Dear Tetchie By Sylvia L. Mayuga INQ7.net Posted date: May 29‚ 2006 (Editor’s note: Tetchie Agbayani remains a blast of a human being. This article about her‚ published as a column 24 years ago‚ has just been echoed and confirmed by her most recent portrait in Newsbreak) Once in a while someone like you comes up to magnetize the public eye and‚ like litmus paper‚ shows up the acidity or alkalinity in us all. You’d think someone‚ anyone‚ might say‚ “Thank you.” What for? You and the activist
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“Dear Alexandros” by John Updike is an allegorical work of fiction written in 1959. It takes the form of a pair of letters exchanged between two people on opposite sides of the world. There is more than what is shown on the surface of this tale about a Greek boy named Alexandros Koundouriotis who is “adopted” by an American family through a charitable organization by the name of Hope‚ Incorporated. In this short tale‚ Updike conveys the difference between lifestyles in the western and northern hemispheres
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Sylvie Plath’s “Daddy” explores the power imbalance of gender relations and the negative effects of oppression on women in a male-dominated society. The speaker’s portrayal of the patriarchal system as her “daddy” describes the infinite power enforced through hegemony on women and how women are “chuffed up as Jews” into slavery‚ suppression and loss of self-identity. The use of child discourse with words like “achoo” and “gobbledygoo” portrays the speaker as having a child-like innocence which ironically
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Brian Van-Huynh “Brother Dear” by Bernice Friesen In the short story Brother Dear‚ Bernice Friesen introduces the antagonistic relationship a parent and child share when they do not see eye to eye in terms of success. Greg and his father struggle through difficulty as Greg is caught in the midst of what his father wants him to do as appose to what he wants for himself. The conflict that exists between Greg and his Father proves that parents should allow their children to discover and follow
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Dear headmaster‚ I am writing to complain about the fact that students from my son’s school‚ Cardif Highschool are often left unattended. Although your school is one of the best in the entire country‚ as a parent I feel that my child isn’t treated good enough and not supervised enough. Therefore ‚neither me nor my wife thought that maybe we should change the place where our kid learns. Furthermore when I bring my son to school I can see the brutality of those who are in a greater grade they
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Dear Obama‚ My name is Jane Doe. I am an 11th grade student from Knoxville‚ Tennessee. Do not let my age fool you. I am well aware of the atrocities happening within our government. I am writing this letter to you‚ because I have a few concerns with our government today. I am concerned with the start of the war in Syria‚ the possible cancellation of Social Security checks‚ and the eavesdropping on our personal communication devices. First off is the war in Syria. As you probably know‚ it is
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Dear Diary‚ Tonight was . . . weird. Totally weird. The film was lousy‚ but Marcia came too‚ so I thought it would be better off she came along.. I hate when guys get drunk. For a start‚ it ’s totally against the law‚ then all the arguments‚ the fights(HATE FIGHTS) . . . It scares me‚ and if people with their knives . . . I just don ’t like getting involved. Neither does Marcia‚ much. I was watching the movie then they came. The greasers. The annoying graces‚ Strange greasers. Not like
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”Dear Friend” (?): Culture and Genre in American and Canadian Direct Marketing Letter Md Rishad Zaman 001100341 Professor Neil Stubbs Introduction to Academic Writing Section WRIT 1000B 17 July 2013 In “”Dear Friend” (?): Culture and Genre in American and Canadian Direct Marketing Letter”‚ Roger Graves examines how English speaking Canadian people are different from Americans‚ and how business communicators need to identify those differences to be
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Dear Mom‚ Happy Birthday!! You don’t look a day over 50‚ and you get even more beautiful with each passing year. I am so thankful that God created you as my mom and the grandmother of my children. You have been my backbone ever since I came to this world. You are truly the most loving‚ thoughtful‚ selfless‚ compassionate‚ caring‚ giving‚ amazing woman that this world has ever seen. You make me want to be a better man. You constantly amaze me in the ways that you care for others before yourself.
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Dear grandpa From Courtnie Did you ever have someone died for cancer wall I did my grandpa past way this February 15 2012. My grandpa had three sorts of cancer in his lung and in his ribs and in his bones it was hared to see him the way he was before he past way I will miss him a lot having fun with him playing violin and games and watching movies and him pushing me on the swing. I will miss going to the beach with him and grandpa pushed me on the swing at his house and we will miss
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