In the book “The Last Shot,” by John Feinstein, Susan Carol Anderson can be considered a new best friend to the main character in the book, Stevie Thomas. Susan Carol could be a best friend for Stevie because she is kind and she likes being with Stevie. Susan Carol would make a best friend because she is clever and can make almost anyone believe what she is saying even if it isn’t the truth. For example, when Susan and Stevie are trying to get to Chip Graber’s room they go to the hotel where Chip is staying. From there they run into a man named Jerry Ventura setting up a radio talk show for later that morning. Susan Carol convinced him that they just wanted a drink and the lines were forever, Jerry believed her and gave her his key to the concierge floor. When they got to the floor they got a drink then went to his room and found the list of where all the players were staying, even Chip’s room. After they went to the lobby and Susan told the manager that the key wasn’t working, and the manager asked what Susan Carol's last name …show more content…
This conflict is man vs man because Dean Wojenski is blackmailing Chip Graber. The conflict is solved at the end because Stevie and Susan are safe, Dean Wojenski and all the people with him that blackmailed Chip, including the president of Minnesota State and the ethics professor, Professor Whiting are arrested. Also, Chip makes the game winning shot for Minnesota State for the championship game. The song that goes good with the conflict is One Shining Moment by David Barrett. It compliments the conflict because Chip had worked very hard to get to the final four and he had put in his al throughout the season and that he should not let anyone get in his way. Also he had put in a lot of effort and skill and trained and didn't want to do all that work to flunk the one of the biggest games
In Cold Blood is the true story of a multiple murder that rocked the small town of Holcomb, Kansas and neighboring communities in 1959. It begins by introducing the reader to an ideal, all-American family, the Clutters; Herb (the father), Bonnie (the mother), Nancy (the teenage daughter), and Kenyon (the teenage son). The Clutters were prominent members of their community who gained admiration and respect for their neighborly demeanors.
One Bullet Away is a military memoir written by and about Nathaniel Fick’s terrifying journey through blood, sweat and tears in Iraq and Afghanistan. Before he joined the Marine Corps, he was at Dartmouth University doubting his life decisions. He didn’t understand how his friends were signing six-figure contracts, going off to more schooling, and doing more reading and studying instead of living. Knowing that more college didn’t appeal to him, he wanted to go on an adventure to prove himself and serve his country. There was no better place to do that than the Marine Corps as an infantry officer, so he signed up and was shipped to Quantico Virginia.
The novel, Million Dollar Throw, written by Mike Lupica includes various different characters and personalities. However, a character from the novel that could be considered a best friend is Nate Brodie. Nate could be a best friend, because he put his best friend’s needs before his. To further elaborate, Nate’s family was in dire need of money to keep from losing their home. However, Nate gave Abby a large sum of money to allow her to keep her eyesight, since she was becoming blind. A character trait that can be used to describe Nate is altruistic. Nate exhibits
In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote, is a nonfiction piece that is based on murders that occurred in Holcomb, Kansas on November 15th, 1959. This book seems to be banned for sex, violence, and profanity. Even though it contains sex, violence, and profanity, It shouldn’t be banned because suppressing such literature not only deprives them of developing their own creativity and uniqueness but will also deprive them of the real world and If students are restricted to a library full of prancing ponies and perfect worlds they're developing a false pretense that we live in a perfect little world.
Truman Capote establishes respect and trust in what he writes from with audience, ethos, through the use of an extensive variety of facts and statistics, logos. Capote uses so many dates, times, and other facts about the crime committed in the book and the subsequent investigation that the reader has to believe what the author is writing. The use of all these facts shows that Capote did his research and he interviewed, questioned, and obtained the opinions of every person that even slightly important to crime itself and the investigation/trial. The author is obviously very meticulous when it comes to dates and times; every important event in the book has a date and sometimes even a time of day to go with it. Some examples of dates included were the day of the murders (November 15th, 1959), dates of when Perry and Dick were here or there (December 31th, 1959- a small restaurant in Texas or noon on December 25th, 1959- beach in Miami Florida), date when the two criminals were apprehended (January 1st, 1960), dates when they were brought from this prison to that one and finally when they were brought to death’s row (April, 1960). Other small facts are also used by the author, like facts about the criminal’s early lives or experiences that they had, which could only have been obtained through extensive interviews with Perry and Dick. The use of all these logos by Capote establishes strong ethos, showing the reader that the author did more than enough research to show that he has the knowledge to write a whole book on the subject.
To go along with my independent research project I read the book The President Has Been Shot. It was a very good book. The book was written by James L. Swanson who is a bestselling author.
Last Chance in Texas dives into the lives of juveniles in the criminal justice system. It shows the step and progress in which administration take to assist these troubled youths to redemption and send them back into society as productive members. In this book Hubner shines light on the Giddings State School for the worst of the worst youths. What made this school unique is that they were producing results like no other. This paper addresses the core issues, policies of the school, and a situation that I would do differently.
Each March, there arises some kind of brouhaha across the country or at least within the four walls of colleges across the United States. The cause is the highly regarded single-elimination tournament officially known as the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Championship, and colloquially as the March Madness. As described by Chris Suellentrop on the 6th Floor Blogs of the “New York Times” magazine, this “is the greatest sporting event of the year, and in particular, the tournament’s first weekend serves up the most entertaining four days in sports.” (Suellentrop 2011)
Do you have a best friend? Have you ever gotten in a fight over nothing at all? In the story “The Southpaw” by Judith Viorst, has two friends named Janet and Richard. They are fighting because Richard wouldn’t let Janet on his baseball team. In the end I think that Richard cares more about saving the friendship between them.
Shootings at Kent State University What happened at Kent State University? This is a question that many Americans were asking following the crisis on the Kent campus. In the days preceding May 4, 1970, protests, disruption, and violence erupted on the university grounds. These acts were the students’ reaction to President Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia.
The first topic that is found in the movie that was taught in class is conflict. Conflict is expressed disagreement over perceived incompatible goals. Although it may seem it, conflict is not always a negative thing. Conflict is needed and can help growth of relationships. Many conflicts are started because people have different conversational styles. In class, we learned that there are guidelines that one should follow in order to help prevent conflict or help solve it. The guidelines include clarifying goals, helping others save face, using constructive criticism skills, using empathic listening skills, monitoring nonverbal be...
Once upon a time, there was a normal family who lived in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas. They were the image of the perfect family. The father, Mr. Clutter was “the community 's most widely known citizen, prominent both there and in Garden City” and “He was currently chairman of the Kansas Conference of Farm Organizations, and his name was everywhere respectfully recognized among Midwestern agriculturists, as it was in certain Washington offices.” (In cold blood, p. 6). His two younger children, Nancy and Kenyon clutter were both high school students. Nancy was “ a popular, pretty, virginal girl” who liked to “read, cook, sew, dance, ride horseback” (In cold blood, p. 84). Kenyon was a very sensitive and intelligent boy, a good carpenter
The novel Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix has many characters throughout the entire story, however one character can be considered a best friend. His name is Jonah Skidmore and he is Chip Winston’s best friend. This point can be proven on page 17 when Jonah narrates “He and Chip weren’t really good friends yet,” (Haddix 17). Nonetheless, though when he says this Jonah is actually foreshadowing the fact that he and Chip will be friends is imminent. Later then in the story the foreshadow comes true when Jonah says ‘“You should have thought of that before you zapped Chip,” Jonah said. “You should have known that we’d stick together.”’ (Haddix 12) This quote is explaining how Jonah is telling whoever zapped Chip should have been smart enough
It all started with a simple phone call from David, asking if Susan wanted to go on a picnic. She was so ecstatic that I didn't bother to think about what would happen. Susan McConnel is naive because trusts too easily, shows lack of good judgment and shows lack of wisdom.
Everyone has friends. Some are so alike that it is shocking. They seem to walk, talk and even eat the same. But others are so very different that it is an absolute wonder that they can even stand each other, let alone be friends. That is how it is in the friendship of Sandra and Nancy. They differ in everything from their views on cleaning, their views on fun and even in their views on religion.