Happy Birthday‚ 1951 Summary: The text is about an old man and a young boy‚ who live in a ruin‚ in a former warzone. The city is still full of soldiers and tanks. The man got the baby boy about six years ago from a refugee woman. The story begins with the man wanting the boy to choose a birthday. The boy chooses the following day. The old man puts together a cart for the boy‚ but he also wants the boy to experience a world without war. Next day the boy gets the cart and pretends it’s a tank‚ because
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While reading “The Birthday Party”‚ the author achieves her purpose of showing how un-receptive the husband is towards his wife’s planned gift and blames her for doing something nice for him. Brush accomplishes this task through transitioning the mood that is apparent to the reader and draw emotion to the reader. Also‚ Brush shift between tones‚ which in turn affects how the reader perceives the characters of the husband and wife. Included in the tone of the author is a harsh vocabulary that portrays
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“Hey girls how was school today‚” asked mom as we got into the car? “good‚” Melody and I said together! “Hey mom how did your speech go‚”I asked “Same as usual nothing new” My mom goes around talking about my daddy. He died in a war when I was three. I don’t remember him much but I know he loved me a lot. Mom would always say how world just isn’t the same without him. Before I was born my mom was an English college professes so in every speech she would tell the same quote her college
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I’m so thankful that I have you as a Mom. You are the best Mom in all over the world. I’m so grateful that God sent me angel to take care of me since the day I was born. There is no other Mother like you. Happy Birthday to an amazing Mother and a great friend! You’ve seen me happy‚ you’ve seen me sad‚ you’ve seen me reasonable‚ you’ve seen me mad. Mom I may not have always said it‚ but you are the most beloved. Happy Birthday Mom! Words in any language in all over the world are not enough to express
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“Birthday Box” By Jane Yolen “I was ten years old when my mother died”. This story is about the birthday present that Katie’s mom gave her this is by Jane Yolen called “Birthday Box”. She learns that life is empty if you don’t fill it. The little girl (Katie) and her mom are alone ( because her dad left ) and celebrating her birthday and she get’s to the last present and she asks “Who’s is this?” and then “V. Louise closed mama’s eyes‚ran her hand across mama’s cheek‚and turned
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I have read excerpts from two texts. An informational text titled ‘The Sea Around Us’ by Rachel Carson‚ and a literature text titled ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’‚ by Jules Verne. In both excerpts there are many descriptions of the ocean. Many people debate whether details are described more vividly in informational text‚ or in literature. I feel the ocean was described more vividly in the excerpt from the literature text ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’. I believe the ocean
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The teenage birth rate in the United States is the highest in the developed world‚ and the teenage abortion rate is also high.[11] In 2005 in the U.S.‚ the majority (57%) of teen pregnancies resulted in a live birth‚ 27% ended in an induced abortion‚ and 16% in a fetal loss.[20] The U.S. teenage pregnancy rate was at a high in the 1950s and has decreased since then‚ although there has been an increase in births out of wedlock.[21] The teenage pregnancy rate decreased significantly in the 1990s; this
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Tribute to Moo Commermorative Speech tribute to my mom. There are so many important people that come in and out of your life. By far the most important person to me‚ who has really contributed to my upraising would be my mom‚ Darlene Stabler aka moo. She is by far the sweetest person I have ever met. She always puts others before herself and truly is selfless. Although she has gone through so many rough patches in her life she is still a great role model and has great morals. I hope
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Isabel Lawrence Erik Habecker Writing 10‚ Section 7 11 September 2012 Rhetorical Analysis – “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” Parenting is always a debatable topic in America. Every person has an opinion on how a child should be raised and disciplined. In Amy Chua’s “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” (an excerpt from Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother)‚ Chua explains Chinese parenting and how it is effective in her life. She claims that by breaking down a child and pushing them to their full
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HITLER AS DICTATOR - 1934-39 Was Hitler a "weak dictator"? The old view (historians in the 1950’s) was that NAZI Germany was a "totalitarian" state. Hitler was the all-powerful dictator. Orders flowed downwards from Hitler. The system of government was like an efficient‚ well-oiled machine. Recent research by historians (1970’s/80’s) now disputes this view. It is now accepted that Nazi Germany was NOT a "well-oiled machine". It was more like a medieval court - with a king (Hitler) surrounded
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