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    'the Soldier"

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    English Essay ‘The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke And ‘Asleep’ by Wilfred Owen Pg.1 These two poems show the difference of how death in the war could be written in many ways. The poets used a variety of language techniques and also the imagery being extracted by the reader. This will also help me to shape my understanding of war and hopefully lead to a change of perspective for people. Both poets have used a wide range of language techniques in both of their poems. One of the techniques used is

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    Memoirs of Geisha

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    MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA MAIN CONTEXT The Memoirs of a Geisha is a story of girl named Chiyo. Together with her sister Satsu‚ they were sold to slavery to pay the debts of their parents. They were sent to an Okiya (geisha house) but Satsu was not accepted so they parted ways. She was a slave of a geisha in the Okiya. But after six years she was sent to a geisha school and changed the name from Chiyo to Sayuri‚ to be trained with the support of a successful geisha Mameha‚ and making a lot of enemies

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    Memoir: The Homeless

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    Memoir Draft 1 The moment I looked out the window of the car and my eyes turned to the row of homeless people weaving its way through the traffic begging for money‚ I jumped out of my seat. It was my first visit to India after leaving the country for the United States. The homeless people’s’ hands were making weird gestures and thumping the windows of the honking cars. I could not digest what I was seeing! While reaching out to an old woman to give her some money‚ I thought about what non homeless

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    Oblivion A Memoir

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    everyone has a unique choices‚ such us‚ role model. In addition‚ what society brings to the family characters such us wars might change every thing. For example‚ society could bring more violence to the family life style. In “Oblivion a memoir” is one of the amazing memoirs I have ever read‚ it is about a man called Abad his book talked about the story of his father‚ a beloved doctor who was murdered in the 1980s‚ which was 25 years ago. That crime was

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    Women Have Come a Long Way

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    Women Have Come A Long Way "A Doll House" is no more about women ’s rights than Shakespeare ’s Richard II is about the divine right of kings‚ or Ghosts about syphilis. . . . Its theme is the need of every individual to find out the kind of person he or she is and to strive to become that person." (Bloom 28) Ibsen portays this behavior in A Doll House through one of the main characters‚ Nora Helmer‚ by setting the scene in Norway in 1872. In the late 1800s‚ women did not play an important role

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    sentence. After I left school Friday‚ I went home to enjoy a placid weekend with friends and family; however the moment I stepped into my house‚ everything I planned was thrown out the window. My mom was as ill as a hornet‚ and my dad was on his way home. Trying to escape the madness‚ I dodged into my room and fell asleep. Around 2:30 my mother marched into my room yelling‚ “Courtney Breanna‚ get up! Dylan’s calling!” I rushed out of my room to answer the phone. He was wanting to know if I wanted

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    Memoirs of a Geisha

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    I. Title: Memoirs of a Geisha (1997) II. Author: Arthur Golden (1957- ) III. Setting: a. Where: Gion‚ Kyoto‚ Japan b. When: Early 1900’s (1930’s‚ World War II) IV. Character and Characterization: c. Principal Characters i. Sayuri Nitta (Chiyo Sakamoto) Sayuri is the main character of the book. As a child‚ she always thought well of others. She has determination and does not give up easily. Her gray eyes are what make her stand out the most.

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    food memoir

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    1st draft Food memoir: Mung rice noodle For all of us‚ there are several kinds of food in our deep memories. These foods are different from others because they are not only what we eat but also what we experience. Last week‚ when my teacher asked us which food existed in our deep memories‚ the first one came to my mind was Mung rice noodle. Each time mentioning Mung rice noodle‚ I will think of my wonderful childhood and sweet home. I belong to Tujia‚ one of the Chinese minorities. Mung rice

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    assault upon a certain person and possession of drugs (namely marijuana). Joshua was born and raised in Sulima‚ Sierra Leone until moving to Idaho when he was 9 years old. He was kidnapped by his uncle‚ at the age of 7‚ and forced into being a boy soldier for approximately 6 months. After moving to Idaho‚ Joshua began to have trouble with the law and was eventually incarcerated in the juvenile system. Although Joshua presently appears to be adapting to society here in the US‚ I believe that

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    Gone By Ishmael Beah

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    A Long Way From False Child soldiers often have a hard time returning to a normal life after war. Ishmael Beah‚ however‚ showed that he can do it and so can others. He lost his entire family in Sierra Leone’s civil war and the government recruited him as a soldier in his early teens and went on to write his memoir about it‚ A Long Way Gone. As hard as it was for him to go through and relive these memories to write his story‚ people still question the memoir’s validity. Despite what many articles

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