Pine Ridge Players to perform Tartuffe! By Lizzy Parsons Special to the Beacon Remember being little and having your favorite Dr. Seuss stories read to you at night? There were hypocrites, liars, funny little men, and creatures of all sizes. Well, Tartuffe brings that to life, minus all of the silly creatures. “Tartuffe reminds me of a grown up version of a Dr. Seuss book.” says Casey McCall, who plays Mariane, “It really is a great Show, and I think that people will enjoy it a lot.” The audience is in for quite the surprise when they see this show.
JK Rowling writes an adventurous book of a young boy, Harry Potter beginning with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Harry Potter is born into a magical world but raised by ordinary people. Harry potter is not a typical hero. Harry becomes a legend at barely one year old when his parents die and he wards off a spell by Voldemort, the most dominant dark wizard starting Harry’s first journey. At the age of 11 he discovers he is a wizard after ten years of cruelty with his aunt and uncle Dursley.
RL 320-51 Clara Baker Paper #1 October 13, 2013 Greatest Time of Year It’s the greatest time of year filled with laughter, and filled with cheer. Visions filled with presents lying beneath the tree, with our stockings hanging right above the fireplace. To commemorate this day of Chris we sing carols to keep his memories alive and to remember the importance of why He was born and the significance of why he died for us. Two of these important carols are “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”, and “It Came upon a Midnight Clear”, both include apocryphal material to help add to the biblical account of Jesus Christ being born.
The school bully, Barry Bagsley, teases him about his name. He tries to avoid Barry and acts invisible but swears to stand up to Barry in Year Nine. His Year Nine teacher, Miss Tarango, tells the whole class about the name Ishmael coming from Moby-Dick, which gives Barry and his friends more names to tease Ishmael with. Ishmael later intervenes when he sees Barry and his friends tease a younger boy from Year Four. A new boy called James Scobie becomes a target for bullying because of his appearance.
After the loss of his younger brother, Allie, from leukemia and being expelled from Pency Prep, Holden decides to leave and wander in New York. However during his sightseeing, Holden soon discovers what he calls the “phoniness” of adults and the pain of growing up; while experiencing this
In the film Stand by Me, the quest to see a dead body leads a group of four friends on a two day adventure. Gordie, Vern, and Teddy are struggling with the transition from grade school to junior high in summer of 1959. However, Chris Chambers has already had to face one of the toughest parts of growing up: breaking out of stereotypes. The Chambers family members are known to be troublemakers to everyone in town. Gordie’s father refers to an incident where Chris stole some money at the school, and says of Chris that “he's a thief in my book.” Over the course of the film, Chris acts as a protector and leader to the rest of the group, seemingly out of character for a poor kid from a no-account family.
Sending Away a Person Do you ever ask yourself why cannot I ever find a person to connect with? Am I being punished from my parents neglect what I do seem to be complete normal? The book J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield recounts the days following his expulsion from Pencey Prep, a private school. After a fight with his roommate, Stradlater, Holden leaves school two days early to explore New York before returning home, interacting with teachers, prostitutes, nuns, an old girlfriend, and his sister along the way.
Character- Mr. Johnson- father, who is mad at his trouble making son, who he loves. Thought – father having a talk with his son about getting suspended from school on the first day in front of the principal’s office.
Can you believe that there was once a time in my life when I enjoyed math? Sixth grade at W. A. Perry Middle School was a year of mathematical knowledge for me. I could remember that year I enjoyed math to the fullest because of my favorite teacher, Mr. Alexander, the most neurotic math teacher I ever known. His love for math was harmful―and that is not an understatement. For instance, Mr. Alexander was so thrilled a students’ newfound understanding of a problem that with a burst of excitement he punched his fist through his classroom window.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J.K. Rowling's seventh book in the Harry Potter series is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. A summary for purposes of a book review is as follows: The book opens with Dumbledore having died. Harry reads several obituaries which make him wonder if he ever really knew Dumbledore. Meanwhile, Harry is planning a move to protect himself from Voldemort. Harry is leaving the Dursley's house – they will have to go into hiding as well.