Medal of Honor

Olympic Games don’t just bring in the competing athlete’s, but it also brings in the family members and the fans from all over the world to enjoy the competition of all the sports. Athletes come in hope to win a gold, silver or bronze medal, but they also come to honor their country. What makes olympians a culture you might ask? Well, it’s the fact that every four years people from every nationality,…

The Caldecott Medal is an award in honor of the nineteenth- century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children. This Caldecott Medal is granted to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. The picture book, which is chosen by a prestigious panel of judges must be visually appealing to the eye while providing effortless understanding of the plot without using diction. The Snowy Day was written…

After that the Newbery award was named after him, and it is one of the most prestigious awards (source 2). The Newbery award was made to encourage authors to use their talents and write original books for children to enjoy (source 1). The Newbery medal has been awarded to authors since 1922 (source 2). The judges for the Newbery award made other books that were worth attention runner ups. In 1971 the term “Runner Ups” was changed…

“Boom,” she dove into the motionless water. Only one solitary thought remained in her mind. He is watching…. She did not dare to look back, she knew that whatever happened it was in his hands. - What she didn't know, is that in the next 10 seconds she would destroy the Junior World record by a margin of 3.41 seconds to become the youngest American to qualify for an Olympic Game. Most importantly her father would be watching. It all began years ago when her father developed dementia. Her one and…

The Giver was a very compulsive and noteworthy novel written by Lois Lowry, which had won a John Newbery Medal in 1994. It is the first book of a quartet, but each novel isn’t a continuation of the previous stories. The various genres for The Giver include young adult fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction and the infamous, science fiction. It’s setting takes places in an imaginary world in an unspecified year or time where pain, physical and emotional, doesn’t exist. Almost every person has no…

of my choice, and that college is Southern Methodist University. I have always been a determined, brightminded individual and have prospered throughout a variety of activities. Organizations such as Lindale Band, Lindale Majorettes, FFA, National Honors Society, and the Senior Legacy Project have allowed for a prosperous, well-rounded education to be available to myself and many others every year. Although starting later than many of my peers, I was determined to achieve amazing things through…

The Theme of Handmaid’s Tale Living a life without meaning is much akin to an ocean containing no water, all humans pursue their own particular meaning, and moments come when meaning can be brought closer in reach. The winds of time flow without a halt, opportunities to gain a better life scarcely leak out and sometimes one is left stranded in the dark. Time is a component quantity which plays a role in the sequence of events, and plays a significant role in providing opportunities for…

“No man is an island” is a popular proverb used all around the world. It is defined as no one is self sufficient and that everyone relies on one another. Although we are different ethnicities and races, Donne teaches us the idea that we are all connected in many ways. No man can achieve their goals when isolated from others. There’s no place, culture, race or people better than another; we are all united. Donne’s poem gives an interesting insight in the meditation of how we are all connected to…

The book, ‘The Giver’ written by Lois Lowry is a futuristic novel about communities trying to achieve utopia. In their desire for this perfect world, a concept called Sameness is introduced which means that every aspect of their communities are uniform and monotonous. They are oblivious to concepts such as colours, true love, war, pain, hunger, freedom of choice and seasons. They live in a society where they are trying to achieve mechanical perfection. It is meticulously ordered, but unknowingly…

Image a world where everybody and everything was the same. That’s how the main character, Jonas, lived in the book The Giver by Lois Lowry. Jonas is a twelve-year-old boy who gets chosen to be the new Receiver of Memory. In the community this is one of the most important jobs, because they learn about everything in the outside world. Then, later he realizes what the community has taken from them. As Jonas starts to receive the memories that The Giver transfers to him he makes a brave…