another‚ but my biggest influence in my life is my mom. I can’t but admire my mom’s strength and her wisdom. I am a strong believer in the saying “like father"‚ “like son" goes with both genders‚ however‚ I do think that this is more a result of following example rather than a result genetics. It is common knowledge that not everyone is perfect‚ even heroes‚ and in realizing this I know. Although I wish to be like my mom in most ways I do not at all. This realization may be one of the most important
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One of the most momerable moments in my life is my trip to Paris. In 1989‚ I was twenty one years old. My mother decided to visit Paris for some reasons. Since she was illiterate‚ she decided to take me with her. I was a student at that time. I was studying English at the Univesity of Constantine‚ a city situated in the north east of Algeria.It was my first trip outside Algeria and it is still engraved in my memory because of the story my mother told me while we were in the sky over the Mediterranean
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of our lives and are not easy to forget. The person who has been influential in my life is my high school teacher. Ms. Polin a very helpful and generous person who did a big favor in my life. She helped me in my difficult time. She prepared me for my English Regents exam. She influenced my life in a positive way. One day after class was finished I spoke to Ms. Polin about getting low grades on my exam. I told her that I didn’t pass this Regents for the second time and I was unaware
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In Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ there is no doubt that Linda Brent is a hero. In Janice Daniel’s literary criticism‚ “A New Kind of Hero: Harriet Jacob’s‚” she presents the different types of hero Linda is. She says‚ “she’s simultaneously a heroic slave who strives against all odds to obtain freedom‚ a desperate mother who is engulfed in the struggle for the survival of her children‚ and a woman who openly acknowledges and endures the sexual tribulations of being bother a slave and a female”
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George Santayana once said that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” (Santayana). In her book‚ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ Harriet Jacobs chronicles many problems she faced during her tenure as a slave. However‚ after reading Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ it appears that the world today does not remember the past and may be condemned to repeat it. Many of the atrocities described by Jacob remain prominent and relevant in today’s society. The issues
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An Unforgettable Classroom Experience No one could have prepared me for what was about to happen on that November of 1979. I still remember as if it was just yesterday when my fifth grade teacher‚ Mr. Forster‚ collapsed in front of the classroom. Some of the students stood there not knowing what to do‚ including me‚ others running out the classroom looking for help; while some were laughing thinking he was playing a joke on us. It had gone from an exciting day‚ to a tragic day‚ in a matter
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My First‚ Unforgettable and Unique Trip to Europe In May 2015‚ I took a leap of faith and did something that I thought I would never do it in the first quarter of my life. I was grateful that this happened and changed the way I think life is‚ making me more independent. Since young‚ it was my dream to travel to Europe and bask in the unique culture with a long history. Exactly a year later‚ my dream finally came true. I was about to travel to my dreamland and what’s more? This was my first time
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Mary Pittman Mr. Zemp English 101 January 20‚ 2010 Unforgettable Night What started out as a normal night‚ ended up as a night from hell. It was the day of graduation and everything was perfect. This day marked the beginning of the summer before my senior year. I had already made plans to go on trips to the beach with my family and friends. My friend‚ Bailes‚ was in town for graduation‚ as a surprise. She moved to Ohio her sophomore year and came to South Carolina when she could‚ which was
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perspective of the heroines. In Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ Linda would have preferred to stay chaste‚ or at least marry her colored suitor. This is displayed when she states‚ “I wanted to keep myself pure; and‚ under the most adverse circumstances‚ I tried hard to preserve my self-respect; but I was struggling alone in the powerful grasp of the demon Slavery; and the monster proved too strong for me. I felt as if I was forsaken by God and man; as if all my efforts must be frustrated; and
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went through except for the people who were slaves because you weren’t there and you don’t know. I use to think that I knew what the women‚ children‚ and men went through in slavery but I didn’t until I read Incidents in a life of a slave girl. Jacobs’s purpose for writing Incidents in a life of a slave girl was to show other women how she was treated and how hard it was to escape the gasp slavery had on her. Think of a time when you thought everything was alright but then figuring out that it’s not
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