Ellen

The Westing Game is a mystery written by Ellen Raskin and has won the Newberry Award in 1979. The first few pages of the book reveals that there will be many twist and turns and it will not be until the end until the answer is revealed. Very specific tenants were chosen for the Sunset Towers and this is evident in each showing of an apartment by Barney Northrup. Very specific choices were made for the tenants of Sunset Towers, but why? Up on the hill sits the Westing house, just days after…

Ellen is the mother of 3 living children and 1 deceased child. While on her death bed, she is constantly talking to herself in her head. Her name throughout the story is Granny Weatherall even though her real name is Ellen. However, while on her death bed, she is constantly communicating inside her head. She is unforgiving and ultimately will pay the price on her death bed; she is so controlling that she believes that she can control when she will die, and last but not least, she is bitter about…

Prompt:http://sharepoint.mvla.net/teachers/HectorP/Language%20and%20Comp%20AP/Documents/Resource%20AP%20Prompts/Ellen%20Goodman,%20Company%20Man%201995.pdf Ellen Goodman, a columnist, explores the harsh reality of big business in her critical piece titled “The Company Man.” By telling the story of a robotic business man indifferently pursuing higher corporate success. Her subject, Phil, embodies the corporate world as she acerbically outlines the bottomless pit that it can become. Through the…

Crank The book Crank by Ellen Hopkins the first book in a series. It is about a teenage girl who had big dreams and made very good choices who spend a couple weeks with her deadbeat father. While she was there she picked up on some awful habits that would affect her for the rest of her life. This novel takes the reader on an intense journey about a girl who struggles with herself and her family. It really can open the eyes of someone who has never experienced the things that Kristina gets…

Workaholics Die Young In “The Company Man”, written by Ellen Goodman, she explains how someone can think that trying so hard to become rich and successful can make them the person they always wanted to be. In reality it can destroy the brain and make that person become a workaholic with no identity after work. Being in the work state of mind can be stressful and making it constant can be the result of not having an actual life. She gives us a well descriptive person named Phil, who is a…

would be a good thing to rent a house in a part of the city where many primitive and actual needs are found” (Addams, 48). Addams then went on to buy a 43,560 ft^2, later known as the Hull House, in a poor neighborhood of Chicago, with her friend Ellen Gates Starr. The Hull House remained her home until her death in 1935. These early experiences, all before the age of 30, helped mold Jane Addams into the reformer she became. Addams didn’t have any financial backing or investors behind her when…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain and Ellen Foster, written by Kaye Gibbons are two interesting novels. The two stories have a similar plot, which has lead many journalists and readers to refer Ellen Foster as the “modern-day Huckleberry Finn”. There’s no arguing with that claim, as the two novels are closely related. It’s amazing how similar these novels are in terms of context, character analysis, and themes/morals. Aside from being alike in a number of different ways,…

Jane Addams took her talents and desire to help on a greater scale after a trip to Toynbee Hall in London with a friend, Ellen Gates Starr, the future co-founder of the Hull House. The inspiration they felt at this home for the poor was enough to be carried back with them and put to use. Her personal hardships were overcome, and for the greater good of the people, she pushed…

fully aware of the story. The realization that this could happen to a neighbor, a friend, or even the reader themselves is alarming. Reading about something as serious as addiction, it is important to know the book’s stance on drugs, but, Crank by Ellen Hopkins should not be banned, because the controversial subject matter of drug use, sex, and…

The Life of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf “The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough”. These words are one of the most popular quotes made by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Sirleaf is currently serving as Liberia’s first female president. After years of personal hardships, political controversies, and life threatening conflicts, Sirleaf was able to rise above it and become something few people thought possible.…