Half of a Yellow Sun

In The Day the Crayons Came Home, Drew Daywalt writes, “[Duncan] built a place where each crayon would always feel at home.” These words are meant to appeal to children and adults with eyes towards a message of belonging, of knowing that they have a place where one is accepted no matter how different. The first book in this series by Daywalt entitled, The Day the Crayons Quit, is filled with crayons that share no difference other than color as seen in Appendix A and B. Each page is filled with…

Social Isolation in The Great Gatsby In The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the characters experience many situations where they have to remain alone due to the different “worlds” in which they live. The geographical locations the characters live in during the 1920’s divide them into two sides separated by one thing: money. The journey Jay Gatsby strives so hard to complete is to overcome the ultimate divide. The contrasting worlds of new money and old money in the 1920’s reinforce…

Mya Das English 1-I 12/9/15 To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel that tells the story of a young girl named Scout Finch. She grew up with her brother Jem Finch, in Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Throughout the book their friend Dill, comes along to visit in the summer. All of children become fascinated with the idea of getting a glance of Boo Radley their unseen and unknown neighbor. In the meantime, their father, Atticus Finch an attorney, is…

Myriad high maintenance pets preened, collared, and contained within massive structures all on wide, open land. An operation with a budget of about $160 million a year. This place used to be a zoo. Decades ago. More than half a century ago before this place was even thought of, before I was even thought of, or you. My parents used to amble around it, gawking at exotic snakes and monkeys of all sorts. You know what their favorite animal was, out of all that were preserved…

Yes, it is true that depending on gender, skills, region, and time period slaves would be treated better or worst. However, the one thing all slaves had in common was the 5 pre-conceived stereotypes created by the whites. They believed Africans were evil because of their color. They also believed they were savages, nymphomaniacs, and animals. However, back in Africa, certain areas were urban, or agricultural. They were also religious, for example, they were Islamic, Polytheistic, or Animistic.…

tension that had been noticeable on her face had disappeared and been replaced with a youthful glow. She walked with me to school despite my arguments, which was slightly odd since I was a big fifth grader and did not need to be walked to school anymore. Half way through the school day I was called up to the office and told to take my things with me. This was unusual, I thought. I sat down on the comfy couch in front of the office and waited patiently. My mom arrived with the same glow…

There are many concerns about the changes in the overall climate of the earth. One of these dangerous climate problems is referred to as global warming. Global warming refers to the recent and ongoing rise in global average temperature near Earth 's surface. However, global warming itself represents only one aspect of climate change. Some people think that these changes are a result of natural events; others think it is human activity and some think it is a combination of both. In this paper…

Fast Green solution is a green dye that reflects green wavelengths of light, while absorbing relatively all other wavelengths, specifically, in the red region of light, 600 nm (Sun & Tae, 2007). Knowing the concentration of this solution and measuring absorbance values, allows one to create a standard curve of concentration and absorbance values, which can then be used in chemical tests to determine concentrations of unknown samples…

instance of the destruction of innocence is seen through Scout’s experience with Boo Radly. The innocence and childish imagination of the siblings is seen when Jem describes to Scout what he believes Boo will look like. Jem says, “Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks;…

A young attractive lady in her early twenties was driving down the highway in East Hampton N.Y. She had the music blasting, the sun was shining, and suddenly an old thrift shop caught her eye. She pulled over to the side of the road to explore the little enchanted shop. She spotted two old arm chairs situated right next to each other as if they were old close friends. She tilted her head and examined them. There were stains scattered all over them, their fabric was a faded chocolate brown, their…