Many of the works and stories from this year have featured strong female characters and voices. Look at the list below and choose at least two characters. Compare and contrast their main goals, characteristics, and their influence or example to the reader. Empress Theodora
Hannah Moore
Mary Wollstonecraft
Grete (Metamorphosis)
Elisenda (A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings)
Mrs. Kumalo (Cry, The Beloved Country)
The girl (Cry, The Beloved Country)
Shaharazad (Thousand and One Nights)

Which is the best topic sentence for this letter? a) amelia grady likes the middle school fundraiser. b) the basketball team at kennedy middle school enjoys its community. c) kennedy middle school wants to get the community involved in its activities. d) kennedy middle school has organized an event in which you may be interested.

My cat and my dog like best friends

With crack on crack of thunder, zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea. they came up 'round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. no more seafaring homeward for these, no sweet day of return; the god had turned his face from them. –the odyssey, homer read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.