All the Things She Said

grade and my mom said that she already talked to my teachers, but I never got to meet them. I can speak french so that isn’t a problem. My birthday is today and my mom wants me to get all dressed up in clothes that say “Happy Birthday.” I’m not having a party this year because none of my friends can come to Paris, but next year I will get a huge party so we can make up for this year and I am becoming a teenager. I went to the kitchen and said, “ Mom, what’s for breakfast?” She didn’t answer me…

consequence is what we do.” So many other things that help steer people in one direction or another. “What we think, or what we know, or what we believe...” is such a vital part of living and a driving force that inspires change. Knowledge is an essential foundation for inspiring movement of change. In Sarah Vowell’s The Partly Cloudy Patriot, for instance, Vowell was conflicted about how she felt toward the American flag and all it stood for. She was baffled as to why she would have…

interesting story about a sinister elderly lady who teaches Mr. Weaver that things usually are way to good to be true. Dahl builds a sense of foreboding by developing hints that things are usually way to good to be true. Mr. Weaver and the landlady were sitting on the couch drinking tea and talking about the past residence that had stayed there and then she said that one of the past people's "skin was just like a baby's." Why would she know that? It is a little strange that a bed and…

made the stories creepy. One of the things that made the story “Lamb to the Slaughter” creepy was at the end of the story the police, that were Patrick’s co workers, were eating the murder weapon. The murder weapon was the lamb leg. In the story Mrs. Maloney says “And in the other room, Mary Maloney began to laugh.” She said this because the police were talking about how the murder weapon. They were saying things like it was to big to carry around. They also said it was more than likely around…

in Canada, Ambtman-Smith strives to create an equal healthcare system for all Canadians. Ambtman-Smith, an Indigenous woman herself, says the experiences and injustices she has faced in her life time, encourage her every day to keep fighting for what she so strongly believes in. “It drives my passion for what I do. Facing the barriers that I have experienced firsthand reminds me every day to continue what I am doing,” said Ambtman-Smith. Ambtman-Smith describes herself as “visibly Aboriginal”…

and it just kept getting better as the day went on. I was turning 6 and as i was opening all of my presents i just couldn't take the bright smile off my face. I was extremely thankful for everything and after i thanked all my family member for coming and all the presents my grandma said, “wait i think there's one more.” knowing there wasn’t any left i said, “no grandma look i already opened one thing” But she still shook me off saying that she’s pretty sure there's one more. So i gave in and…

rose. She love to go by bellfire . she has two younger brothers name jack and josh.that she has to watch because she as no dad he died in the arm when she was 13 years old and her mom works 23 hours a day so bellfire has to come home from school .So bellfire has no friends because she don't want to make friends .she is shy and not all out there like other kids at school.So bellfire love to watch her brothers they always make her day but one day at school bellfire feeled so sick that she had…

many things in her travels outside of school. Some may this are equally as important as what she learn in school. She learns important lessons such as people skills or valuable lessons about the law. She also does not need school as bad because she is ahead of the other kids. In court scout learns many things about people, law, and morality, all very important lessons. In the book scout said “i most certainly understand anything you can”. This shows that she can understand some or most thing…

People” Flannery O’Connor, she illustrates that while some may be cold hearted and mean they still have some good and vulnerability within. She also uses the names of the characters as a sort of symbolism for readers to understand them even more. In the story Good Country People, O’Conner introduces readers to Mrs. Hopewell. She is the mother to Joy who later changes her name to Hulga. Mrs. Hopewell is a hard working southern mom who is extremely optimistic in life. One thing she says a lot is…

“Hey alyssa, hey Charlie!!” said Archie enthusiastically. “Uh hi?” Alyssa said with confusion. “Wanna hear a cool story?!?!” Archie said with excitement. “Yeah sure” said Alyssa while agreeing. “The craziest thing happened to me the other day. We had all gone to the sandwich hut and we saw a real live lion! The lion was so big it looked like it had 2 whole hippos for lunch! Lions don't even live around here, it was so rare. We saw a lion in Treehill city!” Archie said repeatedly. “Yeah that…