Three Little Words By Ashley Rhodes-Courter

In the short story "Kath and Mouse" by Janet McNaughton, the character Kath is most interesting because she is controlling and entitled, yet she is also hard working and careful. Firstly, Kath is directly described as a hardworking person by the author in the short story. This is demonstrated by the following quote: "She really worked at it, forty-five minutes every day. Not that anyone else knew. If anyone phoned while she was practicing, we were supposed to say she was out," (McNaughton 62).

Summary- Simon Kelleher is the author of the gossip page About That, in which he spreads secrets and hateful comments about his peers at Bayview High School. One day in afterschool detention, Simon has an allergic reaction and dies. Four students witnessed his death, Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, and Cooper, who were all in detention after they were caught with phones in class. The Police find that there was peanut oil in the cup that Simon had drunk out of, and they realize that it was not just a coincidence. Someone had posted online that Simon’s death was not just a coincidence and that one of the four students who were in detention with Simon was the murderer.

“We have to help him!” Todd yelled.” This is what Todd said in “The Race,” by Heather Klassen. Todd is desired to help others and make everyone happy. He does this by going back and helping a little boy and sacrifice his win, he felt bad for the boy and wanted to help.

For nine years, Ashley encountered many hardships and challenges as she was shuttled between a total of fourteen different foster homes (threshold guardian). Her first test in her hero’s journey occured when she and her brother were staying with her grandfather and his girlfriends, Adele. Just as Ashley started to feel a sense of belongingness and comfort in this new family, her grandfather was shot dead in their driveway.

The author, Alex Haley, describes Malcolm Little’s, AKA Malcolm X, own life as an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. Beginning with his mother’s pregnancy, Haley explains his childhood, growing up in Michigan. The questionable death of his father and the deteriorating mental health of his mother, sent Malcolm into a downward spiral, causing him to get involved in organized crime and being incarcerated for eight to ten years. While incarcerated, Malcolm encountered the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Lost-Found Nation of Islam.

“I hate it here anyway!” It would be easier if they threw me out before I really wanted to stay.” This reveals how Ashley was shaped by the abandonment of her mother. She acts out in the foster homes that take her in and hopes that her mother comes back and gets her. Another piece of evidence that conveys this is on page 113, “Something boiled up inside me and I grabbed the back of his head and yanked his hair.

In her essay, Whistling Vivaldi Won’t Save You, Tressie Cottom talks about Ben Staples essay, Just Walk On By, in which he acts differently in public to ease peoples perspective of him. Tressie mentions this particular essay because of a ill-advised shooting of an unarmed black man by the police. She says that Brent Staples is right to a point, like in the case of Jonathan Ferrell. Mr. Ferrell got into a terrible car accident and when he was able to get out of his car he walked over to someone’s house, who had called the police. When the police showed up they ended up shooting him ten times ultimately killing him.

One day, Carley decides to go the library with Mrs Murphy’s library card and Carley finds out Mrs. Murphy has a book about adoption. When Carley sees this she is ecstatic and tries really hard to be a great person to the Murphy family. Carley states “‘Oh. You have an overdue book here. Navigating the World of Adoption.

Echoes of Justice According to NBC News black Americans are 3.23 times more likely than white Americans to be killed by police, only 14.2% of the population in America is black making up 27% of all deaths caused by police brutality. These statistics are exemplified in the novel The Hate you Give by Angie Thomas talks about the story of Starr and how she changes throughout the story and how she earns her confidence on how to speak out against police brutality. The ideas in The Hate U Give connect to our world today through the article “How BLM Went From a Hashtag to a Global Rallying Cry” by Leah Asmelash and the other article “Homeroom” a Hulu documentary. We need to advocate and fight for change because people of color aren't treated subsequently.

The mistreatment of Indigenous people in Canada is a leading factor in the loss of their identity; a tragic consequence of colonialism and systemic injustice. “Totem” by Thomas King, an American-born novelist and member of the Order of Canada, conveys the message of the mistreatment of Indigenous peoples by the government with the use of various literary elements. King voices his opinions about the government’s terrible and shallow decisions they make and solutions they come up with. Comparatively, “I lost my talk” by Rita Joe, a Mi'kmaw poet and member of the Order of Canada, also speaks of the tragedies that the Indigenous peoples have faced, but through a more personal lens where she talks about her experiences as a former student of Shubenacadie Indian Residential School. Although "Totem" and "I lost my talk" differ in their usage of tone and imagery, they both

Hannah Lee {In that exact order}. There is the regretted one, the beloved one, and the forgotten one. It is these labels given to them not in words but in the actions of the parents, this is what will form the family dynamic. Along with these labels, they are given varying amounts

On September 11, 2001, tragedy struck the city of New York. On that fateful day, two airplanes were hijacked by terrorists and flew straight into the twin towers. Each tower fell completely to the ground, taking thousands of lives with it and injuring thousands more. Not only did that day leave thousands of families without their loved ones, it also left an entire city and an entire country to deal with the aftermath of the destruction. Poet, Nancy Mercado, worries that one day people will forget that heartbreaking day.

Drawing on 1-3 poems from the course, outline the methods by which poets convey their form of protest. You might consider form, language, imagery, allusion, embodiment (if performed) or anything else you think is important. When examining Sarah Jones's ‘Your Revolution’, it is seen as having been inspired and intended to deflate common hip-hop hits of previous decades to show Jones’ dissent towards masculinist aspects of hip-hop. Jones can be seen through the poem as being eager to talk about her side to “embarrass her audience for listening to songs that objectify women as toys” (College of Charleston Blogs, 2013). In 2019, Jones told Washing Post, “I’m not attacking hip-hop.

Thoughts and messages about experience, struggle, and history are embodied throughout Amanda Gorman’s collection of poems titled Call Us What We Carry, composed in 2021. Written during such a pivotal time in history due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gorman’s poems highlight the extreme emotions and compelling experiences society faced as a whole during this period of such bleak isolation. The stories translated through her words transport us back to that time of quarantine and evoke a reflection on that era of isolation. Call Us What We Carry, Gorman’s lyrical collection of poetry consists of a multitude of pieces including poems titled Essex I and Essex II. Grief is the subject that establishes the intertextuality of these two works, although

Alliteration/Assonance Alliteration Alliteration is a literary device where then first letter or sound of the word is repeated for effect. When alliteration is used, it is commonly presenting a more dramatic effect and/or a reflective description. Additionally, the alliteration is commonly used to call attention to a phrase and help the poem flow together smoothly. A good example of alliteration is "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers".