Sandy Hook

writing style. When we first read Where We Stand: Class Matters by Bell Hooks, I felt this same immediate connection. I was drawn to Bell Hooks by her writing style, the feminine narrative she told, and our points of view on money and class. Through this connection with Bell Hooks, I hope to discover more about my own dispositions and the impact that connections have on me and other readers. What first drew me to Bell Hooks was the fact she is a female author. I have a great respect for women…

In J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan and Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons, the location becomes a vital aspect to the storyline. The use of islands such as Neverland and Wild Cat Island creates a symbolic metaphor for a barrier between the protagonists and mainland society. Nevertheless, the texts maintain unique approaches to display developments amongst their characters. Through the comparison of the Darlings and the Walkers’ adventures on the islands begins through the representation,…

In the book, My Story, fourteen girl old girl, Elizabeth Smart, tells the story of her nine month kidnapping. Through those nine months she experienced an unreal amount of torture and she shares the intimate details of those excruciating events. Elizabeth Smart was known as kind, respectful, and shy. She started playing the harp when she was young and loved it so she played local weddings, funerals, and recitals. She also ran cross country at her high school, Bryant Intermediate School.…

On June 5, 2002, Elizabeth Smart said, “Goodnight” to her family and rested her head on her pillow. Just a few hours later, Smart would wake up with a cold knife on her throat and a stranger standing above her. As she was dragged out of bed and down the hallway of her two- story home, she internally screamed and pleaded for someone to save her. Just when she thought she would actually scream, her captor, Brian David Mitchell, bent over and whispered in her ear. “If you make a sound, if you do…

How The Shakespeare Ugly Stik Got Its Name During the 1940s, fishing rods were made of either hollow or solid fiberglass. Hollow fiberglass fishing rods were lighter and more affordable than solid versions, but they were more brittle and subject to breakage, particularly the tip. The solid rods were stronger, but they were also heavier and more expensive than the hollow ones. Shakespeare developed a process that consolidated the benefits of each type of rod by joining a hollow fiberglass base…

Isis Moen Peplow/Trivits English 2 Honors 23 October 2017 (title?) Peter Pan is seen as an outsider to many adults, similar to Wendy’s parents who believe that he is just a figment of a child’s imagination. They see him as a crazy children’s storybook character. Yet in the end, they finally believe the truth of his existence. Comparable to Holden’s experiences with society, he is seen as an outsider and categorized as a crazy or mental teenager. Yet what many did not understand was his past. He…

Many people grew up with magic. I'm not referring to Harry Potter magic or magician's magic, you know the whole pulling a bunny out of a hat trick. Many people grew up with magic- Disney magic. Disney was a huge part of many peoples' childhood. You had a favorite character, a favorite Disney princess, and a favorite movie. Your bedspread, blankets, pillows, bedroom furniture, and clothes further solidified your love for all things Disney. Let's face it, everything you owned was Disney. Disney…

cars. The sun was shining and the water was calm. There were a few cotton ball clouds in the sky and it was a perfect day. We pulled our fishing poles off the back of the back of our bikes and set them up with bait and hooks. We were ready to catch some fish. We cast our hooks into the clear, blue, sparkling water and waited for a bite.…

In the play, Peter Pans parents represent facts and reality as they have a plan for Peter as he becomes a man. They show how life is supposed to be in a human society that is filled with responsibilities and obligations, although peter did not approve. Peter is shown to be born as a human who ran away from his parents because he refused to grow up. “I heard father and mother talking of what I was to be when I became a man. I want always to be a little boy; so I ran away to Kensington gardens and…

The article that I chose to analyze is “After Sandy Hook, we’ll never be silent on guns again”, by Shannon Watts from CNN. When I look at this article, I can easily find the target audience in this article. The target audience is American moms. Since Watts delivers the message that Moms have to be banding together to alter the American culture of gun violence in this article, the target audience can be defined as moms in the U.S. She also says that she decided to reach out to other American…