term sentenced‚ sometimes lose themselves in a world of violence and become worse off when coming into the prison system‚ than how they used to be before prison life. Trying to hold on to any bit of sanity or respect for humanity becomes an everyday struggle. Sometimes the smallest thing can help prevent the feeling‚ of going over that edge of no return from a dreadfulness act of death. Jimmy Santiago Baca lived a life surrounded by misfortunes and inescapable pathways of loss. He was the youngest
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Gun Control The second amendment states that “A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.” (2010). To take away any citizens guns is to take away this right that has been given to people so clearly in this amendment. Due to all of the recent shootings that have taken place in the last ten years‚ gun control laws are now being questioned by the government. Due to these recent horrific events that
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The Darkest Struggles When Maya Angelou wrote the book “I know why the caged bird sings” she was speaking from her very on soul and pouring out the deep feelings she had felt when she was younger‚ all the way up until she was a young adult. African American women will always have more on their shoulders more than any other race especially white women will. No one really knows if all of the discrimination started because of the color of our skin or the attitude that lingers in our voice. Only
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ago completes‚ it feels good. I could’ve said “finished” here but the word “complete” has a completely different meaning. That’s what most of us don’t understand‚ comprehending and identifying the differences between things that are similar yet different. The summer semester is about to reach its end. I am sitting here‚ in the academic block in IBA‚ 9:05 am‚ waiting for my class to begin which is around one hour from now. 14 August is just two days away and I feel sad to see the lack of enthusiasm
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hard for everything they have‚ facing mountains of tasks daily. Created by Vik Muniz in 2008‚ the 56 by 40 inch print titled Ironing Woman uses line‚ colour‚ and texture to address the notion of continuous struggle and burden of responsibilities that challenge the working class through the portrayal of a woman in the midst of such a task. Immediately upon seeing Ironing Woman the eye of the viewer is drawn towards the purposeful line work that depicts the woman of the piece while she works. She
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The Struggle of Writing Over the years‚ writing went from being a process to becoming a series of many processes. Brainstorming‚ drafting‚ revising are just some of the events that take place in writing. Finding a flow for words can be a greater challenge. Words do not write themselves. Since writing is never an easy process‚ the first thing I want is a plan. The more disorganized a paper becomes the harder it is to fix. Before I start writing‚ I read the topic several times to get a complete understanding
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December 6‚ 2012 “Mother Tongue” In the short autobiography narrative “Mother Tongue” written by Amy Tan she discusses the reasons why she was passionate on becoming a writer. It is no surprise‚ that her vision in the work of fiction it is outstanding throughout her struggles with the English language as a Chinese young girl born in an immigrant family. She faced many obstacles of the culture of the 1950’s‚ 1960’s and 1970’s. However‚ she never gave up on the dream of being a writer and defeat
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The Old Man’s Struggles Through times of struggle‚ humans resort to memories and ideas to help them through the conflict. This is particularly true when it comes to the hardships of fishing. Santiago is at battle for many days with a large marlin where he becomes triumphant‚ although temporarily‚ he was not defeated. He uses memories of the boy and baseball to keep his mind of the pain that he was in to fulfill his duty as a fisherman. Using characterization‚ point of view and symbolism‚ youthful
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The title The Namesake reflects the struggle of Gogol Ganguli‚ son of Ashoke and Ashima‚ Indian immigrants to the U.S.A. to get identity in the culture where he is born and brought up with his unusual name. Names do have some meaning in India. A lot of practice is done when a child is named in India. An Indian child generally carries two names‚ a pet name and an official one. Pet names are for the family and neighbours and acquaintances. They carry or may not carry meaning. But official names are
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my life‚ I have done several different things in my life that I am not proud of. If I could take back one of those actions‚ it would probably be when I almost decided not to go to college. I planned on going throughout my entire high school career‚ but when I graduated‚ I kept putting it off. I had my mind set that I wanted to wait a year before I went. I was planning on going to Ohio University‚ but then when my senior year finally got here‚ I decided I wanted to go to Hocking College. I knew that
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