It Happened One Night

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    If you were to walk into any middle school English class that uses the A.R. program to encourage to read, what would you expect to see? A variety of books of all different genre’s and plots? If this is the cause, you would be sadly mistaken. Richard H. Tyre published an article in 1978 that explains this situation to a tee. He explains how most kids choose to read books similar to Harry Potter, The Lord of The Rings series, and even The Wizard of Oz. Now some would not categorize these three…

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    (9)Night made me realize many things I did not know about what had really happened in the Holocaust. The book showed the terrible things Germans did to the Jews during the time of Hitler's Reign of Terror around the world. It also showed the good things that he did such as feed and keep the Jews clothed and how he slowly, not quickly, moved them from their homes. (8)The book also made me think about everything that happened during the Holocaust to both the Jews and others. (1)The book changed…

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    Many kids have spent many lonely nights inside, bored out of their minds, nothing to do. Why must they spend the rest of your night inside, especially when all of their friends are out having fun? Having a curfew can and must be pretty frustrating. No curfew can be better for the children and their parents, and adults can be just as bad a juvenile delinquents. First off, not many kids or teenagers think they should have a curfew. They think that a curfew is taking a good amount of their…

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    was on their way to Universal Studios for the Halloween Horror Nights. Alex wasn’t too excited to hear this, he was petrified of scary creatures. So Alex’s dad had promised him that he would help him get through the haunted houses if he couldn’t handle it. This year just so happened to be the 25th anniversary of the Horror Nights. The next day was when they were going to the actual horror night’s event. There were nine haunted houses, one of which Alex was okay with, “The Walking Dead”, he had…

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    Zuckerberg showed a lot of support to Ahmed, and how what happened to him should not happen again to any other person who are vulnerable to such stereotypical reactions due to ethnic background. Mr. Obama invited Ahmed to the White House for Astronomy Night on Oct. 19, which is an event that is attended by scientists, engineers, astronauts, teachers and students to spend a night stargazing from the South Lawn. I think what has happened with Ahmed is logical, because of the stereotypes and…

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    One may believe that he has complete control over his thinking and behavior. Does he? During a meeting for addiction recovery that I attended, I kept hearing people say they find it difficult to stop thinking about their addictions. I heard one story of a patient who found a vodka bottle in his basement and started to drink again one year after he had quit. Although this kind of mindset is not easy to understand, there is no doubt a dark side to people's minds. A story of an airplane crash…

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    Man’s Inhumanity in Night In WW2, most known as a heartbroken and petrifying event known as the Holocaust. We also know that it was very inhumane. In the memoir Night, the reader experiences this first-hand from a young man named Elie Wiesel who is also the author of the memoir night. I’ll be proving the inhumanity to man in the memoir night by showing examples in the story that are sadly true. At the beginning of the book Elie talks about a role model and how he was poor but he was humble.…

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    crime or even a disaster. I never thought I would have to call it, until once this summer. It was a frightening experience and not one everyone can understand. When my dad had a diabetic seizure, I had to help my mom to call 911 and make sure he was okay. It was a very frightening experience and something that I hope I will never have to do it again. It was the night before my mom, brother, and sister were going to leave for the Catholic retreat Steubenville. It was roughly three in the morning…

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    I chose to write a report about this book because it was a story that change not just only the game (basketball) but also a story that change lives and also because the incident tend to happen in the sports that I also play. The incident happened on December 9 1977 a date I think that after reading this book won't be forgotten and will always be remembered by a lot of basketball players and fans around the world. It was a rivalry game between the Los Angeles Lakers against the…

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    The night started off as just a normal night. Then as you got deeper in the book many nights became terrifying and miserable. In Night, Elie Wiesel uses night as a motif to demonstrate that most nights became fearful and depressing, as shown in the scene where it was their last night at home, the scene where everyone was sleeping uncomfortably and cold, all squished together, and the scene where he started questioning his faith in God for letting people get tortured day and night. “It was to be…

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