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Working is not always meant to be a bad thing, sometimes a virtue; moreover, work is a necessity on the  verge of becoming a pleasure. 

Book Review

My Book is titled "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon Draper. This book caught my attention by the details with the passage which made it seem so real that I can easily relate. Tears of a Tiger is a great book because it can quite possibly be someone's life story.



This books themes are sorrowful and remorseful. The story takes place at a basketball game where the Hazlewood High School Tigers win the championship. Andy, the main character, was very excited about their win that he wanted to celebrate with his best friend Robby and fellow team mates Bj and Tyrone. Drinking and driving, Andy's vision was sluggish and resulted in a car crash. Everyone except Robby escaped from the car and within seconds after, the car blew up. Andy, of course feels at fault for his best friends death. Though it isn't Andy's fault because they were all drinking, he blames himself. Throughout the passage, Andy is depressed and faces reality. It finally kicks in that his best friend is dead. He is ordered to go to a physiologist who tries to comfort him as much as he could. As he turns away from family, friends, and even his girlfriend, he finds he is losing the most precious thing of all- his ability to face the future. When he tries to go to sleep, Robert comes into his dreams and tells him it is all his fault, but he forgives him for everything. Andy was very lonely one night and had no one to turn to about his problems. He called his therapist, his girlfriend and even his coach but no one picked up. He gave up hope in finding a friend to rely on. The next day Andy didn't show up at school and everyone was looking for him but he was nowhere in sight. Is he going to be able to go on in life and still have the guilt in his heart that he killed his best friend?

What can you guess happens next? If you like mysteries, this book is definitely the book for you. I liked this book because it was my by favorite author Sharon Draper and all of her books tell a deep story. I rate this book a 5.

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Many children who grew up watching Disney Channel often see that in every story there's a happy ending.. Within the happy ending, there is always a princess and her prince charming. In this case, this is not always how the story ends. A Tumblr artist has turned the classic fairy tale romance on its head by taking Disney's most famous heroines and illustrating them as males.

In the article featured on PolicyMic, "Disney Couples Are Even More Beautiful When They're Same Sex." The article consist of nine portraits of Disney couples, but the princess is replaced by a male look-alike. The portraits include Cinderella and Prince Charming, Pocahontas and John Smith, Princess Jasmine and Aladdin, Ariel and Prince Eric, Megara and Hercules, Esmeralda and Captain Phoebus, Tiana and Prince Naveen and Belle and the Beast.

What most of us don't know is that many of the Disney characters are played by males and portrayed as female.. For instance, Ursula from the story "The Little Mermaid", is infact inspired by a drag queen.

The tale of the Chinese woman who impersonates a man and takes her father’s place during a war has intrigued many queer theorists for years. In the Disney version, the film has fun with gender identity and the possibility of same-sex romance. Shang shows an interest in the male Mulan, but it is only once she reveals herself that he makes his move.

Disney Channel is getting ready to break history, when it introduces the first ever gay family on the network. One of the final few episodes of the hit series Good Luck Charlie will feature the Duncan parents interacting with a lesbian couple, while Charlie goes on a playdate with their child. That begs the question, is the world ready for an openly gay character on a Disney show, many have asked.


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Kim, Victoria. "Disney Couples Are Even More Beautiful When They're Same Sex." PolicyMic. 22 Jan 2014. Web. 24 Jan 2014.

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In an article by Quora, Arsene Hodali, a student, gives his input on the question and article entitled, "What Are Some Common Forms of Sexism That Men Face?" In the article, he gives a number of examples, which to me are pretty accurate. Here are a few examples.

Men have feelings but are expected to be tough enough not to show them. In a relationship, they are looked up to, to be the strongest of them both. Arsene Hodali states in the text, "Men are conditioned to reject anything feminine within themselves such as emotions, frailty, and so on (homophobia could be argued as a physical and violent manifestation of this conditioned rejection)."

Children who are not in school and are at home often seem to love their stay at home mothers more than the fathers.. Why? Because the fathers work to provide a stable home, the tend to be away as much as the children would like. Also, this could be the reason children, particularly boys, tend to be more feminine.

In reference to the article, Hodali notes, "When a man and a woman commit the same crime, the man will most times receive a harsher sentence and be assumed the initiator if the man and woman were partners in crime (this is largely sexist towards women in that it believes men to be more in control of their own actions, but it's a double-edged sword)."

The study found that men receive sentences that are 63 percent higher, on average, than their female counterparts. A 2009 study suggested the difference in sentencing might arise because "judges treat women more leniently for practical reasons, such as their greater caretaking responsibility." Past studies have also found that minority men are, on average, given longer prison sentences than white men convicted of the same crimes.

I, personally can relate to this because I see all the time how judges sentence minorities a harsher punishment; moreover, I have also experienced it as well. Referring to the Zimmerman trial, he shot a 17 year old boy claiming he thought he was up to no good. His bad judgment, a claim that was totally wrong, Zimmerman murdered Trayvon Martin on the spot.

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Hodali, Arsene and Junner, Jazz. "What Are Some Common Forms of Sexism That Men Face?" Quora. 19, Dec 2013 Web. 18, Jan 2014