There once was this boy (lets just call him Fernando) who owned a thin‚ blue calculator‚ of course he didn’t know it was a calculator at the time. He lived in a little town called Numberlessoplis‚ and in this town there was no such thing as numbers‚ math or even money. It was a peaceful town‚ not much greed or selfishness because there was no money. There life was almost perfect in Numberlessoplis‚ except for one little thing. There was only one of everything. One banana‚ one mayo jar‚ one tree
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The poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes is written in the voice of a mother giving advice to her son. In it‚ she compares her life to a rough and hard-to-navigate stairway that his not been “no crystal stair‚” but she encourages him to keep going anyway (2‚ 20). Hughes gives her a very down-to-earth vocabulary to reinforce that she has had to work her way through life without the benefits of higher education‚ ease of profession‚ or even much help. Phrases like “Well‚ son‚ I’ll tell you‚” and
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The poem “Mother to Son‚” by Langston Hughes‚ is about a mother advising her son about life. She tells him that life is not easy and that he should not give up even when life is hard. Throughout the poem she uses an extended metaphor to compare life as a decayed stair. The mother expressed the hardship of life by saying‚ “And splinters‚ And boards torn up‚ And places with no carpet on the floor” (4-6). She describes the stair as an old and decayed stair that seems impossible to climb. Life is hard
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in their life that make them want to just give up and stop moving forward. The poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes shows a mother describing how life‚ “ain’t been no crystal stair‚” (line 2). As the poem continues the mother describes how her life has been difficult as she says‚ “It’s had tacks in it… and places with no carpet on the floor- Bare.” (Lines 3‚ 6‚ 7). The mother then begins to tell her son to not turn back‚ or give up‚ when life decides to throw adversity his way‚ because life was
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door for Richard to easily take the throne. Richard’s interaction with his father is far less loving than that of John’s. Richard was raised by his mother‚ whom Henry loathes. This partially explains why Henry does not think much of his eldest son and would rather have John succeed him to the throne‚ even though Richard would undoubtedly rule better than John. This however is not a very good reason to deny Richard the throne‚ but when Henry found out that Richard had been engaged in sodomy with
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Jorge Aravena A. Curso: Mercado de Capitales. Profesor: Julio Rebolledo. “¿iShares‚ VIPERs‚ Spiders y ETF. Cual es su definición y sus principales diferencias.?” Los ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund)‚ en español‚ fondo Negociado por Intercambio. Son fondos que siguen un índice o bien representan a un sector económico‚ pero como gran ventaja es que se pueden negociar como si fuesen acciones. O sea vender o comprar cuantas veces se quiera (a diferencia de los fondos mutuos‚ una vez por día) y
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Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev During the discussion‚ several articles were presented to the class. The subjects brought to light were the Russian economy during the 1850s‚ serfdom‚ and the question of whether Turgenev was obsolete or not. The articles on the Russian economy explained the state of transition the Russian economy was in during the mid-1850s. Prior to this period‚ there were members of the society called serfs. These were essentially slaves who worked on the fields of rich peasants
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In Native Son‚ Richard Wright introduces Bigger Thomas‚ a liar and a thief. Wright evokes sympathy for this man despite the fact that he commits two murders. Through the reactions of others to his actions and through his own reactions to what he has done‚ the author creates compassion in the reader towards Bigger to help convey the desperate state of Black Americans in the 1930’s. The simplest method Wright uses to produce sympathy is the portrayal of the hatred and intolerance shown toward
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in Charles Baxter’s short story “Gryphon‚” the opportunity to receive a different education from what they’re used to experiencing on a daily basis will actually benefit their way of thinking; no matter how unusual the process may be. Miss Ferenczi‚ an intriguingly peculiar fourth-grade substitute‚ is a perfect example of an
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you look up to‚ model after‚ he is someone you want to be like. But‚ entering a concentration camp could have a tragic impact on that relationship between a father and son. In Night‚ Eliezer and his father go through many ups and downs that reflect on how strong their relationship really is. Elie Wiesel uses an effective father and son relationship to illustrate the effects of what concentration camps have on human beings. Eliezer and his father own a quite distant relationship‚ a strong growing relationship
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