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The main character in my story is a young girl named Mariam. She grew up in a small shack outside the city of Herat where she was know as a Harami (bastard child). She is very strong willed and dreams of a better world for her to live in rather than the very poor one that she was born into. When her mother died shortly after her birth, her father abandoned her and she was remarried to Rasheed. She hates her life with him and eventually kills him and then is executed by the Taliban for her actions. Her story is worthy of having it told because it is one how a very poor girl aspires to make changes in her life and not live like that her whole life. But her mother passes away and father leaves her and then she remarries. And then kills her husband. So it is a very interesting life story and deserves to have it told.

characters and their description

Mariam is Dakota Fanning because she played an amazing role in the movie Man on Fire and I feel like she would be the perfect fit in this story as well.

Jalil is Brad Pitt because throughout this book, he plays the part of a rich movie theater owner and a good father but oblivious to his family. I feel like Pitt would be a perfect fit.

Nana is Angelina Jolie because her and Brad Pitt always make good combinations together in movies and I think that she would be able to portray this character very well.

Muhsin and Ramin are Shane & Brent Kinsman because these two twins create chaos just like these two do In the story and who aren’t liked that much.

4th quarter book

i chose A Thousand Splended Suns by Khaled Hosseini. i chose this book because i did The Kite Runner for my senior research paper book and i really liked the way Khaled Hosseini wrote that book and i really think he is a great author. and throughout my research, this book always came up and was said to be a great book, so i thought i would read it for this assignment.

srp

Throughout the Senior Research Paper process, there are many things that I liked, things that I hated, and things I wished I did differently. I liked how the entire paper process was split up into parts and evenly spaced out throughout a certain number of days. I liked how it was so organized; otherwise I would have procrastinated on everything.  I hated that there was so much research that we had to do and how many sources we had to cite in our paper. I wish I would have done a better job on my research and actually read most of the stuff that I got so I could have written a better paper.

                I recommend for the students next year to read and take all your time on research and find good sources and reliable ones. And just make sure you read the book.

The Cincinnati Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals Problems..

                The quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals for the last nine years, Carson Palmer, wants out. He has requested a trade so he may leave the team, but the owner, Paul Brown, has repeatedly said that he will not deal his franchise quarterback.  But almost the entire Bengals Nation wants Brown to deal Palmer. After the year he had last year, all the fans want to move in a new direction.

                So with the NFL Draft coming up, it looks like the Bengals will go with some type of Offensive player selection. They have the fourth overall pick in the draft. After the NFL Combine this past week, no quarterback seemed fourth pick overall worthy. They really liked Cam Newton and they are hoping for the opportunity to draft Ryan Mallet in the second round.

                So with their first round pick, all signs point to wide receiver A.J. Green from Georgia. All the analyst have said that he is the best piece of talent that they have seen since Randy Moss, and we all know how he turned out. He is one of the best receivers to ever play the game. So not a lot of people will argue with this pick here, especially with wide receivers Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco will most likely enter free agency or be traded. So with all the young talent they have at that position, they need to get a deep homerun hitter, and that is what they are getting with A.J. Green. So I cant wait for the draft to see what happens.

soccer

Bicycle kick at the end of a game

                The Mariemont High School Varsity Soccer team had an up and down regular season, but won most of our games. I was on that team. I was the starting goalie.

                We had a record of above 500 and we were scheduled to play MicNick. When we did our scouting report on their team, we found out that they had a couple of pretty good players, but one really great striker.

                During warm-ups in that game, we decided to move our starting striker and midfielder Andrew Fields to play in the middle of our defense. We did this because he plays defense for his club team and he is better at defense than he is at offense.

                So we started to play the game. We jumped out to an early one nill lead. But they came back down and scored because someone was left wide open back post.

                So as time is winding down, we are down by a goal. The score is three to two. There is 22 seconds left. We have a free kick. I go up to take it and then I kick it and their player kicks it out of bounds. So we get a corner kick. Quinn Budig goes to take the corner kick and kicks a floater to the back post. From out of nowhere, Taylor Henderson’s foot comes out of nowhere and he hits a bicycle kick to tie the game and keep us from losing.  From that game on, we won a lot of games and went deep  into the state tournament.

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poetry project

Sonnet 18 on PhotoPeach



Diction- The author keeps comparing a women to the idea of summer and how she is so great like a beautiful summer day.
Syntax- At the beginning of the poem, the author starts out by asking a question and using a question mark no emphasize the question on how he compares her to a great summers day.
Shifts- The author is talking to her about summer and even though the summer comes and goes that she will always stay with him and will never leave his heart.
Imagery- The author is comparing this women to many different things. Like when he says how she has a gold complexion and how she is like the darling buds of May. He is praising her.
Language Use- The only language use is when the author is comparing this women to a summers day.
Theme- Love is very strong and once you have found it, you will never want it to go away and will want to keep it forever.
Tone- It is happy and optimistic because the author is talking about his love for a women and how she is so beautiful like a summers day.

This poem is about a man writing about his love for a woman. He starts off the poem by comparing her to a summer's day and how he loves her and doesn’t want her to go away. He talks about his gold complexion he has for her and how she shines like the heaven does. He says how his eternal summer shall not fade meaning he will never loose his love for her. So that is what the author is trying to describe throughout this poem and what he means behind it.