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Dear Literary Canon Board of Directors, I am writing this letter because I think that London Bridge by James Patterson should be a classic book. I think this because its was wonderful book that kept you the reads on their feet on what’s going to happen next in the story. The first reason I believe […]
Charlotte, a young girl, suffered a brain hemorrhage and slipped into coma.One day, ‘Rolling in the Deep,’ by Adele played on the radio. When Charlotte heard it, she smiled.Charlotte and her mother used to sing this song together.Within days, charlotte was able to walk and talk.Music is very powerful.It has the power to heal. That […]
From the mirror the man peers at an empty corpse. The skeleton staring back is nothing but a shell of what was once a student, a child of God, a son. In the novel, Night, Elie Wiesel illustrates through the use of imagery how the victims of the holocaust lost their sense of human identity, […]
Peer Pressure And Drug UsageOnTeens Drugs and other substances can provoke bad behaviors in your studies and social life. Marijuana and alcohol are the top substances that teens use to “relax” or to get their mind off stress from school and/or social life/drama. Teens who influence people and pressure their peers to make teensthese decisions, […]
How does one fight authority when one is not a solider? Some might say that one cannot fight as guns win the war, but that is not the case for Patrick Henry, who chooses a different path to help his side, the Patriots, win the war. Henry poses the question when the Revolutionary War against […]
Do you know what makes your cars faster? There are many different ways to make your car faster. One way you can make your car faster is by decreasing the weight of then car, and then increasing the horse power. To increase the speed of your car you can change the weight, horse power and […]
This year, Arrowhead administration decided seniors who have fifth or sixth hour study hall will be placed alongside juniors in the junior study hall room. Previously seniors were assigned to the cafeteria. Attendance was still taken in the cafeteria, as it is in junior study hall. According to Pete Nejedlo, assistant principal at North Campus, […]
Throughout the entire year during English, we have read different texts such as the Vietnam War literature, “Catcher In the Rye”, “Macbeth”, “Lord of the Flies”, and more, and explored the inner meanings and hidden messages in these books. More recently, we have been focusing on the topic of how literature acts a both a […]
It is a truth universally acknowledged that humans have differing opinions on most everything. For example, some people loved the movie Titanic and cried for its three-hour duration, while others simply didn’t understand its sentimental value. But does that mean that the people who didn’t watch the movie should form opinions about it, just like […]
Falconry; A Positive Influence in Our Environment A hawk catches your eye as it glides slowly in lazy circles overhead. For a second you stop to watch it soar through the clouds dotting the sky. Suddenly it stops. It begins to fall, to dive. Spiralling closer and closer to the ground, it seems it will […]
The city of Isabela. Columbus built this city on Hispaniola and it became very well known and attracted many tourists and traders and explorers. The city was good, but right away the people had trouble. They would get suck and there would never be enough food to eat and they didn’t much like Columbus.. .or […]
The past has held exciting times, when cowboys and indians rampaged and wild beasts ran about. This period hosted compelling shootouts and gripping hunting bands. It was a time when vexation teased many tempers, and flexed its sordid grip around ones heart. Back then it was thought only right for a man to lash out […]
Patterns of Genocide How did the Jewish Holocaust of WWII compare to other ethnic cleansings in history? When the word “genocide” is mentioned, the first occurrence that is brought to mind is the Holocaust. Genocide is defined as “the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group” (Genocide). Although the Holocaust is […]
“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much,” said Helen Keller (Keller). Helen Keller was a 2-year-old when she lost her hearing and sight but she overcame it. What have you overcome? Much like Helen Keller overcame the obstacle of not being able to communicate, I too overcame my obstacle of […]
Let’s be honest: writing can be challenging, especially speechwriting. Whether a speech is for commencement, political address, or simply running for a school club, how will one go about this task? Will the writer focus solely on his or her respective audience? Will there be attempts to add in persuasive devices? Perhaps speechwriters will try […]
The season was around the corner and the whole team was excited. The absence of a traditional hockey scent that smelled like sweat and body odor, meant there had not yet a been a battle, or otherwise known as a game of hockey. But, everyone was excited to go to battle and everyones noses were […]
“Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town, dating from that day in 1894 when Colonel Sartoris, the mayor—he who fathered the edict that no Negro woman should appear on the streets without an apron remitted her taxes, the dispensation dating from the […]
College is the time in my life where I am experiencing the adult world for the first time. Intellectual conversations introduce me to new ideas and refine my beliefs, defining who I will be professionally and throughout my life. I have started this time in my life with strong world views that stem from my […]
To Hypomania and Back Again Hypomania is a mental state that lies between Eumania(normal minds) and Mania(insane minds), typically characterized by elevated mood, ample energy, and episodes of emotional fluctuation. The atmosphere of the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of escalating moods and energies because it takes place in the […]
Factories should stop using non renewable resources to power their machines, because non renewable resources are getting harder and harder to obtain, and are often quite bad for the environment. Soon we may have no non-renewable resources left to use for important things. Non renewable resources are decreasing in number, and soon there will be […]
Young people today do not understand who they really are, their identity is what makes them who they are. No one ever stops to realize who they are. This issue will be addressed thoroughly. People need to realize that it is important to know about yourself in order to let other people know you. The […]
What would you say if superheroes are real? They are, I mean there are real superheroes. Though in dictionary’s they say there are fictional characters with supper powers, they are wrong. Superheroes are people who have done extraordinary thing to help people. Take a Firefighter for example: They will help thousands in there lifetime. They […]
As I remember from history class, the Constitution affirmed everyone should be treated equally. All people are equal no matter their, race, color or creed. However, over the years, Trans* folks who commit crimes are placed in prison by their birth sex. This placement can cause sexual assault and harassment in prisons. This is an […]
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Myspace loom like thunderstorm clouds raining social acceptance. Our “friends” like our pictures on Facebook; our “friends” like what we’re doing at a specific moment of the day; our “friends” make snarky comments on statuses of events that we’ve attended. We, more often than not, become or act on what others understand […]
A free virus particle may be thought of as a packaging device for the virus’s genetic material. Every virus is a bunch of genes wrapped in a coat of proteins. In viruses, the genes are either made of DNA or RNA. The outer coat of a virus looks a little like a burr that sticks […]
Diction, or Puritan Plain Style, can be defined as a simple, yet direct style of writing characterized by the use of short, easily understood words common to colonial times. This was the preferred writing style of the Puritans in seventeenth century New England. Anne Bradstreet, however, added her own twist to the simplistic style of […]
Desire is a powerful thing. It can drive people to do things that they normally wouldn’t even think of doing. In the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Jay Gatsby is in love with Daisy. To who is married to someone else but used to be his lover. He goes to extreme measures […]
We have all heard about how cancer, smoking, and other illnesses kill people, but I never hear stories of how Multiple Sclerosis (MS) affects people. Sure, people may not think about it because they may not know what it is. Some may feel that it doesn’t apply to them. I would like people to think […]
Some people believe that the gunpowder plot was a hoax, and by that I mean that the government knew what Guy Fawkes and the other Catholics planned to do and decided to ignore it, Until the last minute so that they looked to be more powerful and in control. Others however say that the Catholics […]
On my first day of school I was nervous but excited at the same time because I was going into school a junior and going in getting closer and closer to being a senior. I came too school this year starting off fresh, doing all my work, going too school, not going in late, and […]
