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on looking up at the greater things. In the book “Chickamauga” Ambrose Bierce illustrates a young boy getting driven into experiences he would never have dreamed of. Everything was harmless before his misery, just like life was simple before you grew into a young adolescents. Innocence is something you don't realize you have until you lose it. During our class reading of “Chickamauga” a young boy has nothing on his mind but leading his triumphant army to battle until he enters a world of…

This past Saturday morning, I motivated my little brother Vincent, my little sisters Tess and Alex and my cousin Olivia to volunteer at a local food and clothing distribution center in Chula Vista, Turning the Heart Center. Vincent is thirteen years old, Tess is nine, Alex is twenty and Olivia is twenty-three. I invited them all to spend the night at my house the night before. We laughed, had dinner and spoke about life in general. I went on to tell them how thankful I was for all God has…

three young men left. Even after losing four of their members, they continue on this “cool” path. You would imagine that seeing your friends die from these things that seem “cool” you would want change your life, but they continue to play this game. The game of death. “We Sing sin”, they are proud of all the crimes they have committed. Possibly because, they have yet to get caught. Probably because they are maintaining their families by committed these crimes. In this poem, critics think that…

disoriented before the flight. He and nineteen other boys are on the flight to the battle school. All the boys were joking around, messing around, and laughing. Ender however was just sitting there in silence. When boarding the shuttle the officer made a joke and Ender did not know how to react so he kept his silence. To Ender’s surprise Graff was on the shuttle as well. Graff came up a way that was funny to Ender and Ender played a gravity game in his head. Without knowing it he laughed outloud…

The Boy Who Dared, by Susan Bartoletti, is simply about a boy named Helmuth Hübener who dared to speak out against Hitler and the Nazi party. Helmuth was a German youth who has to find his way in an entirely different world. The novel is told in flashbacks as Helmuth looks back on his life from a Nazi prison. A few very distinctive traits stand out in Helmuth. Three examples were intelligence, bravery and leadership. Intelligence is a trait that Helmuth definitely possesses. Helmuth had to…

“The Boy Who Could Turn Into Things” By: Faith Foster Look around the world, what do you see? People, of course, but who are they really? Everyone walks around with a face, a face that makes them look prominent. But, that’s NOT who they are. In the story, “The Boy WHo Could Turn Into Things,” by Stuart Baum, Brian, the main character, puts on a mask to be noticed the accepted and older kids. He turns into the other objects just to be noticed. He isn’t exactly popular, he isn’t noticed, and he…

As she approaches the field, there is a surprising amount of boys and little to no girls. She asks the boy’s coach where everyone is, and he replies “Didn’t you hear? My boys needed new jerseys and soccer balls. We had to dip into the girl’s funding, the team is cut. Better luck next year!” Now she’s left standing on the field, crestfallen. Although this story is fictional, it is an unfortunate reality for girls worldwide. Boys are, for the most part, the bigger priority in sports, in…

distinction that dolls are for girls, and that trucks or guns are meant to be for boys. No, these ideals are established in their heads from what toys they interact with as a child, and the clothes that they wore. When walking into the toy section of a store, you are either overwhelmed by the amount of pink and other bright colors or by the darker colors, which distinguishes whether it’s supposed to be for girls or boys. Throughout the colorful girl aisles, there are dolls, along with babies,…

were usually separated between boys, girls, and for all genders. You can tell by the color of the aisle. The girl aisle was mostly done in pink and purple. The boy aisle was mostly done with blue and green. I even noticed that the writing on the packages were even different. The girl toys had a more feminine writing and the boy toys were in a bold, manly writing. The girl toys usually had a picture of a girl playing with the toy and with the boy toys they had a little boy playing with it. For…

genders; having the boys pulling at their ties and tugging “at the tight fitting jackets,” while the girls were all comfortable with their clothes and the situation they were in. The boys throughout the communion were goofing off and barely taking any of their time there seriously; however, they were the main focus of the story. Their unruliness hooks the readers in and keeps them on edge, even the girls in the book occasionally pay attention to the antics the boys pull. Boys have a more easier…