Three words that best describe me are ambitious‚ diligent‚ and considerate. I have always had this sense of ambition to push myself and be the best version of myself that I can possibly be. This began in the first grade when I decided to win the county spelling bee by spending countless hours studying the phonetics and spelling of words that students even four grades above me did not know. Then it intensified as I spent a whole school year in Palestine‚ and ended up receiving the top mark in my whole
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: Cultural Clash This book focuses on the “clash” of cultures that occurs between the Lee family‚ immigrants to the US from Laos‚ and the doctors that treat their daughter‚ Lia‚ who has been diagnosed with epilepsy. Lia’s parents‚ Foua and Nao Kao believe that Lia has fallen ill because she has “lost her soul”. This clash of ideas highlights one of the problems that the Lee’s faced when dealing with the medical community in the US – the Lee’s believed
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demanding their own rights so they could become more and more independent. There were significant shifts in social attitudes‚ behaviors‚ and institutional regulations at the beginning of the 60’s and also lasted through the 70’s. The sexual drive increased majorly and the amount of women that had sex before marriage also sky rocketed. In Where Are you Going‚ Where Have You Been‚ Connie wants sexual attention from men‚ and that hurts her self-confidence and puts a real strain on her self-esteem. The
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You Fit Into Me Margaret Atwood writes in a vivid‚ witty and often sharply discomfiting style in all of her literary works. To call her a feminist author is in a way selling her short as her work‚ while often centered on issues of gender‚ has also focused on Canadian national identity‚ Canada’s relations with the United States and Europe‚ human rights issues‚ environmental issues‚ and the Canadian wilderness. The poem that I chose to analyze is a very short poem consisting of only four
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Engelsk B Studentereksamen B. “Why don’t you dance” is a short story by Raymond Carver. The short story takes place in the man’s front yard among his furniture. Clearly‚ the man is sad about something. I would say his wife has just passed away. As it is said in the text: ”His side‚ her side.” The man drinks a lot of whiskey‚ because he mourns her death. Therefore he sells or gives all his furniture away. Too many memories. A young couple comes by and immediately becomes interested in the
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Who Told You That You Were Naked? which has been written by William E Combs and published by Carpenter’s Son Publishing proved to be something of a disappointment to me. Brought up as a Catholic‚ I have for many years been interested and troubled by the problem of evil in the world‚ wondering how it can be that some people are capable of inflicting horrendous cruelty on their fellow human beings. The sub-title (A Refreshing Re-examination of the Garden of Eden) encouraged me to read the Doctor Combs’
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microbes) in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment (things like air‚ water and mineral soil)‚ interacting as a system.[2] These biotic and abiotic components are regarded as linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows.[3] As ecosystems are defined by the network of interactions among organisms‚ and between organisms and their environment‚[4] they can be of any size but usually encompass specific‚ limited spaces[5] (although some scientists say that the entire planet
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ARE YOU AFRAID OF DARK ? Prologue: In Berlin‚ Germany‚ Sonja Verbrugge receives an alarming instant message from her husband‚ Franz. He tells her to flee the house and go to the Artesemia Hotel‚ a hotel for women only. The message ends abruptly without explanation and the terrified Sonja heads for the Artesemia as Franz had instructed. At a street corner in mid-flight‚ she is pushed into the street. As if on cue‚ a double-parked limo leaves its space and heads right for her‚ knocking her to
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It’s For You & Untitled Triptych What is art? Art is a physical expression of the ideals formed by the mind. Art gives us a way to be creative and use our imagination to express ourselves. Artists‚ in particular‚ create art for some human purpose‚ create extraordinary versions of ordinary objects‚ give images that help us to remember certain events‚ places‚ or thoughts‚ give tangible form to the unknown‚ give tangible forms to feelings and ideas‚ and refresh our vision and help us to see the world
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Maggie Alderson ”Are You Ready‚ Boots?” 2007 Are You Ready Boots is a short story about an English girl called Lulu and her black leather boots. The story begins in New York where Lulu‚ her good pal Spencer and another freind are on a four day trip. On a shoe sale she finds these marvellous boots that makes her feel fantastic‚ and she buys them. When shes back in England she can’t bear to wear them bacause they were so expensive. Until one night six month later when she’s going out with
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