Soham Murders A crime shook Britain and put the name of Soham, the quiet, market village in Cambridgeshire, in history. Schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman left a family barbecue to go and buy sweets and were never seen again. The hunt for the missing 10-year-olds, left the nation gripped for nearly two weeks, ended in tragedy when their bodies were found in shallow graves near an RAF base in Suffolk. Local school caretaker Ian Huntley was arrested and charged with their abduction and murder. The then-28-year-old claimed Holly had accidentally drowned after falling into the bath at his rented cottage as he tried to treat her nosebleed.
The story is very interesting because she starts off by telling what criple mean to her as a individual. It gets better she rather use the word criple instead of handicap and disable. To the narrator criple is such a strong word rather than hadicapp and disable. This is why she as in referring to the narrator is so offensise to the other words referring to her ability such as disable and hadicap. As the essay progressed she began talking about her childhood.
Gerda has used Jane Schaffer writing strategy in displaying various themes in the book. One of the themes is sustaining power of hope. The topic sentences of paragraphs that contain bad information are powerful and contain information about hope. Gerda went through a lot of misfortune for example her parents were sent to camps and died there and she was sent on a death march. However, she never lost hope and this is shown by the first sentences.
“My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973” This novel begins with the big girl in Salmon’s family, Susie, get murdered by their neighborhood, Gorge Harvey. One afternoon, when Susie about to go back home, she came across a big corn field. Over there, she met Mr. Harvey. He invited Susie to take a look at the hiding place he made with woods in the middle of the field.
The District 12 has been destroyed, with only 900 hundred survivors, including gale, prim, and her mom, but not Peeta's family. Katniss goes back to 12 to retrieve some things from her house, including Buttercup. Peeta is currently being held in the Capitol. The president of 13, Alma Coin,
Clarisse is naïve because she is still young, but she is very intuitive and understands that there is more to the world than meets most people’s eyes. She quite precocious too. She wonders why, who, what and how whereas most people in this book just go with what they are told. Clarisse is also pure. She has not been corrupted like most of society to think that what you see is what you get.
While the sister will have different opinions on situations, seeing these personalized viewpoints help the reader to make a connection to all the sisters and furthermore, the entire book. Dedé's third-person view gives the reader a feeling that the story revolves around her, and that she acts as a sort of narrator for the book. In the first chapter, her words as well as the true narration from Alvarez set up foreshadowing for the entire plot. It makes it very easy for the reader to get “lost in (Dedé’s) memories (…) searching for the answers” (Alvarez 5) just like she does. The reader learns about how Dede, the sister who survived, has to deal with many interviews even after years that her sisters have died.
Here’s an example: “Caitlin called and said, “My Mom’s dead!” Dialogues are important because they help your readers visualize your experience. Good job, Andrea! *Andrea 6568721 has requested that you respond to the Main Idea/Thesis: You can still work on developing your main idea by making sure that it expresses clearly what your narrative is about. Remember that the purpose of a narrative is to tell a story. It is about a series of events, but you have to remember that those events must revolve around a single idea.
After he disappeared, his well-kept secrets began to come to light. My father was a rolling stone and combined, he had a total of 18 children, not including my dead sister. My mother had no clue, as to my father’s whereabouts so she was forced to work full-time to provide for us. Her mother moved in with us to take care of me and Eric, while she was at work. When Eric was 11, he was “allegedly” killed and hanged by two white men.
ProMed #8: Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome A 12 year old Pasco County, Florida girl died suddenly Wednesday, March 23, 2005. A week later, investigators said that her death is possibly linked to an outbreak of kidney disease caused by E. coli 0157:H7. In early March, 2005, Plant City, Florida held a Strawberry Festival and Orlando held the Central Florida Fair. In attendance at both festivals was a petting zoo and investigators believed that contact with the animals may be the cause of transmission. So far, 14 people who attended either of the festivals have been confirmed as sick or have having tested positive for E. coli.