I am from the locket my mother gave me. From mirrors and white tulips and a guitar. I am...
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Harvest Collegiate High School offers a rich and challenging intellectual education that engages students in the natural process of experience, questioning, the pursuit of precision, and reflection-how people really learn. We believe in cultivating students’ power to produce and reflect, rather than simply consume, as a fundamental way of being in the world. We aspire to being and contributing creatively to, a ‘sane society,’ one of peace, growth, and joy.
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I’m Not Where I Am From

I am from music and laughter Where I am from we get discriminated and killed where I am from...
where I’m from…

I'm from dove ice cream, from Nong shim ramen I am from snow in the backyard and the swing...
I am from alarm clocks blaring, chargers hanging and water spraying. I am from the garden and both sides...
I am from two-sided sinks, from Roku Tv’s and domestic eventual, endless sickening, I am from the dirty playground with...
Where I’m From

I am from a religious rug from dolls everywhere in the house I am from the plaza from where...
Where I’m From

I am from TI-30XS Multiview Calculator, from Dixon Ticonderoga Pencils, and Tv-Remote I am from the backyard, basketball courts,...
I am from Ticonderoga Pencils, from Downy and Coat-Hangers I am From Battery Park, and the Blacktops in Central...
Washington Square

The trees are stripped and twisted. They look old but wise.The cold cutting wind chilling my face and hair.The...
“Mom I want to go to my room, Instead of sitting out here. Out here I can feel the...
My Bathroom
Children, I hope you have a place that’s peaceful like mine once wasMy bathroom, the only place where I...
With its luxurious Mountains, its oceans that’s 620 mi long.It’s voodoo king and Queen papa legba, Marie LaveauIt’s tasteful...
The Nick

I’II tell u why I really love living in New York/ Harlem, I like to see the nice green...
Montenegro

i Go to lakes and only put my feet in Water is cold so I do not Swim hear...
High up, a hop up Manhattan, is the heights, It’s where all the Spanish people live. I like it,...
San Miguel de Allende Plaza As you walkyour feet thud on the stonebirds sing in the trees,you won’t...
Midnight Books

“Books!” Chuckled I, “yes books”I woke up and flung the hold“Books!” Said I, “thing of pound”Once I sat engaged...
I Would Eat A quick chicken bowl at chipotle Dance Along with the music made in subway stations Shop ...
Darkness spreads as the sun is ready to sleep. Lights increase, crowds start to flee. The moonlight bounces off the empty...
Home

The stories behind these walls The memories of my childhood The good and bad Behind these closed walls is...
Central Park, a park where a variety of birds can be found. A park where joggers jog around. The...
The Street We Walk

I heard them and I still hear themHearing mother calling for their kids To come home before it gets darkHearing...
Five puzzle piecesEach one having many detailsBut they all have one similarityWhich is uniquenessStars of musicComedy prodigiesA compact melting...
I can still see itabove the yelling and screaming above the locked doors and heavy breathing above the beatings and blood above...
Adirondacks

IWould LoveTo go backTo the AdirondacksSwimFishAnd ride on boatsEat good at nightAnd sleep inI want to go backTo my favorite...
Union Square 2020

There was a boy skating on the stairs with a group of friendsThere was a group of people watchingThere...
Spoil Alert If I stay by Gayle Forman is about a seventeen-year-old female who lives with her Mom, Dad,...
Recently, I read Warriors Into The Wild by Erin Hunter. I appreciated this book. I felt that way because...
Tish, the protagonist in If Beale Street Could Talk, has a few traits that influence her relationships with others....
Soft Thorns

I think this is my favorite out of the many poetry books I’ve read, mainly because of how so...
I appreciate the way this book makes you imagine things. If there are multiple ways of seeing something and...
Kim Ha, the protagonist in Inside Out and Back Again, has a few traits that influence her relationships with...
The House of Hades

Recently, I read The House of Hades, by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed reading this book. This is because...
March: Book One

The first sections of March: Book One by John Lewis might leave a reader feeling happy because it’s about...
Recently, I read No Crystal Stair, by Vuanda Micheaux Nelson. I enjoyed reading this book. I liked this book...
The Mark of Athena

Recently, I read The Mark of Athena, by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed reading this book. This is because...
And Still I Rise

This poetry book makes me feel confident and inspired from the way it can grab your “insecurities” or lack...
Selected Poems Of Langston Hughes

Selected poems by langston hughes The Selected Poems Of Langston Hughes makes me feel “educated” (in a sense) because...
Recently, I read Facing the Lion, by Simone Arnold Liebster. I enjoyed and appreciated this book. The author, Simone...
A Dog’s Purpose

The protagonist is playing the story of a dog who goes through four reincarnations, and comes back every time...
Point of view of March Vol 3

The first chapters of March vol 3 by John Lewis might leave a reader feeling Hurt because Black people’s...
The Lost Hero

Recently, I read The Lost Hero, by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed reading this book. This is because we...
Harry Potter, the protagonist in Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, has a few traits that influence his...
Newt Scamander is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the play. At the beginning of...
Kendall, the protagonist in Cryer’s Cross, has a few traits that influence her relationships with others. One, she is...
Recently, I read Miguel Street, by V.S. Naipaul. I learn to appreciate this book. In the beginning, I was...
Recently, I read The Battle of the Labyrinth, by Rick Riordan. I really enjoyed reading this book. Out of...
Maxwell Kane, the protagonist in Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick has a few traits that influence his relationships...
Why people are protesting and getting mad at the death of innocent Black people

Recently, I read The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. I appreciated this book. I say this because it...
Who Did It?

Recently, I read The Outsider by Stephen King. I found myself captivated by this book. The way Stephen King...
The Brave: Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of...
The Unknown

Milly, the protagonist in Finding Miracles has a few traits that influence her relationships with others. One, she is...
In the book The End of Her by Shari Lapena many emotions occurred during the time I was reading...
How much Sharon cares for Tish and Fonny and even the baby that’s in Tish!

The middle sections of If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin might leave a reader feeling in disbelief...
The Shining
Jack Torrance, the protagonist in The Shining, has a few traits that influence his relationships with others. One, he...
Recently, I read Ready Player 1 by Ernest Cline. I really enjoyed this book. I liked how it talked...
The Sea of Monsters

Recently, I read The Sea of Monsters, by Rick Riordan. I enjoyed reading this book. I enjoyed reading this...
The Dangerous Diary: Harry Potter and The Chambers of Secrets

Recently, I read Harry Potter And The Chambers of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling. I loved this book. After having...
Hazel Grace Lancaster, the protagonist in The Fault in Our Stars, has a few traits that influence her relationships...
If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk is about systemic racism and how Black men and women are constantly being profiled...
Recently, I read Wonder by R.J. Palacio. I enjoyed this book. This story was touching and sad to read...
Lord of the Flies: The Realities of Having Power

Ralph, one of the main characters in Lord of The Flies, has a few traits that influence his relationships...
Harry Potter is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of...
Recently, I read Every Day, by David Levithan. I loved this book. This book was like no other book;...
The Scary Story of Goosebumps Horrorland: Creep From The Deep

The fourth and fifth chapters of x by R. L. Stine might leave a reader feeling nervous and scared...
“Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods” kept me hooked through the whole story

Recently, I read Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods by Rick Riordan. I feel pleased with this book. I say this...
The opposites
Bo, the protagonist in the book “Run” has a few traits that influence her relationships with others. One, she...
Grace is a dynamic character. Her archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of the...
Sam is a dynamic character. Her archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of the...
The collective poems of Langston Hughes “Po Boy Blues”

Recently, I read the collected poems by Langston Hughes . I appreciated the poems and was really engaged in...
In Langston Hughes poems, “The collected poems of Langston Hughes” the author writes poems of his life and all...
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter, the protagonist in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, has a few traits that influence his...
To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus Finch, one of the protagonists in To KIll A Mockingbird, has a few traits that influence his relationships...
Harry Potter is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of...
The Elite: An Absorbing Book about Standing up for Those Mistreated and Overlooked
Recently, I read The Elite, by Kiera Cass. I enjoyed and absorbed this book. This has become a favorite book...
Poems By Langston Hughes

Recently, I read Selected Poems, by Langston Hughes. I relished the thought of the ingeniousness Langston uses in his poems....
Developed response to The autobiography of Malcolm X,

In Malcolm X autobiography , the author talks about his life an as an activist, a criminal, and his...
1984 plot analysis

Recently, I read 1984, by George Orwell. I appreciated this book. I thought that the way it described human nature...
Malcolm X is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the story . At the beginning...
Percy is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of the...
The book I am reading is called An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena. This story is about how when...
Jean Louise “Scout” Finch, the protagonist in To Kill a Mockingbird, has a few traits that influence her relationships...
“Paper Towns” by John Green has surprised me so many times from the beginning, to the adventure between Margo...
The twin
Ivy, the protagonist in The Twin, has a few traits that influence her relationships with others. One, she is...
Plot analysis of 12 angry men

Recently, I read 12 Angry Men , by Reginald Rose. I was amazed by this plan, due to the...
The first chapter of Momo by Michael Ende might leave a reader feeling relaxed because Momo is very calm...
Phoebe , the protagonist in One of us Is Next , has a few traits that influence her relationships...
What Is Life Without Risk

The book “Paper Towns” by John Green is a really interesting and captivating book with things people have or...
Prince Zorn, the protagonist in The 13 clocks, has a few traits that influence his relationships with others. One,...
The second chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K Rowling might leave a reader feeling excited...
Analysis of Character Archetypes in Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Ralph is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of the...
The Harlem Renaissance By: Veronica Chambers

(Since this story doesn’t revolve around one person, I thought I would create the protagonist as a whole. Basically...
Brian Robeson is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of...
progression

Sunny is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of the...
Helen is a dynamic character in Laura Whitcomb’s novel A Certain Slant of Light. Her archetype changes over the...
Someone We Know

Rayleigh is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of the...
My POV Of First Twilight Book

Recently, I read Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer. I appreciated the allure of darkness, kind of like the “light meets...
Recently, I read mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins. I enjoyed this book because it was very nerve racking and exciting. ...
Recently, I read The Hunger Games Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins. I appreciated this book. I enjoyed this book...
Ocean the kid:One of us is Next by Karen m. McManus report

There is a person that’s mimicking Simon Keller. Simon Keller made an app where he would tell everyone in...
An Unwanted Guest Plot Analysis

Recently, I read “An Unwanted Guest” by Shari Lapena. I appreciated this book. I appreciated this book because it...
Ferguson in Black and White by Jeff smith

This book is about the life of being a Black man/woman. The book tells you different perspectives of people...
Since the last time I read my book I have been wondering who was shot. When katniss and peeta...
“To be or not to be” by Ryan North isn’t like other books.

After beginning to read the book “To be or not to be” by Ryan North, it seems like I...
Riot by Walter Dean Myers
The book I am reading is called “Riot” by Walter Dean Myers. The book is in the form of...
Quentin and Margo used to be really close best friends, one day when they were younger they were on...
The hidden truth, Twilight

So far, the story starts with Bella and how she’s fitting into a new “world” , That’s when she...
What I have been thinking since I last read One of Us is Next, is how this book is...
The book I am reading is called An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena. This story is about how when...
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: an analysis and review

✧・゚: *✧・゚:* my review of a tale full of magic and mystery *:・゚✧*:・゚✧ World-renowned author C.S. Lewis once stated...
Foundation is one part of a long series containing seven separate books about the fall and rebuilding of the...
All Quiet on The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque has made me think differently ever since I finished...
Act 4, Scene 1, Lines 22 – 34 I picked this passage because is more intriguing because the Macbeth...
I picked Act 2, Scene 1, Lines 44-66 & 75-77 from Macbeth because it shows off Macbeth’s hysteria. The...
For my monologue project, I selected lines from one of the most thought-provoking scenes from Shakespeare’s play, “Macbeth.” I...
I picked Act 1, Scene #5 Lines 16-33 first off because I find Lady Macbeth to be a complex...
For my monologue project, I selected lines from a monologue that shows Macbeth at his most vulnerable from Shakespeare’s...
I picked this Act 1 Scene 7 because it seem interesting. I liked the actor because the way she...
Act 5, Scene 5, Lines 20-31 For my monologue project, I selected lines from one of the saddest scenes...
The passage I chose was Act 1 Scene 3 Lines 143-164, and it was the soliloquy he had after...
I picked lines 44 through 55 of Act 2 Scene 1 because I thought the flow of Macbeth’s speech...
Hecate’s monologue in act three in which she scolds the three Witches shows us much more about her character...
Small Analysis of Dostoevsky’s Classic, Crime And Punishment

✧・゚: *✧・゚:* my review of a timeless tale *:・゚✧*:・゚✧ Recently, I read Crime And Punishment; by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. I...
The Death Epidemic

The first 20% of Darkness Before Dawn by Sharon M. Draper might leave a reader feeling disheartened because this...
My favorite place in New York City is Prospect Park. It is where I have grown up. It’s a...
A Place I’ll never forget

Booker T. Washington Middle School at 108th between Amsterdam & Columbus is a place I grew up, from the...
Sights and Smells of a Mall

I love to go to Bay Plaza Mall. It’s my favorite place in the Bronx. The mall has good stores...
What Is Sex Without Love?

I wonder if I am the only person who disagrees with people having sexual intercourse with no strings attached. Sharon Olds’ poem...
Do I look at myself the same way Blake looks at his Tyger?

Poetry is a form of expression portrayed through art. This is proven by many, many, many different poems. Every...
Sonnet 129

Th' expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action; and till action, lust Is perjured,...
Essay on “Changes” by Tupac Shakur

The poem “Changes” by Tupac Shakur makes me ask myself the same question. Will we ever truly have a...
What makes a good parent? What types of things can hurt a relationship between a father and daughter? These...
Hi my name is Sapphire and uhh I am 16 years old in the tenth grade. I lived in...
Not giving up!

My name is Kalina and I was 15 years old when I wrote this. I was born in New...
Where I’m From

Where I am from Spring comes under the skin of trees Opened the veins and filled them with...
How do you express your love?

I think of Bob Dylan’s “Tangled Up I Blue” as a real-life situation. It makes me feel inquisitive, yet...
Do men go based off of what’s on the outside?

In the poem “There is a garden in her face” Thomas Campion talk about a lady that he is...
Why are people dying at a young age?

On the surface, Housman’s poem, “To an Athlete Dying Young” is about an athlete dying at a young age....
How do people perceive you? Can you know their perspective on you?

Clifton introduces the poem, “Lorena” with a headline: “Woman cuts off husband’s penis, later throws it from car window....
My first impressions of the poem “To My Dear and Loving Husband” were how Anne Bradstreet wrote this poem...
Can You Be Active Without Any Strings Attached?

Am I the only person that disagrees with people having sexual intercourse without any strings attached? In her poem,...
Can I Look At Myself The Way Blake Looks At This Tyger?

Poetry is a form of expression portrayed through art. This is proven many, many, many different poems. Every poem...
When is there gonna be change in our society?

When is there gonna be change in our society? Don’t we all wonder that at some point of our...
Do you believe that it’s possible to change poverty and racism?

Tyler Vivas Spring 2019 Kiran Power Of Poetry “Changes” by Tupac Shakur Is it possible to change poverty and...
Can you abandon everything for a better life?

The poem “Immigrants In Our Own Land” by Jimmy Santiago Baca is mostly about the struggles and challenges of...
How do People Endure Giving Their Things Up?

What were these people going through that they had to give up their instruments in order to get money?...
Should people care about their own lives?

What I know about the situation in “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks is that the people in the...
Why are humans destroying nature instead of honoring it?

What is so special about nature? What are humans doing to it? This topic of nature has been...
Are people actually going to help you in the bad times?

Bruce Springsteen’s song, “Born In the USA” makes me ask: Are people actually going to help you in the...
Is the effort of love worth the pain of an inevitable breakup?

George Gordon Byron, (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824), who was known simply as Lord Byron, explored this...
Looking for the real meaning of “A Birthday” by Christina Rossetti

A reader’s first impression of “A Birthday” by “Christina Rossetti” might be that she is celebrating her birthday with...
Humane and Inhumane: What’s The Difference?
“The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe What makes someone insane? What does it take to be sane? “The Raven”...
Can people change from violence? Can violence change anything?

Can people change from violence? Can violence change anything? “Changes” by Tupac Shakur provokes these questions. On the surface,...
A Deeper Understanding of “To An Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman

A.E. Housman’s 1896 poem, “To An Athlete Dying Young”, seems to be about an athlete taking on the obstacles...
What does it mean to talk about a lover as an anonymous person? Does it mean being afraid of...
In the poem “What Lips My Lips Have Kissed” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, written in 1920, it speaks...
Close reading of “Changes” by Tupac Shakur

My first impression of this poem was that it was eye opening, and inspiring. Everything the poem “Changes” says...
In the 15th line of the last stanza, Olds in this line was basically just comparing how people love...
Questions About “The Tyger” by William Blake

Two questions that this poem raises for me are: Do I look at myself as bright as this Tyger?...
First Analysis of “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop

One of the first things I noticed in this poem was of the phrase, “The art of losing isn’t...
Can time heal an abortion?

The poem “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks on the outside is about an abortion but when you look deeper...