When I was a little girl I dreamed up the most extraordinary room in my mind. Being one of seven kids having my very own room was just an unattainable fantasy I imagined to escape reality. The reality of a basement room shared with my two sisters. Splatter painted square tiles covered the floor‚ wood panel walls‚ and very low ceilings with big bright lights. The room had one window near the ceiling no bigger than a pizza box. The closet was small and pointless. The worst feature was no door
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trip to Cape Town South Africa‚ and it was one of the most memorable trips of my life. The excitement of the unknown grew with each passing hour spent in the air‚ high above the earth. Though my sons and I had a planned five day excursion‚ I still couldn’t stop wondering what might still lie ahead. Would it be something about this new culture I was about to experience; or would it be something more‚ something about me? After clearing customs and retrieving our luggage‚ we still had the daunting
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threatening. Not without My Daughter is a book written by Betty Mahmoody; it tells the story of an American woman (Betty herself)‚ who married a man with Iranian origins. After few years of marriage‚ he decided to go to Iran on a two-week vacation with his wife and daughter; there‚ she found herself and Mahtob prisoners in Iran‚ a land where Americans are despised and women are inferior in society. Her only hope is to risk her life and escape this living hell‚ with Mahtob‚ her daughter. Is the behavior of
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English comp 1 Week 3 My Life with Grandma Gladys is a petite woman in stature with lovely radiant dark skin‚ big warm brown eyes and inviting smile; men in her day consider her smile flirtatious. Grandma is dainty by appearance with an adventuress spirit. Grandma enjoys rap music and MTV latest dance craze. Gladys is not like the other stereotypical grandmothers’ in my neighborhood. She believes muumuu floral dresses are dreadful‚ adores black pumps‚ cusses like a sailor and cigars is her
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has become an important topic in the recent decades‚ often as a negative connotation of immorality. Does terrorism as used by the modern states mean what they expunge? The documentary My Daughter the Terrorist and lecture by Dr. Bryan present different pictures on some realities behind the term terrorism. My Daughter the Terrorist focuses on the life of a soldier in the Tamil Tigers‚ what is considered a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka. Dr. Bryan is an Irish anthropologist that is looking at modern
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Composition 2 Descriptive Although worn out and beaten thin‚ my favorite t-shirt reigns supreme. Its rugged exterior presents a shabby disposition. Many new t-shirts have found their way into the velvet lined drawers of my antique armoire. None stand in comparison against the weathered softness of my favorite t-shirt. Folds of cotton threads have been pulled and stretched from their original contour. Nevertheless‚ its flaws are cherished. Block letters that once read Nike are barely recognizable
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My Essay about Joe‚ My Friend Joe struggles with autism every day. He is teased‚ forced to face obstacles every day of his life‚ and struggles to stay positive at all times. It amazes people how much he is still able to smile through all of the ups and downs that comes with being autistic. Joe has never had any trouble talking about his disability to others. Nor has he ever taken anything that has been negatively said about him to heart. People began to wonder if that smile was forced or if it is
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SCARED OF THE DARK Have you ever had a fear that makes you so nervous? Are you scared of the dark? Well‚ I am. I’m so scared of the dark sometimes. I get worried when I’m all alone in the dark. Ever since I was young the night would scared me. When I was younger‚ I would always make sure to be home before the sun went down. If it was night‚ I would always be in a well-lit place. If it was quiet and no noise‚ I felt like spirit is present. My biggest fear is being alone in the dark‚ because there
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Descriptive paper Mercedez 1 How It Feels To Be in a Live Poker Tournament About five years ago I used to date this guy‚ whose mother loved to go to the casino. When I first heard about her going‚ I just couldn’t understand why she would get so excited about going there. She would come home and say how she had the best time and how she got so lucky. She claimed that her son would give her luck and other small things that she would do‚ to claim she received luck that night. I would just look
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in agony‚ bones crunch‚ horses fall. My lance shatters upon the first impact sending splinters of wood everywhere. The man who took the blow dies almost instantly. I draw my sword and continue through the battle killing the enemies around me. I take an arrow to the side but it is deflected by my armor. I continue weaving in and out striking any enemy I see. I take very few hits and most are deflected by my armor but a few leave some cuts that will add to my scars from a life of battle. The enemy
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