It was summer time in the Dominican Republic When Dante realized that he had to get away. He had to go to America. Dante lives in a small town In the Dominican called Barahona. Barahona has lived in poverty for as long as anyone can remember. The streets are infested with drug dealers‚ and gang life is entrenched in the society. The name of Dante’s gang is called La Familia Cartel. (cartel is the Dominican name for gang) Dante lives in a crammed house with 6 of his brothers from his gang
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I had been overwhelmed with the thought of cheer tryouts coming up. Completely submerged in the routines‚ trying to perfect every step. Thinking about tryouts worried me more than anything. I stayed cool‚ calm‚ and collected around my friends so that I didn’t stress them out any more than they already were. Every girl‚ whose goal was to be on the team‚ was on edge‚ waiting for that day. I knew that being a cheerleader on the varsity team was what I wanted most‚ and I was doing anything and everything
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Why do people want to live in a perfect world? Everyone wants to live in their own fantasy world because that is where all their dreams are able to come true. No one wants a world of grief and sorrow. Life should be lived to its fullest. It should not be wasted. It should be embraced. When we are faced with agony‚ we must either make a choice between accepting it or hiding from it. In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams‚ the author mainly focuses on Blanche Dubois‚ a woman who
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It’s the same oak tree every day‚ some leaves are pale as paper‚ some dark as pitch; some rich as chocolate‚ and some poor thin shreds‚ there life on the tree almost ending as there about to fall‚ each year around this time of year they cover the woodland floor. From clasped grey buds bursting into bronze‚ opening into this year’s glorious spring and deepening into one of the best summer’s green before colouring in autumn and falling precisely here. It’s a simple life‚ before I deployed‚ I was very
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“Not long after ice nine took over‚ the world became something I did not want to be apart of. H. Lowe Crosby and his wife Hazel died soon after Newt and I met Bokonon. They too did not feel excitement anymore and took their lives together. Frank died from being purely insane because he watched his ant farm for endless hours. I stopped talking to that frenzied man after he mentioned that he would create human-sized ants. Only Bokonon‚ Newt‚ and I were left on San Lorenzo‚ and possibly the entire earth
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Why does T-Ray care if Lily lives at August’s house for the rest of her life? He has never cared about Lily before. First‚ T-Ray treats Lily like a bag of garbage. He yells at her for the silliest reasons. One time her yelled at her for reading her book while she was working his peach stand. He said he wanted her to just sit all day and sell peaches but no one even came to buy them. Another cruel thing T-Ray did to Lily is slap her. When T-Ray found Lily at August’s house‚ Lily refused to go home
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To everyone’s surprise‚ Vargas is the winner. The camera pans to a shocked Mellie...Her face goes white‚ you can see the thoughts race through her mind. She clenches her hands and immediately suggests fraud or voter tampering; Mellie announces the race is far from over. Moments later‚ a panicking Olivia is in the corner curled up against the wall as Fitz walks up and attempts to console her. Olivia pulls herself together just in time to find a frantic Mellie ranting on about laws in counties and
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That summer afternoon‚ as I remember it‚ was doubtlessly a commemorable one. Breezy‚ yet humid. Bright yet shadowed by the monsters that the afternoon sun cast upon all things animate and inanimate. Even though my generation belongs to one of technology‚ I will always be gratified to be able to claim that my youth was still filled with sweaty foreheads and rusty old bikes. I was only twelve when my great adventure took place. Keelan and Matthew Daniel‚ known to many as the definition of rednecks
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The first time I had my heartbroken‚ I was nine years old. Tears welled up in my eyes as the world I knew crumbled beneath my feet. I remember my cheeks wet with tears and uncontrollable sobs racking my little body. My mother held me close to her as I cried. I heaved my sorrows into her chest as she kept me safe in her arms. I remember the words barely escaping her lips; they were barely audible but every syllable felt like it cut my skin. “We are getting a divorce.” tumbles off her tongue
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The Crash “I can’t wait to get home” I thought. I was driving home from Kimball camping we were in the middle of nowhere in Ludington. I had been camping with them for three days and I was excited to get home well I was until I heard the news. When someone gets hurt‚ you want to be there for them. “Hey levi your dad got in a bike crash so he can’t pick you up Mr.Metcalf will pick you up.” Mrs.Kimball told me. “Okay thanks.” I replied ”He always gets in crashes” I whispered to Paul. But then I heard
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