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Sometimes, in order to stay alive, one must work together with someone else or a group of other individuals. Throughout the novel, Alas, Babylon, written by Pat Frank, this message is portrayed. Within this book, different families, friends, and neighbors, combine all of their talents and materials endeavoring to survive. Without them work as a team, it is highly unlikely that they

Summer Novel Paper During the course of summer I read two books, Alas Babylon and The Color of Water. My initial response to hearing about these books isn’t one that would please the author or anyone who enjoyed reading them. But once I began to read and actually imagine my life as the main protagonist in the books my opinion about them began to change by the time I finished the first page. The first book read over the summer was Alas Babylon, with it being one of the first apocalyptic novels of its

In novels, characters change through a series of poetic instances. We see this focus clearly in the novels Alas, Babylon, written by Pat Frank, and Things Fall Apart, written by Chinua Achebe. After seeing examples of evolution in these two novels, we will be able to understand evolution in all novels we read. In Alas, Babylon, we meet Randy Bragg. Bragg is a failed political candidate and former Army Reserve Officer turned bachelor living who lives off his family in Fort Repose, Florida. He drinks

When I was about six years old, my older brother and a few of his friends thought it would be funny if they removed the divider between to the two betta fish we had in our fish tank. Bettas are very aggressive and territorial fish and usually like to be left alone, so the second that they removed the divider, they started attacking each other. Even though they are just fish and are very small, it was blatantly obvious that they were doing harm to each other. He later put the borders back up but a

feel complete. Much like her daughter felt like she could not do anything because she was a little girl, so she went out fishing against her family’s strict orders so she could provide for them and be praised. Two main themes of Pat Frank’s novel, Alas Babylon, are survival and self-worth. These are both concepts that people can relate to and struggle with every day. Most teenagers to survive the awkwardness of trying to find new friends, they conform to the peer pressures of drinking and drugs

While reading Alas, Babylon, the middle section of page 85 stood out to me greatly, perhaps more than any other passage I’d encountered in the book up to that point. In that section, Randy and Helen have a conversation about how Ben Franklin and Peyton, Helen and Mark’s children, have been conditioned in such a way that they are able to handle receiving the news of imminent nuclear war in a cool, even-tempered manner. I felt an immediate connection with the two children, because I’ve been exposed

two and half years old. When his wife found out that she was pregnant and she just filled out for divorce and disappeared. He was only seventeen. He was about to take classes for his teaching career, he was just accepted in the Heidelberg University. Alas, he got on the Express Train on his way from Kentucky to New York. He went to the train station and bought the tickets, his ticket seat number was G81. While he was going to his train seat, G81 he saw the sign Reserved for Mr. Henderson. He wondered

For my Applied Learning Experience, I worked with Kim Nguyen, the Executive Director of the American Lung Association in Hawaii (ALA). I also worked closely with Stephanie, Ben, and Inji. The office values open communication; therefore, I was encouraged to ask questions and share my opinions. I truly appreciate everyone for taking time out of their busy schedules to answer my questions, describe their positions, and explain their responsibilities and current projects. The office even prepared

“How Corporal Colin Sterling Saved Blossom, Alberta, and Most of the Rest of the World as Well” is a short story from the book One Good Story that One by American, Indigenous author Thomas King. King makes the story absolutely amazing for Canadian readers as he educates about Canadian Indigenous Racism through a breathtaking, backwards journey through Indigenous History. Firstly, by showcasing Indigenous racism in the present and secondly, by travelling back in time to the Residential Schooling and

Compare and Contrast of Promotional Campaigns Between Competing Sports Organizations Objective The objective of this study is to compare and contrast promotional campaigns of competing sports organizations. This study will document incentivization tactics employed and how these tactics differ. As well, this study will examine how the incentives are communicated to the consumer and answer what is the ratio between price-based and non-price based incentives. Introduction For the purpose of this