faded suitcase overloaded with necessities behind me‚ leaving a train in the deadly‚ ice snow. "All abroad!" a man in a bright red suit‚ a funny red hat and an equally crimson nose called‚ his voice straining to be heard over the howling wind. I struggled up to him and handed over my ticket‚ which was faded from sweat‚ tears and the bitter snow. Then man‚ whom I safely assumed was the train conductor‚ glanced briefly at the ticket‚ then smiled at me slightly
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double spaced‚ 12-point font‚ and one-inch margins long black train by Simon Berghoef English 9b 5th hour darkness is like a long black train. You can hear it coming and it still frightens you. But there can be only one person to over come it and that is yourself. It takes courage to do what you know frightens you. Darkness is like a disease; it can over come you in a instant or take a long time. The long black train was following and death was driving. It has been chugging the whole
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Train No | Train Name | Serial No | Date | Reservation Status | 12147 | NIZAMUDDIN EXP | 1 | 8- 1-2013 | WL 99/WL 74 | | Miraj to NZM | 2 | 15- 1-2013 | WL 92/WL 62 | | 10.20 to 5.05 evening | 3 | 22- 1-2013 | WL 15/WL 10 | | Hrs: 30.45 | 4 | 29- 1-2013 | WL 27/WL 16 | | | 5 | 5- 2-2013 | RAC24/RAC 18 | | | 6 | 12- 2-2013 | AVAILABLE 107 | | | | | | | | | | | 12629 | SAMPARK KRANTI | 1 | 9- 1-2013 | WL 71/WL 40 | | MIRAJ JN TO NZM | 2 | 11- 1-2013
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Funny in Farsi A Memior of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas is all about her life growing up in California after her dad is moved there but is company form Iran. Being born in Iran she had not learned much English so when she moved to the United State she slowly learned and was the translator for her mother a lot of the time. In her younger years she moved around about every two years and eventually she settled in America after her dad retired from the oil refinery in Iran. Since
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a block away from juices house. Beans kept telling both of them that he didn’t feel comfortable about doing this at all‚ they brushed him off and just told him he is being a scardy cat.After a solid 15 minutes of walking‚ they finally reached the train track. Juice turned around just to be sure nobody saw them enter the private property‚ Juice felt a weird vibe being there and thought he saw a weird
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In the book Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas‚ there are five concepts from our textbook‚ Lives Across Cultures: Cross-Cultural Human Development by Harry W. Gardiner and Corrine Kosmitzki. Three of the concepts are components of Firoozeh Dumas’ developmental niche such as the psychology of her caretakers‚ the customs of her child care‚ and the social settings of her daily life growing up. The other two concepts are individualism and ethnocentrism. Dumas’ developmental niche is apparent throughout
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the way you taught and related to kids on their level was pretty awesome to watch. I thought it was funny how you’d go off subject at a moment’s notice and I remember you even bringing up two of my favorite subjects in class - Punk Rock and graffiti. I was especially impressed by your broad-mindedness and unrelenting support for the underdog. I’ll never forget the time when I read aloud a story about the sudden passing of my stepfather and when I finished‚ no one in the room applauded. I can’t
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Journal On Movie Funny People Trevor Edwards Funny multitude Funny People‚ directed by Judd Apatow‚ was‚ to me‚ not as extraordinary as I expected ground on the title of the movie. There were definitely some funny parts‚ only when overall‚ I thought the movie was more on the earnest/drama side of writing styles rather than drollery. I think by chance Judd Apatow named the movie Funny People‚ and then make it more as a serious movie‚ on purpose. I believe this could be showing the difference
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In the short story “funny boy” Adrian and ___ are discriminated against for different reasons in their culture. Adrian‚ while being homosexual‚ and ___ for being black and taking care of Adrian. In this time period‚ it was still universially accepted and common for people to be against gays and blacks. In many instances‚ they are both discriminated against. In Adrian’s case‚ he was discriminated against for being gay and having AIDS‚which was generally associated with homosexuals. He lived in
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they were raised in a southern state you find it more applicable to a southern dialect. Ned Vizzini‚ writer of It’s Kind Of a Funny Story‚ allows the reader to think more with the wonderful word choices he makes. He makes connections to the real world and uses many aspects to help the reader become more involved. The story is about a student named Greg‚ who goes to a prestigious high school. He has few friends‚ but their names
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