The Last Lecture Whenever you hear about a tragedy that happened like a car crash‚ someone getting cancer‚ a mass shooting‚ someone catching a simple disease and dying. You think to yourself for a second and say‚ “that’s terrible‚ why does stuff like that happen in this world. Then you think to yourself of course that would never happen to me. Reading this book and watching the video makes you think that stuff like this happens to ordinary people just like me. Randy Pausch was a very smart man
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Last Breath Ever since my daughter Rachel’s death‚ I feel as if it has been drifting away my 30 year marriage with Franklin. I have myself to blame because‚ a week after her funeral I ordered a gravestone with mine and Franklins names and birthdays next to hers without discussing it with him first. At first I thought Rachel was just depressed like any other teenager at her age; however‚ I was unaware that the boy Rachel was talking to for the past months she met online. It all began
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education at such a young age really helped me define my childhood dreams. As a kindergartener‚ I remember my dad telling me‚ “You better get good grades so you can get money to go to college. We can’t pay for it.” As a little tyke of five-and-a-half-years old‚ I excitedly got on the bus the first day to go to school. I was excited about learning‚ and somehow that never changed. I did want to go to college‚ and the message that it was up to me‚ even from a very young age‚ stuck with and motivated me
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“The Last Supper” is a fresco painting created by Leonardo da Vinci from 1495 to 1498. It is a portrayal of the reactions of his apostles when Christ said to them “One of you will betray me.” There have been other depictions of this moment in Christ’s life‚ but none so original as da Vinci’s. He uses compositional features in this work to create a new perspective and interpretation of the scene that‚ in my opinion‚ may just be the best one. Geometry was often used in art by the Ancient Greeks when
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The Last Leaf O. Henry In a little district west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips called “places.” These “places” make strange angles and curves. One street crosses itself a time or two. An artist once discovered a valuable possibility in this street. Suppose a collector with a bill for paints‚ paper‚ and canvas should‚ in traversing this route‚ suddenly meet himself coming back‚ without a cent having been paid on account! So‚ to quaint
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Language Arts 11B 18 September 2012 The Last Conquistador In the movie The Last Conquistador‚ there is a controversy going on between John Houser‚ a sculpture who successfully attempted to create and mount the tallest bronze equestrian statue in the world‚ and people who funded the building of the statue and Native Americans living in Texas. The Native Americans don’t want the statue of a long-forgotten Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate‚ branded a terrorist and a genocidal architect by some
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22‚ 2013 The Last Supper Dear Sarah‚ I know you missed class last week‚ but I would love to explain one of the important pieces of art we went over‚ The Last Supper‚ painted from 1495 to 1498. That day‚ we went over the history that led up to period of Modern Art. As Leonardo da Vinci painted this huge piece of art‚ 15 by 29 feet‚ he had purpose and meaning into every detail‚ which I will explain to you. The subject around Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is based on the last meal Christ
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The Last Juror by John Grisham 1. "From day one she was intimidated by me because I was from Memphis and had gone to school up North for five years. I was careful not to wear my Ivy Leagueness on my shoulder‚ but at the same time I wanted these rural Mississippians to know that I had been superbly educated. (page 10)" There are two literary elements that could be categorized in this excerpt. I think that John Grisham highlights his use of satire very vividly early on in the book. He is placing
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My talk today is about Jesus and the Last Supper. The Savior knew he was going to die‚ and he wanted the members of the church to always remember him. So he taught his apostles an ordinance called the sacrament. First‚ Jesus took some bread and blessed it. He told his apostles that the bread represented his body. Next‚ Jesus took a cup of wine and blessed it. He told his apostles that it represented his blood that he would shed for us. Jesus gave his life for us so that we could live again
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She was under the supervision of her coach from teenage years‚ because she trusted her more than anyone else and then it just happened. In the moment she put the legs in the stirrups‚ she remembered. She remembered how to ride‚ all her family moments‚ how she met her husband and when she first saw her babies
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