Nancy Drew

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens focuses on an orphan child, Oliver who is very poor and in an orphanage that didn't actually care for any of the kids there. Then when Oliver asked the cook for more food and fled to the streets of London when he wasn't given the food he asked for. Later on Oliver met Artful Dodger who leads him to Fagin and his “gang” of pickpockets. The orphanage hears about Oliver's escape and go into the streets of London to retrieve Oliver and bring him back to the orphanage…

The social issues in the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens include poverty affecting children, child abuse, and crimes committed by children. In Oliver Twist, poverty affecting children is present during the Victorian Era in London. For instance, the character Oliver Twist is being described as hungry and destitute, which means without the basic necessities of life. “The hungry and destitute situation of the infant orphan was duly reported by the workhouse authorities to the parish…

Steven Sharp Mr. Arieas English 10 H p. 3 28 December 2015 Tale Of Two Cities Book 2 Study Guide Chapter 1 1. Dickens suggests that Tellson's bank was quite similar to England in the fact that the citizens of England were punished for trying to improve its laws and customs, which had become more respectable because of this. 2. This implies that he does something malicious outside at night that his wife feels inclined to pray for his sake. 3. Dickens characterizes Jerry and gives the reader a…

In the novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis, Kenny wonders why his brother Byron is so mean to people. Kenny treats people better than Byron does because Byron was beating up Larry Dunn, Kenny shares his lunch and his gloves with Rufus and Byron had his lips stuck to a mirror and Kenny was trying to help him but if it was Kenny said “If he was stuck Byron would have done some cruel stuff to him”. Kenny tricked his mom into getting him another pair of leather…

Consequently, his journey is met with numerous hardships; Oliver struggles to find food and a place to live, but luckily he comes across a Jack Dawkins, a funny looking child dressed like an adult. Jack gives Oliver a place to stay and offers him an opportunity to stay with his fellow caretaker Fagin; Oliver is optimistic with this offer and join Fagin. Oliver is admitted to Fagin’s residence, but he is extremely sick for days and is nursed back to health by Fagin; by nursing Oliver back to…

Willa Cather’s “A Wagner Matinee” was first published in 1904 and is a short story about a woman, named Georgiana, who finds herself transition from the ecstatic city of Boston, to the primitive Nebraska frontier. Cather’s “A Wagner Matinee” was inspired by Richard Wagner who was a German composer and conductor that lived from 1813 to 1883. He’s well known for his operas and his most famous work is that of “The Flying Dutchman”. Willa Cather, instead, wasn’t a musician but was an author of the…

In the short essays “On Being a Cripple,” by Nancy Mairs, and “Living Under Circe’s Spell,” by Matthew Soyster, two different authors expose what their life was like after being diagnosed with MS (multiple sclerosis). The first essay is a piece that discusses years of dealing with this chronic degenerative disease, reflecting on what it has taught the author, how it has made her a better person, and also talks a lot about how society should treat the disabled as normal people. The second is a…

athletes make. The average firefighter in the United States makes about $48,000 a year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. President Barack Obama's annual salary of $400,000 is lower than most athletes' pay. Even New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has conceded that professional athletes are overpaid. The 2010 Super Bowl MVP has a five-year, $100 million contract with the Saints. "Unless you're finding a cure for cancer or creating world peace, I don't know if anybody deserves to…

SWA #4 (A Picture to Remember) The picture that I selected is the that shows three firemen raising a flag during on in the midst of one of Americas hardest times, September 11, 2001. The scene was captured by Thomas E. Franklin. The photo sets a real sorrow mood with its back and white colors. The fact that its in back and white makes the scene look even more meaningful. I think that the picture was chose to be printed in black and white to show how dark of a day it was for America. The…

Capt’n Cold is at his apartment in New York City. One day, he gets a card from his twin brother Mickey Mouse . It's a party invitation to his after party after he airs on the Ellen show. When Capt’n Cold sees this he's just like “Wow!”. He was so mad that he wanted revenge. Why didn't he get to be on the Ellen Show? Oh right, because he didn't get called back for his own tv show. Mickey did. So, Capt’n decides that he wants to invade Dallas with sharks. He sneakily gets into the U.S military…