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    Crank is a phenomenal book written by Ellen Hopkins; with the main theme of drugs and alcohol. This book was written for primarily young adults. Crank is about a young girl trying to find who she really is; and what she really wants out of life. Rating this book 4.8 out of 5 because there was a section where the book was less intense than the rest in the wrong part of the book. More people should read this book because it will open your eyes for young people with the addiction to drugs and alcohol

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    The book I read is “Crank” by Ellen Hopkins. This book is written in an unusual way because events are depicted through poetry. The poems tell the story deterioration of a young girl’s life as gets deeper into drugs. I have heard about this book from a teacher. She recommended the book to her students when I was in her class. This story was appealing to me read because I wanted to know the real reason behind her change. The main character Kristina, had a polar shift. She was two different people

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    CRANK is a book of depression, drugs, self-harm and about someone who goes threw a hug change in her life just because of trying something that she thought that she will never get hooked to. The pictures in my project are different colors some are black and white and some are in color, Black and white stands for depression and drugs and self-harm . In the upper left is Characterization , she was the perfect daughter; does beyond well in High School, she is a junior, hardly cause any trouble and

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    Crank by Ellen Hopkins is a fiction novel depicting the life of a drug addict. A teenage girl named Bree goes on a trip to visit her estranged father, where she begins going on a downward spiral after being introduced to a new life full of love, drugs, and bad choices. When Bree arrives back home, she realizes she must choose between the normal life she has always known and her growing addiction to crank. She continues to feed her addiction, both with drugs and boyfriends. Her long series of terrible

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    stories lead to revelations about human nature? Both And Then There Were None and Crank show the human urge for survival. And Then There Were None and Crank prove that people have the will to survive. There are similarities in the two stories. The similarity is greed. In , all of the characters had greed that put them into their situations. They all did a bad deed and it ended up bringing them to their problems. In Crank, greed caused the antagonists to drug the main character causing the whole situation

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    Rough Draft Should the role of fiction be important to our learning curriculum? The book “Crank”, by Ellen Hopkins, is based on a true story but, includes fiction as well. The book describes a girl who loses herself because of the path she has been on. She goes down the wrong path because she feels like she should get out of her comfort zone and try new things. The significance of this essay is to show why fiction is still relevant to our curriculum we learn today. Fiction needs to be to be

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    Crank by Ellen Hopkins is a book of haunting poems, but don’t be mistaken this is not your typical collection of poetry. Each poem flows into the next to create a story that will stick in your mind for years to come. Kristina Georgia Snow is the golden child her mother always wanted, she has a great home life, she’s doing well in school and she’s very well behaved. Until a court orders her to spend three weeks in Albuquerque with the man who fathered her but didn’t raise her. This is the beginning

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    Another Turn of the Crank by Wendell Berry Wendell Berry’s Another Turn of the Crank is about sustainability of the environment. He believes that you must first start at a local level then sustainability can be accomplished at a global level. This is the same idea that was expressed at the start of this course, “think globally, act locally,” which means the consequences of our actions effect the world. As I address the some of the chapters in the book I will associate how Berry’s ideas link

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    Most people are not fortunate enough to have someone to weed eat there yard. That’s why I’m here to teach you how to crank your weed eater. By having your supplies, knowing your steps, and knowing a few tips you should be able to crank a weed eater easily. When getting ready to crank your weed eater, there are few supplies you need to have. The first thing you need is the weed eater. Then you need to check if there is any gas in the gas tank. If there is not that’s when you need to get

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    When they get there they are careful to not come into contact with another crank thinking this town might be their home. They go into one of the building and meet a couple of not-too-far-gone cranks that are curious as to why these new people are here. Ready to fight at any chance they are given the cranks promise not to kill the boys if they can get them a cure and to a safe place. The boys try and avoid further gone cranks and leave the town. The group soon comes into contact into the all girls

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