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    performance of imagery and music, my eyes scanned the band in a moment of silent intimacy. We had succeeded. At the end of my sophomore year, I sat down in the auditorium as any other saxophonist yet, in a few short minutes I stood as the Drum Major. As the Drum Major it was my responsibility to care for the band and the quality of performance. However, our diminutive size and menial funding caused the band to be…

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    Sometimes in life do you feel brave to do something or do you feel hopeful for someone or something, well in my two books Hatchet my character is brave to do what he does and it will be my paragraf after this, and Drums Girls and Dangerous pie my character is hopeful for his little brother that has cancer the paragraph after hatchet. Then I will talk about what they have in common and then do a conclusion lastly. I feel like my theme in my book Hatchet is [bravery.] I think this because, Bryan…

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    be it any field like economic or education or even health and all other areas that fall under the basic needs of humans. In the total context country the status of the Dalit women was and still is the worst compared to others. In the novel Choma’s Drum, Choma had one daughter Belli and who was the only woman in the house. In order to pay off his debts he sent his daughter to work in the coffee estate Though the girl manages to get money but she was abused by the owner…

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    Life during war times can be difficult and even heartbreaking. For Jemima Emerson from the novel, Time Enough For Drums, it was hard. But, the war managed to help her build her character. She has become a strong women to have these characteristics. To overcome the statement, Jemima is secretive, brave, and sassy. To begin with, Jemima Emerson has many characteristics to mention and one of them is that she was secretive. She never told her tutor, John Reid that she was not reading…

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    to the limit in this novel. When a child gets diagnosed with childhood cancer, many people’s first reaction is “I feel so bad” and that right there is empathy. When someone needs love and empathy at the worst time, are you going to help? Well in “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, by Jordan Sonnenblick, the main characters go through a major change in their life. The main character, Steven, has a little brother who gets diagnosed with Leukemia. This diagnosis not only affects Jeffrey physically…

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    This past summer, I was given the opportunity to participate in the 2015 SASI Drum Major Camp, a leadership program founded by band directors in central Texas. Going into the camp, all I expected to learn were basic conducting patterns, some nice start-of-the-day stretches, and how to keep rowdy band members in line. That’s what I had seen from past Drum Majors, and what I believed to be the full depth of the leadership position. The truth unfolded quite differently than my expectations.…

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    Jemima Emerson is a very intriguing character in the novel Time Enough for Drums, by Ann Rinaldi. She was the first character that stuck out in this novel. This book shows many ups and downs regarding Jemima and her family, and the war. This book also shows a touch of love when it comes to John Reid and Jemima and Jemima and her family. Ann Rinaldi shows Jemima as rebellious. emotional and caring. To begin with, Jemima Emerson is a very rebellious character in the novel. For example, Jemima…

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    Have you ever taken the time to sit down and read the enthralling novel Time Enough For Drums? It is the story of a family in the Revolutionary War time period that faces the hardships and sorrows in their fight for freedom. In the family their are two soldiers, a father that runs a shop, a mother that writes for a newspaper, two slaves and a teenage girl with lots issues named Jemima. In the novel the main character Jemima Emerson is truly a bold, inconsiderate, and impolite girl that adds…

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    Struggles Are the Journey The book Drums Girls and Dangerous Pie, written by Jordan Sonnenblick, focuses on the struggles of Jeffrey and his family. Steven, a teenager who plays the drums, has a little annoying brother named Jeffrey. Jeffrey has cancer, his family is short on money, and to top it all off Steven is failing in school. Steven’s friends held a benefit…

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    “In Louisiana, one of the first stages of grief is eating your weight in Popeyes fried chicken. The second stage is doing the same with boudin. People have been known to swap the order. Or to do both at the same time”- Ken Wheaton. In the book Drums, Girls, And Dangerous Pie, the character Steven goes through the five stages of grief, but not the Louisiana way. He is going through these stages because he finds out that his younger brother, Jeffery, is diagnosed with a malignant sickness, cancer…

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