different social groups with different social lines. The Socs are looked at as the rich, popular, and spoiled upper class. Also known as the “the jet set, the West-side rich kids” (2). The greasers are seen as the poor outcasts from the East side of town. Greasers “steal things and drive old souped-up cars” (2). When the greasers make mistakes, it…
little different and a little rough I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Having divorced parents that live three hours away from each other suck and when you only get to see one of them every so often really sucks. I lived wth my mom so I only got to see my dad on weekend and it wasn't every weekend it was sometimes once a month sometimes not at all because my mom wouldn't have money for gas to take me to hays to pay meet my dad all…
Rough Draft of Huck Finn Essay The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a narrative realism novel, written by Mark Twain, and published in 1884. Based in several small towns along the Mississippi River, the main character, Huckleberry Finn goes through a series of events that will dramatically change his life, his morality, and his conscience. He is constantly having a battle between his upbringing and his conscience through events like; faking his death, witnessing a family feud, wondering around…
Sisyphus was. Sisyphus is one of my favorite characters in Greek Mythology because I love a character that’s as daring and bold as Sisyphus. Sisyphus lived like pretty normally until one day Autolycus, the son of Hermes moved into Sisyphus’s town. Autolycus was gifted by his father, Hermes to change the appearance from anything he stole from anyone. Since he had the power, Autolycus loves to steal people’s cattle and change the looks of them so no one would recognize that the cattle belonged to…
considering we lived in close proximity, so she was a pretty important figure in my childhood. Regardless though, I know nothing about her life. I do not know how different or similar her life is to mine. I do not have any knowledge of what environmental factors shaped her to be who she is today and how big the discrepancy is between our upbringing. However, through the series of questions I asked about her life, I learned more about my aunt than through the 18 years that I have lived knowing…
around its mountain, Mount Caroline Livermore, as well as beaches and a variety of natural plants. In order to reach the island, one needs to take a ferry from San Francisco or Tiburon. Although Angel Island is beautiful today, it doesn’t have such a pretty past. Around the early 20th century, Angel Island was an immigration station, where many immigrants entering from the west coast had to pass through in order to enter America. If those immigrants were from Europe, they could pass through…
grandma’s picture in a pretty, small, brown portrait in front of my bed, while I remembered her and how we used to talk about life. Later on that day, while my mom was driving to pick my dad up from work, I asked my dad about his grandparents. He really struggled to answer. “I barely remember them! I think that my great grandma 's name was Luisa and my great grandpa I don’t remember exactly”, he said. I asked the same question to my mom, but she was more lost than my dad. “Mom, dad, how could…
nature. This makes the protagonist think and question who is guilty and who is really innocent? When Miles “…know[s] nothing in the world but love” (James 26) and he is a boy with a “greater sweetness of innocence [.]” (James 26) This shows how Miles is pure but how his innocence has maybe been corrupt by homosexual acts he has done, yet the protagonist is putting Miles in a horrible position which makes you say that she is the corrupt one. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding’s character…
a nuclear family. A nuclear family is defined as a couple and their dependent children. There is only 3 of us, my mom, my dad, and me. Unless you include my two dogs, three cats, and my snake. Other than that it 's just my parents and me. We 're a pretty normal family, we aren 't crazy and we love each other and support each other. Eventually, my uncle moved and we were then considered an extended family, because my…
Eugene Farkas. This car was considered a two door, economic, town car. This car was also a two speed car but weighed much more than the quadricycle at 1200 pounds. The model T had many names but is was named the most influential car of the 20th century. This car stands currently at 8th on the all time most sold list. It was such a success because it provided inexpensive transportation. The car because a milestone for America because it showed how far we came in technology. In a few days after…