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Trees are full of life. In the book Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda feels like her life is inconsequential. Melinda is a 14-year-old girl who is about to leap into high school. Right before school started, he went to a party with her friends. She got overwhelmed, so she walked into the woods to take a breather. She sat under a tree and saw a dark figure approach her. He was mysterious. They started talking, then kissing, and before she knew what was happening, she was on the ground. He…

Immigrants in My Ántonia Willa Cather showed plenty of information about the "old wild west" and how the expansion of the United States started. Jim Burden, the character Cather speaks about, tries to tell her story through Burden, by giving examples on how she struggled has an immigrant in New York. As one reads throughout My Ántonia, you feel the true struggles of how a real immigrant goes through, you feel the sadness and hard work Burden truly goes through. In My Ántonia by Willa Cather, she…

What is a drought? A drought is when there is a lack of precipitation over an extended period of time, usually a season or more, resulting in a water shortage for some activity, group, or environmental sector. Its impacts result from the interplay between the natural event (less precipitation than expected) and the demand people place on water supply, and human activities can exacerbate the impacts of drought. drought10 What causes a drought? Drought has many causes. It can be caused by not…

music industry that has carried his Soul Music History into today’s modern musical styles. Springfield, Ohio 1978 was known to be the worst time in history for the season of winter. There was an unforgettable blizzard in Ohio that killed about 50 people who lived in Ohio. This blizzard occurred one month after John Legend was born. John Legend grew up in a Christian musical home. At 3 years old John Legend’s Grandmother (a minister) taught him how to play the piano and at 7 years old…

the Outer Party to make sure they’re in the right and not betraying the government. In the present of Oceania the telescreen is a part of the everyday life, “what could this mean for the future of technology, and the future of security itself” (Blizzard)? How will the future be in Oceania if the technology gradually gets better, the citizens ability to be unique is already endangered. Just like phones today, 50 years ago to now the progression of technology was unbelievable. If the telescreen…

In 2013 the average 13 year old gamer spent about 6.3 hours playing video games weekly. My sources were CNN, Futurism, SheppardMullin, and the American Psychological Association. You should care because you or someone you know most likely loves to play video games. They could be a really nice person but their gamer nature might contradict it. The reason I’m doing this topic is because I am a huge fan of gaming and I want to show that all gamers aren’t bad or a terrible person. First I’ll be…

“I was embarrassed of my home because of the condition it was in. My parents did not have jobs. My mom tried to sell her artwork in art shows. The only money they received was through my father’s fund granted to my mother after he committed suicide so that she could take care of me. My life was not one depicted by the Brady Bunch, it was definitely different and bizarre. It was colorful.” At first glance, you may deem my mother careless or too free in spirit. Her nature has been culminated by…

In this paper, I discuss the Buddhist themes of change from The Noble Eightfoldpath portrayed in the film Groundhog Day and compare that to Buddhism as discussed in this course. In doing so, I use examples from the film and class readings to make points about my analysis. I chose this film because I this is one of my favorite old films that never fail to make me laugh. I also realized while watching the film that there are some Buddhist themes throughout the movie. The title of this film is…

One Murderer. One Game. Sixteen heirs. All these things are involved in the Westing Game by Ellen Raskin. When Sam Westing dies, his will is very different than you might normally hear, to get the inheritance, 16 heirs compete to figure out who killed Sam Westing, the heirs all get paired and get one set of clues each. They all have to figure it out by a deadline or else none of them will get the inheritance. When reading the Westing Game it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. The…

Annotated Bibliography André Brock, Racial Representation and Gamers, Resident Evil 5: “When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong”. Games and Culture 2011, published online 15 July 2011. As the social web has matured, gamers congregate publicly on gaming blogs to discuss their experiences and identities, exposing their ideological, cultural, and practical beliefs about gaming. this article presents an alternative analytical method for video research by combining a culturally oriented analysis of a…