The City of Ember

Isabela Gonzales Mrs.Lopez English Language Arts 14 Nov ember 2017 Police Brutality Police Brutality is a act when a police officer assaults someone rather than doing what they are supposed to do when in a pursuit of a call. Such as when in a chase, or having to go to someone's house to report them or have any business with them because of a complaint or any other reason they would need to meet with them. Police assault is when they do something to you that was not necessary for any cause, it…

always had is, if someone did not know any language at all, were they able to logically think? The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis suggests, “Language is a force in its own right, that it affects how individuals in a society perceive and conceive reality” (Ember 245). The English language was compared with Hopi. Whorf stated that the English language has discreetness in regards to time and space. The Hopi language does not. Hopi speaks of things going on as an ongoing process without time being into…

As far as I can remember, I waited for Sesame Street to air on the television at the age of four and I would sing along and participate with the characters. What I didn’t realize was through the television I was already learning the language of English. Educational television was just the start to my journey through the English language as the opportunities to sharpen my skills arose through my education, books, and my family. I remember in kindergarten when the whole class had story time and we…

As humans we are obsessed with what the future holds. For years people have made up stories about what the future will look like. We can look back through different science fiction books and movies to see what people thought the end of the world would look like or what the world would look like in 100 years. Popular examples of this can be seen in: The Jetsons, Star Wars, Back to the Future, Enders Game, War of the Worlds, 2012, Brave New World, and so many others. These different books and…

returns it seems fine on Sunday, but when Monday comes around, Covey attacks. This time things are different though. Douglass defends himself for two hours until Covey finally backs down. Douglass describes the fight as rekindling “the few expiring embers of freedom” and revived his sense of manhood. His outbreak of violence was simply proof that he was becoming self aware and standing up for his own person. Root or not Frederick Douglass had a newfound hope in…

Charter Schools have been a debate amongst people since the 1980’s. They officially came onto the scene in 1991. The schools were thought up as a solution to the decline in results from students in district operated school systems. Twelfth graders in America were simply getting out tested by other countries’ students. In an effort to fix the problem these Charter Schools were introduced. Some solutions were to decrease class sizes to increase one-on-one help for students. For this to happen…

beaten quite often and how demanding and horrible his master was. After refusing to be beaten any longer Mr. Covey and Douglass fight out their battle, this was a turning point in his career as a slave. Douglass says “It rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom, and revived within me a sense of my own manhood.” (Douglass). Perhaps this is what Douglass needed to become free, remembrance of his inner-self and confidence. Douglass remained a slave many years after, but vowed to never be…

“You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man” (Pg 64). Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is book written by Douglass himself. Douglass writes about the crime he was witness and victim to as a slave. He talks about his experience as a freeman looking back at his slave life. The different events in his life like leaving the plantation, learning the truth about literacy, crimes he witnessed, the law that turned a blind eye to the cruelty he was…

Introduction: Set in the 1890's in New York City, Edith Wharton's novel, The House of Mirth demonstrates the characters', specifically the women's' desire to gain freedom, safety and independence in New York city where "the rich got much richer, and the poor got much poorer". As Wharton herself said "Decidedly, I’m a better landscape gardener than novelist," therefore using the imagery of houses to not only illustrate the themes of freedom, safety and independence, but also to give the reader a…

I. Introduction This is a civil action due to an incident involving a park ranger and UH graduate engineer and his friends at Hawaii State park. The main party being held liable in this civil suit is the UH graduate engineer. Defendant Michael Nishimoto (“Defendant” or “Michael”) argues that this is nothing more than an unfortunate campfire event that accidentally injured Lehua Ching (“Plaintiff” or “Mrs. Ching”), park ranger in her line of duty and he should not be held liable. Also, Defendant…