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    My father was not a kind man. He was quick to anger‚ strict‚ and rude. As to not completely malign my father‚ I will admit we had good times. He played me his obscure music‚ and broadened my philosophical horizons. His death was not a quick and painless one. My father battled cancer for the amount of time it would take for a person to become a parent‚ nine months. However‚ his death was necessary in order for me to construct a new and less idealistic reality. Doctors diagnosed my father with brain

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    synthetic life. Especially if that person was my father. My mother recounts the exact day her world crumbled into a million pieces‚ as a result of one word. The two syllable word that tends to leave a tongue numb … cancer. “Your father did not come home at 7:30pm like he always did. That night‚ he was nowhere to be found.” When my

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    George Bernard Shaw wrote Arms and the Man in 1893 during the Victorian era when most plays were lighter dramas or comedies in the vein of The Importance of Being Earnest‚ which was a play about manners and other Victorian conventions. Still‚ in many ways‚ Arms and the Man‚ despite some of its themes‚ is a perfect example of Victorian literature. The play opened to the British public in 1894 to mixed reviews and was one of the plays included in the Plays Pleasant Volume which included a few of Shaw’s

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    My Father: The Person I Admire Most Over time‚ there have been several people who have influenced various aspects of my life‚ based on their personal characteristics‚ accomplishments‚ and values. I have been privileged to have had numerous teachers and professors who I respect for their patience and intelligence. There are artists that have inspired me by their natural talents and original creativity. I value many political leaders‚ who have inspired me by their contributions to society‚ and

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    Comparison With “My Father on His Shield” Often in literature‚ writers unintentionally create works that tie very well with one another. Two works that connect well are The Odyssey by Homer‚ translated by Robert Fizgerald‚ and “My Father on His Shield‚” by Walt McDonald. While McDonald’s poem underscores the tone of mourning and sorrow by the main character‚ Homer’s work elucidates the tone of animosity and hurt. As previously stated‚ the tone of McDonald’s poem‚ “My Father on His Shield” is

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    Overcoming The Death of my Father Never in my life had I ever thought that at the age of seventeen years old‚ I would lose my father in an unexpected accident. To this day‚ I feel it should have never happened. I would like to think it is all a bad nightmare and that I would wake up to see my father there the next morning‚ but unfortunately it is not the case. There are a lot of things I did not understand back then; especially about loss‚ sadness‚ anger‚ and fear. When it came down to these things

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    My Father Thinking back to the death of my father really makes me sad‚ I remember three times a week after school I would go visit my father. I would go to the hospital room where my father was in a comma since his accident; my eyes would often wander to the Gayle Sayers football jersey my mother placed at his bedside. Fourteen years ago my father was fighting with a friend of his and he slipped during the fight. My father hit the back of his head extremely hard on the concrete ground‚ and he suffered

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    have.” This is what I have come to realize in my life. My father is a recovering alcoholic. At home‚ I did the typical things that all little girls do; played with dolls‚ stuffed animals‚ colored pictures‚ and participated in various sports. As a young child I grew up adapting to everything he did‚ thinking it was normal. At that time‚ I did not know his behavior was different from other adults. As I grew older I started to understand my father faced challenges that I needed to accept and adjust

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    Life is like breaking your arm. 33 years ago I broke my arm falling out a window‚ stubbornly trying to see the stars and make a wish. The discomfort I felt in the weeks after was nothing like my seven year old body had felt before. It was immense and disturbed‚ and while the recovery was long‚ the fall from the window was worth the star. My Presidency will be a lot like breaking an arm and there are three parts that pertain to us. First is the reach‚ the yearning for greatness that we all have.

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    I Never Sang For My Father by Robert Anderson In the play I Never Sang For My Father by Robert Anderson the main characters are Gene and his father‚ Tom. The play develops around the conflict between these two characters‚ Gene and his dad are not close and argue all the time because of Tom’s attitude; he is selfish and considers himself to be the center of the universe. For example‚ Tom fell in love with his favorite program‚ so he forgot to entertain or give an attention to his son Gene. When

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