The novel Sophia’s War by Avi begins with a twelve year old girl named Sophia. During this time was American Revolutionary War. Sophia’s life was changing drastically as her father was missing, her brother was captured, and the city where she lives was burned. A young man named Nathan Hale was caught being a spy and was sentenced to be hung. Sophia and her mother were there when his hanging occurred.
No one has a bigger passion for baseballs than Zack Hample. He is what we call a ballhawk - someone that goes to baseball games with the intent to get as many baseballs as possible. Having attended over 1,500 games lifetime, Zack has snagged over 10,000 baseballs. Zack documents these games with his videographer and posts them to YouTube where he has almost 200,000 subscribers. Two of his most historic balls include Mike Trout’s first career home run and Alex Rodriguez’s 3,000th career hit.
Throughout time there has been a number of mass deaths among cultural groups. While being recorded in history, it is less talked about how these groups have grown since the incident. In the book Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being, author Harold Napoleon, uses pathos, logos, anecdote, polysyndeton, and diction to teach the reader about the effects of the Great Death on the Yup’ik people, and the correlation with alcoholism in Alaska natives. The devices are used to implant Napoleon’s theory of how after the loss of many Yup’ik people, PTSD struck in many of them and led to the Yup’iks being “biologically susceptible to alcohol abuse.” Napoleon, being an Alaskan Native man, uses his knowledge of the Yup’ik language to make sure his diction fits his writing to the best.
Summary Chapter 3 of Freakonomics begins with a quote from John Kenneth Galbraith,who argued that ”we associate truth with convenience.” Then, the authors discuss way people exaggerate the concepts of different controversial things like sexual assault, homelessness, and even the corruption of the police department. The authors then go on to discuss factors in the wage determination and community jobs that have many open slots, but they do not pay well enough wages. Next, the chapter discusses University of Chicago student Sudhir Venkatesh, who follows the members of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation, and he gets to know a man named J.T. J.T. is a college educated “crack” dealer and he is also the gang’s head leader. The authors then describe the gang that J.T. is in charge of.
The nature of independence and toughness are surely the product of centuries of war, and isolation from one’s society. This is no doubt about the fact that individuals are so involved in their patriotism for their country that they are willing to fight and die for their country. In the following texts of Into the Wild and The Things They Carried both Jon Krakauer and Tim O’Brien show the strategies of the independence and product of centuries of war. Through the nature characters in the collections were exposed to, these authors show the lives of humans through disastrous times.
Science fiction authors have been hinting about modern day problems in all their stories. Many times this is because of Societal Commentary. Typically in science fiction stories, writers incorporate social commentary, which critiques issues in society. Social commentary affects everyone. Some examples of this idea are in Anthem by Ayn Rand, where equality 7-2521 goes though the journey of individualism.
“At last, he said, wearily: ‘I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.’” (Wiesel 22). MAUS written by Art Spiegelman and Night written by Elie Wiesel have different approaches and use of storytelling have led to the same outcome, telling one’s story as a memoir as it shall not be forgotten. Spiegelman approaches his book as a graphic memoir, telling the story using visual and metaphors.
Bradbury uses the phoenix to explain how society and civilizations work on a cycle as they rise and fall. After describing the mythical bird, Bradbury has Granger exclaim, “It looks like we’re doing the same thing, over and over, but we’ve got one damn thing the phoenix never had. We know the damn silly thing we just did” (Bradbury 156). The author is foreshadowing the close of an age, while giving a hint at when the age began. First, Fahrenheit 451’s setting is sometime in the future.
In “Best in Class”, Margaret Talbot reveals the stressful lives of students in high school. The majority can relate to her essay since most have endured this unforgiving time in life. The main point Talbot debates is the competition for valedictorian. The author shows that being valedictorian is a respectable honor; however, in recent years it has been corrupted and should be modified by implementing passionate pathos and understanding persona. Talbot is able to use great pathos to advance her message regarding valedictorian.
The era of piracy, highly exaggerated in modern and popular culture, was seemingly ended by modernization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This can be seen through the development of modern governmental and naval technology, changes in the global economy, and the implementation of new laws, restrictions, and regulations. Throughout history texts provide evidence of the impact of modernization on piracy, highlighting the increasing difficulty for pirates to operate and find profitable targets to continue their life of pirating and poverty. Although there are interesting pirate stories from gruesome attacks and how they operate, from Captain Kidd to Blackbeard, these infamous figures of piracy have been the subject of countless books,
What do you think about the holocaust? I think it's a time to remember because of all the terrible things that happened. The holocaust is a time to remember because of all the terrible things that happened to families and you can represent it by showing peace. What is your opinion about this quote, “A prepertrater is not the most dangerous enemy. The most dangerous part is the bystander because neutrality always helps the killer.”
A totalitarian government is a form of government in which all power lies in the hands of a single person or group who controls all aspects of society by eliminating those who oppose the political party. Both 1984 by George Orwell and Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick explore, in depth, such a government. As 1984 is a fictional novel, it dives into the dystopian world of Oceania, more specifically Airstrip One, and focuses on the central character, Winston Smith and his journey towards the truth. Nothing to Envy, a realistic representation of this dystopia, searches for secrets regarding the highly centralized country of North Korea through the perspective of 15 different people; Chapter One is centered around Mi-ran. The novel 1984 and the non-fiction text Nothing to
The relevance comes from wanting your peers to see you wear that bracelet. Walker emphasizes that what you wear and buy communicates with others. Other businesses picked up on the bracelet trend, and different logos started to appear on the elastic. This
The late nineteenth century gave rise to a new literary movement called realism. Realism is the attempt to create an accurate portrayal of life in literature without filter. The movement aims to portray the life of people from all walks of life, but especially of the working class and the poor. Two of the most acclaimed writers from this movement are Leo Tolstoy from Russia, and Guy de Maupassant from France. Their works, “How Much Land Does a Man Need,” and “The Jewels,” respectively, portray the life of two characters from different lifestyles.
In 1968, 79-year-old Eleanor Bradley trips and breaks her leg while shopping on New York City’s Fifth Avenue. Dazed and shocked she calls for help, but the hurrying stream of people simply parts and flows past. Finally, after 40 minutes, a taxi driver stops and helps her to a doctor. The bystanders suffered from a common phenomena that happen when there are too many people around to witness a accident: the diffusion of responsibility.
