Prologue The narrator sends a package with no return address that could probably change the recipient's life, just the way it changed his. As he walks down the school, he remembers the one empty desk in Mr. Porter's class - Hannah Baker's. Yesterday: One Hour After School Just arriving home from school, Clay Jensen founds a package containing 7 audiotapes with numbers in each sides. Using his father's old stereo, he played the first tape. Cassette 1: Side A Bewildered, Clay listens to Hannah as
Company Background Walmart offered desirable product variety and unbeatable pricing to the markets of middle America to overtake the retail industry. The first store was opened by Sam Walton in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. At the year end of 2005, Walmart had 6,200 Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam’s Club facilities in 15 countries around the world, 1.6 million associates, and $312.4 billion in sales. Looking at GDP to sales, Walmart would be the 20th largest country in the world and the
In the world today, we have found that we are using up a great deal of our energy resources such as oil and coal. It has also become evident that our alternate sources like natural gas are not suitable considering the safety hazards involved with them. With these ideas being considered, many people are opting to use renewable green energy resources. Green energy, although still controversial, is quickly becoming the new trend. Plus there are many options available to those who decide to go green
Has a rumor ever been spread about you before? How would it make you feel? It isn’t a very good feeling, nobody likes to have rumors being spread about them. Rumors can go way too far sometimes and people don’t always know when to stop. You might not think that you are hurting the person that you are making rumors about, but sometimes they don’t show it and you really are hurting them a lot. In Thirteen Reasons Why, Hannah has a lasting impact on the people around her because she made all these tapes
Beautifully written, is a devastating story about a girl who committed suicide and why; written by Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why. In the novel the main character, Clay Jensen, listens to tapes recorded by Hannah Baker before her death. The character Clay, grows and develops as he listens to what drove Hannah to her death. At first Caly is an insecure and immature guy, but then he changes into a more mature and independent person. Everyone has to start somewhere before they change into the better
A father happily goes to church and sings all the hymns with a smile on his face. He later calls a white man a “nigger-lover”. A grandmother donates some her earnings everytime she attends church. The same grandmother snickers at a poor mother, telling a tale of how the woman gives men unconditional love for money. Both of these criminals go to church, which leads them and others to believe that they are absolute angels. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, practically everyone is religious, poor
A singer and actress Skye Townsend once said, "We forget that stretch marks, cellulite and some stomach fat is natural. We forget that we are born human and physically can't be perfect. We forget that God doesn't make us out of plastic and silicone. We forget to be flawed." Her argument aligns directly to that of Nathaniel Hawthorne in the short stories Dr. Heidegger's Experiment and The Birthmark. Hawthorne was an 1800’s American novelist and short story’s writer who lived mostly in Concord Massachusetts
for more than oneself, creating freedom to pursue happiness, success and truly live. Prior to reading The Work, I read Moore’s first book, The Other Wes Moore, of in which I consider an intriguing follow up of the first. In addition to attending Dr. Skye Paine’s lecture on one of the key concepts of The Work, passion, meeting and conversing with Moore at the diversity conference simply solidified and confirmed my ideologies of him. His humbly vibrant, inquisitive and welcoming character made both his
every step of the way. A person to lean on to overcome the hard times and someone to rejoice with when life is at its highest moments. Thankfully for me, that particular person came to be a minute before I came into this world. My twin sister Kayla Skye Horton is truly my other half in life for an endless amount of reasons. However, due to the fact of time being a determinant in every aspect of life, there are qualities that my Kayla possesses that outshine the others. To tell the story of the assets
How powerful is Mayella in certain situations? Mayela is white but she is poor and equal to the other race, but at trial, she is white, with a white jury, and in a building filled with mostly white people. Mayella is poor, lives behind the dump, at a pig farm, and in an abandoned slave cabin. Mayella is a woman, and when she is crying or being assaulted we feel sorry for her and she uses the sympathy as her advantage during the trial. How powerful is Mayella in class, race, and gender? Is Mayella