In the story’s My favorite chaperone and a place to call home are both based on how immigrants come to America from another country to start a new life. In the story My favorite chaperone starts off with a girl named Maya and her family that move from Kazakhstan to America from from a dating magazine. Before they moved to America Maya and her family were living in Kazakhstan.” Maya’s aunt Marina zhamejakove was in the soviet Union fighting in the war when she was dismissed things were very hard
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“Letter to My Son‚” written by Ta-Nehisi Coates in 2015‚ was in all essentiality advice. The article begins with the author describing his own sadness at the distance between a country built on a dream‚ and the sobering reality he saw. He continues on to talk about how his body‚ his son’s body‚ and the bodies of many of their peers around them‚ are very often going to be at the mercy of people around them. Coates then speaks of escaping the danger of having his own body at the mercy of another‚ and
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The memory described in "My Papa’s Waltz" is mostly positive. The poem is about a specific type of dance‚ which is established thrice: by the title as well as lines 4 and 15. The father waltzed with his child at bedtime‚ a spirited attempt to bring elegance into a humble home. Waltzing is often associated with royalty‚ emperors dancing in palaces to the music of Johann Strauss II‚ good living! The verb "romped" in the second stanza is strong evidence that this was a playful activity for both father
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My Responsibility to America Zoe Lofgren said: “What makes America special is that people come here‚ assimilate and become American with all of the rights and responsibilities citizenship bestows.” Eleanor Roosevelt said: “True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth universal brotherhood and goodwill‚ and a constant and earnest striving toward the principals and ideals on which this country was
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A wise man by the name of Benjamin Franklin once said‚ “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” Jack Gantos from the book Hole in my Life‚ reads books quite often‚ on his journey to become a professional writer. Although his life may have not went in the direction he wanted to‚ the books he read were what kept him level headed throughout his life. Many may argue that books hindered him through his journey‚ causing him to fall into legal trouble early in life. However
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Murder... mystery... intrigue... All describe Robert Browning’s poem‚ "My Last Duchess." From the speakers’s indirect allusions to the death of his wife the reader might easily think that the speaker committed a vengeful crime out of jealousy. His flowery speech confuses and disguises any possible motives‚ however‚ and the mystery is left unsolved. Based on the poem’s style‚ structure‚ and historical references‚ it becomes evident that even if the speaker did not directly kill his
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Story My Papa’s Waltz The style and purpose of dancing has changed throughout the years of existence. From culture to culture‚ dancing is passed through generations as another form of communicating. Dancing has been used as a healing method throughout Europe‚ and in the 1900’s people would attend balls as a social gathering and use dancing as a way to court someone; yet today as a form of artistic talent people dance to express emotions and feelings. Tied in Theodore Roethke’s poem‚ “My Papa’s
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“The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” ― Jodi Picoult‚ My Sister’s Keeper Humans as a species has suffered many sorts of hardships. Countless wars‚ billions of deaths‚ diseases‚ famine‚ crime‚ but humans have never given up. In my words‚ to be resilient means that no matter how hard or unfair life hits you‚ you get back up and continue living. There is absolutely no point in lying down and giving up. You have to face life for what
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The verse that I’m going to focus on is the very first verse of my first aliyah. This verse is considered important among Jewish scholars‚ because here is where G-d tells Abraham‚ who‚ at this point in the Torah‚ was called Abram‚ to ‘go forth from his father’s land.’ Lech Lecha is often translated as ‘Go Forth‚’ but really‚ ‘Lech Lecha’ means ‘go to yourself.’ My interpretation of this is that G-d is telling Abram not only to literally go forth into another land‚ but also to find who he really
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learns more through the relationship‚ because throughout the book she begins to show how much more capable and mature she is becoming from watching Jim and learning from his family. I believe that Mr. Shimerda trusted Jim for him to say “teach‚ teach my Antonia” he knew that Jim would take care and teach Antonia everything that she will need to know to have a happy life living on the prairie. Lastly‚ Antonia will learn a good deal of important trades that will help her and her mother out in the
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