux Klan, a white supremacist group, who subsequently seek revenge throughout the novel. The increasing

In my community, I like to give back so I can help someone in need and help make the community better. There are multiple ways to give back, and I try to do as many as possible when I can. Giving back and helping someone when they need it can help fix some problems within my community and make me grow as a person.