Suzanne Collins is an American writer who is known for writing The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games series. Suzanne Collins was born on August 10, 1962 in Hartford, CT. Some of her family consists of her father, Michael, her mom, Jane, a sister, Kathy-Janie, and her brother, Drew. In her early years she ended up moving several times to places such as New York City and Brussels because her father, Michael, was an Air Force pilot. During her time of moving she enjoyed doing gymnastics, training in sword fighting, reading, running, and spending time out in nature.…
Mary Rowlandson was unfortunately captured by Indians during King Phillip’s War for 3 months in 1675. During this time she endured many hardships that one couldn’t even imagine living in the twenty first century. She often struggled to find food and the Indians were extremely fickle some days they weren’t that cruel but she could never be sure. Rowlandson saw her family on occasion, but it was never guaranteed she could make a visit.…
The novel “Disclaimer,” by Renee Knight, is an extremely well written novel that really draws the reader in more and more as they progress through the novel. The novel is about a woman, who is a writer, herself. She finds this novel on her night table, but the twist being that neither she, nor her husband placed it there. It just mysteriously appeared out of nowhere. The main character can’t help but pick up the novel, once she does; she realizes that the novel is about her, more specifically, her past.…
Industrialization led to many Americans working in factories that had horrible conditions and low pay. The idea of labor unions was slow to take hold however workers still went on strikes. The Molly Maguires were a group that used violence to show their outrage of the working conditions. “The Mollies used intimidaton, beatings, and killings to right perceived wrongs against Irish workers.” 771…
In the passage “What Has Happened Here” Elsa Barkley Brown believes that women’s history should be inclusive of gender, race, and culture as these have important significance in shaping outcomes and society perspective. She talks about how historians like to “isolate one conversation” (297) to explore them to tailor its dialogue to fit different narratives. This however in turn loses significant facts that should not be left out when shaping the details. Barkley is adamant about the importance of Anita Hill’s race in the testimony of the sexual harassment case. Thinking that in order to make the public more sympathetic and keep the case simplified they should focus strictly on the sexual harassment of a women by a man.…
Barley, Lisa. “Rescue Me: Animal Adoption Dos and Don’ts.” Vegetarian Times, Dec. 2014, pp. 48+. General OneFile, db20.linccweb.org/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T003&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=BasicSearchForm¤tPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CA391308694&docType=Article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=&prodId=AONE&contentSet=GALE%7CA391308694&searchId=R1&userGroupName=lincclin_phcc&inPS=true.…
I know we have all heard about the great Thomas Jefferson. The one who was the third president of this country, wrote the constitution, and was a significant part of the Louisiana Purchase. What a lot of people don’t know about is his black slave mistress Sally Hemmings. Sally Hemmings was a biracial slave that Thomas Jefferson owned. She was his first wife (Martha Jefferson) half sister.…
Michelle Banks is an African American actress who founded the first deaf theatre company for African Americans. For Michelle coming from a small town of 1500 people the highest math there had been was Algebra 3, she had independently apply for enrollment at the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). Michelle Banks was born on February 24, 1968 in Washington D.C and had an older brother. She was not born deaf but at the age of one Michelle became ill with spinal meningitis and lost her hearing. Michelle’s parents and family were hearing.…
Myisha Collins is my wife who I married in August 1st 2015 I have known Myisha Collins approximately 10 years and met Feb 14th 2007 in Oakland, CA. Being the husband of Myisha Collins I am intimately aware of her habits and can speak with an extremely high degree of knowledge and confidence when I state she has no substance abuse problems with any form of drugs or Alcohol. She does not utilize any prescription drugs or marijuana. I can even state that she does not even smoke cigarettes.…
Though eventually she disproves this to herself, most of the book she believed this. Melinda made it a point not to talk to anyone, avoiding every opportunity to talk. When her ‘fake friend’ Heather asks her for her to do a countless number of things that benefit only Heather, she shuts her trap and goes along with all of it. Until towards the end, when Melinda once and for all throws Heather to the curb, this treatment hurts Melinda even more. Subconsciously Melinda knows Heather is using her, she goes along with it in fear of appearing friendless.…
In the novel, Melinda did not know that she can be brave and confident enough to talk and shout for help. She does not know that she is capable of fighting back, yet in the end, she realized she fought back and shouted for help. It shows us that she just have to be strong and start to speak up because if she wasn’t strong and loud nobody could have heard her and she was raped again by Andy Evans. We should believe in ourselves and be strong because if we won’t we might just be in trouble or people won’t know what our backstory…
“Three Little Words” is a memoir that shares the story of a girl named Ashley Rhodes-Courter, who spent 10 years in the foster care system. Ashley and her younger brother, Luke, were removed from their birth mother, Lorraine, when Ashley was only 3 years old. She was placed in 14 different homes before she had a permanent address. There was a lot that could be absorbed from Ashley’s story, but one thing that stood out to me is how heavily childhood experiences impacted the lives of many characters in this book. In the late 1960s, John Bowlby proposed his theory of attachment.…
Summary of Real Talk for Real Teachers Chapters 1-11 Chapter one is called the Badlands. Throughout this chapter Rafe Esquith talks about how teaching is very tough. You very first year of teaching is going to be rough no matter how much of a prodigy you are. You are also going to have a lot of bad days throughout your career.…
The California Department of Education requires high school students to take one course of U.S. history in order to graduate and move onto college (California Department of Education). These classes often explore the histories of the living or, more famously put, the winners. However, many American history courses fail to mention the effects of settler colonialism on racialized groups, specifically the Native Americans, resulting in the deletion of their existence and stories. Through her memoir Bad Indians, Deborah Miranda thoroughly brings forth the continuous oppression and experiences of Native Americans by revising the version of U.S. history that many are taught with her counter-narrative, which brings a new perspective and more knowledge…
The essay “Our Secret” written by Susan Griffin was taken from a chapter in her book A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War. In “Our Secret,” Susan Griffin explains the repercussions of bottling up our emotions and the harm it can have on our mind and body in the long run. In this essay Susan is talking about the life of Heinrich Himmler through his childhood diary, as well as, explaining the controlling behavior of his father throughout his life.…