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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The short-story "A Conversation with My Father"‚ by Grace Paley‚ combines several themes and the author uses the elements of abandonment‚ denial‚ irony‚ humor and foreshadowing‚ to bring this emotional story together. This story is mainly about the relationship between a parent and his/her child. The primary characters are a father‚ and his child. There is no mention of whether the child is his daughter or son. The tone of the story and the conversations made me believe that the old man has a daughter
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It was a beautiful warm sunny day in August and I went on the bridge pedal with my Dad. The Bridge Pedal is a 33 mile bike ride that rides over 10 bridges in Downtown Portland and when we finished I wanted to ride my bike somewhere. Well when we left is when the incident happened and changed my day from good to bad. I had to go to the ER and get stitches. It was a good day and here’s my story that changed my day. To begin the day we got up a 6:30 am and rode our bikes down the hill to get breakfast
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In both the short story and the article I chose‚ women live in a culture that treats them as if they are lesser than men. In My Father Writes to My Mother‚ the narrator comes from a culture where a women does not dare speak a man’s name as‚ “none of the other women ever saw fit to refer to their menfolk…” because the men are the working class in their society. Every 7 seconds‚ a new child bride explains to the reader about how poorly women‚ especially younger women‚ are treated in countries such
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My First Time Shooting It’s Christmas 2014‚ my Dad and I went to go shooting with my Cousins‚ my Uncle‚ and my Grandpa. He brought his AR (Assault Rifle)‚ .45‚ .09‚ and his AS 12 gauge (Assault Shotgun). I brought my BB gun too. The boys shot off a couple of rounds with the .45‚ the .09‚ and the AR. Grandpa taught me how to shoot a BB gun first. Then my Dad let me shoot the .09. The .09 goes like this BAM…… BAM…….. BAM it is semi automatic‚ that means it is not rapid fire. I was pretty good with
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the youngest child in the family. My relatives would call me a little mouse in Chinese because they would compare me to my brothers who were stubby. Throughout my childhood I was identified as the little midget that was weak and scrawny because I was the smallest person in the class. Bullies from my school often opted me out as the perfect victim to ridicule. I was tired not standing up for myself when I get bullied‚ so I decided to join wrestling. Joining wrestling has taught me how to gain confidence
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words that I heard when I called my dad before I went to school. I was upset when I found out that she was pregnant because‚ I didn’t want my dad to have any more children especially if they weren’t by my mother. But as I got older I realized that they weren’t getting back together. But when heard the news I was very excited because the day finally came when I was going to be a big sister. I was going to be changing diapers and feeding my brother. Me‚ my dad‚ my brother’s mom and her daughter. We
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returning from the grocer’s he suffered a second stroke and died on his kitchen floor. Such is the story of my father’s demise and the unraveling of his life’s storms. My father was separated from our family for twenty-five years‚ an act of his choosing. Although we did reunite after the first stroke‚ I was the last of my siblings to see him before
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A lesson learned on my last meeting with my father. July 27th‚ 1999 was the last meeting with my father. My father left for heavenly abode on April 22nd‚ 2001. My husband‚ infant daughter‚ and I were coming to the U.S with infinites dreams‚ desires‚ excitements‚ hopes‚ and unknowns. We were departing for the PROMISE LAND… During the final good byes that very last day‚ my father gave his final blessings and said‚ “Beta‚ Kashti dubo ke jaana.” “Burn your ships.” We left for the promise land on August
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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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