"The Day of the Swallows" I found this play to be beautifully written and yet‚ unusual and different to the rest of the play we have read. The storyline was really captivating and it spoke about a topic that is usually shunned by the Latino community. Josefa is a powerful character‚ a lesbian and a character that exposes the passions that lay inside human beings. Josefa is loved and admired by the entire town. She is thought of as an angel that gives light and beauty. Alysea is a young
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Most of the football plays that depended on Dillon result in either a loss of yards or turnovers. On the day St. Matthew’s won the big game against St. Luke’s their rival‚ Dillon fumbles the ball‚ almost costing them the game. Dillon’s older brother‚ a Harvard quarterback‚ gets inducted into the St. Matthew’s Hall of Fame on the day of the fumble. Dillon seemed very depressed the whole day‚ in his eyes‚ everyone in the world was moving up except for him. Dillon is also a very mischievous‚ trouble-causing
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For this blog assignment‚ I have decided to analyze and discuss spoken word poem written and recited by my favorite artist‚ Shane Koyczan. I picked the poem “To This Day” (link at the bottom of this blog)‚ due to its relation to module 3. This poem does not specifically refer to the social determinants of mental health; however‚ many are mentioned including social environments‚ physical environments‚ healthy child development‚ personal health practice and coping skills‚ social status‚ education‚
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JFK Saved the Day President John F. Kennedy was faced with tough decisions during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Many of his advisors advocated a military assault on Cuba. With the power of hindsight‚ we now know that any type of invasion would have led to Cubans retaliating with ready short range nuclear weapons. The theory of brinksmanship and MAD (mutually assured destruction) did not seem to discourage or dissuade the Cubans‚ particularly Castro. JFK’s decision to merely blockade Cuba and seek diplomatic
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National Sandwich Day While working at Subway‚ I have learned that there are not many promotional days. The biggest promotion is the National Sandwich Day promotion‚ which takes place November 3. This promotion is a buy any sandwich and get a second one free with a purchase of a drink. On that day‚ my store sold almost 2‚000 sandwiches for the entire day. Working that day gave me a an idea on how to prepare for the next time the promotion comes again. My store was lucky enough that day to have enough
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then acted upon it. Bradley did some research and with the help of a local Parishioner‚ he started a non-profit organization. He called it the “Day Dreams Foundation” with its soul purpose being to raise money for kids who couldn’t afford extra curricular activities. It took off and the need has grown so big that he currently relies on a full team. The Day Dreams Foundation‚ which Bradley runs‚ is still relatively young and in its infant stages. The foundation was created in Sept. of 2014‚ and it’s
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In his 2006 Australia Day speech‚ Prime Minister John Howard said‚ “all Australian’s have the right to express culture‚ beliefs and participate in National interests” 1. This essay raises the question about whether assimilation will create a tolerant Australia. Or is it a case of how long does a free society have to tolerate the intolerable? Assimilation by definition‚ is “the acceptance of a minority population into a majority population on the condition that the minority takes on the values
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A popcorn flick like Independence Day (1996) is never examined deeply‚ it’s a silly sci-fi blockbuster‚ what else could the film have going on? But there is actually many different ways to examine the film‚ including a feminist reading. Examining a film like this from a feminist perspective is fascinating stuff‚ but before we dive headlong in‚ what is feminist film theory all about anyway? Feminist film theory is a way to examine how a film portrays women‚ are they tough/independent or are they a
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us to travel alongside the narrator while only spending half a day. Mahfouz strategically sets up and arranges the stages of growth in his story. He reveals his message in many ways by expressing his life as a child and how it affects him‚ his life experiences and how they relate to real life situations‚ and how the events of just one school day can summarize the essential meaning of life‚ and takes all the lessons he learned in one day and compares them to everyday living. The narrator begins with
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Ronald Reagan‚ the 40th president of the United States of America (Bio Reference Bank)‚ delivered his “On the 40th Anniversary of D-Day speech” on June 6th 1984 (Academic Search Premier). This day was the 40th anniversary of D-day‚ when 150‚000 men charged the beaches of Normandy to retake Europe from the Nazis (American History Online). The speech was also delivered during the Cold war‚ an arms race between the USA and USSR (American History Online). President Reagan uses logos‚ pathos‚ and anaphora
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