Year 7 common assessment task Text response Essay Runner “but after the lessons were over i returned home and stepped into the long In the novel “runner” by Robert Newton the protagonist, Charlie Feehan, is a 15 year fighting to survive after the man at the house died. The Feehan family were struggling for food and money, luckily the redmonds were standing by their side through all those rough times.…
Anse, Addie’s husband, waits on the porch, while their teenage daughter, Dewey Dell, fans her mother in the July heat. The night after Addie dies a heavy rainstorm sets in; rivers rise and wash out bridges the family will need to cross to get to Jefferson. The family's trek by wagon begins, with Addie’s not-embalmed body in the coffin. Along the way, Anse and the five children encounter various difficulties.…
The lesser of two evils: that is how Hunter S. Thompson describes Richard Nixon in, “Fear and Loathing in the Bunker”, published in 1974. He argued that voting for Nixon was a better decision than voting for Humphreys. Thompson believed that both Humphrey and Nixon were both equally corrupt. However, he claimed that Humphrey would have been more competent and therefore would have maintained his corrupt presidential office for the full eight year term. Thompson’s claims initially appeared to hold merit; however, as he continued on he began to lose creditability.…
How would you feel if you woke up in a hot creaky metal elevator in the darkness all by yourself, or you arrive in a strange place full of strange boys and aligned with a maze? That is exactly what happened to Thomas in The Maze Runner. After a long ride in a freaky and dark elevator all by himself to a place called the Glade, Thomas found himself surrounded by people he does not know in a place he has never been to. When he got there he realized that he doesn’t know anything about himself or his family except that his first name is Thomas. One of the kids named Chuck helps Thomas through the first day and night.…
“With enough determination, any bloody idiot can get up this hill, the trick is to get back down alive.” This quote from Jon Krakauer captures the gripping story of Into Thin Air which summarizes Jon’s emotional and physical journey while climbing the tallest mountain in the world. Through extensive climbing and note-taking Jon is able to share his experiences and tell a riveting story about his life or death experience from the perspective of a reporter which provides an amazing point of view about summiting the most vigorous mountain known to man. When Jon Krakauer was tasked with writing an article about Mount Everest from base camp he said that he wanted to experience Everest from the summit. Outside Magazine was surprised but paid…
Kim Echlin’s novel “The Disappeared” contains many elements that might doom a lesser book: the deaths of multiple characters (among them the narrator’s baby); an unabashedly effusive love story; a mix of first- and second-person narration; and, as a setting, the bones and ashes of the Cambodian genocide, which claimed approximately 1.7 million lives between 1975 and 1979. Yet the book manages to be spellbinding. When the narrator, Anne Greves, first meets Serey, the Cambodian man who will remain the object of her desire and unflinching love for decades to come, she is a 16-year-old high school student in Montreal who frequents smoky blues clubs in the company of older girls. Serey, a math student five years her senior and the long-haired,…
Thomas, a young boy enters the center of the Glade, when entering he is greeted by a group of boys who have been locked up for years with no chance of escaping, or at least that they knew of. In the book the Maze Runner by James Dashner demonstrates the importance of sacrifice, taking risks and bravery when it comes to surviving, he does this by describing the characters. Thomas had the option to stay in the Glade and not risk his life, but he knew that when stepping into the maze he would have the chance to find a way out, “Thomas knew he had no choice. He moved, forward. He squeezed past the connecting rods at the last second and stepped into the Maze.”…
“As I gazed across the sky at this contrail, it occurred to me that the top of Everest was precisely the same height as the pressurized jet bearing me through the heavens. That I proposed to climb to the cruising altitude of an Airbus 300 jetliner struck me, at that moment, as preposterous, or worse,” (Kraukauer, 32, 1997). In the story, Into Thin Air, the narrator, Jon Krakauer, discussed his and his team’s plight and account as they ascended Mount Everest, which is the tallest mountain on Earth. From his perspective, he blamed Anatoli Boukreev for all the negativity and deaths that happened on their trip (Kraukauer, 1997). Since Boukreev descended the mountain early and refrained from using supplemental oxygen, Kraukauer stated that these…
Trapped In this Maze? Ever been suppressed by a certain characteristic or by your heritage, confined and force to be someone who you don't wanna be? In Maze Runner by James Dashner and Anthem by Ayn Rand we see how these dystopian novels are so popular among people and how they are related. Anthem is popular because of how we can relate to this dystopian book is, the fact that it's so popular was because of how children and adults feel towards the meaning of the book. Like Maze Runner they’re trapped into a maze and forced through these trials to prove their worth as if their just cog to work a huge a machine, it relates to society and the school because of how we grow up and be something that we don't wanna be, we strive to be someone to be proud just like anthem and the maze runner how they push their the problems and the restricts in their dystopian world.…
Name Age Occupation Character Traits: personality, relationships to others, treatment of others, fears, hopes, dreams, accomplishments etc. Thomas 16 Greenie/Runner/Leader He is the protagonist of the story. He is a 16-year-old courageous boy whom he finds himself trapped in the Glade, fighting to find the escape. He has no memory of anything, this makes him a very curious character.…
While Amir allows his prejudice toward Hassan’s social rank and his competition for Baba’s attention to interfere with his friendship with Hassan, he strives to reconcile the relationship by adopting Sohrab, demonstrating his loyalty to Hassan. Amir’s judgement toward Hassan’s low status limits his ability to see and treat Hassan as an equal and a friend. His jealousy of Baba’s attention toward Hassan deepens Amir’s resentment toward Hassan, contributing to his rejection of Hassan’s loyalty. Eventually, Amir realizes his wrongdoings towards Hassan and attempts to repay Hassan by raising Sohrab. While the friendship of Amir and Hassan remain central to the novel, Hassan’s constant loyalty causes Amir to avoid Hassan, but Amir’s transformation…
The story is about a society of boys trapped in this maze, with no apparent escape. Until one day a boy appears and is just a bit more curious than the others. Soon things start to go sideways…
Friends, are something that most kids start to make at a young age and stay friends all through their life. Khaled Hosseini's novel The Kite Runner shows the definite friendship between many characters as the world around them continues to revolve, with both good and bad happenings. The characters experienced struggling challenges that question their friendship. Two friends, Amir and Hassan, have differences and similarities that show how true friendship stands through whatever hardships may happen.…
Grievers are crawling in the maze. Recently there has been attacks from the grievers. We talked to the Glades about it and they say, “The grievers will take out anyone in that maze.” This is a warning for all local people who are near the maze. If you are reading this, don’t go inside the maze.…
As a result of trying to fit in, Charles made a girl bleed by hitting her with a see-saw, threw chalk, and kicked his teacher’s friend. Therefore, he made poor decisions while attempting to fit in. To fix this problem, he became the teacher’s helper for two weeks. After those weeks, Laurie’s mother attended a PTA meeting to meet Charles’ mother.…