Ariel and Marie were sisters. Marie was two years younger than Ariel, one year younger than me, and I fit between them nicely, in age as well as personality. They lived in two different hemispheres of existence, and I hovered around the equator, bouncing from pole to pole depending on which sister I was with.
For me, Ariel was the personification of cool. Even her name was cooler than mine. My name was wooden, it fell to the ground with a thump, but Ariel's danced. When she scratched the energetic verticals of her name--Ariel Acosta--the letters became edgy and hip. My swirling cursive seemed clichŽ in comparison. I liked hanging out with Ariel because she made me feel cool too. I was insecure with my conformity. I felt guilty that I owned clothes from the Gap, that I had cried at Titanic, that I worried about my hair. With Ariel I felt validated. If Ariel thought I was cool, well, then maybe I was.
Ariel was everything I wanted to be. She was brilliant, and she seemed to know something about everything worth knowing about. She shopped at thrift stores and wore big black boots and clothes that didn't match and her thin blond hair was spiky and went every which way. She played the violin and the piano. She was a photographer. She went to Guatemala for the summer. She was into hardcore, ska, punk, and everything "indie," she was straight edge and went to lots of shows. She dated guys much older than she. She liked Vietnamese food and watched soccer on the Spanish-language station.
Ariel was unpredictable, and I loved discovering new facets of her personality. She often seemed lost in her thoughts, which I was convinced were deeper than mine, and I was always dying to hear them; to be admitted into the club of deep thinkers. Ever her fallibilities were infallible to me; even the dorky things were cool when she did them. (She confided in me about her profound childhood love for New Kids on the Block--Jordan was her favorite.)
We went to used CD stores, where I loved the bargain bin and the soothing click click sound of the practiced browser hunting for gems. She introduced me to Pho, Vietnamese noodle soup, and I was incredibly relieved that I actually liked it. This was hope for what I saw as my bland and unsophisticated palate, which preferred pizza and mashed potatoes to more worldly cuisine.
Knight's mind was built with creativeness and that helped her succeed. As Knight grew up with her brothers, she invented "sleds, kites, and other playthings that?were the envy of all the boys in town." Knight often had a smile on her face when making new items for her brothers. She enjoyed inventing and helping others in need. "Because she didn't play with dolls," like other girls did, Knight's mind developed independently and creatively. She was the type of person that had her own thoughts and feelings. When Knight worked at the Columbia Paper Bag Company, she wanted to improve how the machines made the bags. The bags were si...
The character are plausible and all their thoughts and feelings seem appropriate. They all acted like they would be expected to act. She also wrote with the difference between genders. The boys acted differently than the girl. Another thing that Sharon did well was the use of symbolism. Near the beginning Melody was talking about her fish Ollie and how he jumped out of his cramped small little bowl and died. She felt like that fish so her thoughts was that she wanted to get out of the prison she called her body. Also her dog was symbolic of safety and
World War I may not have made the world safe for democracy, but it did help to lay the groundwork for a decade of American economic expansion. The war began in Europe in 1914, and the United States entered the fray in 1917. The 1920s saw the growth of the culture of consumerism. A significant reason for United States involvement in the war was the nation’s economic links to the Allied Powers, and especially to Great Britain. American soldiers returned home in May 1919 with the promise of a prosperous decade (Baughman 197).
Throughout the book the characters experienced personal growth; they learned something that changes how they look at life. In this essay I picked a character that I feel experienced the most growth and change and discuss what caused this change to happen and what they were like before the change occurred.
The greenhouse gas emissions from the Alberta oil sands are up to 15 per cent higher than the crude oil processed in the United States because oil is too deep within the ground to be removed using conventional ways. The Athabasca Delta, where the oil sands are located, is a nesting ground for hundreds of species of birds. For the production of oil the land is cleared which destroys the breeding grounds. In the next twenty years over thirty millions birds will be lost. Large amounts of water are required for the production of the oil. To make one barrel of oil it takes three barrels of water. There is not enough water available to meet the needs of all planned oil sands projects while maintaining the stream flows. The flow of the Athabasca River from the town of Fort McMurray has declined by one third. A level-drop of a few centimeters of the river can prevent spring flooding. This is very important to fill nearby streams and wetlands. Also it can have an effect on the 31 species of fish and other marine life due to the drying up spawning and nursery sites. It is expected that the company will withdraw 529 million cubic meters of water from the Athabasca annually. There are over seven hundred and twenty billion liters of poisonous materials on the landscape in the Athabasca oil sands area. These toxic ponds cover an area of over 130 square kilometers. It is estimated that by 2040 these toxic ponds will cover over 310 square kilometers, an area the size of Vancouver. Tar sands mining operations are considered a threat to the Peace-Athabasca Delta because of the volumes of water that is drawn from the Athabasca River. The water cannot be sent back to the rivers because it has become toxic in the withdrawal process. Oil sands development causes large-scale disturbances to Alberta’s northern boreal forest which is an important carbon sink because it holds 22 per cent of the total carbon stored on the earth’s
There were a few things that I liked about Ashley Poston's Geekella. Firstly, it does a great job of retelling the classic Cinderella in a way that serves as a love letter to fandom in general. Secondly, I adored the character Sage, Elle's co-worker who basically plays the role of the "fairy godmother" in this retelling. And finally the text conversations between Darien and Elle truly were adorable.
Marlowe, Christopher. Tamburlaine the Great, Parts One and Two. CreatSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013. Print.
"Hades (Greek Mythology)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Ed. Kathleen Kuiper. Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 July 2013. Web. 31 Oct. 2013.
The role the oil sands play in Canada’s Greenhouse gas emissions is being overshadowed by the politician’s view of the oil sands. As a dominant role in the Canadian economy, even during the rescission, the oil sands were still producing. With the United States producing 40 times more emissions that the oil sands from their coal fire power plants. Where the national Geographic called the sands a “dark satanic mills”, but politicians are saying they do not take lessons from them. With lacking data, the only one’s who knows how much air pollutant they produce are the private sciences hired by the oil
In this novel, I think that an interesting character is the main character and narrator, Cathy Dollanganger. At the beginning of this novel, Cathy is twelve years old and Cathy appears to be a happy pre-teen that still views life through rose tinted glasses. This is interesting and effective for readers, especially teenagers and girls, because it makes her character easily relatable and easy to understand because
courageous person. Susan has a sweet and gentle nature, and she reacts to Aslan's name
In 1967, John Barth wrote an essay which characterized modern literature in a state of exhaustion ,a “used-up” form. The ultimate question then was: What do we do with literature? Barth’s answer suggested that we present narrators that are aware of themselves, as well as the exhaustion of their medium. Also, that we reorient and give new meaning to stories that have already been told, such as the greek myths the second half of the novel focuses on. Meta-fiction is defined as fiction that includes commentary on it’s own construction and narrative process, as well as it’s relation to the reader. Barth’s Lost in the Funhouse addresses the complications of post-modernity and the text. He rejects the idea of a knowable, Cartesian self that can authoritatively construct a unified, coherent narrative because the protagonist is no longer capable of defining him/herself. Meta-fiction addresses this lack of center not only within the self, but within language as well, and grapples with the effects it has on the future of the reader, the role of medium and author, and the intersections between them. Barth redefines this relationship as one of inherent, but not defined, meaning by entering into self-reflexivity and consciousness as the novel progresses. Barth furthers the deconstructive project by asserting LF’s fictionality to engage the reader in play, rather than a passive consumption of authorial intent. (Worthington)
Her first major quality is bravery. She has shown much bravery in the books. The most memorable ones would be (firstly) when she and her friends faced a troll that attempted to kill them before they suc...
Emily: I have an older brother, William, and a younger sister, Lavinia. I have always been really close with my sister. When I was 9 years old my father got a new job so we moved out of my grandparents house and bought one of our own. Some of my hobbies were baking, gardening, learning to sing and play the piano and reading books.