Larisa Joseph Diane Garbow Book Review December 4‚ 2012 Bodega Dreams is an excellent novel written by Ernesto Quinonez. Quinonez tells a touching story about the real life of Spanish Harlem neighborhoods. The main character Julio Mercado (also known as Chino) is Puerto Rican as well as Quinonez. The story takes place in Spanish Harlem‚ with the majority of poor Spanish people; a town over is Upper East Side Manhattan filled with wealthy white Americans. Chico stated‚ “a slum that
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Our raft is rocked violently was we crash into the raging current and lone rocks. We paddle at hard as we can to keep our craft from smashing into the jagged rocks along the shore waiting to devour us like a great white shark. Our adrenaline is pumping as it does for anyone experiencing his or her first White Water Rafting trip. A small trip to North Carolina with my family turned out to be one of my best-remembered experiences. I push off from the shore and hop into the raft as I feel my shoe drag
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of artifacts‚ and information gave me exhilarated feeling towards learning more about Chicago’s history. Rather late into summer vacation‚ I was set on visiting the Chicago History museum. The reason for choosing Chicago History Museum for me‚ was because I personally am an American History enthusiast. Coming from India‚ I’ve always had an interest in learning more about the places I visit. I have read everything about Al Capone‚ the most famous gangster in the world‚ and other such personalities
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sand-sculpture contest. Every year about 50 people go down to the beach for about 2 hours and try to make the best sand-sculpture possible‚ the winner gets a free milkshake at the shop. One of the best winning sculptures was beautiful the guy who made it his name was Josh Lyon so he made a big lion about his size then laid next to it for the picture. My 3 friends and I also participated‚ we made a sculpture of a volcano and wet sand as the lava although we got didn’t we get 1st place we still got 3rd and it
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A dream is a vision or a series of picture of events we see while asleep. Almost all of us see dreams. Some people remember the strange visions They see in their sleep. Other forger as soon as they wake up some dreams Are pleasant. Some are fearful sometimes the members of a family or group See the same dream. In the past‚ people believed that dreams were sent by Allah as warning or advice. They believed in their dreams and tried to benefit Form them. Everyone could not understand the meaning
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Rene Gonzalez 7th pd 4/8/13 Dying American Dream The American dream is now nothing more than a past dream haunting humanity of what could’ve been. Though man y people are living that dream it reminds us of the dirty tricks they used to cheat others to achieve their status. This so called dream is no longer real it is nothing more than a figment of the past. No matter how hard people may try to restore it always leads to the same ending: pure uncut disappointment. One of the main things
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Subway Station Standing in the subway station‚ people start to appreciate the place; almost to enjoy it. A boy looks at the lighting; a row of meager light bulbs‚ coated with filth‚ unscreened and bewitched to a yellow‚ stretched toward the black mouth of the tunnel‚ as though it were a bolt hole in an abandoned coal mine. Then he lingers‚ with zest‚ on the walls and ceilings‚ lavatory tiles which had been white about fifty years ago‚ and now encrusts with soot‚ coats with the remains of a dirty
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discuss the most effective play for the situation. Upon my arrival I realize the scowl usually on my raging coach?s face has disappeared; in its place is a huge grin. He slaps me on the hand and tells me how good the offense is looking. The many things he has instilled in his players appear to be coming together for at least four quarters. It?s about time we have suffered through four straight losses‚ and have barely put any points on the scoreboard all season. My coach brushes the few hairs that
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New London. A place of opportunity. A place for the future. A place of fierce oppression. I grew up just like every other child in New London. We’re raised by parents that were raised just as us. We’re given predetermined jobs. Twenty thousand dollars is then given to the children when they reach seventeen as birth money. From there‚ they do their job. They’re given a wife at age thirty. And the circuit is repeated. Just as it has been for the last seven hundred years. Complete stability. Nothing
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incredible feeling it gives you‚ every part is essential to what makes the heresy’s kiss as spectacular as it is. When you first glimpse upon the Hershey’s kiss‚ the first thing to catch your eye is the silver foil wrapper. It draws you in like a fire place on a cold winter’s night‚ ready to wrap you in its warm embrace. It shines like a magnificent silver beacon in the dark‚ offering you safety and shelter when all seems lost. Accompanying the foil is a paper flag poking out of the top. Like a neon sign
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