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Most Americans are too well aware of the problem that the U.S.A faces surrounding school shootings. However, one of the most tragic shootings was at Sandy Hook Elementary School where 20 innocent children were brutally shot and 6 adults died protecting them. Dawn and Mary by Doyle rivetingly retells this tragedy with the untold angle:…

Main Characters and their Connections to Nature Charles Frazier’s novel Cold Mountain takes place during the time of the civil war. However, instead mainly focuses on each character and the life lessons they learn throughout the story. As the novel progresses we the characters go through different arduous journeys. The novel Cold Mountain is made…

Sin is the main theme In The Scarlet Letter. All of the characters in the book were somehow affected by the main sin. Which was adultery. The three mall characters were the most widely affected, and their whole lives were molded by the way they dealt with the sin. The sin surrounds, encloses, and strangles…

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a very high controversial piece of literature that is to this day analyzed by academia. Stoker’s Dracula touches on many different types of critical theories, this is the prime reason the novel is used so much for analyzing. This section, however, is going to focus on on critical theory called Feminist…

Reading Comprehension delays can occur for various reasons including language barriers, behavioral disorders including Attention Deficient Disorder and even reading impairment. However, children who have a hard time understanding what they are reading can be helped significantly by listening and participating in reading aloud within a classroom. Judith Gold and Akimi Gibson published an article…

The Autobiography of a Tokugawa SamuraiThis is an autobiography of a samurai who was born into a family of nobles during the Tokugawa shogunate. Though a samurai, his life was unworthy of a samurai’s way. He was known running a protection racket, cheating and stealing from the public (Kokichi 31). Katsu Kokichi’s life is an…

A catalyst is person or thing that precipitates an event or change (Google). Claries initiates the earliest changes in Montages character as she subtly forces him to develop his self-awareness. With this self-awareness, Montage is inspired and encouraged by Professor Faber to change his views and habits. Completing Montages change in character is Granger, whose…

In “Fast Forward”, Celeste O. Norfleet shares with readers how death and other life-changing situations affect the lives of teens and how they respond to them. “Fast Forward” is a joy reading book. It takes you on a journey like no other book but I did have problems reading it. It was bad enough that…

HopeI hope I can make it across the border. I hope I can see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope. (106)Hope Springs Eternal is a story that demonstrates how important it is to keep hope alive. Throughout the entire…

In Narrative Of he Life of Frederick Douglass, the author- Frederick Douglass himself- mentions that he got separated with her mother right after he was born, her mother got sent to work in another farm which is pretty far from where he lives. He states that “[My mother] made her journeys to see me in…