English 111 March 16‚ 2009 As my boyfriend and I walked along the crowded pier: we inhaled the smell of freshly cooked crabs‚ shrimp‚ and lobster that came from the little blue restaurant that sits right on the pier. I could tell that the pier was an old bridge by the cracked cement and the old yellow road markings. The silver rail that surrounded pier was also aged and rusted. After walking about a mile we meticulously lined our poles on the rusted railing. My pole was blue and silver with bells
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Will this pain last forever? Will she ever feel whole again? She wasn’t given a chance to say ‘No’; she had no option but to follow her community’s traditions. Fortunately for her‚ she was able to walk away with part of her clitoris‚ making her the first woman in her family to partially ‘escape’ her dreadful fate. This woman’s name is Nahed Khalil‚ and she is my mother. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)‚ also known as female circumcision‚ or female genital cutting‚ has been practiced for several thousand
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I awaken in the middle of the night‚ and the significance of my actions just hours before hit me full force‚ though it feels like a lifetime ago that it happened. My first murder‚ the very thing that had so repulsed me upon my meeting with Zaroff just four days prior. The man was a psychopathic and homicidal bedlamite. He was the predator‚ and I‚ his quarry. His game of hunting men was considered only sport to him‚ whilst I held the belief that this manslaughter was senseless. Now‚ here I lay‚ with
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Narrative Essay All of us tell stories about things that have happened to us. Have you ever been "almost" hit by another car and then you rushed home to relate this story to your husband or wife? Have you ever had a bizarre experience‚ such as being mistaken for someone else? Or perhaps you were wrongfully accused of shoplifting one time. Did you ever help someone in a time of need or vice-a-versa? You probably told these stories to someone‚ didn’t you? Many events happen in our lives that we brush
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In this expository essay I have written in response to the prompt that suggests that the ways in which we connect to a place are influenced by events and experiences. I have chosen to explore both negative and positive events and experiences as well as how they have an impact on an individuals perception of a particular place. ‘Tirra Lirra by the River’ by Australian author Jessica Anderson has been used to show how positives in life can connect you to a location and make you feel as though you belong
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I was the first baby born on January 4th‚ 1997 in Lima‚ Ohio. Then the story began. Growing up I’ve hit a lot of misfortunes and missed out on a lot of opportunities most people had. I’m from a broken home‚ but a giant ass family. I have four brothers and one older sister‚ which makes me the baby of the family. A young girl with short rich brown hair‚ bangs in her green eyes‚ and an extremely loud mouth; that was me. Typically‚ as a child I entertained myself rather than playing with my siblings
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My first injury is what happened in May of this year (2016). I had dropped a 8-foot bench on my foot after cleaning up the lodge that my class was staying in. I had gone to Urgent Care and they x-rayed my foot as a bruise to the bone with a possible hairline fracture. My foot was to swollen to see if it has a fracture yet and the doctor had told me that within a week it could be seen. The injury is on the middle of my left foot. You can still tell it is injured and is still a bit swollen. Along with
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On last week’s first meeting we had the following incidents occur: 1) Zanna Prentiss was video recording students with her phone to post on her Snap Chat account. I kindly asked her to delete and not post the video. She then was being disrespectful for the rest of the meeting and towards the final minutes left the room with Katie Walkama. When the meeting finished both of them and Josh Bent came back into the room‚ and asked me to speak with them outside of the room to discuss about what had happened
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sad at the same time. I was devastated but also excited. It’s a feeling that is too hard to explain. With it came stress over the upcoming challenges that I will face. Moving to the United States was one of the most traumatizing moments of my life. First year of school in a new country is not easy for anyone‚ but the easiest way to become accepted is to find your own clique and blend in with the other kids. Not only did I not know anyone‚ there was also the language barrier. I was stressing out.
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mind‚ turning my loving‚ big brother with the ability to do anything‚ into something dark and unknown. People say that marijuana isn’t harmful‚ that it does not damage you like other drugs. That is a lie. I saw with my own eyes what it can do to a person. It turns them from someone you know and trust‚ into a stranger who knows exactly how to hurt you. Drugs took over Michael completely; all he cared about was getting high. He did not care about his family. He did not care about how much pain he was
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