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    A Father Figure Time spent with my grandfather in simpler times. Before computers‚ video games‚ cell phones and the mall. His home always felt safe and warm. I have fond memories of sitting on the porch talking with my grandfather as we watched the cars passing by. From my earliest childhood memories he was there‚ always eager to listen and giving me advice‚ the father I never had. My grandfather was a wonderful husband and father of five. He dedicated his life to raising his family.

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    1939: WW2 broke out in Europe‚ and many young‚ eligible men were drafted – including my great-grandfather Alexander Stewart‚ who was 24 at the time. My great-grandfather was called upon to fight against Germany as a member of the Scottish infantry‚ Seaforth Highlanders 2nd Battalion. He left behind three young daughters and a loving wife to serve his King and country. Unlike the majority of families‚ my grandmother got her father back from the grasp of war – irreparably changed but returned. During

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    My great-grandfather Kenneth LeRoy Brown I called him Pawpaw. He was born in a little town in Iowa called Davenport with a population of a little over 100‚000 people. My great- grandfather was put up for adoption and a nice family adopted him and they moved to Michigan. My great-grandfather had four adopted siblings. He would of had five but one of his adopted siblings died as a infant. My great-grandfather met my great-grandmother‚ moved to Shreveport‚ Louisiana and started a family. My great-grandmother

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    The attack on Pearl Harbor taught Americans that‚ we were not invincible from foreign attacks. The event occurred on December 7th‚ 1941. Japan wanted to come up with a plan that would truly cripple the elite fighting force stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Battleships had become very popular and a major fighting force in fleets. Japanese tactics were practiced on an island called Kyushu‚ having a similar layout to Pearl. The Japanese practiced bombing and flying undetected‚ because they were

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    humanity” ; universally known as “Power tends to corrupt‚ and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (John Dalberg-Acton). The author ingeniously utilized the ruthlessness and the hypocritical nature of the antagonist (the grandfather)‚ in a manner that would illustrate the theme. The grandfather clearly illustrates the theme through his actions. While he accuses Masood of being a “worthless” man “He’s an indolent man and I don’t like such people” (129) for losing himself to his emotions and losing all of

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    Cook lives above her family’s coffeehouse with her widowed mother and grandfather‚ and also her cat Silas. She dreads doing chores and is constantly making plans to expand her family business‚

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    demonstrate the culture of what they are‚ or they coming from. In the stories Martin is not quite sure to take what his grandfather is giving to him‚ in the other hand we have Maria that is excited to receive what her grandmother would giveto her. Martin’s grandfather lives on a reservation. He does not feel comfortable when talk about his grandfather and he also don’t want to show his grandfather to his friends unlike Maria that lives with her grandmother‚ and has a real good relationship‚ she loves her grandmother

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    takes on the Responsibility of the keeping his team safe from the cold harsh Yukon wilderness. The next character I shall cover is my grandfather. As time passed the company that my Grandfather held so dear filed for bankruptcy and was deprived from his job. So he faced the

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    My Grandfather Sometimes in life‚ you encounter someone who positively changes your own ideals. Personally‚ that specific person would have to my grandfather‚ Earl Childers. He is the kind of person who always has time to talk to his grandchildren. My grandfather is the type of community leader who has provided hundreds of jobs to those in need‚ as well as given inspiration to many. While growing up‚ my grandfather was a role model to me. Without him in my life‚ then I would not have been able

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    to see the same light at the end of the tunnel that his grandfather described in the last junctures of his life. Ellison paints the picture of hope for the future of negroes in America during the narrators last scene in the epilogue. In the narrator’s dormancy‚ he often thought about his grandfather’s dying words. His grandfather told him that when he dies‚ that the narrator has to give a good fight in his life. During the time his grandfather was on his deathbed‚ he told the narrator that he must

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