Children were running around. The playground was filled with laughter. Everyone was happy‚ except a little girl. She was sitting on the bench‚ staring at the photo she was holding. That photo was taken three years ago. Three years ago‚ her parents still love each other. Three years ago‚ her parents would not fight or even argue. Things changed‚ since her father was transferred to Singapore because of his job. Since then‚ she and her mother can only meet her father on weekends. At first‚ things
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Those of us in the United States have the luxury of visiting our relatives across the world. We get all caught up in our pleasures of vacationing‚ that we fail to see things from the perspectives of others. For relatives wanting to travel to different countries‚ saving enough money is no easy task. In the wake of the Vietnam war‚ economic hardship runs rampant in communities with run-down neighborhoods and disheveled street beggars. My Vietnamese cousin‚ Thai Minh‚ doesn’t let these difficulties
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"April‚ 1975... Saigon fell to the Communist North." It is the Vietnam War‚ on a small family owned farm where the story of Truong Nguyen begins. Viet Cong versus Viet Minh‚ and as a young boy of just twelve‚ this farmer’s son is caught in the middle of the greatest ’conflict’ in American‚ and more importantly‚ Vietnamese history. As Communism spread throughout southern Vietnam‚ and with an older brother fighting the North‚ Truong’s father loses the rights to his farm‚ and they must work as slaves
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Collage of Memories: Romare Bearden’s Tomorrow I may be far away Bearden’s Tomorrow I may be far away in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C is a collage piece that was inspired by the blues classic: “Good Chib Blues‚” recorded by Edith North Johnson in 1929. The song is of the female ballad blues singer‚ who sings of lost love and heartbreak but eventually overcomes both of the terrible experiences. In Tomorrow I May Be Far Away‚ Bearden tried to express the history and culture of black
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Analysis Essay: Through the authors’ use of pathos‚ allusion‚ and antithesis they show how the Declaration of Independence has held true for over 200 years. Throughout the Declaration of Independence there were many uses of rhetorical devises. This is why it has held true for over 200 years. The rhetorical devise that was found and that will be used is pathos. Pathos is an emotional connection from the author to the audience. “Dangers of invasion from without‚ and convulsions within”‚ this
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Sequences and Series Project Patterns occur everywhere in life especially in mathematics. A pattern can be defined as any sequence of numbers that may be modeled by a mathematical function. A sequence is an ordered list of numbers such as 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4. A pattern can be found in a sequence‚ but a sequence doesn’t always necessarily have a pattern. For some patterns‚ you can even find a rule that fits them. There are two types of rules: recursive and explicit‚ and both rules can be used to find
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Analysis Essay In Harper Lee’s‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout is too young and childish to see the type of parent Atticus is. Atticus‚ her father‚ is a parent that just wants the best for his daughter. Scout sees her father as being unfair‚ but the reader knows he is doing his job as a parent. In fact‚ Scout thinks Atticus is always taking Calpurnia’s side‚ “our battles were epic and one-sided” (64). Scout believes that her father is always on Calpurnia’s side. Scout is only six and does not
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The only thing the narrator seems sure about‚ in Ursula LeGuin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” is that guilt does not exist in Omelas‚ but can this true. Omelas described as a happy place‚ a beautiful place‚ where no wars exist‚ no hunger‚ and no evil. Yet where does this “perfect” place come from? How can it exist? It exists because of one child’s pain and suffering produces this happiness‚ or maybe better put an illusion of happiness. Even though it is his sadness and pain that causes this
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In Ursula K Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas‚” the theme of scapegoatism and “ignorance is bliss” are very apparent. I see the theme of “ignorance is bliss” to be a fitting theme for this story because of all the secret wrongdoings that were happening within the story. The Omelas story starts out depicting a beautiful utopia in summer during a festival (249-250). Even from the beginning of the story‚ the reader gets this idea and belief that the people of this city live a blissful and
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What is your imaginative uptopia? In the scientific fictional novel‚ "The Ones Who Walk Away from the Omelas" by Usula Le Guin‚ utopic‚ ideal world where everyone feels happiness is portrayed. In the novel‚ it suggests that the utopia in the story is both perfect and flawed. First‚ Le Guin uses vivid imagery to depict the city of Omelas as a vibrant and beautiful place. This is described as "the rigging of the boats sparkl[ing] with flags...between houses with red roofs and painted walls‚ between
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