My brother being born prematurely was a very anxious moment in my life. He was born just below two pounds and needed to be in an incubator at the hospital for two months‚ the doctor had told my family and I. Those two months were the longest two months of my life. I feared for the worst and my mind was very unease. My family and I would visit him as much as possible‚ hoping he was okay and even still alive. My anxiousness had gotten worse when the doctors had told my family that my brother needed
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any time in beating it. As the day progressed and I was getting further in the game‚ I started thinking about when my parents were going to get home. So I paused the game for a little to call them. Getting a hold of them was pretty hard considering my parents never answer their phones‚ but I eventually got through to my mom. During our conversation my mom asked if I did my homework‚ tensing up and scared to say no‚ I replied yes‚ then she asked about my sister. I had no clue where she could be but
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Where You’re Going‚ Is Somewhere You Have Never Been As you read through this short story written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ you will read about the story of a normal teenage girl‚ Connie‚ that loves to believe that she is far more mature than she really is. Her maturity that she longs for throughout the story is then forced upon her and‚ then her true colors show. They show that no matter how mature she thinks she is‚ she is still pretty far from full adulthood and is well in the middle of adolescence
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Analyzing Fiction In “Where are you going‚ where have you been”‚ this story makes me frustrated with the main character Connie. She comes off to me as an immature little girl who wants to live the life of a mature woman‚ but when faced with reality she is still just a little girl. I felt Connie feels the need to rebel or act a different person when she leaves her house and in a sense lives a double life and has two personalities. In the story the author writes‚ “She wore a pull-over jersey blouse
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inventions. All of this supposedly to make our lives easier to live. Without a doubt things have become better and more efficient than before. Originally people did this to save time. Time has always been considered precious and we are constantly trying to save time. So much so that we have lost the meaning of saving time and it has become a part of the culture that we live in today. “More haste‚ less speed”. This quote by Augustus Caesar is a perfect illustration of the present world that we are
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Poetic Analysis on Because I Could Not Stop for Death It is known that Emily Dickinson had a natural fear and obsession for death and her contemplation of her death is reflected in her poem‚ Because I Could Not Stop for Death. In Dickinson’s works‚ she personified death‚ the central theme of the poem. Instead of describing death as a place of being or a state of mind‚ she describes death as a person or spirit coming to retrieve her soul. This poem reflects her inner thoughts on her own death and
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success and pledged to give back to my school and community in any way possible. After being in _______ for just a few weeks‚ it was evident that joining extracurricular activities and participating in community service was a major part of getting where you want to go. The National Honor Society surfaced around January of 2004 and I knew somehow‚ someway I was going to into that prestigious organization that was reserved for the best and brightest students. The National Honor Society was my main motivation
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Don’t Forget Where You Came From The Dominican Republic was ruled by one of the most ruthless dictators‚ Rafael Trujillo. Julia Alvarez’s father was involved in the underground movement to overthrow the country’s dictator‚ which was uncovered and forced the family to flee the country four months before the founders of that underground‚ the Mirabal sisters‚ were brutally murdered by the dictatorship. Determined to show her adult independence from her family‚ Yolanda returned to the Dominican Republic
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Home Is Where The Army Takes You. How very true this statement is. Homelife was often everywhere and nowhere at the same time for us. We didn’t settle roots anywhere. We have never invested in anyplace or with anyone. Sure‚ my story isn’t unique in the enlisted world. Plenty of brats faced the same challenges every day and like me were able to find their own solutions to them. I love meeting new people‚ going to new places and trying out new things. But I had never been able to meet someone new and
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ten minutes of the marching I asked him if he could try by himself. He certainly had his balance down. I stood him up and went a couple feet across the ice from him and he wobbled toward me all by himself. I was as proud as a mother. I knew I would never forget the moment when the first person I helped‚ skated all by themself. Taking in the smell of pure freshness and the feel of smooth ice with no bumps. The arena filled with
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