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aristocrat May Welland. Just after a previous affair with a woman, Newland is trying to get by in life. Dealing with all of the ups and downs of New York, Newland also tries to get by all of the drama and high class “rules” of living. Soon May’s cousin Ellen Olenska, who was married to the Polish Count Olenski, shows up to town after marriage problems. The townspeople’s thoughts of her are debatable and her arrival brings much controversy. Newland, finding interest in her, pursues a friendly…

The main character in the novel “Crank,” written by Ellen Hopkins, is a 16-year-old teenage girl named Kristina Georgia Snow. She use to be the perfect daughter: gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. On a trip to visit her deadbeat father, she meets a boy who introduces her to the monster: crank. What begins as a wild, ecstatic ride turns into a struggle through hell for her mind, her soul - her life. In this story even though it might not be intentional Kristina gives into a…

In “The Company Man”, Ellen Goodman shows her blatantly annoyed attitude toward Phil in the way lives and the way he priorities things. Goodman shows this attitude by using tone, by making remarks to the story, and irony, to be obvious about her bitter attitude with Phil. All through the passage Goodman uses a sense of bitterness as an overall tone to describe her thoughts of Phil. For example Goodman talks around line 24 about how all Phil ate was egg salad sandwiches and about how he “of…

In the passage “The Company Man” by Ellen Goodman a vice president by the name of Phil, a workaholic, an important person in the company who passed away from working himself to death. A 51 year old man who worked 6 days a week from 8 to 9 and had no extracurricular interest outside of work other than golfing once a month. Had a family whom he is barely with. And cared about his company greatly. Phil is a company man who after passing away was ready to be replaced. 8 to 9 for 5 of the 6 days out…

Identical by Ellen Hopkins is an extremely character driven and deceiving book. Those characters being, Raeanne, Kaeleigh, and the girls’ father. Raeanne and Kaeleigh are twins with a mysterious past. Raeanne being the more crazy twin, is reckless, disobedient, and careless. Her sister, Kaeleigh, is the exact opposite. Kaeleigh is lonely, obedient, and curious. Their father, as one would assume, is a mix between the two girls. He is lonely, micromanaging, and authoritative. Each character has a…

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born in 1983) is a politician, economist and the Liberian president. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was Africa's first ever elected female head of state. A year before Ellen was elected as the president of Liberia, she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 for her nonviolent struggle for justice, women's rights and for women's rights to have full participation in peace-building work. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf herself and with the government have made many achievements that have directly…

with them and make the best of it the way you can. Sadness of a young woman basically a child forced into growing up due to her mother’s death and fathers mistreatment due to alcohol. In the book Ellen Foster a novel written by Kaye Williams is unlike any simple book about Cinderella. The young woman Ellen whom is the main character in the story is raised by her mother and father and due to a tragedy of losing her mother, she is left to fend off for herself with a drunk and abusive father. She…

comparison pertains to the similarities and meager differences of “Why It Takes More Than a Grocery Store to Eliminate a ‘Food Desert’” by Sarah Corapi and “Social Justice Deficits in The Local Food Movement: Local Food and Low-Income Realities” by Ellen Smirl. I chose to compare these two articles because they both shine a light on the corresponding issue between obesity and health problems and the limited access to affordable, healthy foods. The topics are similar considering they both agree…

In her essay “How to be a ‘Woman Programmer’” in The New York Times, Ellen Ullman discusses her experience with being a woman in computer science and programming. Ullman shares some challenges she has come to face while working her way through a male dominated career field. Although Ullman discusses the challenges of women in the computer programming field, she gives strategies she uses to keep moving towards a better career. Ullman stated in her essay how she often gets asked in her career…

violent rebel is very determined to make an appearance in Knoxville throughout the Civil War. Ellen Renshaw House is a very violent rebel, as she is very outspoken for a woman. She proves this when she outright mentions her hatred about the North . Her anger is embraced further when Northern soldiers begin to burn houses down and treat Southern soldiers poorly. This helps influence her loyalty to the South. Ellen Renshaw is a rebel in her eyes due to her outright statements about the North, her…