Have you ever been put in a competition where you had to fight with your best friend since childhood? Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas‚ the main character in the story “Amigo Brothers” by Piri Thomas‚ had always dream of someday becoming lightweight champion of the world. Each had fought many bouts representing their community and had won two gold-plated medals plus a silver and bronze medallion. Now‚ after a series of elimination bouts‚ both Antonio and Felix had to fight against each other in the
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BROTHERS KEEPER Am I my brother’s keeper? “Innocent until proven guilty‚” and very often outside perspectives can drive a wedge between convicted murderers and their family. On many occasions family members are frowned upon because of the wrong doings of another family member. Whether it is a close relative or a distant relative that you are considered close to‚ their actions can very well leave a negative impact on your life. Despite what so called close friends will tell you‚ depending on
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The novel you wrote‚ Memoirs of a Boy Soldier‚ really hit a soft spot in my heart. Occasionally I hear about kids that are very young teenagers fighting in wars and it goes right over my head. It is astounding how much you went through and other kids your age went through. I am nineteen years old and I have a very difficult time imagining what it would be like to walk in your shoes. I couldn’t have grasped the emotional toll that you had to perceiver through as you lived your life during the war
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The themes of poverty‚ racial inequality‚ extraterrestrial runaway slave‚ and immigrants are the central to the narrative of the 1984 film The Brother from Different Planet. Throughout the film‚ the audiences can see many subtle of racial differences and class divides being used. This list of racial differences and class divide includes the use of subway and races are seen in many scenes and emphasize the racial dissimilarity. The poverty is portrayed in one of scenes where we can see blue collar
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worth having comes easy¨ (unknown). It wasn’t easy for my two characters that i’ve read about because Felix from the short story Amigo Brothers had to box his best friend Antonio and whoever won the boxing match would represent the golden gloves and for Izzy from my novel she has to figure out who has her best friend Julia´s phone number. In the stories Amigo brothers and Kicker‚ the characters Felix and Izzy both showed Determined by Never giving up. Izzy shows Determined by figuring out who she or
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“War has a damaging effect on all those involved” Do you agree? I agree with this statement whole heartedly‚ the text’ Dear America’ edited by Bernard Edelman‚ demonstrates the damaging effect of the war in depth. The compilation of letters writer by soldiers serving in Vietnam to family and friends home in America establishers the varying effects war has on the people involved. I will outline the significant cases. War is both brutal and brutalising‚ its dehumanising influence can bee seen in
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from the church. The thief successfully completes his tasks and avoids having his neck stretched but still ends up banished from the lord’s lands. The mere summary of "The Master-Thief" cannot express the moral of the story as clearly as the Grimm brothers themselves did so. The moral of "The Master-Thief" is that even the most excellent criminal who can support themselves through their trade‚ in the lap of luxury‚ will end up alone‚ deserted and near death at all times. Perhaps the greater moral may
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Have you ever suffered from hunger? Have you ever experienced severe poverty? Today I’m going to tell you about the miserable story of one child living in developing country. It is about the special letter I received from a child who I’ve been supporting. As you see‚ this letter is just a simple drawing of a flower. Just a flower with small leaves on it. The flower is colored with red crayon and the leaves are painted untidily with green. But there’s no more than a flower. The letter is mostly filled
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Mr. President‚ First of all I would like to congratulate you on your victory to the white house. I look forward to being served by you for the next four years‚ and God willing maybe the term after that. You have worked hard to earn the trust of the people and gain their votes. There are many challenges ahead of you: curing a sick economy‚ managing wars overseas‚ and helping Americans to keep their homes‚ to name a few. However I must add to your long and overwhelming “to do” list the task of improving
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discovery‚ is now a place of caution with danger lurking around every corner. Lori Andrews writes about the privacy issues of the web in her essay‚ “George Orwell…Meet Mark Zuckerburg.” Already‚ in her title she emphasizes Orwell’s rational fear of “Big Brother” is happening now on Zuckerburg’s social media site‚ Facebook. It is not just Facebook that has fallen to data aggregators invading the privacy of anyone online. Andrews describes data aggregators as people or companies
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