The Cool Kids

Final Essay This story The flip side of Internet fame, the author Jessica Bennett this story is telling different story’s in one book. The author talked about how many kids had to privacy offend by the online post and for what is put online for them to see it and other reasons. Jessica she had the plan that she would us structural order to help all the readers understand the story and get what she was talking about in the story so they could get from point A in the story to point B in the…

Part One: Summary On May 21, 2015 In Touch Weekly reported Jim Bob and Michelle Duggars decision to contact the police regarding their son Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation of five underage girls after statute of limitations expired. The story contained the police report and confirmation of Josh’s involvement. Allegedly, Josh had fondled the breasts and genitalia of five underage girls, including four of his sisters. The story described the consequences Josh faced at home with no legal…

Cool Hand Luke is about a troubled war veteran, Luke Jackson, who protested to any rules or authority. The movie is centered around his need to fight against conformity with a juxtaposition to the other characters who are obedient to authority and conform to the prison rules. Luke reflects non-conformity in his ways to tease the authorities and will not take any advice from the other prisoners. Conformity is expressed through the prison guards clothing, and the prisoner’s actions. Obedience to…

books that I quickly dismissed as boring, lengthy, and pictureless. My interest at that time was not in reading but primarily in video games and playing baseball but my mother bought me a book that I could not put down, Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a book about a middle school student by the name of Greg Heffley. Greg is a lazy, socially awkward individual with his only hobby being that he plays video games. He eventually has a crush on a girl by the name of Holly, but…

smell of mist and damp seaweed.I glanced around the boat everywhere I looked there was was white paint and drops of water sparkling like crystals.The floor was like slippery ice as I walked across it over to my dad by a railing.I placed my hands on the cool shiny metal wrapping my fingers around it.The boat let out a humming sound and started vibrating, we were about to leave the docks! The boat lurched forward and we started moving towards the falls mist and wind spraying more violently the…

Moments The lovely warm sun provides a comfortable essence on my pale skin and beams on my white-blond hair. I glance around at the typical atmosphere of my school at lunchtime; children bustling about scurrying past me, and balls flying in the air. I have only been at this school for a few weeks and now I’m already used to the chaos during this time of day. I inspect my surroundings and recognize some of my fellow fourth grade students in different pods at the lunch table, reading books in the…

In the poem “We Real Cool” written by the first African-American to win a Pulitzer for Poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks discusses how she came across a group of young men at a pool hall, and what she thought they were feeling. Gwendolyn Brooks does a great job of discussing the issues, which African Americans faced during the time of the poem’s publication in the 1950’s in Chicago. Brooks does so in a clear and concise way that engages the readers by using alliteration, rhyme, and monosyllabic words. So…

One may consider that Luke, the main character in Cool Hand Luke, is just acting this way around the other prisoners to portray this strong side of him. Another person who may be acting a certain way for the people around him is Boss Godfrey in Cool Hand Luke. Boss Godfrey is one of the few guards, or “bosses” as they call them in the movie, who is very strict and cruel. Many of the “bosses” stand…

Christ Figures are often used in many pieces of literature to depict the biblical character of Jesus into the works. Finny, from A Separate Peace, McMurphy from One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest and luke from Cool Hand Luke are all classic examples of characters that portray the archetype of a Christ Figure. These Christ figures are all martyrs who have taken on an ultimate sacrifice for the betterment and greater good of others. A Separate Peace is a novel that ventures through the lives…

Introduction The movie Cool Hand Luke has been analyzed, reviewed, and evaluated by critics from every perspective possible. The manner in which the film is perceived varies drastically depending on the author; some pieces written about this film are rather literal and discuss it as it appears. However, there are many analyses that consider the symbolism and religious innuendos, but these are often misunderstood or overlooked completely. Cool Hand Luke is rich in symbolism, so it is no…