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1. Research the author of the book. Write a few sentences describing the author. Include the author’s purpose in writing the novel. Chaim Potok, the author of The Chosen, was raised as an Orthodox Jew in New York. He grew up to be a rabbi for his church, and his two sisters married rabbis as well. His father was an immigrant from Poland, which is something he included with one of his characters: Danny Saunders. Every piece of literature he wrote was on Jewish beliefs and culture, creating a…

Topic: Advantages and Disadvantages of studying abroad INTRODUCTION Hook Without a doubt, studying abroad is a good chance to perfect and improve human’s life. Despite of its advantages, studying abroad still includes a bit of disadvantages. Background information In 2015, Viet Nam has approximately 110.000 overseas students. Besides that, the number of students is studying abroad are increasing limitedly, not only in America but also in Japan, Korea, Singapore, etc. This shows that people…

One The actor’s name was Mark Kendall. One moment in the performance that especially stuck out to me was the “Green Eggs and Ham” bit. There was no real overarching narrative to give context to this particular scene, but it was towards the end of the performance. The skit consisted of Kendall reading Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess, however each instance of the words “green eggs and ham” was replaced with the word “nigger.” I found this scene noteworthy because the purpose was to intentionally…

Gandhi once said “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” Although embraced today, this philosophy would not have been popular with the ancient Greeks. Homer’s The Odyssey shows the ancient Greek value of vengeance. Many of the characters in the epic exact revenge on another character including Odysseus, Poseidon, and Helios. The ancient Greeks believed that revenge was necessary in order to preserve honor and pride, whether that be stealing back a goat or killing the man…

Peterson JF, Pun BT, Dittus RS et al. Delirium and its motoric subtypes: a study of 614 critically ill patients. J Am Geriatr Soc 2006; 54(3):479-84 7. Mattar I, Chan MF, Childs C. Risk Factors for Acute Delirium in Critically Ill Adult Patients: A Systematic Review…

Different music’s are picked to helped players get hyped up. When teams are usually down the coaches may have a song they like to play. This song get the team pumped and ready. Studies show that the Southeastern Conference is allowing for the first time hyped music. At Stanford’s stadium, over the past years the song “Glory, Glory to ole Georgia”. “But athletic director Greg McGarity is seeking that electric tune to create the havoc to help the Bulldogs defense collect a third- or fourth-down…

Introduction Comedian Penn Jillette is convinced that the joke is dead. The executioner? Political correctness and a heightened sensitivity to offending people. Jillette thinks that most of the best jokes have a sense of mean-spiritedness, and since mean-spiritedness is out, comedians are mostly limited to mediocrity. He says that, “You used to feel safer telling jokes. Since all your best material is mean-spirited, you feel less safe. You’re worried some might think you really have that type…

One of the most anticipated events that seniors in high school look forward to is the senior prom. Truthfully, I never had much interest and had no plans on going to prom mostly due to the fact that I was really bashful and unconfident. Even still, my friends would constantly ask whether or not I was going to attend prom. I would tell them “I don’t know” every time, but since it was finally my senior year, my friends filled me with guilt, saying that I would regret not going to our final high…

“2b or Not 2b?” Not only did texting become a whole new way of communicating, it started a trend in how things could be communicated. In David Crystal’s article, “2b or Not 2b?” he discusses how some people have taken abbreviations to the extreme when texting, but that it is not necessarily a new idea or one that is particularly bad for the English language. Texting is a recent phenomenon that exploded due to its incredible convenience. Abbreviating words is not something that began with…

Sheena Wainscott Introduction to Literature Hartner 30 April 2016 Analysis of Trifles and “A Jury of Her Peers” Trifles is a play that was written by Susan Glaspell and “A Jury of her Peers” is a short story that was also written by Susan Glaspell. The main characters are George Henderson, Mr. Peters, Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Hale, and Mr. Hale. This play and short story is about the murder and investigation of a man named John Wright. In this play there are actually two investigations going on. Then…