The Uglies series

Janie Johnson, a casual, curious, and confident teenage girl, gets a quite unexpected turn during her freshman year in high school when she sees herself in a “kidnapped at a young age” ad. In this novel, Janie must decide if she should believe or even act upon this ad. This draws readers in because many young adults face hard situations daily, and struggle to do the right thing. The Face on the Milk Carton is challenged due to its sexual content and challenge of authority, according to…

The Dark Knight is a story about a well-known superhero, Batman, and his crime fighting adventures against villains, specifically, the Joker. There are a lot of different points in this movie that prove it really is an outstanding piece of art. Rotten Tomatoes, a website that gives a percentage rating based off of positive review ratings, gave The Dark Knight a 94 percent. There are a lot of things done well, like an interesting plot, well developed characters, thrilling scenes, and excellent…

College athletics are huge in the United States of America; sports on a college campus help bring athletes and the student body closer together. Most states in America do not have a professional sports team and most of the state 's citizens devote themselves to their local sports team by endorsing them and purchasing various things that make them somewhat closer to the team. There is a huge issue on whether college athletes should be paid or should they just remain with the way things are…

Neil Nandwani Coach Neuman American Lit 8/21/15 The Power of Belief “Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away”-(Brainy Quote). In this Quote, I think Ismail Haniyeh is trying to say that you can cover something up for a while, but eventually the truth always comes out. I feel that the “great” Gatsby is a an imposter or in other words the great pretender. Nick also feels that…

The Dark Night trilogy set the gold standard for the characters Batman, and the Joker. Every casual movie goer or critic would tell you that the most recent portrayal of each of these characters isn’t as good as the Dark Night Trilogy characters. With the flop of Man of Steel, and Batman vs. Super Man, Warner Brothers, the company making DC films, wanted to take a lot of control away from directors, and unfortunately the first movie to take such directions was 2016’s “Suicide Squad” by David…

Patrice Tseh E102 Professor Worke 02/18/2018 Rhetorical Analysis Essay Steve Jobs' “You’ve Got To Find What You Love” Speech In the speech “You’ve Got Go Find What You Love,” by Steve Jobs, the author talks about certain events in his life that led him to become the successful CEO of Apple computer and of Pixar Animation Studios. He explores with great details, the fact that he dropped out of college, was fired from a company that was founded by him, and how he feared he was going to die after…

If you were mentally disabled wouldn't you want a change to be smart and even triple your IQ? Charlie Gordon, a 37 year old man with an IQ of only 68, got the opportunity to. When Charlie got the AI surgery, it changed his life in many great ways. In the story ¨Flowers for Algernon¨ by Daniel Keyes, Charlie tripled his IQ making him to be, 3 smarter than before the surgery. Charlie's life was better after the surgery because he got to experience how society views the mentally disabled. Also, he…

Motogp ? The History Of Motorcycle Racing And Different Class Of Racing The MotoGP Championship is the pinnacle class of world championship road racing that developed primarily in Europe for the first time in 1949.The race consist of an eighteen-race series visiting 13 countries, 4 continents and almost entire world television coverage. MotoGP now entering the 65th year celebration and is oldest motorsport championship of three different class.At the moment MotoGP has three classes, 125 cc,…

“Heartless” Strength of American Nurses Have you ever thought about how hard it is to be a nurse? How emotionally difficult it is to have a patient die in your care? Nurses do more than most people realize, they have no time to mourn every patient's death because there is always someone else who is going to need their full attention. Some may say nurses are heartless, I know I did. To be a nurse is to be mentally strong. Based on my personal experiences I have come to see that American nurses…

Ben Bosma’s reputation as a renaissance man is substantiated by a simple Google search of his name. While this doesn’t necessarily surprise me in the least, what does surprise me is the number of achievements that Ben has been able to amass throughout his life that was revealed by the search. It was determined that Ben had an illustrious career as a United States Air Force pilot. He graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1975 with degrees in aeronautical, astronomical, and mechanical…