Sally Ride

interested in politics, even more than people, and talking like a man (Woolf 105-108). However, her metaphorical counterpart is a field of clover, with bees flying around her and the yellow flowers. This is the field from her childhood, where she used to ride her pony and jump over the brooks. There she could hide behind the shrubbery, and be protected by the trees, dahlias, hollyhocks, and pampas grass (Woolf 111-112). This expresses Lady Bruton’s wish, to be herself. Like Richard said, Lady…

Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan 978-142310148-2 The Titan’s Curse takes place in the present U.S.A. and is a exciting adventure. Meet Percy Jackson, a 14 year old buy with dark hair and sea green eyes. He is the proud son of Poseidon and Sally Jackson and Tyson’s half- brother. In the Titan’s Curse Grover, Percy, Annabeth, and Thalia discover two new half-bloods at Westover Hall, but Annabeth and the goddess Artermis are kidnapped by Krono’s Army and Atlas. As our tale begings Percy,…

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” – Neil Armstrong. The Space Race was a competition between the two rivals of the Cold War, the United States of America, and the Soviet Union. The goal was to be the first country to have a man land on the moon. However, for this to happen, there had to be major changes. Specifically, the technology of the time had to be more advanced for both countries to be able to get to the moon. Therefore, the U.S./Soviet Space Race led to amazing…

me what my story was about? “ Students response should be on the lines of an alien attack. Teacher talk: “ No that is not what my story is about, if I had added a topic sentence, it would be more clear. My topic sentence is, ‘I went on a scary alien ride at an amusement park’. See? That makes more sense, and you know what my story is going to be about now that I added my topic sentence.” Teacher then asks the students if they could tell you what a conclusion is, where its found in a piece of…

innocences something will come along and ruin it. However towards the end of the story even though Holden realizes innocence is not permanent he still yearns to maintain his own innocence. This is symbolized when he takes his sister Phoebe to her favorite ride, the carousel. The carousel is the symbol of youth and the golden ring is adulthood. Even though he takes comfort in Phoebe riding the carousel he still feels the need to protect her from falling as she reaches for the ring symbolizing…

1) Briefly summarize the history of the US space program (starting in the late 1950s). Identify key points at which women were considered for inclusion in the astronaut program and were they were actually included. Also identify other roles women played in the space program. The United States space program actually began in Russia, with the launch Sputnik during the height of the Cold War. The idea of the USSR being close to launching nukes and people into orbit around Earth shocked the…

while everyone was working on improving their English, instead rather hindered talking and used it as means to refuse the character of submissive model minority and not picking obvious cues such as when the customer wanted to change her polish and Sally instead said “oh dry you want dry, go over there”. (153). Also through simple refusal to perform a certain work such as in the cross town nail salon a customer wanted to mix two nail polish and the manicurist simply just refused not to do…

The coin was small, and its value was only one dollar, but to Betty Friedan, and to women everywhere, it was worth so much more. Every person who looked at the silver coin would see not only a picture of women’s rights activist Susan B. Anthony, but also a symbol of the changing world, and how hard people had fought to make that change. This was the first time a woman had been etched into the metal of a coin, and it meant that the efforts of Friedan and Anthony were finally paying off. Despite…

In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger the main character, Holden Caufield, struggles with many problems which, after being deconstructed, all centralize around a feeling of fear. These problems include his insecurities, his loneliness, and his fear of the adult world and growing up. Holden’s actions and feelings throughout the book can be further understood by being analyzed using a deconstructionist criticism. A deconstructionist criticism uses an investigative look at details found in a…

an astronaut of NASA. She was the first woman of color to go to space. Jemison tells about her experience with other women in the same job area as her, “You see, Sally, Kathy, Eileen, and I all grew up at a time when there were no women in the Astronaut Program” (276). Women generally were not in space, but the first women like Sally Ride, Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, and Mae C. Jemison made it possible for women to be included in space exploration and allowed them to be able to walk on the moon. These…