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It was recess at L. B. Clarke Middle School. I was in 5th grade and me and my friends were playing “Infectious,” a modified version of tag that we had come up with. Caster, the most athletic boy in 5th grade, began to throw pinecones at those who were playing the game, though it was against the rules. Despite the protests of me and other players, he continued, arrogantly. His “friends,” though they were more of a posse joined in. They began singling out Caiden, the new student whom I didn’t care…

In The Canterbury Tales, the narrator introduces the audience to a handful of pilgrims going on a pilgrimage. The pilgrims are introduced and they meet the Host of the hotel. The Host creates a story telling game and explains the rules. He wants two stories on the way there and two on the way back home from each pilgrim. Furthermore, the stories are judged based on their moral education and entertainment value. Comparing “The Knight’s Tale” and “The Pardoner’s Tale” considering the rules, “The…

father are constantly referring to him as “boy.” The connotations behind this word are negative. The historical usage of this word was mainly towards black men in an effort to belittle and demean them while making them appear to be invaluable and incapable of being a man. In the beginning of the story Dave told Mistah Joe that he wanted to buy a gun and he’d like to have a look at his gun catalogue, Mistah Joe responded by saying “You ain’t nuthin but a boy. You don’t need a gun.” (Wright, pg.…

necessities of life; water, heat, shelter and lastly, food. However, in a group setting with no definitive leader, every individual can have different priorities for surviving their stay on the island. Lord of the Flies tells us the story of a group of boys who are stranded on an island after their plane crashes, and there are no adult survivors to protect them. Some choose to maintain a sense of law and order, by gathering tools for survival - staying civil - while others’ refusal to obey the…

Me growing up I remember playing with not one or two people at a time but 20 possibly 30 people at a time. Boys do tend to play in large groups because most of the time we are playing some kind of sport that requires many people. We definitely assert our dominance above other men we find weaker then us. I don’t know why we do this but we just do and the article…

The old man and the sea talks a lot about faith and luck. The old man Santiago and the boy who he sails with believe in luck. Yet the young boy is no longer allowed to sail with the old man due to his fathers lack of faith. Right away I see how strongly the boy feels about the old man. The old man established morals and belief in the boy that his family did not, the boy cares for the old man like his own family. Page 11 Hemingway describes the shark factory in great detail, this was his…

surroundings. On the contrary, Lisa Bloom, author of Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed Down World, asserts that our society has made an appoint for young girls to worry about their appearance because how often does one tell a little boy he is handsome or that his outfit is nice (Markham). Bloom makes a valid point because by our society telling young girls they are pretty or that they have nice shoes on or outfit makes them more conscious of their physical…

The young males listen to this if they watch action/seductive films. Young males have an interest into video games like GTA, which could be the reason why the song is popular with them. Another reason why young males may listen to this is that they listen to either Kiss or MTV. In addition to this, young males have a stereotype of wearing baggy clothes just like…

As time goes on this seems to grow more common and dominantly. Today many of the world’s most successful children and young adults are results of one parent and two parent households. Do children really need both parents to thrive? Arguments that a boy needs his father around to learn how to be a man are most commonly present. Raising a well-rounded child does not depend on the number of parents present in the home. The values taught and the morals demonstrated for the child to mock. The…

Butter and studying the various responses my classmates made there seems to be a common ground on the change of characters and values that Marshall, or better known by his official nickname, Butter. The author introduces Butter as a distressed lonely boy who never “fit in” with his school. His main priorities are his very few but close friends which is a very good and direct character trait. However, the gaping hole for popularity and his craving to be accepted in his society leads him to create…