Edward E. Jones

ride, John said, “ ‘Novels are all so full of nonsense and stuff; there has not been a tolerably decent one come out since Tom Jones, except The Monk; I read that t’other day; but as for all the others, they are the stupidest things in creation.’ ”(Austen, Chapter 7). Further research on Tom Jones, it is a comic novel by Henry Fielding published in 1749 about Tom Jones’ life journey as an abandoned baby, who grew up to be a thoughtless and rude bastard until he changes when he falls in love…

I am reading Pretty Tough by Liz Tigelaar, and I finished the book. This book was about two sisters who did not have anything in coming except their last name. Krista, one of the most pretty and popular girl in school did not want to be seen in private with her nerd and total freak sister Charlie Brown. When they both end up in the same soccer team, they both learn that sisters is more than friendship and that by working together they can go far. I am also reading Once was Lost by Sara Zarr,…

to read all the time. During this time I read lots of books by Dr. Seuss, such as Green Eggs and Ham, and Oh the Places You’ll Go. When I was in 1st and 2nd grade I started reading small chapter books, and my favorites were Junie B Jones and Judy Moody. Throughout elementary school, my reading level got much higher and I advanced in my interests. A little later on, I immensely enjoyed Nancy Drew and loved to see the way the mysteries played out. One series I…

Led Zeppelin was a English Rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. The band's heavy, guitar-driven sound is rooted in blues and psychedelic on their early albums. Their unique style drew from a wide variety of influences such as Blues, Rock and Roll, Soul, Rockabilly, Folk Ballad, and Jazz. The groups’ original name was Yardbirds which Jimmy Page joined. The band never…

Junayd is an 8-year-old third-grade student in the Paumanok Elementary School. Junayd has a current special education classification of Autism. He is educated within a Special class placement with mainstreamed for math and science classes. In addition, Junayd receives Speech (3x/week) and Occupational Therapy (1x/week). As per his IEP, Junayd’s testing accommodations include extended time (1.5), revised test directions, flexible settings and directions repeated. Junayd currently resides with…

Wall-e is a new, dare say one of the best upcoming roller coasters and it is based off of the sensational movie Wall-e made by Disney’s Pixar. In the movie, the plot takes place in 2805 where humans have abandoned Earth on the account of it was not in the ideal shape for humankind to live in. Therefore, humans left robots to clean up the mess they had made where after some time, the Earth became habitable once more. Mankind had been sending extraterrestrial vegetation evaluators or EVE to Earth…

a robot called WALL-E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class) whose job is to collect garbage on Earth due to years of mass over consumption. After years of collecting garbage, WALL-E (voice Ben Burtt) grows a certain behavior as he collects things to decorate his home and develops an affection for ‘Hello Dolly’ which he watches on a VHS tape time and time again. From the video, WALL-E seemingly learns the ideas of holding hand and falling in love. One day, WALL-E finds a growing…

differences between the plays, “Edward II”, which was played during the Elizabethan period (1594) and “Beggar’s Opera”, which was played during the 17th century (1727). First I will discuss the play, Edward II written by Christopher Marlowe. Christopher Marlowe is known as the first great Renaissance playwright since he was the first who made plays that were non-secular, meaning that it was neither about the church nor religion. This specific play is about King Edward II, who was in power in…

In the extract from the essay ’’The new empire within Britain’’ Salman Rushdie, an Indian born Briton and author, explores the subjects of institutional racism, the subconscious racist nature of the English language and the stains that the time of imperialism has left on the British mentality. To gather Rushdie’s main thesis, one need only to look at the title: “The New Empire within Britain”. Rushdie states: “It sometimes seems that the British authorities, no longer capable of exporting…

As a society today, people are moving in a much faster pace than ever before. Many of the advancements over the past few years can be accredited to digital media and the internet. Tenzin Gyatso, better known as the fourteenth Dalai Lama and leader of the Central Tibetan Administration, discusses the need for a moral compass in the biotechnology industry in “Ethics and the New Genetics”. However, use of the internet and social media is also in dire need of a moral compass. The internet and social…