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reconciled with obstacles throughout the book. In A Painted House, the readers are introduced to a very young man by the name of Luke Chandler, the protagonist in this story. Until that fall of 1952, Luke Chandler had never told a single lie or kept a single secret. During the book we are shown time and time again where Luke encounters things where he could potentially devastate lives and change his families and towns fortune forever if he were to ever speak about them. The Chandlers

about the tragedy that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School. I was walking through the common room and the TV was turned on to a news station that was reporting what was happening at the school. I remember not being the only one who was clearly upset at what occurred. There were also other students gathering around the TV watching the TV waiting for updates and talking about what had happened. When I heard that Kaitlin Roig was going to speak at Westfield I knew I had to go to hear her speak. I

paired with heartbreaking defeats. Yet despite their similar structures, the two tournaments have attained vastly different levels of recognition in the United States. With men’s basketball, thousands of Americans tune in every year to watch the upsets and Final Four games, drooling over perennial powerhouses such as Duke University, University of Kentucky, and University of Kansas and unknown underdogs like Butler University, Wichita State University, and Virginia Commonwealth University as they

Black lives matter is a movement that started after Trayvon Martin was murdered. George Zimmerman was the man who shot Trayvon, and George was found innocent. The movement sparked from this event and continued to grow as more and more events like the Trayvon Martin killing began to surface. The purpose of this movement is to end police brutality and racism against black men and women (Black Lives Matter, 2016). Police brutality is a major issue in the United States. Over the last few years, the

her lack of knowledge of the community and its citizens. The example of the teaching of empathy to the children is exhibited in Atticus; when he instructs Scout to keep quiet about their reading of The Mobile Register at night as he does not wish to upset Miss Caroline, who may believe that Atticus feels that he may be a more suitable teacher than she is. In the very same chapter, Atticus tells Scout to be patient with her new teacher. Atticus then tells her to try to think about things from the other

around the world, there has been situations like PTSD affecting people’s daily lives, as the author uses it in a book. (BS-1) Millions of people have been affected by PTSD from what they have seen and it makes things harder to not forget about the event. (BS-2) PTSD affected Najmah, because her dealing with hard losses. (BS-3) Nusrat and Najmah struggles with themselves, showing an internal conflict of Man vs Self. (TS) Throughout the book, Under The Persimmon Tree, the author uses real life situations

The civil war was drastic event that was caused not just by one simple action. It was the product of a snowball effect from multiple disagreements and differences between the North and South. The region's, railroads, and slavery are some of the roles played in causing the civil war from 1861-1865. The region in the North was the polar opposite from the South. In document one, it provides the railroads in 1860 which mostly occur in the Northern region going east to west. This implies that transportation

especially whenever it came to the fields. “At least I’ll be able to keep my eyes on you all the time,” my dad chimed in acting as if he didn’t care that I would soon be a slave. Opposite of my mom, my dad never likes to show his feelings; if he is upset you’d never be able to tell. “I’m excited to finally get out of the schoolhouse” I added, to bring up the spirits. “Goodnight everyone, I’ve got a big day tomorrow so I’m going to get some rest.” When I woke up in the morning everything felt different

the play due to the fact it is more accurate to the words and intent of Shakespeare’s original writing. The order of events that take place in Romeo and Juliet are set in a very deliberate manner to give both obvious and very subtle hints to different plot points. The Zefferelli film opted to favor the storyline and accuracy instead

Some would say that life is based upon the decisions one makes. Each decision made, each choice selected, can have great consequences on their future. Like a student choosing to procrastinate on a report due the next day, resulting in a full letter grade down, causing parental disapproval and life-long regrets, then causing mistakes that lead to more regrets and ultimate failure. Or, imagine, two young people rushing to their jobs and internships, one precariously balancing two coffees in one hand