I’m Not Scared The novel, I’m Not Scared, by Niccolo Ammaniti takes you on a memorable journey with Michele Amitrano, a nine year old boy, who learns valuable lessons on how trust and loyalty gives you more than greed and money-oriented acts. The journey arises in 1978 in Aqua Traverse during the time when the small, isolated town of Southern Italy suffered from a major heat wave. Around this time is when Michele makes a tragic discovery of a young, kidnapped Filippo who is chained up in a hole and made to live in the most inhumane conditions. Through the finding of Filippo Michele’s innocence becomes a thing of the past as it uncovers the truth about the real monsters in Aqua Traverse. Although, Michele never loses sight of his strong belief in the values of trust and loyalty even with his regretful selling out of Filippo to Salvatore Scardiccione and Pino’s (Papa’s) to deter him from knowing the truth but then his materialistic ways of winning him back after the truth is discovered.
Earlier in the week, they had read various articles on this topic. When there were about 20 minutes left of class, McGuffin gave the students the opportunity to either start working on their thesis statements and intro paragraph, or to participate in a discussion to get more ideas about what to write about and to better understand the essay prompt. There were about five students who chose to start writing while the other students wanted help on deciding what to write about. By giving the students this option, McGuffin made it possible for certain students to seek help without holding back the students who already knew what they wanted to write about and were ready to get started. McGuffin’s classroom is situated with four rows of four desks on the right side of the room, and four rows of four desks on the left side of the room.
Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, and the youngest of his siblings. His father, Cronus, would eat all of his children in fear of being overthrown. When Zeus was born, Rhea told Gaia to devise a plan to save him, so that Cronus would get his retribution for his acts against Uranus and his own children. Rhea gave birth to Zeus in Crete, and soon after she handed Cronus a rock wrapped in clothes, which he swallowed. Rhea hid Zeus in a cave on Mount Ida in Crete after he was born.
Zeus threw a lightning bolt at Cronus, and banished him to the underworld for all of eternity (“Early Life”). Talk about awful father-son relations! Zeus had a complex role as an Olympian god. He was the supreme ruler of Olympus, and was known by many names: Zeus Cloud Gatherer, the Rain God, Lord of the Sky and Zeus the Thunderer (“Zeus”). It was said that Zeus is the Lord of Gods and men, but he shares his powers with his brothers.
In the movie the boys come all together on a boat to the island and are familiar with each other. The filmmakers probably did this to show how joined they are in the beginning of the book and civilized. I think that the book's opening is more effective because it shows how Ralph and Piggy already have a connection even before the group comes. Another thing the movie lacks is that the beast is a dead parachuter who gets caught in the trees. In the movie, the beast or "monster" is the crazy pilot who ran away and hid in a cave.
Jim Keenan English 101 It Puts The Lotion In The Basket As most kids gradually start to read more and more as they mature, I was one of the few who didn't learn to enjoy reading until senior year of highschool. The teachings of Tom Alessandri were the sole cause of my newfound appreciation for literature. All it takes is the inspiration of one individual to turn someone onto reading and writing. Tom Alessandri was the last highschool English teacher I had, taking his Science Fiction & Horror Literature class. While many people would be discouraged by the title of the class alone, I was intrigued and immediately signed up.
The film, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief explores many ideas and tales which originate form Greek Mythology. The director, Chris Columbus has though, changed details of the original myths to express cinematographic effects to the intended audience (as the film is rated M). Very briefly, Zeus accuses the son of Poseidon of stealing his distinct thunder bolt and gives Poseidon 10 days to return the thunderbolt. Percy Jackson realizes that he is the son of Poseidon; a demi-god and peruses several adventures to find and return the thunderbolt to Zeus and save his mother from Hades. Percy’s adventures are influenced from several tales of Greek Mythology; Heracles, Percus, Dionysus and Odysseus, just to name a few.
Paranormal Activity Paranormal Activity, written and directed by Oren Peli, is a film which is a faux horror documentary released on the 25th November 2009. I am going to discuss how suspence is built up towards the final sequence is built through the use of lighting, camera angles and sound. Paranormal Activity is a film which is about a woman called Katie and her boyfriend, Micah. Katie has been possessed by a demon since she was a young girl, when they move into a new house, Micah films everything in order to catch the strange occurrences. The demon possesses Katie again, and she murders Micah, after several hauntings taking place in the house.
The battle between gods is also apparent in the Odyssey when Zeus sends Hermes to rescue Odysseys from the island of Calypso. Poseidon, the god of the sea, see’s this happening and wrecks Odysseus’s ship by way of sending a nasty storm. The wanderings of Odysseus bring him across many weird, but quite interesting creatures and lands. In book IX, Odysseus and his men were swept to the land named Ismarus, which is the
Summer Reading Assignment Name: Suna Cheng Senior English -Brave New World By carefully completing this assignment over the summer, which you need to bring to class on the first day of school, you will be prepared to discuss the story in the fall and to write an in-class essay using your novel as the basis for your response. Key Characters: Name the three (3) most important characters in your novel, describe each character using two (2) adjectives and provide two (2) concrete details (quotations and page numbers) to support your choices. |Name |Adjectives |Concrete Details |Page Number | | |Emotive |“’I say…’ he began; but the sentence ended prematurely in a squeal. The |1. | | | |Savage had seized him by the collar, lifted him clear over the chair and,|Pg.