Romulus‚ My Father Notes * Tone of book: Honest‚ blatant * Forged sense of identity; violence‚ work‚ independence‚ sacrifices everything for Raimond‚ religion‚ no geographical belonging. * Evocative – unsentimental. * Written in hindsight. Chronological. Quotes * “My father‚ Romulus Gaita‚ always considered himself a Romanian” p.2. * “His face was as open as his character” p.6. Repeated throughout the novel. Very important. Morality‚ values‚ core. * “He felt strongly
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My Dream School The other night I had a dream that my school was perfect. It got me thinking about my dream school. In my dream school I would like to have bigger lockers‚ school sports‚ and a food court in the cafeteria. First‚ bigger lockers would be awesome! Now our lockers are as small as a Cracker Jack box. We can’t even fit our jackets in there. I have to wear it all day and I get very hot sometimes. Another reason I think we should have bigger lockers is because there are a lot
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ernard Cooper is the author of 6 books‚ including the award-winning Maps to Anywhere‚ A Clack of Tiny Sparks: Remembrances of a Gay Boyhood‚ Truth Serum‚ A Year of Rhymes‚ Guess Again‚ and most recently The Bill from My Father: A Memoir. Cooper is art critic for the Los Angeles Times and frequently contributes to The New York Times Magazine‚ Harper’s‚ Nerve‚ The Paris Review‚ and five previous editions of The Best American Essays. His work has received the PEN/Hemingway Award‚ the O. Henry Prize
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My dream house My dream house is situated in England or in Canada. I chose these locations because I prefer colder temperatures and I like the character of the people living there. Canada has got very polite and calm society and England is more about long lasting connections rather than quick relationships without farther impact‚ but let us return to the house description. My house is made of solid oak wood due to its heat gathering capabilities and it’s marvelous color which I really fancy myself
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All of us have dreams. My dreams have always been something that could never come true. But there has only been one that could come true and it was also one of the best dreams. I had dreamt of a house‚ a house designed by me… If I was to build my own house it was going to be great! It would be sitting there on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Its floor touching the white‚ sandy beaches. The house would have several rooms which will be filled with luxury. As I enter the house the first rooms that
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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” I believe in it so I believe in beauty of my dreams. I have dreams for my beloved motherland Pakistan. I have dreams for it because I am daughter of this soil‚ I enjoy the soothing breeze of its mountains‚ I sit under its shady tress‚ I drink the cool and sweet water of its springs‚ it loves me like a mother and I love it too much.Before I discuss my dreams‚ first let’s talk about today’s Pakistan. Today in Pakistan‚ our countrymen
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INDIA OF MY DREAMS Everyone in this world dreams. One always makes a plan about his future. So‚ I also have an India of my dreams. Our country India has completed 63 years of her independence. In every walk of life‚ we find Indians on the top. For example‚ earlier in sports we found Indians winning only in cricket‚ but now we have been captivating other sports like Chess‚ Boxing‚ and Badminton etc. But‚ have we achieved the milestone which was kept by our freedom fighters to be the perfect
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teachers and my beloved schoolmates‚ good afternoon. When the topic came out I assumed that everyone were brought back to the time when Martin Luther King Junior gave the inspiring speech: I Have A Dream‚ and I am not exception. Certainly everybody has a dream or more likely to have different dreams in different period of time. And usually what people have achieved are not the things they really wanted from the start. Consequently‚ they chose their realistic dreams over unrealistic dreams. A realistic
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Tamayo‚Alexis This Is My Dream Home As I go to my estate in Malibu California were my dream house is located. I get to see a quick peek of my home. It is really big and is one of the biggest homes in the area. My private helicopter landed on the helicopter pad on my dream house. I get out of my helicopter quickly and start to walk through a path that leads to my home. I walk anxiously to see the home that I will be residing for the rest of my life. All around me are the most beautiful views that
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MY DREAM CITY No matter how old we are‚ we never stop dreaming. Using our imagination in the highest way we create our own world‚ where we are free and brave. People are different and our dreams are different too but in one point we are the same because in our dreams‚ what we create seems to be perfect for us. So I created my dream perfect city which I call the city of Warriors. When I travel to my city I do not want to come back the city like
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