Tender Is the Night

F. Scott Fitzgerald was in many ways, one of the most memorable writers of the twentieth century. His literary voice and style in his fiction novels have a deeper meaning, telling about the “jazz age” he was living in and the life situations he had been experiencing through fabricating his novels. Scott was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was named after his second cousin, Francis Scott Key, who wrote the lyrics to the, “Star- Spangled Banner.” Scotts mother, Mary, was from…

Last Saturday I went to the local high school to attend their movie night event with my sister. After we sat down at our seats inside the school auditorium, I realized that it is been so long since the last time I was here. The auditorium still looks the same when I was there five years ago. I found that they have the movie night event every month, so I am already looking forward for my next visit here. Before the newer version of The Great Gatsby movie came out in 2013, I decided to get…

acts, “But he dragged me from the flood by the ends of my hair” (Erdrich). This shows how aggressive and abusive this captor was. Eventually the speaker starts to feel different towards the captor, “One night he killed a deer with a young one in her and gave me to eat of the fawn. It was so tender” (Erdrich). The speaker is now starting to trust the captor, while before she dared not to eat from him, she’d rather starve. This is one example of a symptom of Stockholm Syndrome. This portrays the…

tackling the day. A shark is up early doing shark things reminding everyone why they are a shark. My stomach clenched, I felt his hand squeeze my tender skin. “How many rolls you got there buddy? Enough to make a Pillsbury cake?”. My heart sunk, I could not respond to the older boy who had just embarrassed me in front of dozens of my peers. That night, I went home and cried myself to sleep for the first time in my life. At 5’6” and 208 lbs I was medically categorized with a body mass…

Explain Harm Minimization in relation to alcohol What is it? Harm minimization is an overarching strategy that aims to prevent and reduce the myriad harms associated with use of psychoactive drugs in the community. How does it relate to you: This relates to me because it makes shore that I want take drugs or get drunk in the future and now. List two harm minimization strategy for alcohol: To reduce the use of alcohol in the community To support people recover from alcohol List 2 examples of…

As quoted by Paul Carter “ The physical, mental and emotional effects that anger and abuse have on future generations may take a long time to heal but the physical consequences of sin will remain”. Just like in the book, The Kite Runner a similar example of sins is evident. The sins not only affect the victim but also effects the next few generations. In the book The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hossieni the sin committed by Baba leads to emotional turmoil, mental distress and heart rendering…

off at Belize, but the waves were so rough that we couldn’t. At Belize, you have to port a little ways away from the shore, therefore, when you get off you have to ride small tenders to the shore and when you come back, you have to ride them as well. This is why we couldn’t get off because the waves were too rough for the tenders to ride across…

7th hour 8th grade matthew.peek@learn.shps.org 7th hour 8th grade Corey Cole STREAM CLASSMATES ABOUT Woohoo, no work due soon! VIEW ALL TOPICS No topics Announcement: "In a PAIR complete the following…" Corey Cole Created May 18May 18 (Edited May 18) In a PAIR complete the following writing prompt: Pick one from each list to make a creature and animal combination. Complete the writing prompt below the list by telling a story using Google Docs. then post it in the comment section. Work irony…

school you didn’t eat anything! You would only eat fruits, vegetables, and a little bit of junk food. Your favorite spot to eat was Wings on Brookwood and you loved Red Hot sauce. You also loved going to Texas Roadhouse but would only eat chicken tenders and fries. In fact, that’s what you mainly ate anywhere you went. There was another thing that you loved to eat and you ate it when you and your family went to Florida. You loved crab legs, and this year, just began to like shrimp. You also need…

become wealthy. However, this is all theoretical money he doesn’t yet have. It is obvious to the reader that Balthazar had just ruined his life for one night of fame and recognition. The moment people realize that Balthazar is dirt poor; they will make him the laughing stock of the town. The feeling you get from spending all your money in one night may feel good at the moment, but later when you look into your wallet, you always become full of regret. This story of spending money that you don’t…