The Rising

Financial difficulties and college tuition have become harmonized in recent time. Rising cost of education in the United States is restricting access to higher education for students all over the country. It has become the norm to financially struggle in college. I am not an exception to that. For the first four years, I have had my tuition paid by the Opportunity Scholarship. I consider myself one of the lucky one to get an education for four years without taking out any student loans.…

“Never let a stumble be the end of your journey”. Many say “Hardship make or break people” and that’s the same thing in the book “Esperanza Rising ” by Pam Munoz Ryan the main character Esperanza has a fairytale life. Her father Sixto is a wealthy landowner in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and Esperanza is his only child. She has fancy dresses, dolls, and all the papaya salad she can eat. Every year after the grape harvest, her parents, grandmother Abuelita, and all the household servants throw her…

Tony Horwitz, the author of the Novel “Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War”, was born in Washington D.C. and graduated from Brown University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Horwitz was an award winning national reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where he covered foreign wars and conflicts. He has won countless awards for his books, including “Midnight Rising”, which was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2011 and won the 2012…

The Tiger Rising Plot: The Tiger Rising is a tale of a boy aged twelve, Rob Horton, discovered a confined tiger behind Kentucky Star Motel. Crucially, this story is about cages and restrictions; the caged emotions, the caged feelings, and the caged stories of Rob Horton tortured him like hell. However, all of those torturing ended when Rob finally released the Tiger. The author - Kate DiCamillo - expertly used symbolism throughout the story. Main and Support Character: Main Character: Rob…

The occupants of the fort were then brutally murdered by a large party of Hurons that had planned the attack with the French letting Magua use the chaos to kidnap both Alice and Cora again. This event is part of the rising action, but also serves as another fluctuation in the level of action. The action rises when the people come out of the fort and start their journey,but it then climaxes when the Hurons suddenly release a vicious assault on the unarmed people. The…

stealing money even though it wasn't him so his boss got fired and so he robbed the bank to show his boss that if he accused him of stealing money he would show his boss that watch who you accuse people of stealing if they didn't do it. II. Rising Action The robber go into the bank and there are plenty of cops so then they take out the cops first. Then everybody get scared then the cops come and then they tell everybody to get down then they go to the safe and get money out of the…

Life is a mysterious thing , where we can never expect what's going to be thrown our way ,however, one thing that we can consistently and confidently count on is the rising prices of college tuition. It has come to my attention that people have been complaining about this ongoing problem for years.Apparently,“if prices keep rising at the current rate, students who don't receive any grants will most likely pay more than $115,000 to reach graduation day” . This issue has been spreading…

I first read Esperanza Rising as an assigned reading in fourth grade, then in fifth grade, and then again every year until senior year. If you asked my why I liked this book I would not know where to start. From the first page the imagery and characters had my attention, even at 7 years old. Based on my love for Esperanza Rising, I thought I would read more of Ryan’s works to see if I enjoyed them as well, only to find that…

The rising cost of healthcare is one of the greatest economic, fiscal, and moral challenges facing the United States (Rother, 2016). When a patient arrives to the emergency room or their doctor’s office, the doctor focuses on ordering the correct tests to find the source of the problem. The patient wants to feel better, and the doctor is responsible for providing a service. Neither party is focused on the cost of the tests. The patient has no idea of how much service will cost until the…

Abuelita’s blanket in “Esperanza Rising” is a key part to the story with it’s demonstration on how there are ups and downs in someone’s life. Each up symbolizes a mountain in Esperanza’s life while each valley symbolizes a down part in her life. For example, two mountains in Esperanza’s…