Micquelyn Montgomery Bri Kneisley 3-6-12 English 90 Loving U In the essay “I want to be a Miss America” by Julia Alvarez she talks about learning to love the inner you. Alvarez’s family came from Dominican Republic to America for a better life. Being a woman Alvarez’s struggled with America’s version of a woman. Alvarez and her three sisters would watch the Miss America Pageant’s each year admiring the young ladies. As a family they would watch the shows in their parent’s room.
By comparing scene portrayal, and the demise of characters, it is clear to see that the book, The Hunger Games, surpasses the movie. Scene portrayal plays a very large part in the quality of a book-based movie. For people who read the book, it is a crucial part in determining how true to the story the movie has stayed. On the other hand, it is a first impression for those who have only seen the movie and did not read the book. Although minor changes may be made to scenes throughout the story, it becomes an issue when those changes affect the way a scene is portrayed.
Toddler’s and Tiara’s on TLC, Television Learning Channel, is a prime example of child exploitation. It primarily shows little girls, age 18 months to early teens, parading in scandalous outfits while the parents are cheering on. Is there something wrong with this picture? Thankfully, I am not the only person that is infuriated by this show. Beauty pageants originated as a marketing tool in 1921 by an Atlantic City hotel owner who wanted the city’s tourists
Instead, it is about the last few months of Lincoln’s life, the beginning of his second term, and the steps he (and other Republicans in the House of Representatives) went through to attempt to get the 13th Amendment of the Constitution passed. That amendment would abolish slavery everywhere in the Union. For a country divided between the North and the South, for a country that had lost over 500,000 men so far in Civil War, the proposed amendment was controversial (even dangerous) to say the least. For this extra-credit assignment, you must write an essay (no less than 1,000 words) that validates the following quote: “The greatest measure of the 19th century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in the world.” ~ Thaddeus Stevens (played by Tommy Lee Jones in the film) In order to write the essay, you must also read the attached Newsweek article (“Lincoln Plays to Win” by Sidney Blumenthal). Use the article, examples from the movie (obviously anecdotal), as well as an additional outside source to validate the quote.
In this novel, the main character Katniss, who possesses the ability to hunt with great ease and expertise, is called to saving her sister Prims life when she is announced as a tribute. When the representatives from the capitol of her world come to her district for the annual reaping, or when two people are chosen from each district to participate as ‘tributes’ in the Hunger Games, Katnis realizes that her life will never be the same, and for her Prims life is much more important then her own. Katnip as her beloved friend would call her does something completely unheard of and volunteers herself to go to the games in place of her sister. “Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.” She is chosen to go alongside the son of District Twelve’s bakers, Peeta Mellark.
In The Hunger Games it tells a story about a girl Katniss and she has to goes through, in which a way she just has to discover herself, also to show that the government has control, they hold a competition in which children compete against each other, and only one victor comes out. The reason the government does all of this is because they want to show the people that they have control over them, and they can’t do anything about it. Collins has created an outstanding novel, which also received an award for one of the best books of the year. Her purpose for writing this book was to diffuse
We can apply this whole idea to Katniss as she is willing to take prims place when prim is chosen as a tribute for the Hunger Games. We can see how much she values prim and is therefore willing to sacrifice herself. Throughout the novel Katniss is faced with many situations in which she must sacrifice something. During the first part she generally sacrifices attachment to others in order to protect herself. She later has to sacrifice her identity in order to maintain an expected appearance on television.
Rash Paper We started off the new quarter reading a book called Rash by Pete Hautman. This book is about a boy named Bo in the future United Safer States of America. The book goes through the events of how Bo gets in trouble with the very controlling government and how he is sent to labor prison for doing crimes that are considered being just plain mean today. Rash is similar to the book The Hunger Games by Suzaane Collins, though they have their differences too. Rash is very similar to The Hunger Games.
His political party was Republican serving only two terms, as he was assassinated on April 15, 1865. Abraham Lincoln is the most influential President in the United States because he put and kept the union from Civil war, enacted the Homestead Act, and crafted the thirteenth amendment, which ended slavery. Sothern leaders began to threaten about leaving the union, because of Republican plan to end slavery. The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, as forces from the
Although the book first got negative reviews, it has became a staple in American literature and is now being given to as young as high school students to read. The book is also continuing to predict what the future for our world will turn out to be. Using drugs to deal with our everyday problems and new technology emerging everyday like the recently released apple iPhone 5. Not only does this book predict the future, but shows the consequences. We’ll go insane because we cannot control our own