Into the Wild was about a guy named Christopher McCandless. He was a top student and athlete who came from a wealthy family. After he graduated college, he told his parents that he was going to spend his summer traveling. Chris then sent his final college transcripts and a letter to his family but little did they know that would be the last time they would hear from their son. Before Chris left for his adventure he cut up all his credit cards, burned his social security card, and donated his life savings to a charity. He was traveling by car until a flash flood happened causing him to abandon his car and travel by foot. After that he burned his remaining cash and began to go by the name Alexander Supertramp.
Have you ever been in love? In the book Don’t Die, My Love Julie Ellis and Luke Muldenhower have been deeply in love since the sixth grade. Now juniors in high school they are still madly in love and could not live without each other. When Luke gets what he thinks is the flu it turns their lives upside down. Will they get through this tough time together?
There’s a question that’s been throwing historians in a loop for decades. Who was Jack the Ripper? The cold-blooded unnamed killer of London in 1888 killed around five women during his reign of terror, and yet, nobody knows who this man was. There are many suspects, but historians might not ever be sure exactly who.
“Biff, after he has discovered his identity, is able to speak forcibly and in simple language which round like everyday speech, though it is of course, full of the devices of rhetoric. It is interesting moving speech, his emotion is dumb, and so is Willy’s response.
Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious is a film rich with themes of deception and suspicion, between the three main character Alicia, Devlin and Alex. Two key techniques in film are known as cross-cutting and point of view editing. Each of these techniques are used throughout the film as part of the continuity system to advance the plot of the film and establish each character's personality. Both types of editing help to enhance the themes of deception between Alicia and Alex, as well as the suspicion that Alex has about Alicia and Devlin. Cross-cutting is the technique used to cut between two or more actions, more than one time in order to imply coinciding actions or actions that are meant to be compared and contrasted. As for point of view editing
APiper dropped the paper bag on the granite kitchen counter, balancing her cell between her shoulder and the crook of her neck and continuing her conversation while she began unpacking the numerous bags of groceries.
On 10/26/2015 around 2230 hours, I, Sgt. Samuel Mendoza, was working in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Jail when we received a call that a deputy was bringing in a combative male. I went to the jail entrance to wait on the deputy.
BOOM! After sitting in a long trial for a few days and being betrayed by her main witness, Alex Cooper had two investigations on her hands. Alex Cooper is head of the DA’s office and is on trial for the death of Amanda Quillian. Amanda Quillian was a housewife and has said to be murdered by her husband Brendan Quillian. In the heat of the trail an explosion of a 300-foot water tunnel under New York City has Amanda believing Brendan had something to do with it. Now she is chasing tails trying to figure out who made the explosion, coming up with more witnesses for her trial, and planning a wedding has her head spinning. In this paper I will be predicting and evaluating.
Sale Vera Waterston or also known as Sá is a crossed breed daughter from her mother an Elemental and her father who is a noble. She is part of the uprising that is trying to stop the segregation and harsh treatment towards the Elementals, as is her mother until she is wounded in a riot. Growing up with Elementals as her family, Sá knows the truth about how the orderly actually treat them. Sá is now stuck between two hard choices of whether she should leave everyone she knows and cares about in the slums and go with her father, or stay and watch as everyone suffers under the power of the orderlies.
One day Hendrick Ross was so sick and tired of not being able to get a girl. So one day he found this creature that was something as small as a gopher under his rug and he released his fury on that, but it escaped and he broke a chair from slamming it on the ground. He was extremely furious now because the creature had gotten away, he had broken a chair, and still can’t get a girl. He decided that he needed to go to his trainer Mr. Patrick, his old math teacher, to help him get a girl. He went and this girl headed to his house and something happened that was terrible.
Nicholas was very embarrassed sitting on the floor with all those kids laughing around him. Mrs.Heinig walked into the room and said
Alex is a seemingly active and sociable person living in a small society. However, he has a desire to do terrible things which is not what a normal teenager usually do. As a fifteen year old, he has already become a leader of a small gang of criminals consisting of Dim, Georgie, and Pete. This causes a rise in his psychopathic behaviour to create mischief and terror in the streets. As a juvenile delinquent, he will try to find victims of opportunities and uses that moment to either rape or robe them and ending with a cruel and severe punishment.
This novel, Ark Angel is set in modern London and the USA. This novel is about a 14-year-old teenage boy named Alex Rider. Alex, is a school boy whose uncle and dad were spies. At a young age he was forced to the MI6 English Intelligence. In this novel, Alex has to save the world again, with help from his fellow MI6 and CIA friends. In this essay, I will be explaining how Alex, has been dealing with character vs character conflict, and how he either has to resolve the problem physically, or mentally.
Are you a risk taker? Would you be willing to take a risk that could break your family’s trust? In the short story Ashes Ashleigh, the main character, is put in a situation that could break her mother's trust. In this story Ashleigh’s parents are divorced, and let's just say that the dad has more financial issues than the mom. Ashleigh’s dad soon come up with a plan that she knows absolutely nothing about except that it involves him needing to get $200. Her dad's face lights up with excitement, but then Ashleigh’s smile soon goes away. Her dad asks her to “borrow” so money from her mom's emergency stash. He drops her off at Ashleigh’s mom's house and waits outside. Before Ashleigh left he said, “ If you're not back in ten minutes, i'll go home.” Ashleigh walks inside and stares at the teapot deciding what to do. Ashleigh won't steal the money because of her limited knowledge about her dad's plan, her mom would be livid if she found out, and her mom
Tony is one of the most humble student leaders I have ever encountered. Tony leads by doing and often stays after robotics meeting to clean up and making sure the classroom is in order for the next day. Tony is highly regarded by his peers, teachers and members in the community. Tony’s teammates have this to say about him. Nick says, "Tony is hardworking, industrious, intelligent, and honest. He makes me be a better person here (robotics lab/MakerSpace) and work harder as an individual." Noah says, "Tony is not hesitant, he is decisive and confident. He has been really good at showing me that I can do more than build. He encourages me to be involved with all aspects of our team." Rachel says, "Tony has been committed to building the robot.