Bifocals

In the text “Bifocal” by Deborah Ellis and Eric Walter, I personally think privilege is the main theme. The event that helps me understand this was when Haroon and Azeem got accused by the police that they were terrorists even though they weren’t. This event was a factor of privilege because the police identified them as terrorists judging by their brown race, in the text most brown people are seen as criminals and terrorists. Haroon and Azeem weren’t the only ones insulted for being brown, many others were also. An example in the text that proves this was when Haroon, Azeem and many others were visiting Azeem in the courthouse, a white driver drove by shouting “go back to were you’re from!” This event represents privilege because browns are…

The following writing represents a review and criticism of Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." This short story is one of Twain's earliest literary successes and most accomplished early sketches, this 2,600-word narrative was written following a three-month stay at Jackass Hill and Angel's Camp in California's Calaveras County in late 1864 and early 1865. The tale is told using the structure of a traditional Southwestern frame story, wherein a gentle, educated…

Bifocal, written by Deborah Ellis and Eric Walters, is the story of two high school boys, Haroon, a Muslim and Jay, who is white and a Christian. The narration switches between the perspectives of the two boys. The novel takes place in post-9/11 Canada, when Islamophobia was (and still is) rampant. Through the voices of Haroon and Jay, Ellis and Walters convey the argument that racism is a complex and prevalent issue in today's society. The authors use the alternating perspectives of Haroon…

If Benjamin Franklin didn’t invent bifocals I possibly couldn't have/get a driver's license. I would have to depend on others to get me place to place. My eyesight would continue to excel from bad to worse within. His inventions have done so much to this world to help us. Especially the bifocals, I think Benjamin is a huge part of our world. Benjamin Franklin made many inventions, throughout his lifetime. Theses inventions created are swim fins, Franklin stove, bifocals, catheter, glass…

Ate the age of 12 he stopped going to school because he had to work for his father in his candle making shop. He had to focus more on his father's candle business so he didn’t go to school anymore. He started working for his father and from there he started experimenting things. While experimenting he invented things like electricity. He then invented the bifocals noticing he couldn’t see as well because he was getting older. He was smart, further education came from his personal studies. Ben…

The fear of lighting faded from the public, as the invention called lightning rod has been created and patented by Benjamin Franklin in 1749. The revolutionary invention utilized the nature of lighting studied by Franklin, and use its property to dissolve the lighting safely. As the invention was so effective in its job, the lighting rod became a traditional equipment in most of buildings. If the population thinks about a general image of Benjamin Franklin, they would imagine him with another…

When Kepler was assigned to study Mars and its orbit, he said he'd be able to do it within a week. Little did he know, he couldn't be more wrong. It actually ended up taking him eight years to do so. During this time, he came up with two laws of planetary motion. The first law says that a planet’s path goes around the sun. The other describes the speed of a planet. All in all, the study with Mars is vital to the astronomical advantages we have today. In conclusion, the Scientific…

” and then stab his father through her window but what’s wrong about this is that the El train is really loud so she couldn’t of heard this happen and she also said she seen the entire crime scene happen through the window of the El train which Juror eight had proved that it couldn’t have been she seen the entire crime scene through one window and in a split second he proved that in order for her to see the entire crime play out the El train would have to be going really slow. Finally, in…

He became a great inventor, inventing many thing, his most important inventions are bifocal eyeglasses, the lighting rod, etc.. He made the lighting rod because in Benjamin's lifetime lots of people died and many buildings were destroyed, besides praying no one knew how to protect buildings from lightning. After countless hours of experimenting with static electricity, he figured that if a metal rod could be placed on top of a building and wired to the ground with a cable, it could extract…

Some of his more major inventions include the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, and the glass harmonica. The lightning rod is a metal pole attached to the top of an elevated structure in order to carry the energy into the ground safely. People today still use lightning rods typically, the rod is attached to the top of a house in order to protect the house in the event of a storm. The Franklin stove had an inverted siphon, which drew fumes into the stove. Bifocals are glasses with two…