LUNGAY‚ Ma. Vivien Joy B. MEB11 – ENGL101 My father is a man like no other. He may not be a hero with supernatural powers‚ but he can be as mighty as Superman. Before‚ he works as a security guard at night and a caregiver at daytime in California and in order to send me to De La Salle University-Dasmarinas‚ he find a new job that could meet the demands of my course even if that would mean enduring the pain and hardships in processing salmons and king crabs in the cold region of Alaska. And during
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Everyone calls my father Lefty for the obvious reason. My dad was born at home in 1941‚ on a farm 20 miles from the nearest tiny town in Indiana. A farm kid‚ he went to school in a four room school house where most of the kids were like him and went to school when they didn’t have to help out on the farm. When my father was in the second grade‚ he was already 9 years old. Dad’s teacher then was Mrs. Graves‚ who he remembers well. Back then everyone in second grade had to learn to write in cursive
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to achieve. Belonging can change over time in one of two ways: with one’s search and acquirement of belonging‚ or with one’s deliberate or unintentional alienation over time. This is clearly demonstrated in two texts: the novel/memoir‚ Romulus‚ My Father‚ by Raimond Gaita; and the futuristic‚ dystopian
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#1 setting 6-15-10 Brothers in Arms by Paul Langan and Ben Alirez takes place in a bad neighborhood because there are gangs. The gangs there use slang like homies‚ barrio‚ and homes. You always have to be watching your back because there is violence everywhere. And that is why it is a bad neighborhood in southern California. There are also some good things about southern California. There is a really safe place and it is school. There are security guards in every hall of the school. There are
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determine our attitudes and values throughout the entire course of our lives. This can be seen within Raimond Gaita’s 1998 memoir ‘Romulus my Father’ and William Wordsworth’s 1978 poem ‘Tintern Abbey’ as they search through their past and discover their own individual sense of acceptance to their story and their world. The 1998 reflective memoir ‘Romulus my Father’ is
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agrarian society’’‚ a radical form of agrarian communism where the whole population had to work in collective farms or forced labor projects. The Khmer Rouge revolutionary army enforced this mostly with extreme violence. The book “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers”‚ written by Luong Ung‚ is the author’s story of growing up during this time period. She was five years old when the Khmer Rouge came into power. As stated in the author’s note‚ “From 1975 to 1979‚ through execution
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Just three powerful words can change the complete mood of a powerful moment: “but...he lies”. These words are repeated multiple times throughout the PSA “My father is a liar”‚ that gives the piece a very strong emotional appeal. “My father is a liar” is a tear jerking commercial that promotes an educational insurance for children to receive a higher education to accomplish their goals in life. The insurance company owning this commercial is MetLife. Metlife was first founded in 1869 and has continued
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Q. In times of upheaval‚ it is one’s family that is important. Discuss. First They Killed My Father is a highly emotional‚ moving account of the survival of a family - a family brought together through challenging times. The importance of family in the survival of Loung and her siblings throughout and beyond the Khmer Rouge years cannot be overstressed. Essential family values such as a mother’s love for her children‚ obedience to caring father’s advice and cooperation with each other through
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Coat of Arms Coat of arms is a collection of symbols that indicates the trait of a family‚ profession etc. In nursing‚ the coat of arms is intended to capture the key qualities of what nursing profession means. The purpose of this paper is to explain the six different nursing qualities and discuss why each quality was chosen to represent ‘Nursing’. It will also provide a rational for the symbols that represent each quality in the coat of arms. The idea of placing each symbol in different
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The “Luke Arm” The DEKA arm system‚ nicknamed “Luke Arm” in honor of the Star Wars hero‚ is a new and improved prosthetic limb. Created by famous inventor Dean Kamen and his team‚ the “Luke Arm” is one of the most advanced prosthetic ever built‚ with the ability to pick up both delicate and rugged substances. This is very important for amputees‚ especially those who live alone‚ and should hopefully improve their lives. Prosthetic limbs interested me specifically because they are one of the many brain
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