My America is filled with hands that give up so much‚ it’s hard to imagine life without them. However i’m sure many of us haven’t thought about what life without them would be like. Though if we think about it‚ we would be losing much more than what we would still have. Because of what the other generations have gone through‚ mine can thrive‚ while still having its bumps here and there. On September 9th‚ 1957‚ the first civil rights bill was signed and passed. The government’s ambition was to show
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One thing people have always told me is that I remind them of the person Randall Cobb from the book game changers. He has one of the most creative and unique personalities. He is passionate for the game of basketball by working hard on his time. Randall is also talented in the subjects math and science by pushing himself to make good grades. He also thrives to help people even if it’s with school work‚ personal problems‚ or on the basketball court. All in all he was almost exact the same person as
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“Wel-come to‚ Jam-boree‚ I want to wel-come you‚ Jam-boree…” On and on it goes‚ our intonation dancing around almost as wildly as we are. With the sun oppressively beating down on us‚ sweat running down our backs in gushing rivers‚ and starting “Joe Avery” for the umpteenth time‚ we couldn’t be happier (okay‚ we could probably go without playing Joe Avery again‚ but still). Gazing around at the sea of strangers surrounding me‚ I know that I could not be in better company. To think that a myriad of
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The Sons of Liberty were much like modern day Isis. From burning houses to murder‚ they were the a group of people no one dared to provoke. The famous rebel group took a stand against the British Parliament for what they believed was right. They gave colonists hope in not only their future‚ but also America’s future. The Sons of Liberty are important because they secured America’s future‚ showed their bravery‚ and formed the Continental Congress. The Sons of Liberty organization consisted of only
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adversity in many of his works‚ however‚ it predominantly resonates in his poem‚ “Mother to Son”. Hughes displays this lesson through showcasing the mother’s hardships‚ and her desire for her son to acquire resilience amongst a life of struggle. The speaker is a mother‚ a woman with a young son. This mother has endured many hardships which have made her the person she currently is. When reflecting on her life mother states‚ “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it‚ And splinters
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everybody’s got their own story. In a poem entitled “Mother to Son” and a short story entitled “Thank you Ma’am “ which is both by Langston Hughes‚ it it illustrated to the readers that a person’s past can greatly influence the person’s future. The experiences in the past of both Mrs. Jones and the speaker in the poem had given to them that all-too-important insight and allowed them to share the knowledge to the young people. In the poem “Mother to Son‚” the speaker is telling the boy her story and is
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most important day of my life had just happened recently this year. The word graduation means more than a ceremony for me. It has changed my life‚ to reach a higher stage of my life‚ the time to become a new person‚ the time to grow up‚ time to follow my dreams and separate responsibilities from fun. The night before the graduation‚ I had invited my family & my friends to attend a graduation ceremony. On my graduation day‚ I woke up early to go get my hair‚ nails‚ and make up ready for the big
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Our teachers love us and always want us to do our best. Sometimes we don’t realize how much they care about us. They love us and are going to be so sad when we leave. They don’t know it but we love them too‚ most of the time! Some ways they express that is through songs. They want us to stay Humble and Kind like Tim McGraw‚ leave our legacy like The Script‚ and always know that we are one of a kind like Pink. These messages are the three things that we need in our lives forever. “Childhood stars
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In "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes‚ the literary device being used is dialect to communicate the mothers message on how life may be hard but you have to work through it. Dialect is a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. Dialect is used to help the reader understand the characteristics of the speaker like the speakers education level. In this case‚ the dialect is from a black‚ working‚ uneducated mother. This poem is about a mother who grew up
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In the short poem “Mother to Son”‚ by Langston Hughes‚ the mother is revealed to have many unique traits about her that maker her a diligent person. The poem has many metaphors that show the mother is a hard-working‚ persistent‚ determined‚ and strong person who endures her troubles she faces in her lifetime. The mother is stated to be an insistent woman that went through many hard struggles and teaches her son to be assiduous to get through the struggles he might encounter just like how she did
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