The Girl Who Played with Fire

religious practices. Overall, Romans adopted many Greek ideas, and their belief in mythology played a huge role in their everyday lives as well as influencing their culture. The Roman Empire existed from 753 B.C. to 476 A.D. and was centered around the Tiber River, in the heart of Italy. The…

from the day the author sees the jacket on his bedpost, to the end of day when he first wore the new jacket to school. (Paragraphs 3-8) Hill have more confidence He hung out with cool kids The playground terrorist ran away from him He actroled played with…

This year, we read four classic pieces of literature. Each piece is so different from each other, yet all literature shows that everyone is human and going through hard times. When life gets tough people read literature to know that they are not alone. In every great piece of literature, we see and feel the characters’ struggles and heartaches that make it so lifelike and relatable for the readers. The characters demonstrate the true complexity of life. In the pieces, we read we see the power of…

something I felt I could do, but was too shy to try. Then at age 11, I saw Anna Graceman belt out the infamous Alicia Keys song “If I Ain’t Got You.” She was my age, and better than any other person who sang. I finally said “I could do that” to my mother. I will never forget what my mother, the realist who notoriously has always brought me down from the clouds, said next. “No, you can’t. She’s amazing, you’re just eh.” I wasn’t surprised she said that and that wasn’t what I’ll remember forever,…

is becoming one of South Korea’s largest exports (Leong). Therefore, there is a national effort to maintain this profitable brand. First, it is important to understand that K-pop is not just lyrics and melody, it is also about the beautiful people who perform these lyrics. So, having a “genre” of music that is heavily relied on the visual aspect of it (music video) is an assertion of the importance of the image in K-pop (Unger). This reliance on the image have certainly created standards and…

Latino migrant farm workers. Furthermore, Malala Yousafzai fights for women’s education across the world. They all played an important part in the quest for equality. Although these three individuals used different methods to get their point across, they all had courage to speak out about injustice and improve human rights. Mother Jones was someone who stood up for all of the children who were mistreated while they were working. When trying to get her point out, she went to newspapers for…

adapted from the movie Heaters by playwrights, composers, and lyricists Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe, recently put on at Texas Tech, the main character, Veronica Sawyer finally gets what she wants in high school in that she gets noticed by the girls looked up at as gods to the school. However, she soon realizes that isn’t exactly what she had wanted, and when her new love interest steps in to help, all seems to go towards the worst, involving multiple murders, and a gruesome suicide. I…

attended the School for Young Ladies in Groton, Massachusetts (Humann). Margaret did not have a great childhood, she found herself not having anything in common with girls her own age. She spent more time on her education than socializing with other girls. Margaret was the…

their religious beliefs and customs. These school were intended for white males to attend giving them the ability to participate in the commerce. White girls would stay home and learn homemaking skills until the 1630s when Dames schools were created. Dame schools purpose were to teach white males reading and writing in a religious context. Girls were allowed to attend, however they curriculum was much different learning. Their curriculum included homemaking skills instead of reading and writing.…

influenced how these children’s actions turned out throught the book. The House on Mango Street exhibited a lot of stereotypes. Being that the story was told in the perspective of a child, they didn’t really know any better. The main character Esperanza, who is telling the story didn’t really understand why guys would whistle after her and her sister, or why she couldn’t…