The book “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio‚ has had a big impact on me because it shows perseverance and courage. These traits are important to me because I think that they are two traits that every person should have. Auggie shows perseverance when he went he went to school for the first time‚ since he had been homeschooled his whole life. Auggie was bullied before he went to school but once he got to school it was even worse. The first time that he went to school he did not have very many friends and was
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When we think of wrongly accused situations we think of innocent people being judged falsely but we never think of something like book banning. J.K. Rowling‚ the author of the Harry Potter series‚ knows that she has been wrongly accused of things such as witchcraft‚ atheistic morals‚ and corruption of young minds. In an interview with MTV Rowling states that not only has she tried to promote Christian ideals but actually quoted the bible itself. “’They almost epitomize the whole series‚’ she says
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An Inspector Calls‚ by J.B. Priestley‚ is set in Brumley‚ England; ‘an industrial city in the North Midlands’ (p.XIV). The play starts at the dinner table one evening in Spring‚ 1912. The Birling’ s were celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to Gerald. Their ‘large suburban house’ and ‘good solid furniture’ (p.1) shows the Birling’ s high living standards. At the dinner table‚ Mr.Birling is sitting ’at one end‚’ and Mrs.Birling ’at the other’ (p.1). This shows that Mrs.Birling has a
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Thinking about the world today and its society‚ lots of people are judgmental and hypocritical. Yet‚ some may also be very conscious of every step they take. Being courageous isn’t necessarily running in the face of danger‚ nor is it risking your life. Courage can be a private matter and to act with hope that things will get better or that their sacrifices mean something. Being the perfect person and lacking the courage to go out and live freely is constantly drilled into people’s minds . Continuously
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J.R.R. Tolkien was a man with many brilliant aspects. Many people have looked up to him and been influenced by his views‚ works‚ and teachings. Even though he had many hard times in his life‚ he fought through them and became one of the most recognized authors: he’s famous around the world and known for his detailed writings and religious influence. Tolkien was also known as an amazing man throughout many hardships‚ a brilliantly intelligent professor and a world-renowned and award-winning author
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An inspector calls was written by J.B.Priestly‚ Priestley presents the character of the inspector as a defense of socialism as Priestley was a defensor of the socialist party. The play was set in 1912 which is also linked with 1945 as it is about the same century. the play transmits a lot of political and social messages as Priestley believed in socialism and used his plays to convince people of his way of thinking. The play is about a family who are in a lunch room celebrating their daughter’s engagement
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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger presents Holden Caulfield’s flashback of his first few days after being kicked out of Pencey Prep. The adults and teachers in Holden’s life believe that he does not apply himself in school. Holden feels that most people‚ especially adults‚ are phonies‚ so he childishly chooses not to listen to them. In Holden’s mind‚ no one reaches the level of perfection Allie‚ Holden’s dead younger brother‚ creates. Holden perceives the world through two extremes‚ the
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I found Joseph T.J. Smith life story very neat. I’m very proud that it was very inspirational and I’m also glad that he was able to come share it with us. Throughout the many downfalls better will always come. TJ smith story was most people of our motivation that took it to heart. When telling us about his first job experience made me think about if I should get a job or not. When having his first job as being cashier at the supermarket. It was out of nowhere how he got the job. The manager of the
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Facebook Depression "A sampling of my Facebook feed this morning reveals a video clip of my J.Crew model– esque sister-in-law rock climbing in the Adirondacks‚ news of my younger cousin winning $1‚000 in a singing competition‚ a friend’s pictures from her recent trip to Morocco‚ a post on my newly published friend’s book page‚ a plug for my friend’s new home-based jewelry business‚ … I feel inadequate‚ untalented‚ and boring. Why? Because I have ’Facebook depression.’ " (Williams). That
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-1This is a response to H.J. McCloskey’s Article‚ "On Being an Atheist". While I believe that Mr . McCloskey put a lot of thought into this article I think he made some assumptions about all theists that are not necessarily correct. Throughout his argument it seems that he focuses primarily on the existence of evil to support his non belief in God. He started off immediately in this argument by stating that because of the evil that exists in this world that if we are to say there was a creator
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