Have you ever wondered why people are unaccepted? To be accepted is a common thing that rings through books, like the books Divergent and the girl that only had 2 arms and 2 legs. In the book Divergent, people are always nagging on each other. This also appears in the short story “The girl that had only 2 arms and 2 legs.” You may not realize it reading it, but they are very alike. In both stories, they all need to accept each other. That’s the common theme that rings through both of the…
This book is inspiring, and it captivates the reader's attention with a medieval theme and a wonderful plot, that leaves you on the edge of a cliff with and mysterious ending. Kingdom’s Dawn, by Chuck Black, is a fictional novel that talks about a young boy named Leinad and his journey to find his true calling. This book has many biblical themes, and it’s plot is so engaging that you may not be able to put it down. Leinad is a young man in a small farming town, who just lives a normal day to…
Korbyn was walking around the classroom as usual, despite of the rules during the music lessons. He was given two (2) strikes already by not following directions and not participating. He got up from his chair, walked around and stopped right behind me. Then he shaped his hand cylindrical, and started moving it back and forth in front of his pants. Several students witnessed what Korbyn did, and raised their hands to let me know what they saw. I caught what he was doing with the corner of my…
Burden, Barry C. “Did Ralph Nader Elect George W. Bush? An Analysis of Minor Parties in the 2000 Presidential Election.” GET REAL DEMOCRACY. The Center for Range Voting, 2007. Web. Accessed 30 Sep. 2016. • This paper was written by a college student in Harvard University, but also, as it is stated in the article, used for a presentation at the 2001 meeting of the American Political Science Association. • The 2000 presidential election was one of the most controversial elections the United…
Home Means Nevada “All For Our Country” Nevada was the 36th state to become part of the union. It became a state on October 31, 1864. Maybe that’s where Halloween came from. The state colors are blue and silver. Nevada goes by many names, you may know it best as the Silver State, but it is also nicknamed the Sagebrush State and the Battle Born State. The state flower of Nevada is the Big Sagebrush which grows in the desert and rangelands of Nevada. Native Americans used to use Sagebrush for…
The race for the presidency in the year 2000 was very controversial. Now after watching the movie Recount it is obvious that George W. Bush illegitimately won the election. Firstly, older voters were confused on how to fill out the ballot, which ended up in a significant amount of dimpled chad that were not counted by the machines, therefore robbing thousands of people of their right to vote for the president they wished to be in office, not to mention that it may have costed Gore the presidency…
George W. Bush ran for president in 2000. The candidates running against Bush included: Al Gore for the Democratic party and a third party candidate Ralph Nader. During the election, the United States was dealing with many different issues. Some of these issues were health care, the economy and education (George). Bush made promises for his campaign based on the issues that the United States was associated with. Bush’s 2000 campaign was successful because of his domestic promises, Gore’s…
The face of Nicholas Easter was slightly hidden by a display rack filled with slim cordless phones, and he was looking not directly at the hidden camera but somewhere off to the left, perhaps at a customer, or perhaps at a counter where a group of kids hovered over the latest electronic games from Asia. Though taken from a distance of forty yards by a man dodging rather heavy mall foot traffic, the photo was clear and revealed a nice face, clean-shaven with strong features and boyish good looks.…
Madelia--There are so many reasons to love a parade. There is the festiveness of the environment, the people, the music, the fire trucks, the floats, or the fact that it is the only place where it is socially acceptable to eat candy found on street. It is difficult to find somebody who dislikes parades. On an beautiful Friday night a parade was held in Madelia for the 41st annual Madelia Park Days. There was no raining on this parade. The event was planned to take place on Friday evening in…
Ever since, she said she has lived by herself scavenging for scraps, just like my sister and I. Then she said that's how she ran into me, that she saw Generals coming while she was looking for food so she tripped over a loose board on the cellar door and that's how she found it. Right as she is finishing her story I hear the door open, It kinda felt like Deja-Vu at that point. The door creaks everything is silent until the silence is broken. “Hello?” “MARLEE!” I couldn't contain my excitement,…