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the cops. The party was busted and it was completely her fault. From that point on, everyone viewed herself as an outcast and a nobody. Andy Evans became such a issue that she couldn't even see him as a person. IT was the correct name for him, he ruined her reputation. She was left out and forgotten. She barely even knew who she was. Trying to build back her life, she met new people and made new friends. She met a new girl named Heather and they became good friends. Eventually she joined a new…

Batman, Superman, Spiderman, The Flash and Lauren Jauregui what do these people all have in common? Well, they are all heroes in my book. Well, how is Lauren Jauregui a hero? Well, she has values that any hero would have and should have. I even share some of the same values Lauren has which are confidence, courage, understanding, acceptance, passion, and knowledge. These are only some of the similar values we share. Firstly confidence I value confidence since having it means you can stand up…

Danny chose to keep playing no matter how much his friends insisted on a break for a few games, but he didn't give up on pursuing his dream. "Especially the big dream, the one about him someday doing more than even his dad (pg 6)." He knew he had to follow his dream and keep getting back up, even if he falls down. His friends knew they couldn't stop him now so they made it their goal for him to feel better and safer. When they made Danny feel better it was a sign that said he had the best friend…

fact that they might not even know it is even worse. Domestic violence comes down to even high school. 1 in 4 high school dating relationship is violent (Roleff, Tamara). It’s sad to see that this is actually true. The fact that say a 15 year old could be going through abuse by their boyfriend/girlfriend is sickening. But the most sickening fact is that they might even think that it’s normal or that they are in denial for the sake of keeping their boyfriend/girlfriend. Even for the sake of…

Sherman Alexie is an Native American writer, filmmaker, and poet who has wrote many short stories and even collected them into a one movie called “Smoke Signals”. Throughout the short story of “This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona” the character Thomas acts supportive as he helps Victor throughout the journey. Throughout the text Thomas is supportive and kind to Victor despite what happened in the past. Victor is in need of money and Thomas offers some of his own stating "I can lend…

they can face A hero knows when he or she has given his or her best, he or she will not go above and beyond to satisfy everybody. A hero is anybody willing to put other people before themselves. There could be a hero sitting next to you on the bus or even in the same class as you. Homeless people are normal, and are most likely to help someone who is in need, not because they don’t have anything better to do but because they know what is feels like to have nothing and more likely than not they…

getting shot, and a racist, narcissistic, White man agonizing Black people in their town. But what could be the source of some of these awful and heart wrenching events? Revenge. There are many examples in this novel where revenge will not make things even, or right, it will just escalate the problem. In this book there are many times where getting back at someone not only amplifies the problem, but can also possibly endanger lives. One example of when revenge only makes thing worse is when…

Artist Keith Haring once said, “Good and evil are intertwined and impossible to separate. They are not completely opposites and in fact are often one and the same.” Even though he was not referring to the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, his quote relates to an important theme in the book, the coexistence of good and evil. Neither good nor evil could exist without the other and the characters Mayella Ewell and Walter Cunningham show this. Mayella Ewell is one character who stands out…

Murtagh’s stubbornness causes much pain for him in The Inheritance Cycle. Stubbornness means that one will not budge from one’s belief even though it might mean they get punished for it later. The first example of obstinacy occurs when Murtagh, as a kid, tries to escape the palace that kept him prisoner. Murtagh kept plotting new ways of escaping the prison even though he failed many times. His stubbornness while escaping also caused the death of his only friend. The second example follows his…

schools, teen pregnancy, drug abuse, and the decline of the education system in the United States. Even so my parents did not do much better teaching me. I would have to say though its partly my own fault I often gave my mother a hard time in every possible way a kid could think of like for example I would burn some of the homework my mom gave me, or even throw it out the window and slack off even just simply say no I don’t want to do it (I was very stubborn) similar to the dog ate the homework…