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Working Thesis: In the novel My Ántonia by Willa Cather, Cather portrays to the audience the American Dream for the Shimerda family, Jim Burden, Lena Lingard, Tiny Soderball, Peter and Pavel, as well as the sacrifices that they may have had to make to come to America and start a new life. Cather also uses a feminist approach in the novel because the novel is really Jim Burden’s story of Ántonia, Jim is the narrator of the novel, not Antonia. Although someone who is writing about the novel in…

cleaning out my grandfather's mother's home after she passed. She had found his obituary in a box under the bed and let me read it in full. The obituary didn’t hold details, but the newspaper article with it did. “Three More Lives Claimed by Drugs”. Her mother was angry with her, and I remember them fighting, my aunt, eighteen at the time, declared that I deserved to know. She loved her brother and had helped cover up his mistakes for too long. My grandparents claimed to have no knowledge of…

What’s Written in the Stars What is the true meaning of destiny? It’s an inexplicable power that shows our lives and fates as simple yet intricate prewritten little stories bound together by an uncontrollable force. However, the true meaning of destiny cannot be explained by such few undemanding words for destiny itself can never be truly understood. With a destiny of their own to seek and unfold, Antonio from the novel Bless Me, Ultima and Paikea from the novel Whale Rider, realized the…

Joseph Henry is a 16 years 10 month old Caucasian male currently in 11th grade at St Peter’s Prep, NJ. He was referred by his mother, Ms. Rosemarie Henry with concerns in the area of attention, academic performance, and emotional well-being. A neuropsychological evaluation was conducted for the purpose of identifying and clarifying diagnoses and establishing treatment recommendations. Comprehensive neuropsychological assessment of Joseph Henry reveals a pattern of dysfunction associated with a…

I am a product of many places. I was born in South Jersey, lived in Tennessee for two months, spent three summers with family in Chicago, and visited six different countries. I’ve attended high school with kids from as far away as Germany and China, and had a class with a student from Hawaii last semester. Not to mention how quickly I can learn about any area of the world whenever I want to with just a few mouse clicks. This kind of cultural broadening was next to impossible for children growing…

and intense gray heat that followed in seasonal suit. I didn’t like thinking about the change of seasons, or the inevitable, or the past. Too much had happened last Christmas for me to consider it a “joyous” time. It was the last time I watched my mother and father fall asleep. And never wake up. What was God’s use for smallpox anyway? At least, I still had Rob: my last shred of humanity. My younger, plumper brother was a blond, five years old that lived in the shop with me and Vernon, the…

How to Create Happy Children is an article by Amy Kim, written in 2011, published in The New Yorker. It details her experiences with raising children using Chinese methods of upbringing. Throughout the article, Amy Kim uses a very vivid language that appeals to the senses. This is particularly true towards the end of the article, where she recollects an episode involving one of her daughters. It is described how “She punched, thrashed and kicked, ” which gives the reader a very intimate look at…

Pedro Paramo: In-depth analysis of the novel through the image of protagonist. What happens to a person who gave a vow to his mother that he would find person he had never met in his life? What if this person is his father? How does a hero react when he finds out about the uncountable number of bastards and a legal child of his father? How does the “trip to his legacy” change him? How does he react when he finds out that his father is a pure devil? To make matters worse, what if the town of his…

Erica and Bex were standing in front of Alivia's mirror touching up their make-up and fixing their hair when Alivia came out of the bathroom. Erica eyed her up and down and shook her head. "Is that what you're wearing?" Erica asked. Alivia nodded. "Well," Bex said, rolling her eyes. "We don't have time to wait for you to change that gaudy jogging suit. The boys are waiting downstairs for us.” Bex walked to Alivias’ bedroom door and opened it. “Come on, Erica, I seriously have to get out of…

“None, of your beeswax.” replied Lovienthal bombastically, his arms akimbo. “Look guys, I gotta go. I don’t have time to waste on you two losers. Some of us have to go to work. Where not all spoiled little brats like the two of you, who have our mommy and daddy wiping our butts all day.” After snickering at and mimicking Lovienthal, Morgan said, “What the hell you talking about gotta go to work?” followed by his brother adding, “You mean, you gotta go down to the welfare office and get…