John Dos Passos

others more than anything. So before you become independent, you're usually making decisions based on what other people do or say. For example, you and your friend plan to go to the mall. But she becomes sick and cancels last minute. 9 times out of 10, you will not go and the next time they are feeling better, you will go together. But when you become independent, you learn to do things on your own, usually with no one else's advice or input. So in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the…

One of the protagonists, Buggin’ Out, in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing desperately seeks the help of others throughout the film to boycott Sal’s Pizzeria. The pizzeria is located in a black neighborhood in Brooklyn. Sal’s pizzeria is owned and ran by Sal and his two sons, Vito and Pino, and Mookie. Pino seems to hold much of the black community around him in contempt. Things start to heat up after Buggin’ Out feels a flare of anger at Sal for not hanging pictures of African American celebrities…

If you find money on the street would you keep it or return it? 376 middle schoolers took a survey and nearly half of them said that they would keep it. So if someone said that stealing was okay would you do it? Therefore they both have some great opinions and great statements. Jack and Leah found $100 on the street outside their school. Jack believes they should keep the money. Leah believes that keeping the money would be stealing. Jack says that it is not like they are snatching it from…

finding two books to read, I read this one more recently than the other (The 5th Wave). I decided to do my project on this one because the arguments the author made were relatable to our world today, clear, well thought out and still fresh in my…

but it is the magnitude of the foot print you leave behind. It is about touching the hearts of the people around you, helping others when they are in need of guidance. Actions will always be worth more than a piece of paper. Bob Wager inspired me to do great things with my life. In 8 years Martin has went from being a nobody to being one of the top 25 teams in the nation and still rising! He did something as glorious as this by touching the hearts of his players, and made them see the same…

Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing brings up many important themes, importantly, racism, order, and a person’s morals. One of the most important lines of the movie, inspiring the title, is when Da Mayor tells Mookie to “always…do the right thing.” This is important advice, but it brings up the question: do any of the characters in this movie really follow it? Sal’s interactions and reactions to his black customers, Buggin’ Out and Radio Raheem’s protest, and Mookie starting the riot are all main…

as you can pretty much eat as much as you want, anytime, it is not a difficult weight loss diet to maintain in the long run. I do not actually cook any or all of the recipes listed in the book called “The South Beach Diet”, but I do eat the main ingredients of that diet regularly, for weight loss, and I stay away from potatoes, breads, and…

confirms his sensible and fair-minded presence. One more remarkable quote is publicized about cultural prejudice, and about the mainstream of the settlement’s sentiments, as Atticus clarifies to Uncle Jack, “You know what’s going to happen as well as I do, Jack, and I hope and pray I can get Jem and Scout through this bitterness, and most of all, without them catching Maycomb’s usual disease. Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don’t…

physically and mentally and in Matched the government chooses people’s life partner and doesn’t do anything with them mentally or physically. Another difference is that in the novel Matched Cassia’s parents are supporting her whereas in Uglies, Tally is being told not do the surgery by Maddy and Az so she is not being supported. In both situations they do not want the surgery/being matched but in the end they do agree to it. Another similarity is that Cassia falls in love with Ky, but she is…

The last beams of sunlight fade away behind the houses across the street. The soft sound of yarn being pulled out of its roll is drowned out by the chatter of a news anchor on the tv. Cheryl Austin sits in her chair, crocheting a boot cuff out of a deep blue yarn. Occasionally she looks up when her husband speaks, or when something interesting happens on the tv. In streaks her two dogs, Koko and Andi, growling and yipping at each other playfully. Suddenly, Andi notices her mistress and begins to…