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Context: After the exhausting birth event, Offred comes home to the Commander’s household all wiped out, only to find herself asleep. With the help of Cora, Offred is wakened up for dinner and realizes that Cora really hopes for the arrival of yet another baby, meaning Offred’s. Meanwhile, this conversation is going on, Offred remembers Nick informing her that the Commander wants to see her in his office. A meeting that surrounds itself around playing Scrabble and a goodbye kiss, in favor by the…

Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” depicts a dystopian society in the Republic of Gilead in which the government considers women as property and valuable if their ovaries are viable. The new society now stresses the conformity of women in the household and reinstated domestic roles which they must accept. The “Colonies”, an area that supports limited life, and group hangings exist as scare tactics to suppress any rebellion amongst the handmaids and in the household. This society is believed…

Resemblance between “American Beauty” and Today In all honesty, the film “American Beauty” had my brain twisted in confusion for the first half of it. I felt overwhelmed by the sheer amount of symbolism found in the film. However as the movie went on, a lot of it made much more sense and with that, it also felt more relatable. By the end of the film, everything about each character felt so real. “American Beauty” uses these characters to showcase multiple themes that hold strong parallel to how…

same year Britney received Female artist of the year at the Billboard Music Awards. That next January she won favorite pop/rock new artist. In February she was nominated for two awards at the Grammys. Later that year “Oops…I did it again” hit the radios and broke the record for most radio adds in one day. That very song also sold 1.3 million copies sold within the first week. Her next awards show was the MTV music awards where she performed. Her performance began with Britney in a black…

Neil Gaiman, author of The Graveyard Book writes about a young boy named Nobody Owens or Bod who has a unique relationship with the dead. Throughout the novel Bod learns many things that the dead know about and don’t. With his guardian Silas, a mysterious figure who is neither living nor dead, Bod learns multiple things about life, the dead, and how powerful knowledge is. Knowledge is Power and power is what Bod seeks in order to protect himself, avenge his family, and put a stop to the Man Jack…

Memories are things that everyone has and they are constantly replacing one another as life goes on. The book, The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margret Atwood, is about a futuristic way that people live their lives. The protagonist of this book, Offred, is one of the many handmaids in the society of Gilead and she is forced to be a handmaids and has to deal with the problems that being a handmaid lead to. One of the main problems she faces is trying to keep the memories she created before she became a…

Audrey Hepburn’s legacy Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston was born on May 4th in 1929. Her birthplace was Brussels, Belgium. Audrey’s parents were Ella Van Heemstra and Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston. Her Grandfather's were Aarnoud Van Heemstra and Victor John George Ruston. The Grandmother’s names were Elbrig Willemine Henriette Van Asbeck and Anna Ruston. Audrey only had two half brothers which their names were Lan Edgar Bruce Quarles Van Ufford and Arnoud Robert Alexander Quarles Van Ufford.…

Please Stop Laughing at Me Jodee Blanco the author and the narrator in the book, “Please Stop Laughing at Me” describes throughout the book, situations where she is bulled and harassed by her peers. A psychological concept that someone could examine in this book is what level Jodee is in on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The main focus in the book is about acceptance in school and its effect on children. One could argue that Jodee goes from desiring the fourth level, esteem, and regressing to the…

There was once somebody that was so annoying that somebody paid to take them away. "The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry tells a story of a boy and his kidnappers in Summit, Alabama. Johnny, Bill, and Ebenezer's thoughts, feelings, and actions were so tremendously ironic that it made the story humorous and unique. Johnny Dorset did not behave the way one might have thought throughout the story. Firstly, he did not want to go home. When asked if he wanted to return home, he said, "'I don't have…

The Other Wes Moore the story of two boys with different fates, but identical names that grew up in Baltimore. The story issued the lives of the two boys growing up in Baltimore. It enlightened the readers to think about the environment and communities they grew up in and the struggles they had to overcome in becoming a man of the house at such a young age. I believe that we are all products of our environment, we are all given a choice to choose our path in life and live when we want to live…