aware of the reasons why these stereotypes arise and of the implications that may arise from these. Most‚ if not all‚ of us have at some point in our lives gave or made stereotypes—or in Chimamanda Adichie’s words‚ a single story—against other people. In my case‚ I made a single story about the Muslims of Mindanao. I was raised in an environment of fundamental and conservative Christian teachings and ways. I was used to believing that the Christian faith is the “right” faith and that other faiths were
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education will. “I had discovered that I needed stability more than social life” according to Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ author of The Story of my Body. During my senior year in high school‚ I remember seeing a poster that said “Twenty years from now‚ it won’t matter what shoes you wore‚ how your hair looked‚ or what kind of jeans you brought. What will matter in what you learned and how you used it” very true
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killed” (34-35). Staying in the army or leaving one’s post was one of the many hard decisions soldiers had to make in the army. We see this decision take place in the historical fiction novel My Brother Sam Is Dead‚ written by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. To begin with‚ Sam‚ Tim Meeker’s brother and mentor‚ decides to fight as a Patriot in the Revolutionary War. Sam’s decision causes a huge dilemma in the Meeker household because the family is Loyalists. Loyalists were the people
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The American Revolutionary War is Brutal “Principle‚ Sam? You may know principle‚ Sam‚ but I know war.” (Collier and Collier 21). In the book My Brother Sam is Dead Mr. Meeker is Sam Meeker’s father. They disagree on whether war is beneficial or just simply awful. The authors have Sam join the war and his father against the war. Mr. Meeker knows about the terrible things war does to people. First‚ war turns families against each other. If one is stuck in the middle of sides‚ like Tim‚ it
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witness my brother‚ brutally murdered my father and mother‚ years passed since then‚ and I grew strong and trained every day so I could face my older brother Zorak‚ but with my father’s blood flowing inside me‚ the former king‚ I was born an elite warrior one in a million. The day had come when I faced my brother Zorak and his army. Facinf my brother and the countless soldiers I shouted‚ “Zorak‚ you have ruled‚ you who killed our parents in cold blood‚ so you can be king will now bleed at my feet.”
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that I really don’t know if I even feel at home when I go there to visit. Since I was eighteen I have moved from place to place only to visit the town I grew up in for brief periods of time and don’t hang around for very long. So its easy for me to miss all the little details that happen on a daily basis. I will now show you just what I mean by examining the town‚ the people and my inner feelings. I want everyone who reads this to know how my childhood home has changed for me. I want you to feel
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would actually make a mark in my life‚ not to mention college life. I guess it was fate which brought me here but sometimes when I look back and think‚ I tell myself‚ “Maybe this really was meant for me”. Thus‚ my story begins. The only reason why I took the UPCAT was because majority of my batch mates took it and just because I somehow thought it would be worth the experience. I never treated it like it was going to be a matter of life and death on my part since my parents did not pressure me
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Once there was a house in Oklahoma that had been abandoned for too long by the Chester’s‚ some people say it was haunted by their little girl named Susie who passed away on halloween night 13 years ago‚ nobody really knew what happened. There was a group of kids‚ Alex‚ Lilly‚ Jasmine‚ Roy‚ and Jonathan on Halloween night who were walking around the neighborhood. “I have a great idea‚ since ally lost the bet we should make her go into the Chester’s house‚” Alex said as he spun around‚ and all 5 of
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The story I chose to embellish is a passage from the book “Becoming Naomi Leon” by Pam Munoz Ryan‚ while I spent a good part of the week trying to find a poem to illuminate none of them spoke to me the way this exert did. This passage had always held a special place in my heart and has stuck with me years after first reading the book‚ I believe that embellishing and illustrating the quote gave the poem new and deeper meaning got me. When I had first read the poem I sympathized with the main character
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My Home Suva‚ Fiji Islands was my birthplace‚ I’ve lived there half my life. Being a dot on a globe‚ two separate islands on a map‚ and a small population‚ Fiji is surrounded with grains of sand and salty water. The beach was my playground. Precious memories were left behind when I had to move to a different country with my family‚ but the beach was a place never to be forgotten. The beach is my home where I explored‚ learned‚ and relaxed; it swept up my childhood to the shores as each tide pushes
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