American novels

In August 6, 1945, the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The intention of the bomb was to end World War 2, but Americans did not realize how destructive the bomb would be on the Japanese citizens. Immediately after the bomb, victims reacted differently in what they found more important as they struggled to adapt with the aftermath of the bombing. In the book “Hiroshima” by John Hersey, he discusses the topic of survival amidst devastation through six survivors; he uses examples of the…

Reflection paper There were many thing that I like and disliked from this class. One thing that I liked about the class was that we did not physically have to attend the class. That was nice because I got to sleep in a little more. That also left extra time for me to work and put in a couple more hours. What also came beneficial with this was that we got to do our work when we wanted to. This was nice because there would be days that I would be extremely busy and I wouldn 't have time to…

How would one feel if they woke up one day and realized that they no longer had a voice? In this passage, Hitchens doesn’t realize what having a voice means and how much it impacts his life until it’s gone. Creating this passage with multiple methods primarily using quotes, narration, cause and effect, comparison and contrast and exemplification, Hitchens told us in a story like form the journey of losing his voice. Authors choose certain methods to use in their writing because each method has a…

At Belsize she is treated like an invalid and most of the patients there are women who were in hospital for very strange reasons and not because they had an illness. One lady was there because her “husband knows [she] can’t stand her [mother-in-law]” this confirms the oppressiveness of the McCarthyite period and how women who did not conform to the ways of society will get punished in severe ways (179). However, Esther does try and make friends with the other people, but the hospital staff…

beginning of the scene the men leave to go hunting with the same ideology. Another ideology present is white supremacy; they felt that due to their benefits or privileges and their economic and political power that they could suppress the Mexican-American miners into submission. The prisoners in the scene would be the men because they have not yet removed the pride from their in order to see that in order to be successful in the strike and in anything the women have a key role to play. They have…

Imagine if you had brain injuries for the rest of your life, and you could barley hear what people said to you all the time. This is how Katniss is going to feel for the rest of her life. However, Katniss is going to try and fight these serious effects by using the friendships she has with fellow survivors. In the book “The Hunger Games Mocking Jay” Katniss has many friends but she thinks they’re trying to kill her. Since, Katniss is on the verge of death she finally gives them a chance to show…

1. Briefly describe your "stand-up room" VRFT experience: The stand-up room had some technical difficulties, and it was really hard waiting because all of this build up anticipation. I picked a VR escape room, and it was really fun and challenging. The student worker, let me go through it two times. The first time I went through it, it was all about learning about to use the remotes and get use to the scenario they had in place. I only unlock one thing. The scenario was as office building, and…

Katniss suffered through many challenges in a mere few years, that most never suffer in a lifetime. She lost her father as a young child during a mine incident, then became the head of the household at age eleven. Katniss volunteered for the Hunger Games in place of her sister at age 16. Also, Katniss accidently made the government angry through a small act of accidental rebellion, at the end of the Hunger Games. Most never suffer through all that in a lifetime, but our young heroine not only…

Part1- The Strings Summary: Margo Roth Spiegelman and Quentin Jacobsen, two nine-year-old neighbors; were playing at the park, like the usual. Something wasn’t normal, they immediately sensed something out of the ordinary. A dead body as a nine-year-old would; they both rush home, and tell their parents. Quentin is worried and scarred of the sight and is traumatized, unlike Margo on the other hand who is determined and curious to find out what happened; her thoughts drive her to an…

I was only 14 years old, a freshman in high school when everything changed. I lost to very close and influential people in my life that I always looked up as they helped guide me in my life and future path. Getting the news that my Grandma had passed away from old age and my Aunt dying from a heart attack is just the worse thing anybody can ever hear, especially if they were your role models and heroes. They were the ones who influenced me to become an accountant and become a CPA, they guided me…