The Breaker

What is Betrayal? According to the dictionary, Betray is a verb that means “ to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty.” In Ship Breaker, Nailer experienced many betrayals in his life. From getting betrayed by his resentful co-worker, Sloth and from being betrayed by his own father, Richard Lopez. Nailer has to depend on his intelligence to get through his adventures. Through the course of history there has been many betrayals, to biblical, movie, and book betrayals. One of…

This Interview is the product of what my professor thought would be a good idea for the class to get to know one another: ice breakers. Although I understand the reasoning behind them and appreciate the efforts of my professor, I still think ice breakers are quite awkward. Growing up I was always told "things don't have to be awkward if you don't make them so", and to this statement I say, "Honey, I was born awkward." I find that if I let my encounters and conversations with people happen…

In Breaker Morant the sentences given to Lieutenant Morant and George Witton were not fair. However, the sentence of Handcock was fair. Lieutenant Morant and Handcock were sentenced to death while George Whiton was given a life in prison sentence. Lieutenant Morant was accused of killing a Boer prisoner named Visser, and the killing of eight Boers that were prisoners of war. The first case was that of Visser who was a Boer commando. He was taken prisoner after the death of Captain Hunt, and…

I. Opening Ice Breaker — Commonalities The purpose of this activity is to have each small group find as many things in common as possible that you cannot tell by looking at them, their gender or affiliation to Kappa. Instruct the group to get into clusters of four to five people. Each group must make a list of as many things in common as possible (e.g., all go to school in a different state from where they live, all have brothers, love tacos, etc.) in five minutes. Then, each cluster must pick…

syntax are used by the author to attempt to create a mental picture in the mind of the reader and syntax to help make inferences and draw conclusions about what the reader reads. In the short stories, Indian Education by Sherman Alexie and The Dew Breaker…

Session 1: Getting to Know Each Other Objectives: Children will get to know each other, work together to form group norms and rules, and learn more about ADHD. Description: Ice-breaker: Getting to Know Each Other Group leader asks everyone to write three things about themselves which may not be known to the rest of the group. Two are facts and one is fiction. The group then takes turns to read out the three ‘facts’ about themselves and…

In the book The Bondage Breaker the author begins to break down the root of what holds and keeps people in captivity. Breaking this hold is not only achievable, but needful in order to have a health spiritual life. Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. He explains that the reasons for so many roadblocks to spiritual growth, lies in the…

The code breaker who saved millions Intro: On September 3rd of 1939, four countries declared war on Germany, France, Australia, New Zealand, and Britain. That was the beginning of WWII for Britain. One important role they played in the war was the decryption of the Enigma code. The enigma code was first discovered by the Polish who shared the information with the British and the French when they were in fear of attack. When the Polish shared their information with the British about the Enigma,…

Of the above mentioned arguments, I find the law breaker paradox the strongest argument to diffuse the impulsion that gun control laws are futile. When you hear, “only law abiding citizens follow the law”, your initial response is to agree with that statement, but it isn’t until you reflect on this statement that you come to realize that this argument is barren of reason and offers nothing in regards to the strategy to decrease the number of deaths due to firearm use. If we have this mentality…

Independent Novel Study Fiction 1 The book that I'm reading is called Alex Rider Storm Breaker, written by Anthony Horowitz. Alex Rider is the 14-year-old boy whose uncle dies in a car crash in Chelsea London. But he soon realized that his uncle was actually a spy on an ongoing mission. After Alex's uncle died Alan Blunt wanted Alex to continue the mission. At the end of the mission Alex Kills Herod Style where he was going to activate the computers. The mood of the book is kind of all it can…