Trinity Tracy
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I am a middle and high school English teacher, as well as an instructor in a Master of Education program at a major university. During my teaching career, I have taught English, science, history, math, and speech and debate. I've been teaching for over a decade and have experience in both brick and mortar classrooms and online teaching environments. I possess a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and a Master of Education degree in curriculum. I also have a doctorate degree specializing in qualitative methods.
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Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
What a neat idea! I would choose these: 1) Scrooge: penny 2) Marley: chain 3) Ghost of Christmas Past: candle 4) Belle: locket (I chose this because we often keep the picture of someone we... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
This is above all else a story of redemption. Scrooge is redeemed when he is forced to take a moral inventory and realizes that he is severely lacking. Scrooge's sins are greed and... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
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Answered a Question in History
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Answered a Question in A Tale of Two Cities
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Answered a Question in A Tale of Two Cities
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Answered a Question in Look Homeward, Angel
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Answered a Question in The Count of Monte Cristo
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Answered a Question in John Keats
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Answered a Question in The Count of Monte Cristo
This story uses two symbols that are common in literature. One is water or the sea. In literature, water is often symbolic of a cleansing or rebirth. By entering the sea after... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
Scout does not accept the world as she sees it. For example, she wonders about Boo Radley. Boo signfies the potential of people to be good or cruel--the potential of childhood. ... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
The moral of the book is that you have to do what you feel is right, not what is popular. Every person has his or her own moral compass, and what society considers as right might also be... -
Answered a Question in Poetry
I would suggest Edmund Spencer's "One Day I Wrote Her Name Upon the Strand" because it is a sonnet, and sonnets are important for students to analyze, but it is also a different kind of... -
Answered a Question in The Giver
A good thesis statement for any book begins with the theme. There are many themes to choose from in The Giver. You might choose the triumph of individuality, the importance of memory,... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
In the context of this novel, rape is when a man forces himself on a woman sexually. In other words, Tom Robinson is accused of having sex with Mayelle Ewell against her will. It is... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
Each ghost has a different purpose, and a different personality. Marley, the first ghost, used to be Scrooge’s business partner. They know each other well, and are somewhat... -
Answered a Question in Poetry
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Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
An narrator is unusually unreliable if it is a child or a mentally ill person. Scout is an unreliable narrator because as a child she cannot possibly understand everything that is... -
Answered a Question in Literature
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Answered a Question in The Giver
The Giver is a communist society, where work and resources are shared. There is no money, and everything a person needs is provided. People do not make choices as to what food they eat,... -
Answered a Question in Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Answered a Question in The Hobbit
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Answered a Question in The Fall of the House of Usher
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Answered a Question in The Giver
There are occasions in our society where we allow or cause the death of others, and describe or think about it euphemistically. One of the comments my class made this year when we read The... -
Answered a Question in The Giver
If Jonas were to continue in the community living among the others, I do think it would be difficult for Jonas to have a spouse. Through The Giver, Jonas has learned to feel love. This... -
Answered a Question in The Giver
I think that the ending of The Giver is simply brilliant. The author gets us hooked on this story and attached to the characters, and then gives us an ambiguous ending! I think that the... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is one of those books you simply cannot read only one time. In any book that strongly features symbolism and foreshadowing it is important to read at least twice. ... -
Answered a Question in Literature
I think books can be challenging for different reasons. I believe that the most challenging books are books in which the ideas themselves are challenging, more than the language itself. ... -
Answered a Question in Thousand Cranes
This Japanese novel gets its title from the ancient tradition that if a sick person makes a thousand paper cranes, he or she will get better. The setting is important for this novel because... -
Answered a Question in The Giver
The color red is significant in The Giver. The first time Jonas “sees beyond” is when he notices an apple change color. He also sees color in the faces of the crowd during the Ceremony... -
Answered a Question in The Giver
The word indolence appears in chapter 8 of The Giver. Indolence means laziness. During the Ceremony of Twelve, the Chief Elder describes the traits the committee observes when... -
Answered a Question in The Giver
Jonas is the narrator and protagonist of The Giver, and therefore a well-developed character. Since you asked for two quotations, let’s begin with the beginning. The exposition of a... -
Answered a Question in The Giver
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Answered a Question in The Hobbit
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Answered a Question in The Giver
The relationship that Jonas has with The Giver is very different than his other relationships. All of Jonas’s other relationships revolve around careful behavior designed to keep distance... -
Answered a Question in The Life You Save May Be Your Own
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Answered a Question in The Awakening
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Answered a Question in The Giver
Chapter 17 is a study in contrasts, meaning that it focuses on pointing out differences. Difference is a major theme in The Giver. This chapter illustrates most major themes in the... -
Answered a Question in The Giver
The main negative effect of the elimination of human emotions is the emotional distance between individuals. In Jonas's world there is no love. Individuality is censored. Since...
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