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Coraline by Neil Gaiman is about a young girl named Coraline Jones discovering a door to her other life, other parents, and other struggles.I believe this book was excellent because the author Neil Gaiman,really went into detail about Coraline as a character. He wrote about her surroundings and the new things she discovers behind the door often describing every step she takes.Coraline Jones does not narrate the story but oddly enough, her thoughts and feelings are the only one’s shared…

Isaac Slade, Joe King, Ben Wysocki, and Dave Welsh make up the popular rock/ pop band The Fray. With their first album, How to Save a Life, this band appeared on everyone’s radar. The Fray’s song “You Found Me” appeared on the band’s second album, The Fray. Eight months after the release of The Fray’s second album, the band released a music video for “You Found Me.” This song could have several meanings depending on different points of views. Many interpretations of the lyrics in this song…

An interview was held on June 1995 with the American author “ David James “Dave” Pelzer . The interview showed all the audience the truth behind David’s childhood experience which he shared in his book “ Child Called It “ . Pelzer shares in this interview the reason behind writing this book , and what message Is he delivering to his audience . - Mr. Dave , “ Child Called It “ , the novel that you wrote which had an impact on most of the audience , and is considered your best and most…

Colonel Sanders “No hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money can deter me from giving the best I ever can.” Colonel Sanders said this because to him, it was not about how much money he was making or how much work he had to do, he would always try his best at whatever it was he was doing. With him facing many hardships in life, going through different near death experiences and changing the fast food industry, he deserves to be more well known and have a higher status in history. First,…

“The Child Called It,” by Dave Pelzer is a novel based on a child who is mistreated by his mother. The stepmother treats the child worst than trash. He is fed teaspoons of ammonia, a harmful substance for a human body. He sleeps under the kitchen table with the cold as his blanket. It is a great example of what child goes trough when he or she is been mistreated by a relative. Priests The sexual abuse of children was rarely discussed in public before the nineteen seventy’s, and it was not…

For my film review, I deiced to do one of my all-time favorite movies by Henry Selick titled Coraline. Let me start by saying while Coraline is a beautifully created family film it is not for all children like it was advertised. Coraline is much more of a whimsical horror that not every child would be able to handle. Coraline is about a twelve-year-old girl named Coraline. She moves with her family from Michigan all the way to Oregon to an old house called the pink palace. There she feels bored…

Coraline, an unhappy girl, moves to the Pink Palace Apartments with her mother and father. Since Coraline is left to her own devices, she befriends her new neighbors and a boy who lives further down the lane. Later, she discovers an alternate world—one where everything is exactly the same but seems so perfect—so perfect that she would rather live there. However, things aren’t always as they seem. Coraline has to rescue herself and her parents from impending doom. Coraline Jones was voiced by…

Breaking the Mold Jazz music in the 1950’s typically consisted of smooth, melodic lines, and compositions in 4/4, and in some cases, 3/4 rhythm, which made it easy for listeners to dance along to, therefore boosting the popularity of the particular band. Dave Brubeck went against this commonality, and created music that he enjoyed playing, rather than composing songs that fit into the standardized “jazz mold.” This decade introduced some immensely talented jazz musicians with the innovative…

David Pelzer was the main character and author of the book he was a boy that struggled most of his young adolescent to overcome his past abuse. His main straight though out the whole book is his resilient and his ability to love. David was determined once he set his mind to something and not much would change him once he decided to do something. When David was not guarding his hart he was able to truly care and love people and most found him easy to love as well. Mr. Pelzer was David’s father…

If he hollers let him go, is an essay by Rachel Ghansah. It is a review of political, personal, and family reasons of Dave Chapelle, famous American comedian, to move back to his hometown yellow spring Ohio. When his career and popularity was on the peak, he left his stand up show and moved, though he appeared on TV and gave some official interview later. According to some critics, it was more emotional decision, than thoughtful. Rachel Ghansah was trying to find out Dave’s true motives. It is…