Friday, February 13, 2009. 1:05 a.m.: Mr. Jones couldn’t sleep. The streak of bright moonlight slashed on his blanket like a knife. He got up to close the curtains when he heard a sickening squawk downstairs.…
Fifteen-year-old Bobby Phillips wakes up one morning to find that, to his surprise, he's become invisible. He tells his parents, who are obviously pretty concerned about the whole thing, but end up going to work anyway (what?). Because he's left home alone, Bobby bundles up and goes to the library, where he runs into a blind girl named Alicia who is the one person who can't tell that he's invisible. Later on, he comes home and exchanges some tense words with his dad, telling him that it was kind of messed up that they just went to work instead of staying home with him. His dad feels badly about it and tells Bobby that he's going to go pick up his mom, and that they'll all have dinner together.…
“Let’s go home” Sam said “Good idea” said Max By the time they got home they both knew Sam was screwed. They open the door Max goes in and tells his mom what happened and she walks outside. Sam was waiting to get yelled at but instead she said accidents happen and washed him off with a hose, after all they did have…
Throughout history there is always one prevalent factor which we as individuals are oblivious to. What? You might ask. It is how our government, peers, and even our loved ones tend to circumscribe us to limited information due to numerous reasons. Throughout this book you will notice the specific forms of how deception, racism, secret government experiments and extraordinary characters impact the theme of hidden secrets in various situations.…
7-13-15 Chapter 12 Finally, Jim and Huck get near their campsite, but the see another boat close to the Illinois shore. They stayed away from their camp, but Huck was still worried. They sit down at their camp, and talk about what the lady had told Huck. They then built a wigwam to keep all of their belongings safe and out of sight. They had good weather for the next couple of days and they spent their nights talking and laughing.…
In Chapter 5, Mergel discusses a series of directives that have aimed at creating a more transparent government using modern technology. The purpose was to create more public collaboration and participation. One such directive issued was Obama’s Open Government Directive. It was an intiative created by the Office of Management and Budget (Essentiality the president’s right hand for handling the other agencies within the executive branch). The directive required all agencies within the federal government to provide a strategic plan to show steps by which those agencies would implement systems for allowing public participation, transparency and collaboration.…
Prompt B Chapter 12 communicates mainly gender inequality issues for women, giving many examples of policies women are expected to follow. One of the most prominent examples is located on pages (311-312) where Meena is asked by her younger brother to make him an omelet and her refusal leads to her being beaten by her brothers. Women are held to higher standards than men in the Annawadi, but still treated as lesser human beings. Prompt D Sunil represents hope for the slum, with his nonpartisan views and sympathetic nature he rarely judges the actions of other characters. He understand the struggle of living in the slum as he has had to become a responsible father like figure and provide for his family at a very young age.…
Saying by to Momma Skitles and Daddy Spree, I walked into my new sanitized room. After looking around, I decided to take the bottom of the bunk bed in the far corner. “Better to have one close to the ground and near the closet.” I started making my bed when I got another sudden hunger pang. I doubled over as the intensity of my hunger overtook me.…
It was Ashley’s first day working at The Silver Diner. She was feeling like she was going to throw up anytime soon because she was so nervous. Ashley had an odd personality. She has been known at other jobs for being late to work, disorganized, and very clumsy. She was so short that people sometimes didn’t see her and would trip over her.…
In chapter 7 the author discusses excluding beauty by giving his personal experience as a teacher. The experience is about the assignment the teacher gave to the fourth-grade students he was teaching to describe what they said when they looked in their mirrors every day, what they liked and what they did not like in class or school. However, the supervising personnel criticized that assignment. The author describes the situation in apartheid schools which is discouraging. For instance, he states how he attended an apartheid school in Oklahoma City which 90 percent of the students were either black, Hispanic, or Native Americans.…
Chapter 3 also poses the question of why marriage even exists in our diversely-religious society. One suggestion is that it has become a norm. Culture is learned and values change over time. The societal norms that were in place in the past are not the same as the norms now. A traditional norm that is changing is the roles men and women play in the household.…
Three Years Ago "Mr. Atkinson," Mr. Anderson shouted. My eyes tore from Brandon's and to the teacher. "Don't do that to Mr. Davis. " He tugged on his hair exactly the way I did to Brandon, but with a slightly disgusted expression. I slid in my chair as all the students (which was a hundred or more) stared back at us.…
Bird wakes up when the sun is barely shining through cracks of his blue cloth shades. He wakes up with a big stretch to his water glass where he had set it the night before on his dresser. Bird takes a big gulp out of the room temperature glass and sets it down as he get up to head to the bathroom. He opens up his door and hears the T.V. on downstairs he then moves sluggishly to the other end of the hall and shuts the door behind him. He takes a long shower before his mom come up and knocks on the door yelling at him to get out you’re going to be late.…
It was spring break. A student’s best time of the year, the days starting to get warmer and longer. It was the best time to be alive and joyful. A vibrant child awoken from his dream as he heard someone mutter from a far distance. He was ravenous, like a bear is hungry after he has awakened from his long nap during Spring.…
Mark and his Everyday Struggle Mark is thirteen years old and lives in Mexico. Mark lives with his parents, brother and sister in a very small house. Every day Mark has to do chores and look for things to sell. Mark tries his hardest to do things but it is dangerous for him to be out at certain times or drink certain water.…