4. "Why did your parents give you your name - what is the story of your name? Are you named after someone or some place? If you don’t know why you have your name‚ make up a story." 1. My name is Viet Nga. Anyone who sees my name at the first time‚ will think of something relating to Viet Nam and Russia. It’s right. It’s a romantic love story of my parents and my name was given to memorize the time and the place where my mother met and loved my father. Back in 1985‚ a Vietnamese student was sent
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The name-giving of Athens It is well-known that Athens was the most powerful and glorious town of ancient Greece. Its residents managed to develop a wonderful civilization that is admired till today. It is also known that the city got its name from Athena‚ the goddess of wisdom and courage. But how did Athens have its name? Here is a charming little story about the origin of the city’s name. The dispute of the gods Cecrops‚ a strange creature‚ half-man half-snake‚ was the founder of a city which
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First and foremost the name franklyn came from a British origin meaning Freeman. My name was given to me by my dad because he thought it was a very successful name. He gave this name to me because everyone that he has heard off with the name Franklyn has been successful. To me the name Franklyn means someone with style dignity and class‚ so basically they like to do things on their own without the consent of anyone. I say this because for me I do not like to copy what other people are doing or listen
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Before I was born my parents had started looking for names they could give me. Since they had no idea if I was a boy or girl they came up with names for each sex. Each male name they had in mind for me had value along with each girl name. My mother and father had come up with a list of names they each liked. So once I was born my parents decided they wanted a family name and dubbed me Gabriela Patricia. Gabriela is my uncle’s name in feminine form and my mother was very fond of it and thought it
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In William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily’’ we think about who is Emily‚ what does the rose symbolizes‚ and most of all who is the narrator. Throughout most of Faulkner’s story for me as a reader I wanted to figure that out. In the beginning Emily is presented as a woman who grew up wealthy never having to worry about anything. But over time things changed after her father’s death. Later on‚ Emily never really takes notice of the present. She never really got over being under her father’s wing
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DeLillo begins a new‚ clean page when finishing any paragraph‚ long or short. This enables DeLillo to see his work and groups of sentences more clearly. Empty‚ white space around a page create an environment that helps DeLillo concentrate on writing. The white space made rewriting work easier and more efficient. The Names marked the start of a newly found dedication for DeLillo. DeLillo discovered that he needed the excitement of a new
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mockumentary scene uses humour‚ characterisation through actions‚ body language and costume to explore the idea the need to belong is so strong that it can be “over the top/excessive” and even corrupt some to consider the need [to belong] above others. A tone of mock tragedy [is] expressed through Shirley‟s exaggerated rhetorical questions “I kept asking myself‚ why? Did I fail him as a mother?” portray misunderstanding of her son‟s ambitions [AND an excessively strong connection or desire
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uses the placement of his character’s names to show the nature of their relationship and where each of them is situated in contrast to the other. In Pyramus and Thisbe‚ the word order of their names clues the readers in on how they stand with each other‚ both in the relationship and positional sense. Saepe ubi cōnstiterant hinc Thisbē Pyramus illinc (often when Thisbe had stood on one side Pyramus had stood on the other (71)) Ovid uses this placement of the names to show that when the two lovers are
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[Writer’s Name] [Institution Name] [Subject] [Date] A Rose for Emily Introduction The paper is about an individual versus the society within the context of the book ‘A Rose for Emily’. Every individual has his or her own role and impact over the society and the relationship with the members of the society. The centralized theme of William Faulkner’s story "A Rose for Emily" is to leave your past and move on. The character Emily possesses the ability to be stuck with the past
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the author of The Lightning Thief‚ once said‚ “Names have power.” This quote means that every name can be traced back thousands and thousands of years and the history and the meaning of the names become a part of it. With so much powerful meaning tied to the name‚ it can affect a person’s life thousands of years after the event occurred. The name can either be destructive‚ or beneficial. The story told in Romeo and Juliet is a perfect example of how names can affect a person’s life. Romeo and Juliet
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