Two scientists are trapped in freezing temperatures, and no one can save them, how will they survive? Candace Mooney is a scientist who takes her job quite seriously and is hot-tempered, on the other hand, her partner, Dejario Reynas has a playful and calm personality. The Research lab they work at contains penguins, midway through the story these two characters get stuck inside the PRL room having to survive with cold weather. The author of “The Penguin Whisperer”, Guy Stewart displays Dejario and Candance’s characteristics throughout the story, with Dejario’s playful and calm characteristics showing and Candace’s serious and hot–tempered characteristics showing. To begin with, one event showing Dejario's playful character, was when he was alone in the PRL rooms and was playing with the penguins instead of observing them.
A Need for Change Anticipation builds while players’ line in formation. Electric seconds pass while the quarterback yells the play. Shockingly, the players’ crash together in an explosion of energy, aggression, and sod. Televisions across America play this scenario over and over every Sunday during football season. Enthralled by the sheer athleticism and excitement of the sport, fans watch religiously, eyes glued to the screen.
Throughout the novel there are three main characters on the trail to catching Tom Chaney, Mattie, Rooster, and LeBoeuf. Between these three characters there is a possiblity for two of them to be the one true protagonist of this novel while the other two are antagonists and catalyst characters. The two characters who are in the running for protagonist are Mattie and Rooster – and the one who wins will change if LeBoeuf is the antagonist or catylist character. This novel follows mattie (the narrator), Rooster, and LeBoeuf as they chase the Ned Pepper Gang to bring Tom Chaney to justice for either killing Matties dad (what Mattie focuses on) or for killing a senator in Texas (what LeBoeuf is focusing on). These two perspectives causes tension
Where we’re from, who we know, and how our mental makeup is, is very important in our lives. It can be the deciding factor between life in prison and a life dedicated to giving back to others. In The Other Wes Moore, The lives of two young men are examined through three distinct lenses, how the role our environment, social capital (How we get ahead by helping each other) and how our mindset can dictate who we become later on in life. Both of these young men grew up in roughly the same environment, the ghettos of Baltimore, Maryland and the Bronx, New York, respectively.
He only had ten football games left, until his dreams came true. But, Inky’s whole life changed in a different way when playing against the Air Force. Inky tackled a player and tore all the nerves in his brachial plexus, causing surgeries and his right arm to be paralyzed. He could never play football again and instead had to live a more challenging life. This is just one example of how players put their lives at risk for the games they love so much.
In life, there are many possible roads that a person can take. Some may be smooth and lined with gold bricks and success, and some may be bumpy and paved with dirt and frustration. The things that a person does in their lifetime that leads to the end of the road comes along with many accomplishments and even more failure along the way. There are some things that can prevent these defeating things from happening such as a good supportive family and having role models in life. As exemplified by the memoir The Other Wes Moore, the author suggests that regardless of environment, lives can end up entirely divergent due to family support, choices and consequences.
The story “Into Thin Air” by John Krakauer is about a man stuck on Mount Everest and he’s trying to get down to safety, but in order to do so he has to take a huge risk and slide down the steep icy hill. After seeing his friend taking such huge risk and surviving; he then thinks that he can do it, and sure enough he makes it down the hill in one piece. Taking a risk can push you out of your comfort zone and make you feel empowered. In today’s current event NFL players are taking a risk at each game because they choose to take a knee for what they believe is wrong in our society. By doing so they can lose endorsements, their careers, and most importantly it can change people’s perspective of them.
Amanda Gorman, an American poet, and activist were quoted as saying “Change is made of choices, and choices are made of character.” This event relates to the choices and changes made by the “other” Wes Moore in the memoir The Other Wes Moore. These choices have changed him from a convict to an altruistic person. These changes should allow him to be released from prison after 20 years. In Wes Moore’s
Can mere mortals with hold magical abilities? In the Lake of The Woods, a mystery war novel written by Tim O’Brien, whose major theme is that not every problem has a solution, but may present a different outlook on the problem and aspects surrounding it. The main character, John Wade, uses magic to hide his manipulation and deception in order to put on a smiling face on a daily basis. As a result of wanting to carry on his deceit, he ventures into the political world, while putting his wife,Kathy Wade, through misery. Kathy hated the political life style and gatherings, in this degree she was secretly relieved when he was unable to become a U.S. Senator.
Football, although fun and exciting, plays an immense role in many long term health issues especially for people who start at a young age. The sport’s injuries include long term health issues such as chronic encephalopathy, ALS, Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia; it also can be a reason for domestic violence, and on some occasions, unnecessary death. There are many factors that can persuade parents to believe that football is a safer sport than it was before, but the long term effects of a simple injury from the sport outweighs it all. In Ed Riley’s article, High School football’s benefits outweigh risks, Riley talks about the concerns that any parent would have when it comes to their child playing football.
The Roaring Twenties is in its full swing for Helen Burns, a young woman growing up in New York City, but not everything is as rosy as it may seem. The previous year, her brother John, a known Mafia member, had gone missing. The police have refused to work on the case and simply pronounced him dead. Now, Helen finds out John survived and in desperate need of help. He begs Helen to give him shelter, which she does so without hesitation, despite her best friend’s advice.
Would you be a Social person or a tough, cool dude? The book “The Outsiders has both of those people, The Socs and The Greasers. I know that some of us don’t have a lot of money but that doesn’t mean you go around beating up people for it. The Greasers had a rough life to live, Darry Ponyboy, and Sodapop Curtis lost their parents and had to live together. The Soc’s are their enemies and they are fancy and proper.
The poor were known as trouble, the rich were goody-two-shoes, but what if the Soc's were actually adverse and Greasers heroes? In the story "The Outsiders" by S.E Hinton, there was two gangs of boys, the Greaser's and the Soc's. The Soc's were perfect little rich boys who lived on the West Side, the Greaser were known as poor rebellious boys who were only looking for fun in trouble. Johnny and Ponyboy were Greasers, the boys were roped into an unsettling fight, where Johnny was protecting himself and Pony. While protecting himself he killed a Soc' name Bob in self defence.
It is important to feel like you have a place to fit into the world around you, especially during teen years. Amelia, the main character of Reconstructing Amelia, joins a club called the “Magpies” solely because she feel like she needs a place to fit into socially. She has a best friend, Sylvia, and a loving mother but as Amelia explained, “[The Magpies] invited me to join… [Sylvia] always have a boyfriend and my mom’s never around… Sometimes I feel like I don’t have anyone” (pg 289).
But when everyone thought all failed, Thomas stepped up once again. He gathered a group of survivors together, and they ran for hours through the maze. Until they escaped, they were finally free, no walls to live behind, just fresh air and natural grass to relax in. Thomas stepping up in that moment of despair changed the audience's perspective on him. When the audience feels that Thomas has done enough to help, he becomes the bigger person and leads several people to safety.
