Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five Should Not Be Banned in High School Levels
The banned book of “Slaughterhouse-Five” by: Kurt Vonnegut is a very interesting piece of work. The story revolves around Billy Pilgrim, a soldier in World War Two who does not even want to be there. This book follows him in a nonlinear order and rather sporadic change of events from Billy becoming a prisoner of war and the bombing at Dresden and how he survives. Billy has flashbacks and goes through time travel being “unstuck in Lime“ where he lives…...
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Elvis’s Influence in the World
It is the 1950s, people are sneaking out and going to parties without telling their parents. They are wearing all black, but it is not to hide at night, it is a statement. Music is blaring and Elvis comes on. All the kids are going crazy, but why? Elvis was unique for his time. He was an icon to the youth and a villain to adults. He was hated by the few for all the wrong reasons and adored by…...
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The Beauty of “Electricidad”
Luis Alfaro's masterpiece, 'Electricidad', was presented by the UIC Theatre and directed by the well-known Marcela Muñoz. Muñoz is known for many of her works in Chicago's oldest Spanish-language theatre company, the Aguijón Theater, where she was the Co-Artistic and Managing Director. (3Arts.org) The play tells the story of Electricidad, the eldest daughter of Agamenón 'El Auggie', who was born and raised in the streets of East Los Angeles barrios to be a true Chola, a female Latina gangbanger. Ever…...
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The Hate U Give Teaching Rationale
The Hate U Give is appropriate for a ninth-grade Oklahoma English class because the standards for this grade level call for students to evaluate points of view and perspectives in grade-level literary text and explain how multiple points of view contribute to the meaning of a piece of work. This novel is an excellent example to use in the classroom because students will become acquainted with the characters and the events that lead to their individual stories. This novel is…...
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Psychosocial Theory Sigmund Freud
Over the ages, as the world expands and develops new challenges present themselves and pose questions that need to be answered. Most of these questions are not direct and cannot be a hundred percent proven and because of this, we develop theories. As new circumstances arise, they can provide a means for theories to develop and grow to further explain the question being asked. The authors of our textbook most likely included so many theories because it is important to…...
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Media, And Its Effect On Language
Whether they’re blocking out the haters or have been to oovoo javer, people have been doing it for the Vine since its debut on January 24, 2013. Now, this sentence might come across as a little confusing to some; it might not make any sense at all! That could be because most of the content of the sentence came from Vine, a popular video sharing app used by teenager from 2013 till its closing in 2016. Users could upload six…...
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This Be The Verse Analysis
In Philip Larkin’s poem, “This Be the Verse,” he uses strong language to get across his message of that no one should have children. The title already gives hints to the attitude of this poem. The title “This Be the Verse” sounds like the Larkin is stating that this is the guide that we should all live by. Specifically, “verse” gives off a very biblical feeling making it sound official and used by people centuries ago. Also the defined article…...
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