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Island of a Thousand Mirrors One of the key transitions that drove Saraswathi’s transformation was the loss of her family at the age of sixteen. Amma, her mother, explains, “You have to go from here, my daughter. We can’t keep you with us anymore. You must go to the training camp. Learn to fight. Become a hero” (159). Saraswathi’s environment changed as she was forced to become a Tiger soldier. As Saraswathi loses her parents, she no longer has a role model to look up to. Being young and impressionable, she becomes prone to many different influences—including negative ones. Her life also changed when she accepted the leader of the Tigers as her new role mode. Saraswathi explains, “I learn about our Leader. About how he has devoted his life to our people. Without him, we would be slaves to the Sinhala...He has given us our dignity. Without him we would be nothing” (182). In the Tiger camp, she is brainwashed and becomes a war machine. She is taught to fear nothing, not even death. As she accepts this information, the Tiger camp leader becomes her new parents figure, and she is willing to obey his every command. Another key event that drove Saraswathi’s transformation was the loss of close friends. As Saraswathi and Luxshmi, her sister, are walking home they notice one of their friends father killed in the street (140). This effects Saraswathi by making her realize the toll of this war that she is growing up in. It shows her that there are two sides and she belongs to one, and…

Reality of High School As you go through life, people in this world make many mistakes but also learn tons of lessons. Some don’t mature fast enough to know they’ve made mistakes and some are taught a lesson but have never actually learned it. Luckily, I had a major reality check in February of last year causing me to realize that the importance of high school is figuring out the type of person you want to be. Every girl knows the story or the movie of the popular girl in school that every…

Critical Analysis “Rings of Saturn” is a book written differently then any book I’ve encountered. I was very hesitant to allow myself to enjoy it at the start. The novel seems to have little to no organization which can make keeping up quite a challenge until you understand this is no ordinary novel and you cannot read it as such. Constantly while reading this I found myself putting the piece together and slowly I began to understand that there was method to the madness. Kristina Ten said not…

Synopsis In 1987, Jay MacLeod brought the housing project of Clarendon Heights to our attention with his initial publishing of Ain’t No Makin’ It. With the first edition, we meet two distinct groups of boys: the Hallway Hangers and the Brothers. Eight years after introducing us to these two distinct groups, Jay Macleod makes his way back to Clarendon Heights.With the coming of the second edition, we are updated on the lives of the Hallway Hangers and the Brothers. Fifteen years after MacLeod…

great wave of excitement was washing over the school. There was a constant buzz about popular girl Victoria Flint’s birthday bash, and everyone, even the lowest of the geeks, wanted in. Victoria and her BFF Jessica were spreading the newslatest updates across the school. Lily overheard Abigail and Valerie squealing over their invitations at lunch. Lily however, was not really interested in some kid’s birthday party, even if it was only “THE Victoria Flint’s” biggest event of the year. So of…

Hamlet’s actions throughout the play support this deceitful nature. His dual personalities are the foundation of his madness. There are many examples that illustrate how Hamlet’s deceitful nature results in a tragedy because of his inability to choose which role to play.      In Act One, Hamlet appears to be very straightforward in his actions and his role. When his mother questions him, Hamlet says, "Seems, madam? Nay it is. I know not…

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. Just as it has been more interesting to take this class during an election year, perhaps now is also one of the most interesting times to study a Supreme Court justice. I chose John Roberts for two reasons, first, because he was a conservative and it is very likely that Donald Trump will choose a conservative justice this year. Secondly, because I thought it was interesting that he became a Supreme Court Justice at a relatively young age. I wondered, “Did he…

whether criminal records are a legitimate source for information or not by exposing just how inaccurate, and often out-of-date, criminal records can be. Many studies conducted found the likelihood of employers to hire ex-offenders to be nearly nonexistent. This reluctance stems from the stigma of a criminal record. The question for this study is if an individual stays “clean” for a long period of time, then the chances of being arrested again would be greatly reduced. This hypothesis was…

President Warren Harding administration, there were many political scandals that took place. The Ohio gang as they came known to be, were a group of politicians and leaders that were endorsed by Harding himself. Ohio gang would commit several financial scams underneath the nose of Harding. ignorance would mark the downfall of his reign in the office. Many people believed he was behind these scams while others believed he was oblivious and incompetent. Regardless of what people believed, these…

In the story The Monkey’s Paw, the reader is likely to experience a continual desire to keep reading the story. The story has skillful foreshadowing and uncomfortable suspense that get the reader nervous and anxious to discover the final outcome. This story involves a enchanted, mummified monkey paw that is said to have the power to grant three wishes to three different people. As the Whites make their wishes, they realizes that they would have been better off without this talisman. How can a…