Cherry Bomb By Maxine Clair Essay

Some facts about Ariana Hurdle are, her birthday is on November 3rd, 2000, she attends Kamehameha Schools Maui, and she loves paddling. Ariana has been paddling since Freshman year and since then she has paddled not only for school, but for Wailea Canoe Club. She is proud to say that she paddles because she feels that it helps her connect with the past and her culture. In Ariana's free time she enjoys, watching movies, hanging out with friends, and catching up on sleep. Ariana is the 4th of 5 children in her family.

Not only was it used for causes such as these, but fireworks were made, for entertainment (Ross). Placed into a bamboo tube and strapped to an arrow, was shot into the air and the escaping gases exposed to oxygen, caused a spark to light (Ross). To this very day, gunpowder is still used for the same purposes as the Chinese, and fireworks are well-known around the world for any occasion. What are the special ingredients that the Chinese alchemists used to make gunpowder, which helped benefit their dynasty?

In chapters four through eight, the audience gets to experience the continuous growth of Scout through her own eyes. Lee’s diction portrays Scout’s curiosity when says that the gum I found was fresh, and “ I licked it and waited for a while. When I did not die I crammed it into my mouth” (Lee 1). In this instance, Lee is trying to remind us of Scout’s innocence and compelled mindset, due to her young age. Similarly, when Dill comes back to Maycomb in the summer Scout starts to feel like a third wheel.

Also, rhetorical devices were not incorporated lightly. On page 108, Ishmael said, “[h]e smiled at us, lifted his gun, and fired several rounds toward the sky. We dropped to the ground, and he laughed at us as he went back inside.” Irony became common in this book when the war broke out. Lives were turned around, and people were not being themselves; Ishmael, at the age of twelve, became addicted to cocaine, marijuana, and brown-brown (a mix of cocaine and gunpowder).

This is important to growing up to be a successful adult because you have a good role model to follow. For example, “I tried to explain to him how dangerous it was, particularly smoking, and even went to the trouble of finding a case history similar to his in a book by Sigmund Freud. I almost had him convinced that smoking was an infantile, destructive activity when he pointed out a picture of Freud smoking a cigar on the book's cover. ”(Zindel, 8) Therefore, this shows that Lorraine has or tries to have a positive peer influence on John, and her determination to do it.

The story “Where Are You Going Where Have You Been”, By Joyce Carol Oates takes place during the summer time of 1966. The story is set in several locations for example the house, the car, and the movies. In the story it’s the summer time and connie goes through some rough patches with her mom. Connie is fifteen years old and is a freshman in high school. Her mother constantly tells her that her older sister June who is 24, is better than her and wants her to be more like her.

My favorite poem that Billy Collins has composed would be “The Names” because of the powerful meaning that is behind this poem. Upon reading this poem it leaves many consumers questioning the meaning of this poem as it did myself. However after discovering that the names that are given in the poem represent victims of the 09/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers of New York City, New York. I believe that this poem does an amazing job of honoring the people that lost their lives in the attacks.

In Sandra Cisneros' short story, "Eleven," Cisneros introduce Rachel as an awkward, insecure, and frustrated girl o n the first day of her eleventh year. As she awakens on her birthday, Rachel becomes overwhelmed by the expectations of her age. Although Rachel is now a year older, she expects to feel like an adult and suddenly become more mature. Rachel, however remains a shy and introverted young girl, similar to the way she has felt for years of her life. Through the use of repetition, similes and a childlike tone, Cisneros defines Rachel's complex ideas through child-like language.

American Childhood is a short story written by Annie Dillard. In the story Dillard recounts her childhood from the age of five until she got in high school, all while growing up in 1950s America. One of the recurring themes in the narrative is maintaining happiness even in adulthood. By recounting her childhood as a model for building and keeping this often elusive happiness, Dillard seeks to show how adults, too, can approach the world with childlike awe, as opposed to the common experiences of giving up on childhood dreams, abandoning childlike awe and becoming part of a saddened mob of usually bitter individuals.

Dr. Jekyll and Courtney Davidson would agree with the quote “We’ve all got both light and dark inside us, What matters is the part we choose to act on.” Dr. Jekyll and Davidson both are good people and they both had a share of an evil turn. Dr. Jekyll was a brilliant scientist that did a lot for his community but a dark side took over him and he chose to act on it.. Davidson had a dark side take over her when she began hazing during summer camp. So I believe that both of the characters would agree with the quote from Sirius Black from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

When Parris helps Hale carry his books he says “ My, they’re heavy!” (Miller, Act 1, Line 711), and Hale responds with “They must be; they are weighted with authority.” (Miller, Act 1, Line 712). Later when Abigail and the other girls start to accuse others of witchcraft he sends people to go and arrest them. He does this because he is proud of his job and doesn’t want to look like a fool by not believing the girls.

Molly Moon is back -- and this time she 's hypnotizing her way to the Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Along with Rocky and Petula the pug, Molly is tracking the sinister activities of American billionaire Primo Cell, who wants to become president and take over the world. He has all the Hollywood celebrities in his power, but Molly Moon has an amazing power of her own, which even she doesn 't know about. . . The irrepressibly plucky Molly Moon returns for a sequel and discovers a super-power more amazing than hypnosis in this even-better follow-up to Georgia Byng 's best-selling debut, Molly Moon 's Incredible Book of Hypnotism. Molly Moon Stops the World begins with our 11-year-old heroine back at the newly-improved (thanks to Molly 's

This image shows how big of a threat and danger Japan is- it also shows how important it is to bring Japan down. The atomic bombs are justified because of Japan’s aggressions towards U.S. The United States’ use of atomic bombs on Japan is justifiable because it saved thousands of American lives; the Japanese were given fair warning, and their aggressions towards the U.S.

The Beacon Street Girls Series focuses on five preteen girls as they proceed through junior high, who all know they can count on each other. These girls reflect different personalities in comparison to one another as they validate opposites do attract in friendship. The twenty two books of the series target an audience of preteen girls, and involve lessons that they can take away from and apply to their everyday life. The sixth book in the series, Lake Rescue, presents the girls with a new character named Chelsea, who is “. . . Usually dressed in a baggy Patriots sweatshirt, and always sitting in the back of the room . .

One example of something positive happening is in the chapter, Our Good Day. When Esperanza become friend with both Lucy and Rachel. This chapter show how childish and innocence kids can be. Esperanza believe that by paying Lucy and Rachel five dollars, they’ll be friend forever. Since Esperanza is still young, not once did she suspect that it could either be a trick, or that they could be lying.