Sharon M. Draper changes up her literary style in this historical fiction book about a fifteen-year-old named Amari whose village is visited by pale skinned strangers. This book goes back during 1700’s and takes us on he Amari’s long and sad journey. Copper Sun is a powerful novel that takes the reader on an open and deeper look at slavery. This book is perfect for young people; it has a lot of relatable situations that people would love. The main character, Amari, family and whole village
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said, “I have always loved animals and knew I wanted to be a vet since I was a kid.” Iris used to pretend she was a veterinarian and played vet. People always told Dr. Pinsky she could not do it, but her parents told and encouraged her to follow her dreams. When she was older, she volunteered with animals. Later on, Dr. Pinsky was hired as a veterinary technician and assisted other veterinarians. She went to the College of Charleston in South Carolina, where she majored in Biology. A few years later
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Being good at something is wonderful, because it shows that you are not useless and can succeed in life. But finding something you are good at is another talk. Every person is expected to be talented at one thing at least, but that is not always an easy task as you might think. Living up to expectations is difficult and unfortunate not to achieve them especially when they come from you parents, who are the ones you would like to disappoint the least. This is the aspect dealt with in the short story
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Not Without a Smile The novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley reveals the irony in human life through traces of the agonizing life of a miserable scientist, Victor Frankenstein. Ever since Victor was a little boy, he had always been interested in the topic of natural science. Through innovation and guidance, as well as great effort, Victor made the extraordinary discovery of the “elixir of life” where he brought life upon an inanimate being. Such discovery, however, only resulted in everlasting
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world. His father on the other hand has a whole different plan for Manny. He wants him to follow his brother’s footsteps and marry an Indian girl through arranged marriage at the age of seventeen. Manny understands quickly that in order to live his dream life he has to act fast, as he has only four years to escape his dreaded destiny. The story goes on throughout those four years as we follow Manny and several helpers (his best friend Ady, and girlfriend Lisa) as they work together to save Manny
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It was just 3 a.m. and the sky was still in the darkness of an extremely cold evening winter in the severe highland. The wind blew fast made the dark sky become more dangerous and violent, but my mother was ready to set out again. Hardly did anyone know that where a female was going in such that weather. She was going to remote areas of the province to do her business, retailing commodities. At the age of 40s, my mother still had to work hard to earn her living and support our family. By her old
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A Raisin In The Sun By Kareem Hamze A Raisin In The Sun Final Edit English 132-52 Joseph Doherty November 19th 2013 Kareem Hamze Joseph Doherty November 19 2013 Raisin in the Sun Imagine living in a world where you and your family are looked down upon. Imagine living in a world where you were treated different because of the color of your skin. Imagine living in a world where you were forced to watch the white man is more dominate than you. Well, Walter Younger and his family lived
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Alexandra was a Dominican mother that came to this country in an illegal way looking for the American dream as a lot immigrants come here, leaving begin 4 children with her older sister Aleyda who has 3 children of her own. She start working as a waitress where she meet a friend who later introduced her with a Puerto Rican who was willing to help her resolved her immigration status after she paying him a couple thousand dollars. A year later she was granted with her green card, she was working
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Imagine getting up every morning knowing you would be facing your worst fear, such as being judged on the color of your skin. It’s as if someone was afraid of heights and knew they would be standing on a tall building everyday. Facing your fears is scary. But being pressured into it is even scarier. Being forced into doing something could be harmful or even dangerous to yourself or others. The holocaust was made up of a bunch of bullies. This is because Hitler and the Nazi’s didn’t see the jews as
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lives Eternal, but their days. Wake up and go to the fields, do your work, avoid punishment. Cry at the pain of others or turn a blind eye, it didn't matter, no one could ignore the reality of their lives. At the end of the day, sleep, and hope for dreams of something new, something better. But it never came. Back to the fields, they would scurry, wincing at the pain of old scars and weeping as new ones formed. That was Eternity. That was forever. Maybe they had an occasional change, but nothing differed
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