Author: Mohamed

If you think England is a country where everyone has their rights and all go to bed well fed, then you are delusional. Look around you on your way to school, coming back or even travelling anywhere you see the homeless all around you. How can you think that people are going to bed well fed when they where they don’t even have a bed let alone eating well? This quote doesn’t represent the country well and it certainly does not describe its people. The people who are scrutinised because of their race or how they speak. The people who have no home. The people who are living in poverty.

There are many people living in the UK who are homeless. For most of them it’s not their fault they are homeless. They might’ve been late to an appointment due to traffic or something against their power. One interviewee had turned up to his job interview but when the manager saw that he was black he sent him home without even interviewing him. Another turned up under 5 minutes late to the appointment due to heavy traffic but even then he wasn’t permitted to enter. How can we say that ‘Everyone has their rights’ when racism is still taking place in peoples everyday lives when we do nothing about it. In England we have about 5000 rough sleepers which has increased by 30% since the previous year which can only suggest that poverty is increasing. This is not good enough. We as citizens of England need to work together to fix this problem.

As we know the homeless are all around us. Steve ,a local farmer, is one of them. He used to be a normal working man like me or you but now he is on the streets. “That dreadful day, the day I lost my house, the day I lost my children.” Steve had to look after one of his three children who was ill and since he doesn’t own a phone he couldn’t call in sick. “The next day when I arrived I saw someone doing my job, I questioned the manager but he treated me as a customer. I knew from that point what had happened. I had lost my will to live.” Now Steve is living of a can of food a day while his three children got put in a foster home. This was all because of one missed day. How can this be fair?

As you know, there are many people who live in poverty, this also means their children do as well. Because they are children living in poverty, it can affect them way more than it affects adults. This is because adults have already gone through school and other childhood experiences. They are now in a position to go to work but as children living in poverty it can affect their lives in many ways. For example it can affect their sleep schedule as they might not have a heater so it will be too cold in the night, or they might not have any electricity so there won’t be no light for him to do anything through the day. Living in poverty can also affect the amount children eat and as they grow children need more food or when they grow up they will become weak meaning a limitations in a bunch of jobs that they’ve could’ve done. So if this is the case, why are we letting 3.7 million children live in poverty?

Thinking about it all, I am shocked. “Hope” is not the word to use in this situation, definitely not. “Shame”, yes that’s more like it, I felt ashamed even more than the homeless. I felt ashamed that as citizens of England we are still allowing humans, our brethren, to be homeless, I felt ashamed that we are still discriminating over race and the way people speak. I felt ashamed that as we are in the warmth of our homes eating, drinking there are still people who are struggling. I felt ashamed at how we go to sleep knowing that there are people who can’t. I felt ashamed at us.

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

Why do we think that the grandmother will die?

This is because of how she tries to force a relationship with the misfit. This is shown in the quotes;

“I now your a good man. You dont look a bit like you have common blood.”

“You’ve got good blood, I know you wont shoot a lady, you come from nice people.”

“You’re one of my babies, youre one of my children.”

The Misfit dismisses what the grandma says;

“None, I aint a good man.”

The Misfit sprang back as if a snake had bitten him and shot her three times through the chest.

I think the grandmother will die because throught the ending lf the story she keeps trying to convince him that hes a good man so he doesnt kill her. For e.g. “You shouldnt call yourslef the misfit because i now your a good man at heart.” This quote is showing us how shes trying to tell the misfit that hes not bad and he should stop doing bad things. This is so he realises his mistakes and stops the killing, but throughout all of her attempts he dismisses her and just acts like he never heard her or what she says is irrelevant.

Foreshadowing is when the writer uses clues to suggest a stories conclusion.

It is when the writes uses clues to suggest a main event or conclusion of a story.

I think the author Raymond Carter used the quote “Get in, get out. Dont linger. Go on” to show us how a short story beginning is meant to be. The quote is telling us to make it short and snappy. To reel the reader in but not too spoil the story so the reader doesnt lose interest.

The thing that makes me want to read on is that he said the he wasnt a bad guy but who is calling him a bad guy and why, also the fact that he says hes being defensive is that people are attaking him in a verbal way and yet again we want to know who and why.

We find out that the narrator has a brother who had a girlfriend called Nilda. Story is about two brothers. The fact that it says this is how all these stories begin is because it says that his brother has had a lot of gfs.

Starts with question. Tells us the narrator has a brother. It tells us he did something questionable for his brother. It makes us read on because we want to know what the narrator did for his brother and why he did it. We also want to know how he did what he was going to do.

This did not go as expected.

Bye, ive done what ive come to do.

HomeWork

Story 1:Everyone in the office turned and stared.

This story opener gives us an image of everyone turning and looking at the figure who just enetered the room. This lerson can be important which is why they all turned and stared or it could be just a random person who walked by nd everyone was amused and wanted to see who it was. It could also have been a very pretty lady which is why they all turned. The reason this is a good story opener is because it makes the reader want to know why they all turned and stared because of the endless posibilities.

Story2: They turned and hurried down the stairs.

This just smells excitement. Already ee know that they are running away from something. Now we want to know what that something is. We also want to now where the ‘group’ is and why they are hurrying down the stairs.

Story3: It had to be done!

What had to be done?

Why did it have to be done?

How was it done?

O lord tpp many questions better read and find out.

Essay Question: Summaries Cedric’s perception of the challenges he faces at MIT compared to Ballou High School

There are many differences between how Ron Suskind presents the difficulties of Cedric’s education in part one and part two of his articles by using various language techniques. The author uses these language devices to add extra effect and to make the reader engage with the theme of the difficulty of Cedric’s education. Cedric faces many obstacles when getting an education in Ballou High and MIT such as receiving abuse from other students, struggling with the work at MIT and violence was all around him. Throughout the article Suskind used various language devices that suggest that it was difficult for Cedric to get an education. I will be referring to different quotes throughout the essay and will be comparing them.

One of the main language techniques that the writer uses is metaphor. This is used in the quote ‘The arduous Odyssey’. The author uses this quote to represent Cedric’s journey and how he faces difficulties on an individual level. This quote refers to an ancient Greek myth about how Odysseus went on a long tough journey to finally get where he wanted to be. It compares how Odysseus had to battle monsters in his journey just like how Cedric has to battle other students to keep his education going.  This is relevant to Cedric because he wants to leave Ballou High and get to MIT but to do this he has to work hard in a school where failure is nearly guaranteed. The word arduous means a long and rough journey which is exactly what Cedric experienced in Ballou High to get to MIT such as bullying and violence. He also has to work extra by himself outside school to get a decent education which is like a trial therefore emphasizing the journey part of the quote which was a tough journey with hard trials along the way.

Another quote that the author uses although this time is in part two is ‘But where i start from is far behind where some other kids are, I have to run twice the distance to catch up’. This is because Cedric went to Ballou High which didn’t educate their students as well as other schools so already Cedric is at a distinct disadvantage to other students, who went to high schools that actually gave their students a proper education. The author compares this quote to a race, a race where he is behind by a considerable amount. This gap could symbolize the difference in knowledge between him and the other students, however this quote has an alternative meaning which expresses the fact that him being a minority drags him down and puts him behind. This also shows that even though he does extra work at home he is still far behind other students which makes him realise that even though he was the best at his high school, there are still many challenges that he has to face. Even at the program he has to do double the work than everyone else to even keep up. These two quotes show that Cedric faces difficulties both ways, in the first quote it shows Cedric’s struggles on an individual level in comparison to the second quote shows how he is struggling to keep up with the others. These quotes show how life in both schools are different but similar at the same because even though at Ballou High he was the most gifted student he still faced difficulties. He still faced many difficulties at MIT even though he was one of the students that was struggling to keep up. The first quote is optimistic about Cedrics chance to do well unlike the second quote which which is more negative about Cedrics chances to do well. Another difference between theses two quotes is that the second quote is stated by Cedric himself whereas the first quote was put in by the narrator, to show us that Cedric is noticing the struggle without the author stating it for us.

A different quote that the author uses which involves figurative language is ‘Being a minority and a hard achiever means you have to carry extra baggage about who you are and where you belong, that puts them at risk’. This is a metaphor because It suggests  that as a minority it will be hard to get into a white university such as MIT. His high school Ballou High was highly populated by blacks in a poor area so the fact that he’s trying to get into a ‘white’ university it’s like him going on a journey to MIT. On the journey he takes an airplane, this airplane is mainly boarded by white people who have easy access to board the plane. On the other hand the minority students who have worked hard to even get a ticket to go to MIT. The quote suggests  that being a minority is like you’re not considered part of the society which even though getting to MIT is hard being a minority makes it that extra bit harder. The extra baggage of this quote represents the fact that wherever he goes he will always carry the burden of being black and poor in a ‘White man’s world’.

An additional quote that the author has chosen with figurative language is ‘Failure is persuasive even seductive.” This quote is  used by the author to implement the fact that Cedric’s education is difficult. He shows off failure as if it is a human. This is showing that failure rate at Cedric’s high school is high. When you persuade someone it is more than likely that they are not willing to do it, so by saying this it is indicating that the students do have high ambitions but failure is persuading them to do badly. Also when you seduce someone or someone is seducing you it is exciting so when the quote refers to failure as seductive it is saying that is exciting to fail. So by using this quote he shows that failure at Ballou high is very common, however as we know this quote does not include Cedric. Unlike the first two quotes these quotes are different as the first one is showing that all minorities have an overall harder time to prove yourself in the world which differs to the second quote, because it is talking about how Cedric’s high school was so bad that it attracts failure.

In conclusion Ron Suskind uses these quotes and many more to explain Cedric’s journey and how his education differs from one place to another. The quote that I thought really captured Cedric’s journey was “The Arduous Odyssey.” This is because of how accurate it is to Cedric’s journey. The quote is comparing Odysseus as he faced many hardships to get to the place he wanted to be, to Cedric as he face many problems to get to where he wanted to be. These problems include violence as he was bullied for being better than the other kids and actually trying, but also the sheer fact that his school Ballou High did not get their students pretty much any education. Which shows why Cedric felt like he was behind at MIT even though he was working hard at home. This is why I think that the quote ‘The Arduous Odyssey,’ best describes Cedric’s journey from MIT to Ballou high.

Stem cells can help enhance a persons life which is why there are many people who think that it is good to research about stem cells to help provide a longer life span. People may disagree with me because there are many ethnical reasons why people think that experimenting with stem cells are bad. This includes Catholics who think that experiment with stem cells is like intefering from a human being being born. Which is like killing a human being without even being born. This is because they believe (very religious catholics) that they can not wear protection while having sexual reproduction which means that every time they do it they make a baby. So if you reserach with stem cells its like taking a life away.

Both organisms are composed of cells, the basic unit of life, with each cell surrounded by a cell membrane. The biggest difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes is that eukaryotes have a nucleus. They also have other membrane structures called organelles.

Your body’s composed of trillions of cells – lots of different types of cells that make up different organs and other parts of your body. Your body is also where 10 times that number of bacteria call ‘home sweet home.’ But, don’t be afraid – these bacteria do more good than harm to you. And besides, just in case you wanted to strike up a conversation with your tenants, you and your bacteria do have a few things in common.

Specialized cells

Cells may be specialized for a particular function. Their structure will allow them to carry this function out. For example a root hair cell, leaf cell, sperm cell and red blood cells are all specialized cells. This means they are specialized for a specific meaning which is why their structure is how it is. Specialized stem cells also exist in plants. They can become specialized into the cells of roots, leaves or flowers. Unlike animal cells, some plant cells can remain specialized and develop into any type of plant cell. For example 

This cell absorbs light energy for photosynthesis. Some adaptations of this cell is that it is packed with chloroplasts, regular shaped with closely packed cells form a continuous layer for efficient absorption of sunlight.

Root Hair Cell

 Plants absorb water from the soil by osmosis. Root hair cells are adapted for this by having a large surface area to speed up osmosis.The absorbed water is transported through the roots to the rest of the plant where it is used for different purposes:

Difference between magnification and resolution.

Magnification is the ability to make small objects seem larger, such as making a microscopic organism visible. Resolution is the ability to distinguish two objects from each other. Light microscopy has limits to both its resolution and its magnification.

Electron vs. Light Microscopes: Basic Differences

There are not many things that these two microscope types have in common. Both electron and light microscopes are technical devices which are used for visualizing structures that are too small to see with the unaided eye, and both types have relevant areas of applications in biology and the materials sciences. And this is pretty much it. The method of visualizing the structures is very different. Electron Microscopes use electrons and not photons (light rays) for visualization. The first electron microscope was constructed in 1931, compared to optical microscopes they are a very recent invention.

Keeping the ball close to his legs hes dribbling down the pitch ready to take on the advancing defender hes been training ever since hes been able to walk so beating the player with a quick bit of skill wouldn’t have been too hard if he didn’t get fouled.while attempting to get back up, the boy who fouled him pushed him back on the floor and decided that dissing his mother would be funny.

At that point Mohamed had a painful flashback about his past. What the defender didn’t now was that both of Mohamed’s parents died in a car accident on a terrible night were he somehow came out unharmed. On the terrible night were the car crashed it was raining hail stones and there was thunder, lightning at every corner. When the incident occurred he couldn’t even remember what happened apart from the fact that  there was white all around him.He sometimes gets flash-backs when reminded of his parents. Mohamed was on the floor for a few minutes, when he soon regained conscious he found himself surrounded by a group of boys including the defender who apologised for his actions and said he didn’t mean what he said which was a huge relief as he takes other peoples opinions to heart. Going back home he spoke to the care workers and apologised for being late. He didn’t add the fact he fainted as he didn’t want the care workers to worry about him.

The next morning Mohamed woke up late for school but as usual the first thing he does is kiss his football. The only thing he has left from his parents. He then quickly got dressed and met his friend downstairs. The trio was unstoppable. Everyone new them as the terrifying trio. Diar like Mohamed also lives in a foster home and is Mohamed’s room mate. He lives there because his father killed his mum, so his mum is dead and dad is in prison. One consequence with this is that if anyone tries to cuss him parents he has a violent reaction as he hates his dad for killing his mum but also hates his mum for abandoning him. Walking to school they also met up with with Jake the third boy in their group. Him unlike the other two still has his parents but he still visits the foster home a lot as he lives next door and his best friends live there. He is treated as a resident of the house and is allowed to go there on his own free will.

Walking to school the only thing they’re talking about is the school match coming up in a few weeks between there school and he supposedly best school in the country by a mile. Mohamed is captain for the school and has to try and lead his team into victory as the stakes are very high. The winners all get trials for Chelsea academy. This is why Mohamed and the whole school has been training hard ever since they found out the great news. The only thing that not so great is that the team they’re coming up against are really and truly great. Some results of there recent matches don’t even begin to describe how good they are. 6-0  7-2  3-0. This is why it will be such a struggle to even start there careers as professional footballers, but they’ve got nothing to lose.

The first thing Mohamed needs to do is gather a strong and high working team that works well together to even have a slight chance to stand up to the terrifying opposition. The first people he recruits are obviously his partners in crime Jake Lagan Gonzalez and Diar Hyseni. He then goes and gathers a strong team which he thinks will keep themselves in the game for as long as possible. The team:

Goalkeeper: Rezart

Left Back: Stephan Zolo               Centre back: James                                                 Centre back: Cory                      Right back: Nathaniel

Left Midfield: Maraune Aissani     Centre Midfield: Mohamed Bezzaid             Centre Midfield: Adam Siddal       Right Midfield: Jake Gonzalez

Striker: Diar Hyseni                               Striker: Imran Hoque

The time is nigh the team has only one more training session, until they go and face the team for the chance of their lives.

Omar screams with fear. He sees the drone turn to him. There was only one place to go. In this marshy terrain its hard to walk let alone run on. The hills make it even harder as the only place he can go to without falling of is in that direction. The direction of the forbidden land. He knows this is bad he shouldve finished the mission when he had the chance. The drone has locked on to him it nows that this was the man who wanted to destroy it. He felt the end coming. He felt death but that doesnt mean hes giving up without a fight. He could see his friend flashing desperately to get catch the eye of the Drone and try take the Drone away from him. He lets out a shout of fear “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,” he did this because he was scared but also to warn his friend that he was still alive nd that he needed help but he doubted his friend heard him.

Still running he cant help but think of what went wrong when he fired the missile. He was pretty sure he aimed and fired the RPG precisely to attack the Drone but something went wrong. Something big. He needed to find out what went wrong he feels like if he found out he can make a big difference. In the meanwhile he needs to focus on running away from this matchine. “I need to get to Omar and get away from this this this devil of a creation.” He thought to himself as he ran down the hill taking him further and further away from Omar and from the village. He new he had to try and get rid of the Drone but how? He had an idea but it was a risky one. Was it worth it? To sacrifice his life in hope that it stops the Drone from going into the village and causing mayhem. There was no time to think now, it was do or die.

He started to run to the right where he new there was an abandoned warehouse with another RPG for him to have one last chance to take it down. The only problem was that this warehouse was a few kilometres away. Would he be able to run that far without letting the Drone catch him. He might as well try there is no other way to get out of this situation. Dashing rapidly across the ground he realised hes never been to this area and actually takes a moment to admire the surroundings. The lovely lush flowers surrounding the calm gentle lake. He never really new why this area is forbidden it seems all calm until he sees a few people in the distance wearing army like clothes and then for a moment, just a small little moment he sees the Drone hesitate for that one second and then he realises hes made a mistake but its too late to turn back now.

He sees the warehouse now just in front of him. Hes been running for quite a while but it seems like he hasnt wasted any energy now. He thinks to himself “This must be adrenaline.” As he closes in on the ware house he spots a flag directly on top of it. It reads “Against Nato” and for once he understands why this area was shut down. This was where all the terrorists were. This is the place which Nato have been looking for all along. He realises why this area is forbidden but its too late to turn back now. Entering the warehouse he sees the Drone follow him but his first action is to pause and take in the horrendus smell of amo and gun powder. This is were all the artillery was. Around him was a musty old buildingthat looks like it might collapse. Its dark, dusty and covered with spider webs. There are beams of light shooting through the cracked windows also there were containers contaminated with grafiti. “This really is just an old abandoned warehouse,” he said to himself, but there was no time to think about these things. Without a moment hesitation he jumped onto the table with the RPG. He had one shot and one shot only…

As he tried to ready up the shot he felt the Drone closing in so using his natural instinct he just shot. At first it was looking like a complete failiure of a shot but not after long the missile curved to face the drone head on. Excitedly he spat “Ive done it,” but the Drone said something of its own “Anti missile defense mechanism on.” Then and there he new what this meant. It meant the missiles were unstoppabble. It meant they were doomed. As the Drone was just seconds away from smashing into him he saw his friend at the door. He mouthed something to him. He said “Im sorry.” With a smile on his face the Drone crashed into Jake. His time was up!

What are the main events and characters that most influence the power dynamics in the group in Lord of the Flies?

To begin with one of the really important characters who influenced the power dynamics of the group in lord of the flies is Jack. Without him first of all the group of savages would have ceased to exist meaning Piggy and Simon would never have died but because of the perfidiousness of Jack it had caused a big commotion and has led to a big war inside the island. Another thing which helped jack a lot with taking over the island is his unencumbered behaviour because if he had responsibilities and cares he would never had decided to attack Ralph on multiple occasions as he would have worried what the consequences would have been and would never have done anything bad to harm anyone but since he had no responsibilities he decided to go on a rampage and go against the chief Ralph. jack thought he was a bellwether leader but in truth people only joined his tribe because they were scared what he would as he rules with which i wont say is the best way but certainly not least effective. “The chief said we got to challenge everyone.” This is coming from one of jacks members to his second in command ROGER.This shows how much Jack controls the group and how hes become more demanding and adept it also shows how insecure hell feel with people from Ralphs group. All this began with his resentment for Ralph and his cupidity for power. jack also thinks he is a big man going around gasconading about his hunting abilities and all the pigs he has killed to attract more people to his “group” which in truth is a savage tribe.

My next important character is Roger.He influenced the dynamics of the group in a very important way. His name means spear man in German this should give you a clue about what type of person he is, but if you don’t get the hint he is an aggressive person who wants to be able to do what he wants and isn’t that afraid to do things.Roger represents the sadist, the individual who enjoys hurting others. His evil motives are different from Jack’s, who pursues leadership and stature and enjoys the thrill of the hunt. Roger just likes to hurt people. He is described in Chapter 1 as a boy “who kept to himself with avoidance and secrecy.” His secret is that he is, in some ways, more evil than even Jack. We dont know what Roger did before he arrived at the island but it seems like his parents were very strict because as soon as he senses the chance to be irresponsible he jumps at the opportunity making me think that maybe he didn’t experience all the freedom a normal child would have had at a young age. This is why I think that  Roger throws rocks at the unsuspecting littlun, Henry, but he throws them so that they miss, surrounded as Henry is by “the protection of parents and school and policeman and the law. His arm is essentially being held back by civilisation because if no one told him what was wrong he probably would have finished life by now. At the end of chapter 11, Roger pushes Jack aside to descend on the bound twins “as one who wielded a nameless authority.” This proves that even though Jack is the main leader Roger is one who everybody is scared of and will do anything just to get out of his way. So even though Jack is the main man Roger will always be the one to make everything tick like an architect to a director.

The death of Piggy also held a significant part in the dynamics of the group. This is because Piggy was a main and important character through the whole book and he was one of the main reasons why Jack decided to begin his own group but that’s not how he changed the power dynamics in the group. Well it was but there was a more significant way. Piggy as a character represented the morally right thing to do when he died all clear thinking went down the drain and they lost all hope to come to an agreement with Jack. Piggy represents the rational world. By frequently quoting his aunt, he also provides the only female voice. This is shown proved in the statement “my auntie told me not to run in account of my asthma.” This one statement alone gives us the idea that probably throughout Piggys life he has held on his aunts word and hasn’t done any any thing to backstab her words. This quote also tells us that he was mainly one to listen and counsel and that’s why he soon became kind of like Ralph’s advisor and not a leader as he lacks leaderistic qualities.

From my perspective the impact that the conch breaking has on the group is the most influential on its power dynamics. It was the most important event in the book because as soon as the conch broke at that exact moment all law and order which the conch represented was shattered into a million tiny pieces. “The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.” This is a quote taken from the book from page 200 were the conch is finally broken and where any last hope of law and order disappears. The quote also has a bit of imagery because it gives us a perfect scenario to imagine in our heads but also I think there’s a bit of exaggeration because I highly doubt it broke into 1000 pieces. The word ceased is very important in this quote because it emphasise on the fact that all the conch represents just disappeared. The conch has been very important throughout the book showing us that it is only right to agree with each other and to decide what is best. the quote shows that the boys (the savages) have no moral thinking as they destroyed in my opinion the most important item in the book. This quote creates the feeling that there will never be any law or order in the island and that the savages will continue to rule. The conch was a cynosure to all the kids in the island and the literal meaning is to guide them towards the rightful behaviour of humans. The metaphorical meaning is to guide the kids towards the bright light.