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The 5th Wave, a young adult, science fiction novel by Rick Yancey, can be used to teach many themes to its readers. Some of these themes include, people are defined by the choices they make, family is worth dying for, and survival depends on being dedicated to others, not yourself. The characters can teach us a lot by their experiences and Rick Yancey most likely did this on purpose. There are many examples in the text to support these recurring themes. To start with, we will examine the theme

There once was a boy named Zits. He was half Native American, half Irish and completely parentless. He lived in many different foster homes until he eventually met a troubled youth named Justice, who filled Zits with ideas of violence until Zits opened fire on a bank. Subsequently, Zits was shot in the head and switched bodies throughout time and space. His journey continued as he was transferred through time and different individuals, all who related to his personality and had to make choices about

It began with a goodnight hug, and a kiss on her ski jump nose, then she would turn in for bed. Then for no reason that she would give, she started asking for a kiss on the forehead as well, which I would happily give. This satisfied her for a time, then one night she asked for

and intelligence sheds new light on pre-conceived norms of autism. Grandin was good in all levels of school, went to college and reached a doctorate. She teaches to professors and family new lessons in life. She created her own ‘squeze’ machine that hugs her giving her comfort that she is incapable to receiving from human contact. Also, she substitutes human contact for a life of caring for animals, developing humane methods of taking care of livestock destined for the slaughterhouse. She goes on

I walked in the doors of Sandifer Funeral Home, preparing for the saddest day of my life. My eyes met my cousin’s and I embraced him in a hug. Everyone was crying and and holding onto each other. It was an experience I will never forget. It was June 25, 2016. I got up at 6:00 a.m. that Saturday morning, expecting it to be another boring day at work. I walked in the door of my family’s restaurant with a cup of coffee in my hand. I said hello to my aunt, Debra, who was on the phone. I set my

I was in third grade at the time. It was the Friday before spring break. My mom woke me up in the morning. After she woke me up I got ready for school. Before I got done getting ready for school my mom had to leave for work. I hugged her and told her that I loved her, then she was off to work. When I was done getting ready I went down stairs and ate breakfast. Then I hurried and ran outside with my brothers to where the bus was waiting. The bus ride to school seemed like it took forever. When I got

staring at him, “But he couldn’t see her at the hospital before she died?” He said, staring back at her. “Toby..” She looked over at his father, Then closing the door, walking around the car. She’d put her arm around Toby, walking to the door, “No hug for me?” Toby’s father said they both ignored him, walking inside. Toby glared at his father, still following his mother, “He can walk himself, he’s seventeen.” His father said, his mother ignored him “I’ll walk you to your room and call you when dinner's

Lukas woke up and stretched, rubbing his eyes sleepily. He groaned as he leaned back and popped back. He felt like he was forgetting something, but he quickly brushed it off, seeing as “if you forget it, it’s probably not very important,” according a certain idiotic Dane. Speaking of him, normally Lukas’s sleep would be interrupted far before-Lukas checked the time- nine o’clock! Maybe Matthias had decided on having mercy on the house’s occupants today? Then, Lukas heard a loud crash from downstairs

Culture affects every aspect of life and has an impact on all relationships. For instance, my best friend, Christina, is from a large Mexican family. In contrast, I grew up with a Guatemalan mother and Caucasian father. However, my upbringing was a traditional American one. Differences in my best friend’s culture and my own have never been a problem in our close relationship, but observing her behavior has given me insight into the values and beliefs she was raised with, without us ever discussing

One memorable day in my life was when my grandmother threw me a big surprise birthday party on my birthday which was Aug,19th . My party was at chuckycheeses by east point mall so my sister help my grandma out she act like we was going to the mall to go shopping and I was like no I don’t want to go shopping I want to go to chuckycheeses and my sister kept saying no your too old for chuckycheeses now I was mad. So she went to the mall and was walking around for like 2 hours I was like is this all