"The Happy Man’s Shirt" - an Italian Folktale‚ retold. Once there was a king named Giphad. He ruled over a very peaceful yet powerful kingdom. His people all loved and adored him. All was perfect in his kingdom. Except for his son‚ Jonash. The king’s son was very unhappy for no known reason. He would always sit in his room staring blankly out the window over the lands‚ frowning. The king addressed his son: "What on earth has upset you‚ Jonash? What is it that you lack? What is making you so
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Mother Teresa has dedicated her life to helping the poor‚ the sick‚ and the dying around the world. She is one of the most well known and respected people of the 20th century. The movie that viewed in class displayed it very well. It showed how much she cared about the ’un-cared for’ and how she preached to millions of people around the world. In her speeches she spoke of ’blessing the misfortunate’ and loving them as well. She also spoke of how easy it is to help them. All we have to do is show
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text from Arakin’s book‚ the 2nd course How we kept Mother’s Day 1. Let us begin with analysis of the text. The discourse pattern should be characterized first as a completed story by a well – known Canadian writer Steven Leacock. As far as we know‚ this writer is famous for such works as “Nonsense Novels”‚ “Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town”‚ “My Remarkable Uncle” and others. 2. The author titles his work as “How we kept Mother’s day”. It is done explicitly‚ so we can predict the contents of the
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everyone in this world has in common is communication. Without effective communication the world wouldn’t be able to function. An important aspect of communication‚ which is highly displayed in the movie Thirteen Days‚ is the ability to resolve conflicts. Throughout the movie‚ Thirteen Days‚ the characters work through the process of mediation‚ negotiation and arbitration to develop a plan for dealing with the possibility or World War 3. Throughout this paper I will discuss the ideas of mediation‚
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Why Chinese Mothers are superior Every parent wants to be proud of their children‚ to see them succeed in school‚ music‚ sports or whatever path they may choose. The professor and the author Amy Chua wrote the essay “Why Chinese mothers are superior”‚ where she tries to compare western parents to Chinese mothers and their different methods of raising children. Plenty of the people reading this essay may get the wrong idea and misunderstand‚ when Amy Chua tries to present Western parents as bad
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My mother is the one and only person who cares about me. She gave me all her love and passion so that I can grow up to be a successful person. The happiest thing in her life is the birth of me and my two sisters and a brother. She never complaint‚ never show how hard she work and happy all the time. She has sacrifice alot for me and my siblings. She always advise us to study hard and never gave up when you lost hope. She has been very proud of my edest sister because she gets 5A in UPSR and 7A in
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A Rainy Day A sudden gust of wind swept through the house. Sounds of things dropping heavily onto the floor and doors and windows slamming shut echoed throughout the estate. Irene looked up from her book‚ which she had been deeply engrossed in for the past hour. Anna‚ the maid‚ was running to and fro‚ picking up fallen items and collecting the clothing from the clothesline. It seemed that a heavy downpour was imminent. Reluctantly‚ Irene put down her book and got up to help. She shivered as another
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My Happy Husband In life‚ sometimes we meet new people who could change our lives for better or worse. I met my husband in the place that I work and since that day we have become the most inseparable friends in the world. I believed my husband is one of the happiest men alive: he is funny‚ positive‚ inspiring‚ spiritual‚ and friendly. He is a very funny person. All the time he has a positive attitude. He inspired me to be the best. He is a spiritual man. He is a friendly person. All these
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Happy Birthday‚ 1951 Summary: The text is about an old man and a young boy‚ who live in a ruin‚ in a former warzone. The city is still full of soldiers and tanks. The man got the baby boy about six years ago from a refugee woman. The story begins with the man wanting the boy to choose a birthday. The boy chooses the following day. The old man puts together a cart for the boy‚ but he also wants the boy to experience a world without war. Next day the boy gets the cart and pretends it’s a tank‚ because
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Rhetorical Analysis of “Mother Tongue” written by Amy Tan “So easy to read”(p.4). Amy Tan ends her essay‚ “Mother Tongue” with this short and even grammatically wrong sentence. She tells us this mother’s brief review is a proof of success of her writing. Why does she think that easiness is an essence of her writing? She suggests answers to this question by her essay. In her essay‚ Amy Tan effectively convinces her readers that “broken English” is not an inferior language‚ but just
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