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Mrs. Price believes it is Rachel’s sweater because Sylvia Saldivar said that it belongs to Rachel. Sylvia noticed that Rachel was quite skinny and thought she would fit the sweater. However, she also may not have liked Rachel so much so she decided to embarrass her. In Eleven, in lines 33-36 it says, “An ugly sweater like that, all raggedy and old, but Mrs. Price believes her. Mrs. Price takes the sweater and puts it right on my desk, but when I open my mouth nothing comes out.” Mrs. Price…

James Horner: Some of the best movies made today are so great thanks to the advances in video production technology and special effects. However, one of the biggest contributors to a successful motion picture is the soundtrack. The soundtrack to a movie sets tone for the action on the screen and has the ability to truly enchant the audience, creating an emotional stage of relativity between the movie storyline and the audience. We recently lost one of the greatest American composers of such a…

Charlie Chaplin The Speech Charlie Chaplin directed, produced, and starred in the film “The Great Dictator” in 1940. The film was considered by most a propaganda film that showed through comic satire that those that were against us as a country were incapable, untrustworthy cowards. The idea was to create something that would lead the audience to those same conclusions. The speech included in the film became an iconic proclamation of our own issues in the United States at the time. In the film,…

This was the first time anyone in the room had heard that the doctor actually found something. “What did you find?” Logan asked. The truth was, he wasn’t sure. Bond took his cell phone out of his pocket and said to no one in particular, “Anyone know how to read French? It’s in my cell phone.” Jenny replied, “No, but Google does. Hand me your phone.” The doctor scrolled up to the picture he took that night in the museum. “Here you go little lady, take your best shot.” “What did you find…

Shirley Jackson’s novel The Haunting of Hill House depicts the tale of four strangers in a dark secluded house called Hill House. One important character is Eleanor Vance, the improbable protagonist of this novel. Throughout the novel we see instances of her deteriorating mental stability through her childish behavior, her insecurities, her over active imagination, and her “connection” to the house, all of which lead to her unfortunate death. From the very start we see Eleanor as childish. We…

The narrator, Offred, describes how she and other handmaids slept inside a gymnasium in the new nation of Gilead. There are two Aunt, Sara and Elizabeth, who has cattle prods around their waist in order to put fear into the handmaids. The women are not allowed to speak with one another so they must resort to lip reading when the aunts are not looking. The handmaids were allowed two walks a day around the former football field. While the women are walking , the guards stand with their backs…

John Green is the author of the book, Looking for Alaska. Green has also written some other, very popular books such as: The Fault in our Stars, An Abundance of Katherines, and Paper Town. In addition, Green lives in Indianapolis, Illinois and is also a Youtube blogger. The setting of the book takes place in modern time, and begins in the state of Florida. However, the setting expands to a school in the state of Alabama. This school is Culver Creek boarding School; it is thrilling, exciting,…

The passage is about the dramatic change in Lieutenant Cross after the death of Ted Lavender. He realized that he loved Martha, more than his fellow soldiers which ultimately caused the death of Lavender. Lieutenant Cross’s revelation made him a better leader; because he finally has opened his eyes and change his focus to what is important. “He felt shame”, he hated the fact that he put his love for Martha before his team. Lieutenant Cross fantasizes about Martha every day of the war knowing he…

I am reporting on John Green’s book, Looking for Alaska. This book is a 221 page, hardback and paperback, young adult novel. Published in March 2005 by Dutton Juvenile, this would be the first book he would publish. During the week of July 29, 2012, Looking for Alaska hit New York Times best seller list at number ten. The book takes place in Alabama at Culver Creek Preparatory High School. Narrator, Miles Halter, leaves his what little of a life he has in Florida to attend his junior year at a…

Xu 1 Michael Xu Prof.Adachi ENG 100F November 16, 2014 Celebrities and their Bass Now we all heard that song by Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” and I’m pretty sure just by me mentioning the title everyone is singing it in their heads. “All About That Bass” is supposed to be a song about not worrying about your weight. One of the most famous lyrics in the song are. “Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top”(Trainor). Those words definitely popped a smile on our faces…