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The Tragic Saturday Working in palliative care, I have been by the bedside of many dying patients; I have been there for their last breath. Comforting families while they grieve is hard, but rewarding. I am often told by friends and family that they could not do what I do and that I have a gift. This gift, the ability to care for others when they are no longer able to care for themselves, is what made the decision to move my father-in-law, Harald, into our home an easy one. After being…

konigsburg’s The View from Saturday, a teacher and her sixth grade academic team defy the odds to find themselves in- and soon winning- the Academic Bowl. This story was not revolved around one person, rather a team and how they worked together. The first example of Noah, Nadia, Ethan…

Friendship is a journey you have to work for; it’s not just people that you follow on social media. In The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg The souls are a group of kids who really care for each other. They talk to each other like adults and will protect each other like police do for us. The souls are all incompatible with one another, so for them to care and listen to each other is a friendship so strong it’s unreal. Julian is one of the souls who really kept them together like the a…

Choices affect judgement, how people feel towards others and friendship. Choices can affect judgement. Mickey Mantle chose to judge Holling by what he wore, the result was he lost two of his fans by making a choice that might have hurt Holling’s feelings. Now Holling trust Danny Hupfer more because he defended Holling by giving his signed baseball back to Mickey because he is a loyal friend. One example of my explanation in The Wednesday Wars is, “Mickey Mantle looked me up and down.…

Explanation : The pericope is holding together by the use of ειγως and the use of ὑμῶν -- you plural (7 times). “Between verses 13 and 14 a copulative και occurs. Verses 14a and 14b are set in juxtaposition to ᾳλλας.” Verse 15 is introduced by ποῦ οὖν and a rhetorical question. “The following clause is introduced by γαρ plus a speech orienter μαρτυρῶ ὑμῖν.” Overall, this paragraph could in a way be looked at as an appeal based on a personal relationship. “It’s reminding the Galatians…

weekly TV show that first aired in 1988 and ran for five seasons. This group of five men are consistently in each week’s sketches, which focus mainly on absurd situations and, as they are men, often requires them to crossdress to add to the humour. Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a live American late-night show that premiered in 1975 and is still running today, on it’s 43 season. Every episode is hosted by a different celebrity and throughout its run has featured over 140 cast members. SNL is…

We need Saturday school because of these reasons. It can easily help failing children or children with below a c average. When you need help in a certain subject you will have an extra day to improve your skills, so you can become a straight A student! If we had Saturday school we could get a better education in life and become smarter. Saturday school would benefit students but I think we should be allowed to choose our classes. We could choose classes that we need help with like math,…

Saturday Night Fever, the iconic 1970’s disco film is really a tale of two cities, Manhattan and Brooklyn. It’s a depiction of people trying to break out of dead end lives. While both Manhattan and Brooklyn are a part of New York City, in the 1970’s they were worlds apart. Manhattan was White Collar while Brooklyn was blue collar. Manhattan was a borough full of hopes and dream while Brooklyn, the setting of the film, was the home of broken dreams. The characters in Saturday Nigh Fever, most…

throughout our society as an outlook on current affairs while adding in a touch of humor. From mock news programs such as The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Last week Tonight with John Oliver and The Daily Show to political parodies that Saturday Night Live put on every Saturday, there is a body of political humor that can be explored and characterized in a way that can be informational to us and still seem entertaining. While these are well respected programs that provide viewers with a…

stern and continuous assessment on the way sexual harassment is handled, especially in Hollywood, Saturday Night Live conducted a skit using satire to address the issue while making it comical. To make satire effective, SNL utilized multiple literary devices to keep the issue in mind while allowing for comic relief and addressed multiple people in the industry while talking of their crime. Saturday Night Live captured the sad, yet realistic view on sexual assault in Hollywood. Many actors have…