The 4th of July A sliver of the sun crested it’s bright head over the horizon‚making Applegate glow a golden orange.Today the small island was busy with a bustling feeling of excitement as we prepared for the coming tsunami of extended family and close friends. The decorations were set and the flag rose high over the cottage‚flaunting its patriotism. I walked past the mirror like water waiting to meet any disturbance with a sudden flood of ripples. We rode over to the shore waiting to load our boat
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Hooliganism The film Green Street Hooligans (2006) is about some young boys and their relation to hooliganism. In the film we meet Matt Buckner‚ who is getting wrongfully expelled from Harvard. He moves to London to his sister‚ Shannon‚ but gets dragged into the violent world of football and hooliganism. Matt’s sister is married to the earlier Major‚ Steve‚ who has a brother‚ Pete‚ which is now controlling their firm. (GSE) Matt visits his sister and Steve‚ when Pete is also there. Pete is forced
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The general argument made by Scott Dannemiller in “Busy Is a Sickness‚” is that being busy is not well for a person’s mental health. To be more specific‚ he argues that most of the time‚ we create the stress that comes with being busy ourselves. He writes “In America‚ we are defined by what we do” (Dannemiller 2)‚ and “The implication is that if I am not busy doing something‚ I am somehow less than. Not worthy” (Dannemiller 2). Dannemiller is explaining how many people try to find something to do
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Street-level bureaucrats are policy makers who primarily make policy through discretionary powers. Their roles are anchored on discretion‚ autonomy‚ on differences between street level bureaucrats and managers‚ on availability of resources for resistance and last‚ on their conditions of work. Bureaucrats in this category such as correctional officers‚ teachers or police officers have a wide latitude of discretionary powers. They determine the nature‚ amount and quality of benefits or punishment
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CODE(S) OF THE STREET Put simply‚ the "code of the street‚" which according to Anderson is prevalent in the inner city ghetto‚ functions as a way for African American youth to maintain social order in neighborhoods that have been abandoned by formal institutions such as the police. Unlike other social codes that informally regulate public space in mainstream American culture (in Jacobs’ era or our own)‚ a violation of the code of the street can put an individual at potentially life-threatening
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Silver Bracelet It was selfish‚ I knew in that moment that it was selfish. My sister‚ Bridgette‚ was only six years old‚ and I took advantage of being only a year older than her. She was oblivious to what I was doing in that moment. We were at the arcade in the middle of July in Stone Harbor‚ NJ. We decided that after we were done playing all the games‚ that we would combine our tickets and split it. After about an hour‚ we came together to add up our tickets. To my surprise‚ she had won more tickets
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The House on Mango Street The novel‚ The House on Mango Street‚ written by Sandra Cisneros‚ is the perfect book we can use to relate to the material we have discussed in class. This novel provided short literary sketches‚ which are called "vignettes” that gave us several perceptions‚ dilemmas‚ thoughts‚ and concerns about the thought of one Hispanic girl‚ Esperanza that can be used to relate to every other nationality. After reading this book one can understand and interrupt the material we have
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In Sandra Cisneros book‚ The House On Mango Street ‚ the theme is of how fantasizing keeps you going. In the story there are many different quotes and stories explaining how Esperanza and her friends would daydream about life in the future. Explaining how Esperanza’s friends are waiting for the perfect husband to come and marry them and take them off out of Mango street. Almost every story has someone daydreaming about how much better life is going to be when they get older. Explaining
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I absently look at the time on my watch‚ “Sure. I’ll meet you around eight or so. Stub and Herbs?” “Stay strong‚” he salutes with a fist. “Army strong‚ Sergeant‚” I smile and continue walking toward the Arby’s down the street. I check the time on my phone‚ class started fifteen minutes ago. May as well make a few bucks to get by‚ I shrug. I cross the Arby’s parking lot and walk next door where a gaggle of crackheads‚ homeless and welfare check recipients all chain smoke in front of the small
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Title + explanation : Miguel street The story is about people that live in Miguel street Author + background : V.S. Naipaul Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad "V. S." Naipaul‚ TC (born 17 August 1932) is a Trinidadian-British writer of Indo-Trinidadian heritage of Bhumihar Brahmin[1][2] known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire’s colonialism. He has also written works of non-fiction‚ such as travel writing and essays. Naipaul was born in Chaguanas
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