Summirizer In the beginning the story “Between Shades of Gray” it talks about how there is a family. In the family there is a dad that is not around a lot with the name of Kostas Vilkas. There is the mom that watches over the two children, whose name is Elena. The oldest child's name is Lina, who has a younger brother named Jonas. In the beginning there is an officer that comes to there house and starts to talk to Lina’s mother. Lina and Jonas are not told what is going on all they know know, is that they have to get all of their most important things together. Before the officers came back into Lina’s house, her mother was breaking all of her favorite cups and dishes. The officers soon came in and were ready to take the family away. As the NKVD (the officers) walked behind Lina, Jonas, and their mother they were forced to get in a truck. The truck had about fifteen other people in it not including Lina and her family. As they got in the truck some man yelled out that they were all going to die. Unable to get out of the vehicle they stayed in front of the hospital waiting for a woman to give birth to her baby. The woman that had just gave birth a few minutes ago, is named Ona. Later on the passengers that were in the truck all had to get out, and follow the NKVD. When everyone got out of the truck, the NKVD started to pick people to take with them. One of the NKVD started to take away Jonas. Elena started to talk to the NKVD in Russian, then soon the man let go of Jonas.…
think that the most impact of me changing into how I am today would be the car culture. The car culture is a place where I really adapted into. I learned about how the whole scene works and the different kinds of people. When I lived in California a group of friends that I had were car enthusiast, they would talk about the meets going down, the events, etc. I was more of a regular person at the time who cared nothing else except video games. I later adapted to this culture because I like how…
In the Askins’ free time (cont’d.) Many people in town would move out to the beach. Mr. Askins’ remembers these times like they just happened yesterday. On the way to Florida the Askins’ family would stop at Mount Olive Baptist Church in South Georgia, and they would have lunch on their lawn. His father drove an Oldsmobile. Cars were a big deal in the 1950’s. The new cars would be released and Mr. Askins would beg his father to take him to the dealer, so he could see the cars. It was the most…
feel warm. It’s September of 2006, my birth month. I pass by the kitchen eavesdropping on my mother talking on the phone about a huge birthday party that I knew was for me; however, I pretended not to know. I wanted to be excited. The day comes, and my loving mother knew exactly what I wanted, a Disney Pixar Cars themed party! My family and friends are spread across our yard and as typical, mothers are gossiping, fathers are drinking beer, and kids are running for their lives as they play…
Hazel Bryant in her lifetime produced more than 200 musicals and plays, and was also the single founder and was one of the greatest noticeable creative thinker and producers off Broadway as administrative director of the Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art. Hazel also was the founder of several other institutions designed to aid black theatre companies. Hazel Bryant was born on September 8th, 1939 , in Zanesville, Ohio, her father Harrison James Bryant was African Methodist Episcopal…
Did you ever want to become one of the best detectives like the people movies? Well, most of the best detective uses the steps I am going to teach you. So I am going to help you solve a case that will help you solve more cases. The case is about someone who robbed a rare fish. So the police officer tries to find the thief, but there was a street with five houses and they know that one of those houses is the thief. It is only to you the best detective in the world (That is you.) So now you will…
home from work and spot a car that is a little bit way too low to be on the road? Most of us have and if you are not into todays car scene, you might just find it a little bit too weird. Today’s car scene is subculture that is rapidly growing and many are proud to be in. Within these car scene subcultures we have different categories that we can identify; classic, American, and imports. These are all very different subcultures but they all share one thing, and that is the love and care for their…
If you keep on looking or searching for the answers of the very simple first or second questions, the customers making one or several reason will be turned down. In the contrary, if you are confident on your answers, your looks are professional, and provide alternative answers to focus on your main topic, you are likely to make a sale. Another main problem will be when the customers ask for the contrast between two of the new cars. Here the customers wanted to make a decision based on your…
computers will not only be prominent in education, but also in businesses, factories, homes, etc. One of the noticeable changes that have been happening around us is the audio equipment. During the past years, our only option for listening to music in the cars was the cassette tape, then a few years later; it became obsolete and replaced by the CD player. Later on, a new technology was invented, which is the auxiliary port that enabled the users to listen to music from an external smart device.…
production of electric cars using lead/acid battery packs would exponentially increase the public’s exposure to lead pollution (Peters, 1995). According to the study, electric cars would create more than 60 times the amount of lead pollution as compared to vehicles burning leaded gasoline (Peters, 1995). In addition to problems associated with lead pollution, lead/acid batteries also have the lowest energy density (compared to the batteries listed in Tables 1-4) because they use the largest mass…