Eraser Essays

  • The Mysterious Benedict Society Character Analysis

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    Being different can be the best talent and gift in the world. It makes one special and it lets one be the amazing person there ment to be. In the fictional novel The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart it shows the true importance of being yourself and embracing your talents. She shows this using dialogue, narrative hook, and conflict. First, Stewart uses dialogue to help bring her characters life and show how everyone has different gifts and talents. For example, Kate’s feeling

  • James Patterson's Maximum Ride

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    grown up together and are on the mission to find their parents. The flock is taken in by Anne, who works for the FBI and knows their secret. They are human-avian hybrids, so they all have wings. Also, they are on the run from Erasers who are half human and half wolf and the Erasers despise the kids, together known as the flock. A very prominent lesson in the book is that real friends are supportive and dependable and they are always there when needed. In the beginning of the story, we soon realize

  • The Erasers Chapter Summaries

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    are half-wolf, half-human, blood-thirsty creatures called Erasers are flying towards them. Another reason I found the first part impressive was how the author made the scenes come to life. An example of this was when Max and the gang were getting stormed by the Erasers. I closed my eyes and I saw the Erasers, Max, and the gang, etc. I could picture me in every scene in the chapters. The second part

  • The Magic Eraser Sponge

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    In conclusion is that the Magic Eraser sponge soaked up the most water in average.The magic Eraser sponge had an average of 239 ml, the Great Value sponge has a average of 253 ml, the O-Cello sponge has an average of 273 ml, the Scotch- Brite has an average of 298 ml.According to the average of my experiments and research my hypothesis was proven correct because 239 ml was the lowest average of them all. My process was mostly the same except for trial 5 because I ran out of time, so I wish t could've

  • Eraser Tattoo By Jason Reynolds Analysis

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    In the short story “Eraser Tattoo” by Jason Reynolds, the author uses the pencil to symbolize love is a powerful feeling and comes with hard times, but the memories are bound to last forever. Shay is moving away from her hometown and she has to say goodbye to her boyfriend, and she wants him to remember her forever. The author of “Eraser Tattoo” explains that Shay wanted the tattoo to represent how much Daunte loved her: “Plus, then Shay could have a much-needed moment to eraser tattoo Daunte” (Reynolds

  • How The Poison Tree And Eraser Tattoo In Romeo And Juliet

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    really good universal theme that comes alot in the Romeo and Juliet,poison tree and eraser tattoo is love and hatred and how they make people act can cause death.The backgrounds of the 3 stories is in Romeo and Juliet “It is a tragic love story where the two main characters, Romeo and Juliet, are supposed to be sworn enemies but fall in love once they do they both die from a potion that Friar Laurence created. For eraser tattoo “Dante and Shay's love is tested when Shay needs to move out of her home

  • Mrs. Belinskis The Classroom Analysis

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    joined the class. They picked on him because he was a fat boy who had recently moved to the U.S from Ecuador. He was an easy target for the kids since the poor boy didn’t speak a word of English. They tormented the boy by tearing off pieces from their erasers and throw them at the kid. The teacher would see what happening to the poor child, but turned a blind eye. With no repercussions, the kids carried on their behavior. I told the kids to stop, but that plan worked to little avail. Since plan A failed

  • Use Of Motifs In Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever By James Patterson

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    could become creatures called erasers like himself. Erasers are half human, half bat, half wolf hybrids that try to prey on the “flock” which consists of the characters Max, Fang, Nudge, Iggy, Angel, and Gasman. In situations where the whitecoats and erasers came after the flock for attempting to escape, the characters’ wings came in

  • Jason Reynolds Use Of Figurative Language

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    Out of all of Jason Reynolds's short stories, two of them stand out with rich figurative language, ¨Eraser Tattoo ¨ and ¨First Day Fly¨. ¨First Day Fly¨ Is a short story that illustrates the anxiety of the first day of school and all the struggles that come along. He uses very well-thought-out and broad varieties of figurative language to help the reader comprehend those struggles. ¨Eraser Tattoo¨ is a short story about making a decision you may regret without understanding the consequences. The

  • Maximum Ride By James Patterson Chapter Summary

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    and Ari(Jeb’s real son and is a eraser). The story starts off with an ordinary day which is interrupted by the erasers - the vicious human-wolf hybrids who live at the School. They take Angel to their School and do experiments on her. To find Angel, Max, Nudge, and Fang go on an adventure to the Erasers’ School while Gasman and Iggy stay at home, in case the Erasers come back and destroy their home. After the three leave, Gasman and Iggy start to worry about Erasers coming back, so they start to build

  • Bridge Bolster Lab Report

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    bolster. Knowing this I formed a hypothesis. My hypothesis is the more index cards that the bridge is made out of, the greater amount of pennies it will bolster. Methods Materials: • 6 pink erasers • 3 index cards • 50 pennies • Double sided tape First make 2 balanced bridge supports out of 3 erasers each. Secondly put an index card

  • Plot Summary Of 'Maximum Ride'

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    who are five kids not related to me by blood, but still totally my family”(Patterson 4). Suddenly Max’s group are attacked by erasers which are human and wolf hybrids, they take away the youngest member of the group Angel with the unique ability to read minds. Max, Fang, and Nudge go after Angel while Iggy ang Gasman protect their house with bombs and traps so the erasers won’t attack

  • What Is The Theme Of The Trials Minorities In The Wretched And The Beautiful

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    In the short stories "Eraser Tattoo" and  "The Wretched and the beautiful" authors Jason Reynolds and E. Lily Yu are sending a message to the readers on discussing the trials minorities go through in today's society. In Eraser tattoo teenagers Shay and Dante are being separated from one another due to gentrification in the neighborhood. In Wretched and the beautiful immigrated aliens are being stereotyped due to the fact that they're different from everyone else in the place they migrated to. Both

  • Summary Of School's Out-Forever By James Patterson

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    their entire lives to get away from half human, half wolf creatures, Erasers. The main goal of the story is to get the flock safe, keep the flock safe without anyone getting hurt, and to keep their secret identity. The members of the flock are: Max, Fang, Iggy, Gazzy, Nudge, and Angel. Max, the leader, looks out for everybody, and is basically the mom. Unfortunately, the flock has a hard time following their goal because “Erasers poured out of the back of the van before it has even stopped,”(152)

  • Betty Ann Outcome Of Envy

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    it takes more than that to send someone over the edge. Maybe so, maybe not. But there are no erasers.” This shows that power of bullying and what it can do to both, the victim and the bully. It shows the regret that the bully will once have once the deed catches up with their head, and once it does they will feel awfully terrible. In the short story, Betty Ann, we learned that there is not an eraser to every mistake, meaning that you cannot take back the mistakes that you have made in you past

  • The Story Of Roger Wilkins

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    Roger Wilkins: I Became Her Target In spite of the fact that Roger Wilkins himself is unsure of who he is as he moves to a ew town and school, accordingly, Wilkins reflects how when a teacher “targets” you that this can be a positive influence in one’s life. Being a young black newcomer to a school of otherwise all white students, Wilkins, defines his feelings of not having the comfort of belonging in a community. Wilkins expresses coming from a family where his stepfather is a physician

  • The Angel Experiment

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    of the Flock trying to save the abducted, Angel and trying to find the Institute. The Angel Experiment began at the house on top of the hill where Jeb and the Flock lived. Later on, the Erasers tracked down the house and pulverized it. The Erasers, a type of human-wolf mixtures, were made by The School. The Erasers served as watchmen over the Flock and pursued them down when they got away. After that, the Flock mostly stayed in New York attempting to find the institute. Along the way, Max gets shot

  • The Emperor Penguin's Argument

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    with this, I don’t know a thing about penguins. Is this pencil fit to write this argument? In my professional opinion it is. While some may argue that it is not, due to lack of eraser which, as a side note, is the reason the penguin argument remains at the top. However I believe that it is not necessary to have an eraser as I can write over misspelled words. In addition I believe that the top is still applicable, and even useful in making the case of this argument. Another handy feature to this pencil

  • Reflective Essay On Colorism

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    One final story on Colorism. Black or White? Colorism is discrimination based solely on skin color. So how to tackle this prejudice? What intriguing story should be built around it? Well, I have no idea. It 's been months and still don 't have a single cohesive idea to construct a story. But did you notice the title of the book - Void? Devoid. A story void of an idea. A story devoid of an idea. And the theme - Colorism. So why not write about the brainstorming and the "research" that went into the

  • Flock By James Patterson Chapter Summary

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    special powers. This book covers some of the back story of the flock, explaining how they ended up on their own in their remote mountain home. It also covered the antagonistic half-wolf, half-human creatures known as Erasers. The youngest flock member, Angel, is abducted by the Erasers and taken back to "The School", the lab where they were genetically altered and raised in cages. Max and the remaining Flock leave their home in an attempt to rescue Angel, but are also