Erin Dilly Essays

The theme of the dystopian novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is survival. Katniss Everdeen is the epitome of this theme; her disposition luckily possesses all of the attributes needed to survive. Katniss displays the theme of survival because she is resourceful, has integrity, and has perseverance. One trait of Katniss's that helps project the story's theme of survival is her resourcefulness. Before Katniss rests and goes to sleep in the Games, she chooses to set snares to protect herself

In the story “The Wallet” by Andrew McCuaig, a woman named Elaine works in a toll booth, which she takes a co-worker’s money and hands it to a woman whom Elaine believes is in need. I believe Elaine’s actions were justified, though not by the court of law. Elaine had been harassed by a co-worker at her job named Troy, who had left his wallet, only to return half an hour later and “deliberately rubbed his body up against hers as he retrieved the wallet instead of just standing at the door and asking

The importance of tolerance in “Freedom Writers” The movie Freedom Writers, which was released in 2007, it is based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary by the teacher Ms. Gruwell who wrote the story based on Woodrow Wilson Classical High School. In the movie Freedom Writers, a teacher –Ms. Gruwell tried her best to reach out for the “unfit” students in classroom 203. The students in the class sit separately into racial groups. The students are intolerant because they grew up in an environment where

Mma Ramotswe’s detective agency helped many people solve their life and daily problems. Intuition and observation were distinctive traits in Mma Ramotswe’s personality. Mma Ramotswe always followed her hunches and never doubted herself. Also, Mma Ramotswe always observed things from different perspectives and aspects. She had assumptions that helped her reach the true explanation of each case. Mma Ramotswe helped her country in various and different ways, and it all was a result of her intuition

The classic 1976 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel Carrie overlaps and intersects themes typical of the high school genre such as sexuality, bullying, loneliness, angst, and rebellion with supernatural elements, family dysfunctionality, and religion. As a result of the abuse Carrie White is subjected to by her religious and extremist mother Margaret, she is victimized by her peers and authority figures, and when she finally lashes out, she becomes a monster. Therefore, Carrie’s monstrosity

The play No Child. . . by Nilaja Sun is a play within a play that is about a group of students that go to a less fortunate school, these students in this particular tenth grade class are known for being the worst class in all of Malcolm X. high school. This class is assigned a teaching artist named Ms. Sun who will teach them a play called Our Country’s Good and many valuable life lessons. For the play, No Child. . . there can be little to one actor or actress or even up to seventeen different people

People vs. Tuner Case Analysis Background Brock Allen Turner was a nineteen-year-old star athlete, a freshmen swimmer at Stanford University who was admitted in the fall of 2014 on a swimming scholarship. On January 17, 2015, he attended a party at Kappa Alpha fraternity house where he met the victim, twenty-year-old women who later identified as Emily Doe, her sister and their friends. Turner and the victim both consumed alcohol at the party. Shortly after the midnight of January 18, 2015

is “of doubtful honesty or legality”; according to Google, the word sketchy means dishonest or disreputable. (Citation) These are both words that can be used to describe the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, also known as PG&E, in the movie Erin Brockovitch. Erin Brockovitch follows the story of a legal aid who uncovers evidence of illegal wrongdoings which leads to a class action law suit against PG&E company. In the movie, PG&E performed many unethical and illegal actions, which eventually led to

The nonfiction novel, Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell is a fascinating journey of students in an urban city. When she, the new teacher enters a high school with underprivileged students and unsuccessful teachers, everyone underestimates her ability to stick to the job. However, they are all dumbfounded as they watch and experience the journey Ms. Gruwell takes her students on. First, in the beginning of the novel, Gruwell explains to readers how she began as a student teacher, (a very naive

nothing left to live for, hope walks into your life when you least expect it. Erin Gruwell, is a twenty-three year old woman that went to law school in search of a prosperous law career. However, she quickly found herself changing her major from not only a law degree to an education degree, but a wealthy, privileged life for a mediocre life. Her father influenced her, as he was part of the Civil Rights Movement. This encouraged Erin to want to teach and be a part of the real fight in the classroom. As she

The Struggle for Freedom This historical fiction book, A Picture of Freedom, by Patricia C. McKissack, is a very good book that keeps readers interested in the book. It is a much-realized book from that time period. It is part of the series, Dear America. It is a diary of Clotee, a slave girl. This book takes place in 1859 in Belmont Plantation in Virginia. It is about a 12-year-old slave girl, named Clotty that has been forced to work on a plantation in the south. Her mom died when she was a young

the people of Panem . President Snow , the dictator who rules Panem , is not the kind of president the people would vote for however, they have no choice because there seems to be no voting or voice to be heard in Panem . The idea of democracy is gone, replaced by totalitarian fascism . Snow poisons those who challenge him . One source of power that we have discussed in class is dependency. According to Osland, Kolb, Rubin and Turner (2007), Dependancy is known as the more dependable people are on

Star student, Amelia, is gone unexpectedly. Kate Baron, Amelia’s mother, is shocked when she receives a call from Grace Hall, Amelia’s high school. On the other end of the phone, the school’s Headmaster tells Kate that Amelia has been suspended for cheating. But it can’t be true Amelia is a picture-perfect student. Kate arrives at the school only to see flashing lights and people everywhere. A police officer shares the shocking news with Kate; her daughter jumped off the roof. Struggling with grief

Having positive values can make a difference in today’s world just like it did in the movie “Freedom Writers”, if everybody unites as one. The Presidential election is a prime example of how our society needs positive influences to help stabilize our country. While it is often the case that the presidential candidates talk poorly about their opponents, this year’s election period was particularly cruel and nasty. The presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton used negative messages

Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice) is about Ishida, who bullied Shouko for being deaf in elementary school to the point she had to transfer away. Despite the entire class taking part in being mean to Shouko, they instantly blame only Ishida, and alienate him just as he did to Shouko. Now in high school, Ishida has developed anxiety and depression, but runs into Shouko at a sign language class. What does he want out of talking to Shouko again? Will anyone forgive him? Will he be able to make amends?

Scene Two (A Plot Beginning): Erica wakes up on her bathroom floor. She is late for work and has an important conference. She takes two pills and immediately calls Amber and explains that she is extremely ill. Amber yells at Erica and tells her she will never get a promotion if she has any say in it. Amber tells Erica to send the completed project. On the computer appears Aiden’s email alerts, and there are several from three different women. Erica attempts to look at the emails, but there is a

702321504 PRT Essay When faced with adversity, the will to fight back is a courageous characteristic that is quite natural for certain individuals. As human beings we face obstacles on a daily basis. They are not necessarily life changing problems that will forever affect us however there is always some challenge waiting just around the corner. Everyone’s reaction to a challenging situation varies and is different and unique to them personally. Pai from the film Whale Rider by Lisa Gerrard has

present, she must help her children and her alone. I have chosen to do a rhetorical analysis on the movie “Erin Brockovich” because being in poverty is one of the social issues present. This movie was released in 200, but the true-story occurred during the early 90’s. Poverty being the social issue started from Erin having a lack of education and unemployment. The movie begins with Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich, who is a single mother with 3 children gets into a car accident that was not her fault. She

People Of The State Of California v. Brock Turner Brock Turner was a twenty Year old Stanford law student. He was on the all American swim team three years in a row and was riding on a swimming scholarship. To say the least he was a very bright young man who seemed to have an even brighter future ahead. That was all before he made the choice to sexually assault an unconscious and intoxicated female student. On the night of January 17th, 2015, Brock Turner and Emily Doe were both at the same on

What did i do to make him so mad? -This quote Gloria says in Freedom Writers explains her backstory and how her life was before school and before she ever met Mrs.Gruwell Gloria says in the movie that she was beat before her life was changed. -Erin Gruwell:An F? What, are you trippin? -This quote to me shows how Mrs.Gruwell wants her students to succeed further than what they think they can do and this also shows that Mrs.Gruwell has faith in her students and that she wants her students