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For someone to think about someone else’s feelings before their own is a very noble thing to do, but that gets even more so when that “someone” is only eleven years old. This is how the life of an 11-year-old her changed forever. The essay Finding the Strength to Fight Our Fears written by Terry Ahwal. Grit is having passion and perseverance for something truly important to you. Grit is having the stamina to keep your goal throughout your life.
In the first book of The Michael Vey Series; Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans. One true theme to this story is evident and that is When things are looking dispirited, make sure to look for hope in all places, because having hope and trust will get you through your toughest problems. This proves to be true when Michael is on his last stroke of luck when he finds his true friends who are also electric, like him. Not to mention that his mom and his electric friends are kidnapped and he has to find hope in his once bullies. This may apply to this book but it also applies to many others, and you can be the person that someone finds safeguard in.
The name of my book is Prisoner B-3087 and it is written by Alan Gratz. This book is based on true events, but is historical fiction. It takes place in multiple concentration camps across Poland and Germany and in Krakow during World War 2. Yanek, or Jakob, is the name of the main character of this book.
Caged No More by Molly Venzke, is an astonishing and eye opening novel about human sex trafficking. Aggie’s two granddaughters and both at risk of being sold by their father, Jack. Aggie meets a gracious and kind man, Wil, who helps Aggie rescue her two granddaughters from being sold to a trafficker. Throughout the novel, I learned three very important lessons, all of which I can apply to my life today. Jack is a very cruel and disreputable man who is going to sell his two daughters, Skye and Elle, to a sex trafficker.
In Jason Hartley essay “I Jailor” two aspects of human behavior that we see demonstrated in this essay is superior behavior and cowardly behavior. The reason I say Hartley essay demonstrated the behavior of superior and cowardly, because of the behavior that Hartley demonstrated in his essay. The first example to show that Hartley was showing superior behavior is when Hartley said: ”A messy configuration where detainees, local civilian contractors, and politicians along with ICDC clowns “(864). The reason I say the statement is a perfect example of Hartley showing superior behavior because to me it sounds like he feels like he is better than everyone at the jail because he is a U.S. citizen and U.S. shoulder. If Hartley did not refer to Iraqi
An Unredeemed Captive was written by John Demos and is about the Williams family and the trails they were put through. In the preface of the book John’s first sentence was “Most of all, I wanted to write a story.” He had taken an interest in Indian captivity and how they treated their captives. It took him awhile to choose what he wanted to write about and eventually settled for the Williams family. He writes about how the Williams family got abducted and eventually all were released except Eunice, who would come to embrace Catholicism, marry a Mohawk Indian, and eventually come to forget her heritage and even her first language-English.
Imagine you had been captured by Nazi Germans. They threatened to kill you if you didn't follow instructions. In 1997 Hitler took control of the Jews and put all of them in concentration camps. In the book Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz the author uses Character thoughts, character actions, and conflict to show the theme that the fear of the unknown is the drive to persevere through hard times. In one of the first pages, the author sets the scene with the constant fear of being taken away or kicked out of their home.
Essential to overcoming adversity is the ability to cause change in yourself and others. In the book, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan, Magnus Chase has to learn to accept his new life, journey and friends. This helps him to become a hero because it teaches him the rules of the world and his journey.
Kaine Scheidt Mrs Andrews English 4/24/24 To Kill A Mockingbird coming of age moment chapter 10. A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to preserve and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles (Christopher Reeve). This quote explains how someone is a hero because they have overcome many obstacles. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, is about two children who grow up in a racist community.
Scott LaBarge’s essay “Heroes: Why Heroes are Important” is well written because he effectively uses pathos, logos, and karios when explaining heroes to his audience. When something goes wrong or we feel like we cannot continue, we could all use someone to step in and change our situation. Everyone needs a hero. LaBarge gives an excellent example from his high school days; Thoreau inspired him and became his hero. The high school period of one’s life is a difficult period.
Civil rights leader and social activist Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a world renown correspondence, Letter From Birmingham Jail, in April of 1963, during a time when segregation was at it’s peak in the South. When King was making his mark in American history, the United States was experiencing great social unrest due to the injustice towards their colored citizens, which would lead to social rights rallies and unnecessary violence. In response to King’s peaceful protesting, the white community viewed “[his] nonviolent efforts as those of an extremist,” and subsequently imprisoned the pastor (para 27). King specifically wrote to the white clergymen who had earlier addressed a letter to him as to why he was apprehended, in which they argued that his actions were untimely and unconstitutional. In response, King emphasized that justice is never timely, and the refusal to acknowledge equal rights was inhumane and regressive.
Everyone has had a dream, yet among all one stands tall. Martin Luther King, Jr. is known for said speech to countless people. However, a myriad of people have yet to read or know of his famous “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” This letter required a multitude of key objectives to entice the people of the time into reading it. King, alongside many other authors, require the usage of these main three key factors:
More than three hundred and forty years’ worth of resilience. On April 16, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. transcribed one of the most beautiful letters ever written. In the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” there is a passage that states, “We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God given rights… There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged in the abyss of despair. I hope sirs, you can understand our legitimate and unavoidable impatience.”
In the novel, The Chrysalids, by John Wyndham, Michael, one of the central characters, demonstrates character traits of a hero and leadership qualities. He is considered a blasphemy in his community because he is telepathic; however, no one knows of his telepathy, except his telepathic group, since on the outside, he looks completely normal. Michael is originally from Waknuk, a religious community where people strictly believe in the true image of God, and later goes to a different school in Kentak. As the novel progresses, he becomes a hero to his community, friends, and to the people who matter to him. He is willing to risk his life that made it possible for him to rescue and guide his friends escaping from the persecution in Waknuk.
Typically in writing, there are three different points of views an author can write in. The novel The Last Day of a Condemned Man by Victor Hugo and The Execution of Tropmann by Ivan Turgenev are both written in the first person. Both authors chose to write in the first person and about the same topic which was the death penalty. The only difference being who the main character is telling the story. In Hugo 's book, the story is told through the eyes of a condemned man and Turgenev writes from the perspective of a witness.
