Crank Essays

apart of the Right Arm who was trying to mimic WICKED and eventually after talking to the leaders, they came up with a plan to try and take them down using Thomas as bait. While they were driving back and forth between places and figuring out the plan Cranks have been everywhere that have been way past gone and they found Newt; Thomas had finally fulfilled what Newt had asked him to do and put him out of his misery. When they were trying to stop WICKED they had realized that WICKED had put all the immunes

For this reflection piece, I will be discussing the novel Crank written by Ellen Hopkins within this novel you follow a young girl named Kristina and her story through addiction through her perspective in a series of diary-like entries. This novel has what I believe to be a few main characteristics of it that allow the story to flush out in ways that are often difficult. What I think contributes to the novel an unique personally that is often not seen in mainstream novels today is the writing style

unplanned teen pregnancy make Crank a controversial novel that adults want to shield adolescents from. After reading Crank, parents and educators spoke out against the novel, claiming it

Ellen Hopkins’ Crank is an epic poem geared toward warning young people of the various consequences of using dangerous drugs. However important its message, it provides a single story, a stereotypical tale influenced by pop culture about addiction and the people it affects. In the poem, the heroine, Kristina Snow, gets addicted to methamphetamines, otherwise known as “crank”. Her life takes a downward turn that includes pregnancy and dropping out of school. The poem depicts just one experience with

Crank is part one of three book installment written by Ellen Hopkins. In the beginning of the novel we meet Kristina a straight A, clean cut, 16 year old girl. But while visiting her drug addicted father during the summer before her junior year Kristina meets the “monster” and she also meets Bree, her dangerous alter ego, within no time Kristina lets Bree completely take over. Bree is Kristina’s chic, smooth-talking persona that has one major flaw… she has a serious craving for any and every drug

The book Crank by Ellen Hopkins, is a fictional book that works the connect to those that have been affected or experienced any type of drug addiction,and gives insight into how, those who live on drugs. This book tells a fictional story but reflects real life situations. Kristina, has a seemingly perfect life until she meets her weakness crank, which is also known as meth. Crank then becomes an addictions. Around 64% of high school students do drugs. Fiction should not be banned because it allows

Crank is about a high profile Los Angeles hitman named Chev Chelios who works for Carlito, a cold hearted organized crime boss. Chelios is ordered by Carlito to kill Don Kim, opposing mafia boss of the Triads, for some meddling his gang had done with Carlito’s business. It appears that the hit goes smoothly. While this happens Ricky Verona, slimy small time criminal, sees this as an opportunity to move up the ranks and be Carlito’s right hand man like Chelios is. His way to get there is killing

I have chosen Crank , as my short story. This story is written by Ellen Hopkins , It is very interesting and yet inspirational to a lot of people. Many people can relate to this type of book because they have been "flirtin' with the monster." As stated in chapter 1 of “Crank” , This book is different than others , it is wrote in poem form. With short paragraphs and words all over the page. Ellen Hopkins wrote Ccrank , which is a powerful and moving story about the struggle of addiction ,

Crank by Ellen Hopkins is a novel that all high school students should be required to read because it tackles current issues through free verse poetry. It is a story about the consequences a straight-A junior in high school faces after she is exposed to crank, a powdered form of meth. Even though the topics within the book are controversial (such as drug use, rape, suicide, and abortion), it is on the same level as required reading already in the high school curriculum. Discussions can help students

what the puritans thought about drugs, premarital sex, or swearing? In the book Crank, drugs are used by many of the characters. Much swearing is involved too. The puritans would despise the book, Crank, due to the law abiding citizens, weak family values, and a sinful living, The puritans would obliterate the book Crank because of the law abiding citizens. In the story, Bree, also known as Kristina, get introduced to crank (or meth) by Adam while staying with her dad in Albuquerque. Since she fell

What do you think of when someone says monster? To me, I think of big, hairy monsters that live under your bed. To Kristina, monster means meth, or crank. Kristina is a junior, innocent girl that moves in with her dad for the summer. Her parents have been divorced for some time. Her mother, Marie is distant and is in a midlife crisis. Her stepfather, Scott is strict and has high expectations for her. Her big sister, Leigh is gay and looked down upon by her parents. Her little brother Jake is spoiled

In the The Scorch Trials by James Dashner I have been noticing an interesting author's craft. I have noticed that Dashner has included challenges the kids must overcome in the form of grievers in the first book and cranks in the second book. They are very similar and I think they were put in both of the story’s to stop Thomas and the gladers from getting out of the maze and stop them from getting the cure for the flare. In the Maze runner They also have differences a griever is a creature

nifty lifting machine? In our nifty lifting me nine we used two simple machines. We used a pulley system which is one simple machine. The pulleys are what made pulling the can up the five centimeters. We also used a wheel and axle which is the crank that we used to pull up he cans. 2. Explain what knowledge was gained creating your machine in your prototype. I gained lots of knowledge during this project because we had a lot of free reign on our machines. First, I learned a lot about how to

have to run toward it because a really bad lightning storm had started, already killing some of the boys. They made it to a shelter but there were Cranks there, (people who have the Flare disease, which makes you go insane) and the Gladers have to convince the Cranks to not kill them. The boys then make their way through the town, avoiding the Cranks and making very close

transition from high school to college writing can be difficult, as the expectations and demands of college-level writing are vastly different from those of high school writing. In her essay “From High School to College: Developing Writing,” Virginia Crank discusses the struggles associated with this transition and offers advice on how to successfully navigate it. In addition to that, Donald Murray, in his book Teach Writing as a Process Not Product, argues that the struggle associated with writing is

only the beginning. The suns flares burning and blazing, most of the earth, a wasteland. People known as Cranks driven into a cannibalised insanity by an infectious disease known as the flare, as the roam the crumbling city hunting.Thomas and the Gladers face the trail set up by WICKED in crossing the scorching wasteland and reaching the safe zone. Will they make it or perish amongst the Cranks and the scorching climate? Just as with The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials is an insanely action-packed

her daughter’s addiction started and where it took her in life, this book is called Crank. The beginning of her career

MoonMan, tell them [MoonMan:] Hey I've got this new dance for you all called "The nigger boy" You've gotta punch then crack a nigger's neck three times from left to right [Chorus:] MoonMan, up in this hoe Watch me crank, watch me roll Watch me crank that nigger boy And MoonMan that hoe Crank that nigger (4x) [MoonMan:] MoonMan, up in this hoe Still got money in the bank Farkle made me racist yo Everybody give him thanks I hate niggers, I hate Jews I hate spics and Arabs too Go ahead, and try to sue

Many people are of the belief that fishermen of bass are just as good as the lures he uses. While this is partly true for some situations, in real life, having an excellent lure for bass fishing a waste if one doesn't know how to put it to use. Say, its like a nuclear energy, used for the wrong purpose. People need to know where to use which bait, to catch the right stuff. Approximately, around thousands of various lures for fishing are available everywhere in the world and lures are not limited

including YouTube, Myspace, as well as SoundClick. He first published his recordings on SoundClick in 2005. He then created a You Tube Channel and opened a MySpace account. He recorded ‘Crank That’ in 2007 and released his album single handedly. He also uploaded a video that demonstrated the Soulja Boy dance. A few months, ‘Crank That’ got some airplay. This was how he signed into Interscope