“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” - Wayne Gretzky. I chose this quote because you don’t score a hat trick if you don’t take any shots. By the way if you didn’t know you have to score three goals to have a hat trick. The first goal, I was skating down the ice with my team mate we were approaching the net when he got tripped. The puck went of his stick and stopped right on the goal line next to the goalies skate.
Bomb: The Race to Build - And Steal - The World’s Most Dangerous Weapon was published on September 4, 2012. It was written by American author Steve Sheinkin. The book is not a story about the Atomic Bomb, but it is the story of the Atomic Bomb. Steve Sheinkin retells the story of the Atomic Bomb and important events involved with the bomb so it is easy to understand for the reader, rather than creating a story around it. He uses real interviews and testimonies from first hand witnesses, as well as primary sources of information, including FBI and government documents.
1. Childhood – Craig Armstrong – 01` - It`s presented a law regarding children in a fictional Canada 2. Building a Mystery – Sarah McLachlan – 02` - Madam Despres is in the car listening to music and driving through town and she sees an accident 3. White Flag – Dido – 09` - Madam Despres is taking her son Steve from the centre that took him in 4. Provocante-
The novel The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune, was first published in March 2020. This novel is about love, courage, strength, and learning how to love people from all different walks of life. Linus works for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth (DICOMY), and over this novel, Linus learns who he truly is and how he can accept himself. In the beginning of the novel, Linus is a shy, self-conscious, rule follower who is often being judged and pushed around by his co-workers.
Andre Dubus’ spiral towards violence in the memoir Townie exposes the authors fear of being unable to protect himself, his family and loved ones. Dubus’ fear of being unable to protect himself stems from the relentless bullying Andre experiences growing up. Dubus started experiencing bullying at an early age. Andre was often on the receiving end of taunts and teasing from other boys at school and in his neighborhood. Dubus felt afraid and states, “soldiers have to be brave, and I was not...
Jordan Baker is a perfect example of a character careless of the consequences of their actions. This can be seen through her actions throughout the novel. Her careless actions are first revealed in chapter 3, when Nick discovers Jordan’s previous incidents of lying. Nick discovered that “she left a borrowed car out in the rain with the top down and then lied about it” (page). He also found out during a golf competition, “she had moved her ball from a bad lie” (page).
Title The book love is a Revolution tells the story of Nala, a young, black, and plus-sized girl, exploring love through a romantic relationship while learning to love herself. Nala Robinson is a plus-sized black girl living in New york. Her character shows lots of traits of impulsiveness and one of the best quotes I think shows this is “Oh you're a vegetarian Tye asks, I give a slow yes that's a lie” Page 26.
The Last Lecture Thinking about finding out when you're going to die. Randy Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Her had a thriving career and a loving family with no regrets of the way he spent his life. For he had already achieved most of his childhood dreams. What was responsible for Randy's success in achieving his childhood dreams aware the characteristics of being earnest, working hard, and communicating with the people around him.
The Greatest Read “My life is absolutely horrendous! I’ve never even met my own parents, my legal guardians don’t love me let alone want me, they remind me every day what a burden it was to take me in and how lucky I am, I’m bullied at school, and I sleep on a porch! Could it get any worse!?” are all phrases the main character, Leven Thumps, in Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye, could have said… but did not. Which is part of why it is such a wonderful novel.
Miles Stanton, the man who took too much, is dead. Will anyone mourn the loss of a hero they never wanted? He was a martyr through and through, but no one man could hold that much. In the end he wasn 't much more than a thief, he wasn 't quite the force of good he wanted to be. If he had managed to succeed and stuff all the negative emotions and experience of the human race into one being, trust me when I say that the result wouldn 't be anything spectacular.
Mead walks along the empty streets as the city seems to be silent due to restrictions but only one can guess. Society has also cut many programs like cutting the police program, “the police of course, but what a rare, incredible thing; in a city of three million there was only one car left.” the strong dystopian connection really shows by a oppressive society places many hard restriction and many job cuts as shown by the police force being cut to one car, but this is not the only thing that has been taken by society in this story. Society has also taken away individuality as everyone lives the same social life. Everyone is inside by Eight o’clock, everyone watches tv at the same time, and everyone gets their fresh air from a machine on their front door.
The 1951 original written work by Ray Bradbury (“The Pedestrian”) was, at some point in time, later adapted into a short film. Although both the film and short story shared many of the same elements, there were still several noticeably apparent differences; for one, the film had chosen to introduce an entirely new character into the plot. Serving as a contrasting figure for Mead - a “foil”, of some sorts - Robert “Bob” Stockwell had assisted in providing much more insight in the dystopian world (i.e. experiencing the “outside” world after being inside so long, as was seen in the film). Whereas in the original story, no such insight was provided - Mead was, instead, only just an ordinary individual (unintentionally) caught amidst the confines
Mitch makes a list of topics he wants to discuss. These topics include death, fear, aging, greed, marriage, family, society, forgiveness, and a meaningful life. Also, in the book and movie, there is a living funeral for Morrie. Morrie’s and Mitch’s nicknames of “Coach” and “Foodman” are the same in the book and movie. Another similarity is Mitch’s and Janine’s jobs.
If you have ever read Ray Bradbury then you know he is very skillful in writing stories. Every word contributes to the story in an important way. In The Pedestrian, Ray Bradbury uses symbolism, repetition, and metaphors to show what it feels like to be lonely. In this world of the future most are not outside or being active because they rather be inside watching tv. In fact, no one is around outside on this cold november night.
The setting in this story is very significant because it portrays many aspects of a dystopian society. The idea of individualism is where being an individual is not normal in this society. Mr. Mead was shown as an outcast because he disagreed with the majority of the people. Sitting inside watching TV is the ideal evening for everyone in this population in the future. While Mr. Mead thinks otherwise and enjoys the fresh air while also having his thoughts to himself, “If he closed his eyes and stood very still, frozen, he could imagine himself...a wintry, windless Arizona desert with no house in a thousand miles,” (pg 174)
