The book Inside Out & Back Again by Lai shows the struggles that refugees face in their long journey to safety and a new home. In the book‚ the author uses a character named Ha and the rest of her family to show what refugees go through while escaping their home country. Ha‚ and her family have lived in Saigon Vietnam their whole lives up until 1975 when the communists took over their country. Throughout the book‚ the author shows us the struggles that refugees go through by telling a story through
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This is a very hard process to go through and requires finding a new place to settle. The character Ha in Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai‚ faced all of these while having to flee her home in Vietnam because of war. In another text called World of Difference Benefit Luncheon‚ a boy explains his struggles of fleeing his country and finding a new one. In Inside Out & Back Again‚ Ha flees her home in haste when the war comes closer to her home. Soon their president left them and couldn’t run
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In the poem‚ “I Go Back to May 1937”‚ the author makes the comment that though there is a wrong being committed‚ selfishness drives people away from doing what is morally correct. The wrong being committed in this poem is the main character not preventing their parents wedding. In order to be morally correct‚ it is simply doing the right thing that could prevent a wrong doing or mistake. The author makes this comment through repetition‚ connotation‚ and a change in syntax from long‚ complex sentences
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ABSTRACT In this paper we address the issue of pronunciation model- ing for conversational speech synthesis. We experiment with two different HMM topologies (fully connected state model and forward connected state model) for sub-phonetic model- ing to capture the deletion and insertion of sub-phonetic states during speech production process. We show that the experi- mented HMM topologies have higher log likelihood than the traditional 5-state sequential model. We also study the first and
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Have you ever wonder why a person chooses to go back to school? There are many reasons why a person chooses to go back to school‚ but I chose because of my family and friends who motivate me to do better for myself. In this paper‚ I will share my world and the people who motivate me. I will also share with you my plans for a better future and the goals that I will need to be completed in order to succeed. On a beautiful baby girl was born in the city of Sacramento‚ California. At the age of seven
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Pete and Donald are brothers who have little in common. Stable and successful Pete is a real estate agent in Santa Cruz. He has two daughters‚ a sailboat‚ and a great deal of money. Donald is something of a drifter‚ never keeping a job for long‚ often migrating from one religious commune to another. While Pete is at home in the world and looks healthy and comfortable‚ Donald is gaunt and obsessed with the fate of his soul. Pete seems to have taken after their parents‚ who are both dead. Like them
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We are going to examine the book Never going back by Gord Ferguson. He was sent to Smith Falls hospital at the age of 10 and was institutionalized until the age of 26. Gord Freguson has played a big role in advocacy for diabled people. The first concept I am going to discuss is institutions from week 5 unit 3 part 3. In the early 1800’s until institutions were closed a lot of disabled people were sent there. Gord Ferguson lived at the Rideau Regional centre in Smith Falls for 16 years. These people
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Aristotle once said‚ “Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.” After thousands of years‚ this concept of beauty and its forthcoming advantages continues to hold. But first‚ what makes someone enjoyable to look at? There are some obvious and universal traits of beauty. According to Dina Spector‚ “High cheekbones‚ fuller lips‚ big eyes‚ and a thin chin are associated with sexiness in women‚ whereas a big jaw and broad chin are preferred in men. Smooth skin‚ shiny hair
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For each scene you read (with the exception of the really short ones)‚ you will choose one passage. This passage‚ or quote‚ should be significant to the scene as well as the larger play. Write the passage and identify who is speaking and to whom. Explain the significance of the scene and how it impacts the overall story. - Quote and who’s speaking to whom (5 points) asdlfkjlkfj - Significance to the scene and the rest of the play (5 points) - There are a total of 16 longer scenes @ 10 points
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Headline: After a First Date in 1977‚ He Never Called Her Back. Four Decades Later‚ She Makes a Stunning Realization. Summary: Back in high school‚ two students went on their first date. While she thought that they had really connected‚ he never called her again. She was surprised‚ but did nothing about it. After four decades passed‚ she was shocked when he reached out to her online. They met in person‚ and she was completely unprepared for what she was about to discover. Introduction: In
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