The Savior Trope

Lawyer and author David Baldacci says that Atticus became the inspiration for lawyers everywhere because of his determination to do right. Although these are only a few of the hundreds of people who were influenced by Harper Lee, the message they are trying to send is that Harper Lee has changed millions of peoples’ lives.

Television enhanced the civil rights movement, which gave the movement the momentum it needed to succeed and spur the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The importance of the television was in how people not directly involved in the movement could see and hear exactly what was happening. This lead to a greater public understanding of how people of color were being treated, and the violence used by segregationists to suppress the movement. While other factors did contribute to the overall success of the movement, such as civil rights groups and the presidential leadership, it was television that lead to achievement and progress. It was not television alone that drove change, both presidential leadership and the leadership of civil rights activists played a crucial part in act being passed.

Persepolis Reflective Statement In the graphic novel Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi incorporates the theme of rebellion throughout the novel. She emphasizes that rebellion is key to her coming of age story and is important to everyone’s coming of age story. The first sign of rebellion is when she wants to be a prophet, women didn’t work, let alone become prophets, she establishes in this moment that she was different from everyone else. Her parents play an important role in her rebellion, they encourage her to rebel, to be “avant garde” (6/1).

In the late 90s, racism is still intact, As time goes on interracial diverse and people have grown to withstand racism. In "Seek Success: Marry Someone like yourself," an article by Sue Richardson in The Dallas Morning News published, March 14, 1993, describes the chances of happiness is zero to nothing in a relationship that has interracial or "too many differences". In the article, Richardson 's purpose is to persuade the couple to look for "sameness" in their dates and avoid at all cost opposites with great differences. She is persuading her readers to encourage the youth into steering away from the interracial relationship as they mature. In the article, she does this in criticizing tone.

According to “Life After Bully” by Hannah Rand Alex Libby collected money to make some t-shirts that said “I stand for the silent.” “Turning E-Waste Into E-Treasure” claims that Alex Lin collected E-Waste, refurbished it and sold it to other people. Teen activists need to be hard working and give hope to people affected by the bad things in life. The second reason that teen activists need to be hardworking is that they have to go all the way to the big men/women in the court to change laws about their cause.

Highschool Romance With parents who work for the government and are always off on business, Shoji the lead character in Highschool Romance has gotten pretty used to changing schools. What he did not expect however was his mother labelling him as female on the enrollment form for his latest school. This would not have been such a big issue were it not for the fact that it is an all-girls school and he can’t get a hold of his parents. With it being the start of his final year of high school Shoji has no choice but to accept the suggesting of his new principle and pass himself off as a girl. What follows is the adventures of Shoji as he learns how to dress like a girl and blend in with the rest of the students.

Student’s name Professor’s Name Course Date Successful use of Rhetorical Strategies Introduction Ken Robinson delivers a TED talk on “schools kill creativity” filmed in February 2006. The talk aims to challenge the education system and the fact that it has little emphasis on the creativity of individuals. Robinson notes that children should not only be made to pursue their studies but also follow their passions and their interests which lie in their talents.

Amanda Abdelaal Abdelaal 1 American Lit I/English II Mrs.Ashe/Period 9 Dead Poet’s Society Essay:Rough Draft December 3rd, 2014 Anderson Finds His Voice “O Captain, My Captain” the name Mr.Keating played by Robin Williams asks to be called in his class along with his unorthodox ways of teaching.

Mona Lisa Smile “I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I always knew the woman I wanted to be” quoted Diane Von Furstenberg, which describes the prestigious all-female Wellesley College in the movie “Mona Lisa Smile.” The movie illustrates certain expectation within the gender roles and the changes over time while some things remain the same. The students were focused more on become a great housewife after graduating college, than what they really wanted to do. Katherine Watson a graduate from UCLA was a art teacher hired by Wellesley College to teach art history, unaware of the way the school curriculum is taught and the students frame of mine on how life for a woman should be.

In step with the poem, “The Lesson” by Toni Bambara, we 've were given the subject of appearance, class, equality, disgrace and schooling. Narrated within the individual by using a young African Yankee woman known as Sylvia the reader shortly realizes from the begin of the tale that bambara is also exploring the topic of appearance. Miss Moore out of all the characters in the tale stands out from all people else. Now not completely will she have college schooling but Sylvia thinks that she is absolutely unique to folks that live round her. If something some critics would likely suggest that omit Moore is printed via her education due to the actual reality that she takes it upon herself to train some of the youngsters in the neighborhood.

Despite moving to dozens of new schools, Blue is always the one to beat, and her dad makes sure the dean of any new school knows that. “Naturally, students will be threatened by her, especially those who anticipate they’ll be first or second in the class.” (Pessl 63) Because Blue has such a good record, her dad automatically assumes she will be at the top of her class wherever she goes, always striving to earn the valedictorian spot at graduation. Competition comes naturally to Blue, and is something she excels at, constantly keeping her alert and on her

The film Precious Knowledge is from the perspective of a group of students at Tuscan High School in Arizona. The school system wanted to increase graduation rates and was looking at different ways to do this. The school came to the conclusion that a Mexican- American studies class will increase the dropout rate from 48 percent. This class taught students about Mexican-American history and culture with a curriculum that can be related to social justice while thinking critically and socially conscious. The Governor of Arizona started to protest this class because of the books they were reading and some of the material that was being taught was considered to be promoting the overthrow of the US Government.

In high school and college I am starting to realize that teachers don’t give specific rewards for getting good grades. But I have learned that we are paving the way for us to get a better future and that is the best award of them all. Being a student athlete I believe that I am receiving more than regular students because you learn so many life lessons in sports. I believe that the field trip that I went on is what made me start to apply myself better in school. I received the about $4,000 in academic scholarships for attending UW Parkside.

As Ying 's story, she wanted to become a lawyer because she was following her parents believes. In future when she will become a lawyer, she will blame her parents for being such unhappy person. She will think that she should be happier as a Gardner. As for me, I chose to become a doctor hygienist when I had graduated from high school. Unfortunately, winds don 't blow as the vessels wish.

Melba Beals was certainly full of grit. When she insisted on going back to school after segregationists were trying to keep her out the school, but she still insisted on going back to school to finish her classes and take her final exams. Even, after all, those people told her to get out yet she finished high school with pride. When Melba showed her grit, later on, people started encouraging her more saying she’s doing a great thing for this town (Beals 224). I thought this anecdote was important because it shows an example of how grit is used in the right context.