Oh That Sarah Sarah Zagorac is just your normal below average young adult. Sarah is a naive girl with no friends, and no future. State Farm khakis are brighter than her future. At the end of senior year at William Harrison High School, her yearbook quote was, “When’s this due ?” “Stefen, I love you.”…
In this quote, Wes Moore, had decided to start work as a lookout to gain some extra money. Tony his half-brother is furiously asking his younger brother where he got the money to buy so many new pairs of sneakers. Wes informs Tony he’s become a popular neighborhood DJ, which is the same story he’s been telling Mary, their mother. Unlike Mary, Tony doesn’t believe Wes, and he asks Wes again and again. Wes keeps lying until Tony takes a swing at him, punching him in the face.…
The characters in the show Noah and Saskia are represented well, as they show honest depictions of typical teenage behaviour, which the audience can relate to dramatically to as the intended viewers are supposed to be in that age range. They are non-binary, or non-black or white characters. This means that the characters have depth and are not just subject to either being completely good or bad. They have traits of both negative and positive characters and we can see this in their dialogue and the audio-visual features of the show.…
Do you think that Perry, Peewee, and their fellow squad members from the book Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers are heroes? They have been fighting in the Vietnam War against the Congs in the late 60’s early 70’s. They are known as the Alpha Company. The conflict is that they are fighting against the congs, and trying to survive long enough to go home back to their families. Perry, Peewee, and their fellow squad members should be considered heros.…
I am Ahmari Jones, and I have been selected be apart of the National Junior Honor Society. This is not the first time I have accomplished this achievement. In fourth grade, at Hawthorne Elementary School, I was nominated to the National Elementary Honor Society. I was later elected president of that school’s chapter.…
There is a sickness destroying lives on every surface of the world, which can be eradicated with out spending a single dollar or loosing a single life to any medical trial. That disease is the vitriolic way in which the world treats its citizens. The world has an innate way of tearing down others for the sake of succeeding but success is possible with out the destruction of the individual. The author Wes Moore had a healthy self-image reinforced through strong influential characters in his life and stable relationships. The other Wes Moore however was not as fortunate as the man whose namesake he shares; he was conditioned with a negative image strengthened by the social situations he engaged in.…
Motivation comes from the heart! Like the character Caleb Trask, in the novel, East of Eden, that is written by John Steinbeck. Caleb and his twin brother Aaron Trask are abandoned by their mother, Catherine Trask and left with their father Adam Trask. All the names that are in this novel that start with A or C is an allusion to the story of Cain and Abel. Steinbeck originally wrote the novel, East of Eden, for his two sons.…
Pretty Little Liars is a television show based on a popular book series about group of five friends named Alison, Hanna, Aria, Emily, and Spencer. The girls began to separate after the leader of the group, Alison, went missing one summer.. They began to get threatening messages from an anonymous source a year after her disappearance. The person sending the messages went by the alias “A”. “A” threatened to expose their secrets and blackmailed them to get what she wanted.…
The start of Frankie’s changes happen the summer before her sophomore year of high school. That summer Frankie grew a lot and gained weight “in all the right places”. Her and her family went to the beach for vacation and on their last day, she wanted to get away from them. She asked to go into town and her mother refused to let her go because she was showing too much skin and she didn’t believe she could take care of herself.…
Every person on the earth has a worldview, whether they comprehend it or not. Consequently, one the most foundational topics of Developing a Christian mind has been the concept of a worldview; what shapes them, what they consist of, and how they affect everyday life. There are a few defining characteristics of what shapes a Biblical worldview, such as; Creation, The Fall and Redemption. However, one of the biggest problems with a Biblical worldview is the concept of Dualism, which twists the Biblical canon. All of these factors; creation, the fall, redemption and dualism, shape a Biblical worldview.…
In Netflix’s romance/drama series Greys Anatomy (2005) Ellen Pompeo plays the role of Meredith Grey. Meredith Grey is a young new medical school graduate on her way to being a surgeon. Throughout the 305 episodes thus far, Meredith has made many dramatic changes. Meredith undergoes many mental changes but also some physical.…
My character, Catherine, was in a contradictory relationships with her now deceased father, Robert. She has given up her life to make him comfortable in his last days, but is bitter because she has missed many opportunities and in his shadow. Catherine’s relationship with her father’s old student, Harold Dobbs, is contradictory. At first the two characters are forced into be acquaintances but attraction is developed and they become confrontational partners. Although, Catherine has a much more complex relationship with her older sister, Claire.…
Christianity and Judaism while they are two different religions also have some very similar concepts. They both believe in the same God, they believe that there is only one God, they both believe in and study the Old Testament, as well as other common themes in both religions. Some of these similarities are due to the fact that “Christianity began as a sect of Judaism in the first century C.E.”(Hopfe, pg. 203). But Christianity and Judaism have some vast differences as well. Throughout this paper I will be discussing the differences between Christianity and Judaism, as well as some of the similarities that they share.…
Throughout this story there are many instances in which religion plays a role…
The last two years have been filled with some of the best and worst moments of my life. I have dealt with some very drastic changes, including death and injury. Throughout all of the chaos there has been one constant, one person who has always been by my side. Cole is my best friend and has had one of the biggest influences in my attitude, perspective and choices. May 6, 2014 was a day that my world got flipped upside down.…