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universal theme: loyalty and courage

Chapter: 23 Phoebe saves Holden

Character

Phoebe. We chose her because she made a very good action, only to save his brother. not many 8 year old girls would've taken the risk of telling her mother thst she was smoking only with the purpose of saving her older brother.

Plot: Holden was kicked out from Pencey and his parents were not supposed to know that, but he missed a lot her little sister Phoebe, so taking the big risk of getting caught, he goes to his house to visit her. After walking very slowly to Phoebe's room, he got there, and before he woke up his little sister, he smoked a cigarette inside Phoebe's room. The mother of Holden got home so he went to see her little daughter, Phoebe, and when she got there's, Holden got inside a closet and stayed hidden. The mother immediately asked Phoebe why was there so much cigarette smell, and she said that she was smoking, just to save his brother.

Point of View:  Holden, who is the narrator and also Phoebe's brother, he plays a very important role in the chapter. Because of him Phoebe had to admit that she was smoking only to save him.

Symbols: 

The best thing that we can see about the 2 chosen Universal Themes is when Phoebe says she was smoking. You have to be very loyal to your brother to do this. Also, she was very courageous because , as she is an 8 year old girl, she could have had a lot of problems by saying this.

Theme statement:

It's always good to take a risk for your family.

Essay

Is global warming the most significant enviromental problem facing us today?


As we all know global warming has become a big deal since the industrial revolution. This all started because when the industrial revolution took place the whole world started producing a lot of greenhouse gases . Sadly, this situation is getting worst and worst because of the huge industry that is getting bigger everyday and also because of the CO2 that is released to the atmosphere by the cars.

I think that global warming is the most significant enviromental problem facing us today because almost everything we do releases greenhouse gases which contributes to global warming. Also a lot of things we use that come in spray as deodorant, damages the atmosphere which lets the ultraviolet rays to reach the earth, something which also raises the temperature of our planet. So its very hard to fight against global warming beacuse everyday more and more greenhouse gases are being released.

Secondly, global warming makes a lot of problems, an example of them its a thing that may sound very stupid but it makes a chain reaction which may affect the whole world. According to Natural Resources Defense Council global warming raises the number of insects. So, with a raise in the number of insects the agriculture of the country starts having plague and production problems, with productions problems in the agriculture of the country, the economy in the country decreases, and if this happens in a huge country such as United States of America, the whole economy of the world decreases starting a world crisis. With a world crisis we wont be able to invest in new technology to stop contaminating the atmosphere and global warming will raise non-stop.

Another Problem that global warming brings according to another article by Natural Resources Defense Council, is dehydration of people. This has happened several times on the west coast of United States with the heat waves on summer, but if global warming doesnt stop raising this situation may occur in a lot of other places, having to spend money in treatments for them. But if this gets to an extreme situation you could die because  of dehydration.

Maybe as some people say, space junk can be more significant than global warming because as Paul Davis said in 2013 space junk may damage our satellites something which will make very difficult our world comunications. However, I still think that that global warming is more significant than other enviromental problems because it affect us more directly than others like space junk.

Finally, after all the arguments I gave in this essay I strongly think that global warming is the most significant enviromental problem facing us today because its very hard to fight it and it brings a lot of damage to our planet, the place where we live.


Bibliography:

Www.nrdc.com

Draft of the essay

Is global warming the most significant enviromental problem facing us today?

As we all know global warming its a huge problem for us today, and it brings a lot of colateral effects with it, like dehydration of people and on plants, economically important to all the country.

If you think about this, maybe only global warming its not a big deal, but with all of the effects that produce in the agronomy and in the health of the people, this is the most singnificant enviromental problem that we are facing today.

Sample Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

An introduction to climate change, what it could mean to you and your family. By Natural Resources Defense Council.

Retrieved from: nrdc.org

This post, gives us a little introduction about the global warming and its impact on our planet and on people. First, the global warming brings a lot of Health and economical problems. Starting with the heat waves that you can find in the summer at the west coast, this heat waves may be controlled with air and shade, which will mean an extra cost for the people in hot areas. But the big problems start when you don`t have that money or you are in your Childhood or elderly years this may lead you to dehydration or other illnesses related to heat. Also, the heat it`s going to raise the number of insects, which will affect the agriculture of the country, which will affect the economy.

I think that this article is very good because it gives you an introduction to the this global warming topic and it kind of creates a little conscious in the readers. Also it encourages us to make change and stop this huge problem called global warming.


No more pause: Warming will be non-stop from  now on. By Michael Slezak 31 August 2014

Retrieved from: Newscientist.com

This article talks basicly about that the global warming from now on, its going to raise and raise the temperature non-stop. It also explains us that the last years we haven't noticed much the global warming because of some Powerful winds over the pacific ocean burying the warm under the sea, but as we know this raise in the temperature is not going to be stoped because of the greenhouse gases.

My opinion about this is that we should take care of our enviroment and cut the release of greenhouse gases so we can stop global warming and all of its repercusions on earth.

Gladiator Story

After that unbeliavable  scene that just took place on the arena, Commodus very angry, goes to his advisor.

COMMODUS: I really can´t believe what just happened, that stupid slave that onme my father loved when he was The General of The Roman Army, is still challenging me. First, my whole life he stole my father from me, I am sure that my father would love to have Maximmus as son instead of me.

And now that my father it isn`t alive, he is still bothering me. Now it`s not my father but my people, the people of Rome.  I can`t hate him more than  I do, the only thing that I wanna do is to break his neck.

After that powerful speech Commodus just gave,the Advisor, illuminated, tells the young emperor that he has a great idea.
He starts his speech with a face that without hearing what he is going to say, you know it`s a very good idea.

ADVISOR: Emperor, as you know the closure of the Colosseum biggest event of all history will take place in four more days, so, you as The Emperor of Rome can challenge Maximmus The "Emperor" of the bloody fights of the arena. After that you will earn back your respect.

Commodus very happy with the idea leaves the room in that some moment to start preparing his plan. But there was a huge problem, Maximmus was the best fighter of the entire Rome. But there was even a better solution for this, he will visit The Spaniard before the fight.

That was exactly what happened, one hour before the fight the coward emperor stabbed maximmus with a huge knife just between The Spaniard ribs.

When the fight started you could see Maximmus the best fighter of all times very uncomfortable, but that wasn`t enough for this Legend of the arena, after some really hard clashes between the swords, Maximmus reached Commodus neck and cuted his head apart from his body taking revenge for his whole family, after some minutes The Spaniard fell because of the wound the the coward emperor made him before the fight.

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