Essays on Cassie

Othello is a Shakespearean classic tragedy that has been adopted into different modern day versions in cinema and theatre. It is a tragic tale of envy, revenge, manipulation and murder. The 2001 British modern day adaptation of Othello sticks with the classical themes of jealousy, envy and murder. The Geoffrey Sax movie is set in modern day London that is witnessing riots due to police brutality. This paper seeks to explore the treatment of the theme of evil and revenge in the two disparate versions of Othello. Understanding the depiction of evil also means understanding the inner workings and ...

Genre

Fiction Subgenre Adult science fiction Narrator’s point of view Water, as a crucial part of life, is needed for survival. The story, which was narrated by four narrators, with their goal saving their home from a species-threatening event.

Summary

Exposition Cassie, sam, Teacup, Ben, and Ringer are in a rat-infested building, trying to hide from Vosch and his aliens. Ringer is then sent to the woods where he could hide as they think of a way to attack Vosch. Evan then sets out to find Cassie.

Setting

The series took place in the modern world which continues to face five ...

Characters: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey is a modern science fiction novel for young adult readers with Cassie Sullivan, Ben Parish and Evan Walker as the major characters. Setting: The events occurring in the book are set in the modern world whereby the Earth is invaded by the aliens.

Background: The author describes how five distinct, sharp waves destroy everything. It shows how people were once living peacefully but the arrival of aliens destroys everything and their beloved planet.

Event 1: The first event occurs with the destruction of all electronics by an electromagnetic power.

Event 2: The second event happens when all coastlines on the Earth are destroyed by the dropping of a ...

Introduction

Communication has been a significant part of human existence right from the stone ages. There exist diverse means of communication that has culminated in shaping our contemporary world. Tracing the historical use of tools of communication it is seen that the same pattern of transmission and reception has always been a constant factor; though advancement in technology has speedup the time of transmitting and the mode of transmission. For instance the use of telegraph in past era is transmitted via electronic means and the receptor receives sent information and could send reply which could take several days. According to Standage, cited ...

Introduction

Education plays an important role in teaching children valuable lessons that will help them change or become agents of change. This idea materializes in Mildred Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Told from the perspective of 9 year old Cassie, the girl leans valuable lessons, especially from bitter experiences of racism and injustice, which allowed her to grow and become an instrument or vehicle of change. The following discussion focuses on the lessons that Cassie learned, these lessons’ influences on Cassie’s point of view, behavior, and role in the story.

Coming of Age in Roll of Thunder, Hear Me Cry

Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear ...

There are several things that a child should learn during the education tenure. Teachers use guides in order to equip their students with the requisite skills. Miss Cassie dedicated her time to explain most of these aspects involved in teaching a grade one student during an interview. According to her, each student should be able to add and subtract at least from one to forty. They should know to identify time by hour and half hour. First grade student should identify shapes, read chapter book and make connections as per the characters chronology flow of the story. Miss Cassie calls this ...

Introduction

My advice to this friend would be based on several dimensions. I would have to prepare this friend for entrepreneurship process. This would equip the individual with the requisite information so that the individual may engage in the process adequately prepared. A crucial task that this entrepreneur must conduct is a market survey. He must determine whether the business opportunity is profitable, based on market competition and demand.Main body The first dimension of my advice would be based on the qualities that the individual has to possess as an entrepreneur. The first quality that he must possess is that ...

It was the seventh of March, 2011 and my wife and I had been waiting patiently for nine months. I was so excited, to the point of agitation, to finally meet my first child. At ten thirty at night, under a full moon, things were finally happening. Cassie had been having pains for most of the day, on and off, but at just after ten her waters broke and then the proper contractions started. It wasn’t long before Cassie was in so much pain that she asked me to take her to the hospital.

At the hospital, the midwife ...