Page 1 “Ring, Ring.” The class bell rang, meaning the end of school for the day. Out walked, from Coach O’s classroom, the mute, deaf girl, Gena with her outgoing friend, Violet. Across the hall, Isaiah, a bully with anger issues, stood against the lockers, with his arms crossed.
In the beginning of the book, Phillip Malloy was passionate to make it into Harrison school’s track team. He thought that being only good at running would automatically make him into the team, but his grades interfered with his chance at the team. He didn’t make it into the track team because he detested Miss. Narwin’s class and felt the book, The Call of the Wild was useless, so he put the most unnecessary response to an answer of his exam.
Junie B. Jones gets on the school bus to head to head to her first day of school, but she can’t find anywhere to sit or anyone to sit with. When the bus arrives at school, all of the kids start pushing and steeping on Junie B Jones. Lucille tells Junie B that the mean kids on the bus like to pour chocolate milk on other kid’s heads for fun. At the end of the day when it’s time to get on the bus to go home, Junie B won’t get on the bus. Instead, she went and hid in a closet.
The theme of standing up to bullies is used throughout the entire book on many different characters, Chris Coughlin is one that has learned how to stand up to his bully. Throughout the book, Chris gets bullied by Mike about him wearing his dead brother’s letter jacket, but towards the end of the book, Chris and Mike decide to race for cutter letter jackets. With the encouragement from the other swimmers, Chris manages to beat Mike in the race. Now in modern day, standing up to bullies is a big social problem, one modern example of standing up to bullying was when Keaton Jones, an 11 year old school student was being bullied and he decided not to stay quiet about it. Keaton had recorded a video of himself talking about him being bullied and how it affects victims of bullying, his mother later posted the video online
In Chapter 5 of Day in the Dead in the USA: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon, Regina Marchi discusses the political themes surrounding various Day of the Dead celebrations in America. She claims that Day of the Dead events offer opportunities for Latinos to voice their opinions about current issues, giving them a sense of cultural independence. Furthermore, Marchi argues that the practices and rituals of these Latinos living in the U.S. during the Day of the Dead holiday brings them closer together in the midst of political adversity (Marchi, 73). Throughout this chapter, Marchi talks about different Day of the Dead events that have occurred in the U.S. within the last century and how their presence has shone light
Fink’s Rhetorical Strategies: Facilitating the Consideration of Several Perspectives In Five Days at Memorial, Sheri Fink strikes a convincing balance between persuasion and objectivity. The events that took place during Hurricane Katrina continue to be scrutinized, and this book investigates the potentially unethical decisions made by people in authority. Doctors and nurses were forced to work long hours while suffering from severe emotional trauma, a fact that Fink does not discount in her assessment of their decision-making processes.
Standing Up “Tuesday of the Other June” by Norma Fox Mazer is a realistic short story about a girl named June who gets bullied by a girl with the same name. In the beginning, June goes to swim class for the first time. Soon, she meets a bully who has the same name as her and the bully says she can’t use that name. In the end June moves and thinks that all her problems are over, until she finds out she goes to school with the bully. This story shows that June wants to protect her mom.
‘Tuesday of the Other June’ Bullied? “Tuesday of the Other June” by Norma Fox Mazer is a realistic fiction about a girl named June, who goes to her swim class every Tuesday and finds out someone has the same name as her. The other June does not like the fact that they have the same name. In the beginning, June was happy, she didn 't have to be worried about many things. June also had a great relationship, and was honest with, her mom. Soon, the other June comes along and ruins June’s happiness.
A fascinating novel requires the presence of an exceptional and a striking storyline, but more specifically the existence of unique characters who resemble uncannily, however, are differentiated by their individualistic natures. September 17 is a heroic, historical fiction novel written by Amanda West Lewis where two driven non-fictional characters (Kenneth Sparks and Bess Walder) define and narrate their experience on the SS City of Benares. Bess Walder was a compassionate young teenager whose spirit and gallant self later helped her be the reason for her survival. Encountering an occurrence in your life where your home or ship gets torpedoed by another country’s life-threating weapons, remaining optimistic becomes a necessity.
So Sofia tried to beat the bully without using violence or being mean back, she tried to use her mental and athletic ability to beat the bully. At the end of the story Amy is more true to herself whereas Sofia tries to beat the bully and stand up for who she is. In the stories “Fish Cheeks” and “Taco Head” both narrators learn similar lessons about being themselves. They should be proud of who they are because as Dr. Seuss says, “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”
Literary Analysis Suspense. It's what makes us sit on the edge of our seats at movies, or has us biting our nails as we read. It’s the backbone behind any classic horror film where the babysitter keeps getting unknown phone calls about checking the children and she asks the police to trace the call only to get a call back saying it's coming from upstairs.
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days is a breathtaking movie which is about a group of students who belong to the White Rose, and fight against the Nazis through the use of words. The main character of this movie is called Sophia who was a German student and an anti-Nazi political activist, she belonged to a group called The White Rose non-Violent- resistance (biography online). Sophia Scholl is considered an important symbol of anti-Nazi resistance in Germany. During the movie Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, the power of femininity, the figure of a mother, and the power of Christian faith can be observed throughout the movie.
The Summer Day The poem "Summer Day" by Mary Oliver is a powerful poem that gives to the readers an effective message through every word. The use of the nature imagery of the author in the poem gives a sense of life. For example, by using the bear, the grasshopper, and the grass the author establishes an imagery of nature, These elements are important in the poem because they represent life, a significant word to the meaning of the poem. In addition, the author introduces religion as an insignificant point when being thankful. In line 11, she expresses"I don't know exactly what a prayer is "to emphasizes that religion is not necessary to be thankful for life.
Michael Lewis, the author of the short story “Buy That Little Girl an Ice Cream Cone” had gone to school at Princeton University and the London School of Economics. Lewis had spent four years as a bond salesman on Wall Street. It was there that Lewis got the idea for his first and bestselling book “Liar’s Poker” and decided to become a professional writer. This essay originally from his book “Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood” is trying to get us to recognize that sometimes your kid’s actions can really surprise you and they might not always be the best surprise but it’s hard not to feel proud when they are standing up for their sibling.
In the poem “Just as the Calendar Began to Say Summer”, Mary Oliver analogizes two distinct tones. The first tone of voice Oliver uses reflects her negative ideas about the regimented school system. At the beginning of the poem there is a strong sense of what the speaker is going through. Oliver states, “I went out of the school house fast and through the gardens and to the woods,” (ln 1-2).
