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When describing a model of bravery, selflessness, courage, and sensibility Shun Fujimoto is an excellent specimen. Shun participated in the 1976 Olympics hosted by Montreal, Canada. Helping lead his fellow Japanese Olympians to a fourth dynasty, win and beating the opposition Russia. During the floor competition, while tumbling Shun had broken his right knee. Perseverance willed Shun to continue with not the slightest mention of pain or restriction in his movements. Performing a featured twist from

Throughout our first few weeks of class we’ve gone through the ideas of many different thinkers and philosophers. Upon further reflection, I would like to touch base more on the Plato’s themes from the Republic, Book X and The Allegory of The Cave in relation to the Lois Lowry’s The Giver. What I would like to be kept in mind while making our comparison, is my previous commentary on the Allegory of the Cave from prior class discussions on Plato, 'The Allegory of the Cave ' shows us to not just

Stanley Yelnats is the main character in the book Holes, written by Louis Sachar. Stanley is an overweight 14-year-old boy who has to spend 18 months at Camp Green Lake, a juvenile correctional facility, because he is wrongly accused for stealing the shoes of the famous baseball player, Clyde Livingston. In the book, the author portrays Stanley as a young boy who is unlucky because of a family curse. However, during his stay at Camp Green Lake, Stanley discovers other traits about himself that

In popular entertainment, as one’s life is ending, many say that they imagine things as they breathe their last breath. Their life “flashes in front of them”. This popular form of drama is replicated in The Giver by Lois Lowry. Jonas, the main character of the novel, is struggling to move in the tundra like conditions that he is in with a young child named Gabriel. He sees things of the past, and they blend with the present. This gives the impression that he is hallucinating as he loses his

Plot: Holes is written by Louis Sacher and is a fictional story about a teenaged boy named Stanley Yelnats, who is trying to break his family's curse. This curse was started by Stanley’s rotten pig stealing great great grandfather when he didn’t come through with his promise to escort a lady named Madame Zeroni who is a sorcerer who cursed him and his family with bad luck forever. This leads to Stanley getting wrongly accused of stealing Klyde Livingstone (famous basketball) shoes and getting sent

Stanley Yelnats, the main character in the novel Holes by Louis Sachar was published in 1998.This was among a number of children’s books Sachar had written. Stanley changed in many ways while he was away at Camp Green Lake. Stanley was sent to Camp Green Lake after being wrongly accused of stealing a pair of sneakers. He had a big journey ahead of him that he didn’t know was coming. Camp Green Lake was 8 hours away by bus from where his family lived. It was isolated and hot there. It was also very

The destruction of history can cause great loss of information. Information such as recipes, maps, events, etc. Without history the world would not be itself, information would travel slowly feuds would go on and on, people would repeat the past not knowing its consequences. If the history was saved, it would advance civilization incrementally, without it, it will hinder the way civilization grows. History can make the community in The Giver by Lois Lowry a great place for everyone. With history

Kristi Yamaguchi, the “Jewel on Ice”, is one of the best women ice skaters in the world (Donohue 49). She was good enough to place top five in two World Championships (33), good enough to tour the country to perform (57), good enough to win two medals at nationals (30), good enough to make it to the winter Olympics (48), and good enough to overcome a disability to be who she is today (12). This disability is known as clubfoot, and with correction devices, it can be fixed (Healthwise). There are

Compare and Contrast Essay Rough Draft The Light in the Forest, by Conrad Richter, and Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes, are two incredibly distinct novels, each with their own similarities and differences when compared to one another. True Son, the protagonist in Light in the Forest, is a fifteen-year-old boy raised by a tribe of Delaware Indians for the past eleven years of his life. Though he is biologically American, he wholeheartedly considers himself a full blooded Indian. This not only creates

Imagine a community that guarantees you a secure future in a society where everything is the same. You happen to receive a once in a lifetime opportunity to become a resident, would you take the offer? The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is a fictional novel about a boy named Jonas who struggles to live in a community with Sameness. Sameness is where all of the aspects of a society are the same. Residents of the community never experience pain due to the presence of Sameness and everyone abides by the same