Lightning

of BONE, “Five-no three pages into this book you will be hooked.” I think this book is for struggling reader. I say this because this book is a graphic novel. The protagonist in the book is Emily. She has this amulet that can shoot this weird lightning like power if she focus. She is brave and wants to find her mom because the antagonist took her mom through this weird octopus thing. The setting is in this weird world. With different type of animals. The first thing that happened…

through Ellis Island. From the beginning of the poems first verse it is clear that this giant is not as it seems as it is, "not like the brazen giant of Greek fame," but, as Lazarus states, "A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame/ Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name/ Mother of Exiles" (1, 4, 5, 6). As the author continues it is clear that the Statue of Liberty is an overwhelming…

Overall Description Savannas are characterized by flat, grassy plains with few trees. The word “savanna” comes from zabana in Taino (a language used by a now-extinct Native American group that lived in the Bahamas). Zabana was used to describe vast, dry, and treeless fields, but definition has expanded over time to even include grasslands of Florida and plains with palm trees in Venezuela. Climate Savannas normally undergo wet summers and dry winters. During the dry season, most of the little…

Power ultimately defines one’s place in society. It defines how much money one earns, and more importantly how much of a say one has in a community. Power has been fought over for thousands of years, and we know what importance power holds to many individuals. While power is usually in the hands of one or a few select individuals, those individuals make all of the decisions, and those without power have no say whatsoever. In order to make a better society, power needs to be looked at in a new…

The Tragedy Julius Caesar is one of William Shakespeare's greatest tragedies.Written in the Elizabethan era, Julius Caesar addressed concerns about leadership and government which were beginning to arise as very popular Queen Elizabeth I, was reaching the end of her reign, where she was not married and had no heir. There was not a clear successor and the threat of turmoil and a civil war loomed on the horizon as her death approached. The conflicts and concerns addressed in the play can be seen…

tree for 40 years compared to others which only live for the max of five years. This means it can save energy and won’t have to constantly replenish its needles. Bristlecone pines put space between themselves and other trees which is important when lightning hits another tree and fires can’t spread. Growing in rocky areas also helps the Bristlecone from catching fires. It naturally grows very slowly because its main focus is survival. Park #2 Badlands South Dakota Mixed-grass Prairie…

It is pouring rain and you are numb cold. Your face is grim. Thunder and lightning crack across the sky. Your hear a sound, louder than the thunder. A cannon flies through the air and with a thunderous sound, crashes down on the mud and dirt before you. You are safe, the walls of the earthworks you had helped build earlier are still holding together. You see another cannon fly through the air towards you, but the effect is no different. The walls are sturdy, they can be torn down by the cannons,…

The Story of Plongeur and the Polluted Waters It all started when scuba diver Plongeur, decided to go swimming. She was walking to her favorite lake, in which she hadn’t been to since last spring. When she noticed something was wrong. The lake wasn’t clear and as pretty as she had remembered, instead it was all black and there was trash floating in the water. She was disgusted at this discovery so she had to put it to a stop! She quickly threw on some regular clothes and a pair of chanx…

Chapter One “GET DOWN !” my commanding officer screamed We all scrambled into the trenches and I watched in horror as a football sized ball of lightning came smashing into his chest. He said nothing he didn’t even scream he just stared at me and fell over backwards, dead. screechers we call them, they came only a year ago in great big spacecraft 10 times larger than our own. We don’t know much about them where they came from, what they want and why us but we do know that they are killing us…

Locked Within Us? Savant syndrome is a form of rare neurological condition where individuals with such extraordinary anomaly, while having problems in proper mental function, are able to express certain prodigious abilities such as memorizing and lightning calculation (Treffert, 2009). The term “savant” originated from the word “savoir” which means “to know” in French (Treffert, 2009). The word “idiot savant” was first introduced by Dr. J. Langdon Down in his research of 10 individuals with…