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- 1221: A Seperate Peace
- ... change his life forever, and he has to fight more for peace amidst a world of chaos. He experiences new feelings fear, frustration, pity, and undeniable guilt. From his experiences in his last year of school at Devon, he emerges with greater strength, greater understanding, maturity, and he finds the separate peace that every man longs for. Phineas just walked serenely on, or rather flowed on, rolling forward in his white ... a war going on, and tries to resurrect the freedom of worries experienced in the eSummer Session. Phineas begins a campaign of events to distract his classmates from the events going on outside of the school, bringing them into his world of unending peace. No fighting ever came out of Finny, he was not afraid of any enemy because in his eyes there were none. My fury was gone, I felt ... that Phineas had always enjoyed. After that point, he no longer felt any feelings of hatred, jealousy, envy, etc. Those emotions died along with Phineas. In the end of the novel, Gene graduates from the school with greater understanding and maturity. All of his internal conflicts had been vanquished. He had fought with his heart, and was finally able to taste the fruits of victory. He did not get any ...
- 1222: A Separate Peace, Symbolism Wi
- John Knowles uses the literary element of symbolism in his novel, A Separate Peace. Gene, a student at the Devon Prep School in New Hampshire, tries to understand the love, hate, and jealousy that he feels for his roommate Phineas, nicknamed "Finny." Knowles uses the Assembly Hall, the marble staircase, and the locker room to symbolize how ... directly connected to the events that took place during and after the Assembly Hall trial. Consequently, the marble staircase symbolizes how Gene's spiteful feelings ultimately cause Finny's death. At the end of the school session after Finny's death, Gene's cleaning out his locker is another symbolic act. Gene says, "Brinker went upstairs to continue his packing, and I walked over to the gym to clean out my locker" (193). As school ends for Gene, he still thinks of Finny. While cleaning his locker, Gene moves on from his school years and moves into adulthood. Gene reflects, "Phineas created an atmosphere in which I continue now ...
- 1223: Catcher In The Rye - The Conte
- ... and it is also apparent in Salingers life. Does Salinger exhibit Buddhism on different levels in Catcher in the Rye? The main character in the book is Holden Caulfield. He attends a rich prep school called Prency prep. It is a school that typifies the idealistic American school, where the dirt and grind does not have a space, at least not on the surface. Holden is then expelled from the school, and starts to venture out the world on his own. He ...
- 1224: A Seperate Peace
- ... change his life forever, and he has to fight more for peace amidst a world of chaos. He experiences new feelings fear, frustration, pity, and undeniable guilt. From his experiences in his last year of school at Devon, he emerges with greater strength, greater understanding, maturity, and he finds the separate peace that every man longs for. Phineas just walked serenely on, or rather flowed on, rolling forward in his white ... a war going on, and tries to resurrect the freedom of worries experienced in the eSummer Session. Phineas begins a campaign of events to distract his classmates from the events going on outside of the school, bringing them into his world of unending peace. No fighting ever came out of Finny, he was not afraid of any enemy because in his eyes there were none. My fury was gone, I felt ... that Phineas had always enjoyed. After that point, he no longer felt any feelings of hatred, jealousy, envy, etc. Those emotions died along with Phineas. In the end of the novel, Gene graduates from the school with greater understanding and maturity. All of his internal conflicts had been vanquished. He had fought with his heart, and was finally able to taste the fruits of victory. He did not get any ...
- 1225: Djibouti
- ... procedures, normally arresting persons without warrants and sometimes detaining persons for lengthy periods. The Penal Code provides for bail and expeditious trial. Incommunicado detention is used. In May, in the midst of a strike by school teachers, security forces detained Mariam Hassan Ali, the Secretary General of the teachers union, and three union leaders for several hours without providing any explanation. In June the official newspaper reported that 18 inmates waited ... requirement for initiating a strike calls for the representatives of employees who plan to do so to contact the Interior Ministry 48 hours in advance. All strikes during the year were legal. In January secondary school teachers struck unsuccessfully over nonpayment of salaries and for better benefits. School teachers also struck unsuccessfully in April, May, June, and September over nonpayment of salaries and working conditions. Although the Labor Law prohibits employer retribution against strikers, the Government on one occasion arbitrarily arrested several ...
- 1226: Dressing Appropriately
- Dressing Appropriately In high school, there were the preps, the skaters, and the burnouts, just to name a few. These groups were not only distinguished by the way they acted, but they were also differentiated by the way they dressed. By looking at a particular student in high school, one could probably infer the clique he/she belonged to. So if a person had on big, baggy pants with a oversized T-shirt that had a Etnies logo on it, one could conclude that person to be a skater and if a person had on khakis and a gap sweater, one could deduce that person to be a prep. What is a possible reason that high school students dress as they do? They might use clothing style as a sense of identity(clique) or maybe to stand out among others. I too, in high school, wanted to be included in a ...
- 1227: Whats Normal Whats A Freak
- ... talk to them. When I was in seventh grade I met someone that changed my life. They were smart and nice to be around. Everything I wanted to be. They didn t go to our school; in fact they weren t allowed to go to school. She, was one of my neighbors grandkids, I haven t told many people this because she was something I always wanted to be. She looked at people and saw who they were not what they ... others a gods sake, it s the truth about everyone. We are all a like in more then one way. We share something in common; we go through the same life experiences, walking, talking, and school. Normal, freak, they re words most of us use every day, but we don t truly know what they mean. Look at the people beside you, what would you call them? You would call ...
- 1228: The War Against Athletes
- ... privileges. They are scorned and questioned of their morale, without cause or evidence. The trust once shared between students and teachers, the bond between children and parents has been torn apart. Athletes ranging from middle school to high school are being subjected to tests for drug use. Drugs that only thirteen percent of the student populations are responsible for. (Brecher, n.pag.) The remaining eighty-seven percent of the students are being accused of ... justify the nation-wide search for drug-positive athletes. Involvement by teammates, family, and faculty can solve the problem of muscle enhancing drugs much better than the Supreme Court decision. Even now, the usefulness of school drug testing is being questioned. There are endless ways to overcome the difficulties of the testing system (Tawar, p.2). Private enterprises are offering drug-negative containers of urine for an easy answer to ...
- 1229: The Devastating Effects Of Int
- ... boys. Stepanie feels that this event was very judgmental on the coaches part because girls are just as capable as boys. In September 1957 an Arkansas Governor, ordered state-militia troops to a Little Rock School to stop Negro s from entering. The governor, Orval Fabous was defying the new federal law that allowed African -Americans into white schools. This event triggered racial violence and forced a showdown with federal officials. The law was created to counter the devastating effect of segregation to the poorer black only schools. Today blacks can go to school without having to worry about being stopped. An incident in which I was discriminated against. Some boys at my school were making fun of my weight. Sizesism can be very depressing. The long-term effect is that one of the boys was my friend and now I can t stand him and I have ...
- 1230: Teenage Suicide
- ... all inside until they feel that the only way to get rid of the pain is to commit suicide. Are gay teenagers at a higher risk? According to a survey did at a Minnesota public school Gay/bisexual males are 24 percent more likely to commit suicide than straight males. Also Gay/bisexual females are 6 percent more likely to commit suicide than straight females. Gay children are two to three ... with this is that they lack efficiency, teens don't use them. Another possible strategy is Educational approaches. There has been a considerable increase in the provision of suicide prevention programs for United States high school students. Most programs provide curricula directly to highs school students. Some of their goals are to increase awareness of the problem. To provide knowledge about the behavioral characteristic ("warning signs") of teens at risk for suicide, and to describe available treatment or counseling ...
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