Title: Dead Stars Author: Born in 1894 in Lucena City‚ Quezon. Marquez - Benítez authored the first Filipino modern English language short story‚ Dead Stars‚ published in the Philippine Herald in 1925. Born into the prominent Marquez family of Quezon province‚ she was among the first generation of Filipino people trained in the American education system which used English as the medium of instruction. She graduated high school in Tayabas High School now‚ Quezon National High School and college from
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Quinn Perry Mrs. Laureen Batchelor American Literature II April 7‚2013 The Dead and the Gone Life can offer many dark and twisted challenges to an individual. A life can change from a single decision; and‚ perhaps a part of life‚ becomes accepting one’s own decisions…right and wrong. In The Dead and The Gone ‚by Susan Pfeffer‚ seventeen-year-old Alex Morales faces loss‚ remorse‚ and death when an asteroid collides with the moon and chaos erupts in urban New York City. Assuming both of
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To pull plug or not? What is Brain Dead? By definition Brain Dead is when the entire brain‚ including the brain stem‚ has lost all function. Furthermore‚ the upper part of the brain‚ the cerebrum‚ is involved in all conscious functions including sensation‚ movement‚ memory‚ thought and personality. The brain stem is the lower part of the brain and it controls basic vital functions such as wakefulness‚ breathing‚ heart rate‚ blood pressure and temperature. The brain is held in a bony skull
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DEAD STARS The short story‚ "Dead Stars" was written during the American Colonization of the Philippines‚ a time when the modern short story‚ critical essay‚ and free verse poetry were introduced. English was the medium of learning‚ and became‚ as well‚ the language of the learned. This was also the time when utilitarian literature was slowly being overshadowed by the individualistic‚ modern view of creating "art for art ’s sake". Dead Stars by Paz Marquez Benitez (1894-1983)‚ which came out in
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a so-called dead language. Firstly‚ with the help of Latin and Ancient Greek it is possible to trace all sorts of words‚ ideas‚ forms of expression of European culture back to much earlier time. Secondly‚ Latin literature is deeply connected with Roman history‚ so studying and translating Latin literary works provide knowledge of a relevant historic period that influenced the history of the entire Europe. Thus‚ the study of Latin can widen your knowledge of History. Moreover‚ the dead languages are
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Langston Hughes was a famous African American poet‚ and novelist. Langston was born February 1‚ 1902 in Joplin‚ MO and soon after he was born his parents James Hughes‚ and Carrie Langston had separated. They both end up leaving him behind his dad took off to Mexico and didn’t return‚ and his mom end up moving. So he had to end living with his grandmother her names was Mary but she end up dying in his early teens. Hughes end up moving with back with his mom which the moved to several cities before
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The Walking Dead is an American horror drama television series developed by Frank Darabont. It is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman‚ Tony Moore‚ and Charlie Adlard. The series stars Andrew Lincoln as sheriff’s deputy[2] Rick Grimes‚ who awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating "walkers"‚ resembling zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way. The eponymous title of the series refers
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Community Survey” Bruce H. Webster Jr and Alemayehu Bishaw addresses problems attached to “If racism is really dead?” In summarizing fashion this report talks about three main sections namely household income‚ earnings of men and women‚ and poverty mentioned in paragraph 6 on page 1. Bruce H. Webster Jr and Alemayehu Bishaw take an exceptional perception when questioning “if race is dead?” in terms of income and poverty in the world today. This shares an interesting perspective that involves a new
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* 1. Dead Stars Paz Marquez Benitez * 2. SynopsisThis story revolves around Alfredo Salazar and two women: Esperanza‚ his fiancéefor four years and a young girl from out-of-town named Julia Salas. Alfredo iscommitted to marrying Esperanza. But he started having second thoughts about hisfeelings when he met Julia in the Judge’s house. But he Aware that all his lovedones-including Julia would not agree if he would not honor his understanding withEsperanza. So he and Esperanza got married And made
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Is Chivalry Dead?! What do you think of when you hear the word “chivalry”? I can’t speak for everyone but I know most of us‚ when we hear or think about the word "chivalry‚" automatically we picture images of such figures as the legendary King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table‚ Prince Charming‚ Gawain and The Green Knight‚ castles‚ and images of heavily armor knights saving princess or the cliché-ic “damsels in distress”. Though myths and fairytales illustrate this picture of chivalry
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