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    A High Wind in Jamaica

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    A High Wind in Jamaica is set in The Caribbean during the mid-1800’s. The book is about a group of children living on a pirate ship‚ and gives insight into the world that children live in. Over the course of the book‚ the children do many bad things‚ without feeling any guilt: Emily murders a man; Rachael drops a marlin spike from the mast almost killing Emily‚ and Emily condemns the captain and crew that she had come to love to death or deportation without seeming to care at all. At the beginning

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    Girl By Jamaica Kincaid

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    The short story “Girl‚” by Jamaica Kincaid seems to be a list of instructions given from a Mother to her daughter. These instructions are relevant to topics such as household chores‚ manners‚ cooking‚ social conduct‚ and relationships. Although they seem demanding to the reader‚ these instructions are a parents attempt to help a girl to grow up properly‚ out of care for the daughter. Throughout the story‚ the mother repeatedly accuses the daughter of being determined to become a “slut.” This suspicion

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    Description of a Remarkable Place My remarkable place that I will be talking about in this essay is an amusement park called Six Flags. It was one of my most favorite places to visit and I was there with my family members. The amusement park was also in a larger city and it was our first time visiting. This essay will consist of three hundred words and 3 short essays. There are many other parks in the United States with the name “Six Flags‚” but I went to the one in Arlington‚ Texas. Arlington Texas

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    Antibiotics are medications that either kill bacteria or prevent them from spreading. They work only against bacteria‚ not the viruses that cause the majority of sore throats‚ colds‚ sinus infections‚ and bronchitis. Most of the infectious diseases are caused by bacteria. Antibiotics transformed medicine. There are two segments of antibiotics‚ early history and modern history. Antibiotics can be defined as a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of

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    Messi In my opinion‚ the best football player is Messi. He plays for Barcelona Football Club. Although his body is not tall‚ but he runs so fast. Last year‚ he become the Spanish league top score. He comes from Argentina. His full name is Lionel Messi. His position is striker. I love him because when i am playing football‚ my position is also srtiker. My dream is playing football with him in a team. JKT 48 My hobby is listen to the music. My favorite music group is JKT 48. In JKT 48‚ there are 26

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    Jamaica Kincaid's Girl

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    Throughout the short story “Girl‚” Jamaica Kincaid tells a story about a mother giving her daughter advice about growing up through a series of semicolons and run on sentences within a single paragraph. This technique Kincaid uses through the course of her short story is quite an unusual approach to the reader at first. Usually‚ short stories consist of completely structured sentences and multiple paragraphs. Although Kincaid’s structure in “Girl” is constructed in an untraditional manner‚ it plays

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    The comparison and contrast of the two poems ‘’Girl’’by Jamaica Kincaid and ‘’If’’ by Rudyard Kipling. The poems is talking about parents who are giving advice to their kids. The topic and the theme are the same in my opinion‚ but the genders of the two kids are different. The topic is the same for both poems. I believe that the topic is parents giving advice to their kids. In the poem ‘’Girl’’ it talks about a mom giving advice to her daughter about life and how to do stuff by herself. In the

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    Jamaica Kincaid Girl

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    In Jamaica Kincaid’s short story‚ “Girl‚” the readers are immersed in the intimate conversation of a mother’s efforts to educate her daughter on the intricacies of womanhood while delving into societal expectations. The mother assumes the role of a mentor by offering crucial advice to her daughter on how to be a respected woman in society. Specifically‚ Kincaid’s storytelling reveals the unique dynamic between a mother and daughter‚ shedding light on the overwhelming pressures young women encounter

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    English 101 H Begench Atayev J.D. Miller Descriptive Paper Draft2 January 31‚ 2013 On a Monday afternoon‚ after discussing my computer science project with my professor‚ I find myself seated in a visitor’s chair in his office on the second floor of the Glatfelter Hall. The professor is about to leave the room to grab some books and a cup of coffee‚ but he allows me to stay. (Seeing myself as a professor in the future‚ I enjoy hanging out in my professor’s office

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    Jamaica Kincaid's Girl

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    The story "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid allows readers to view the commanding and strict relationship in which parents and their children had in the past. With the way Kincaid constructed "Girl‚" the audience can catch a glimpse of the demanding theme that she intended her story to be. This theme is represented through the relationship between the mother and the daughter‚ which is full of control and intimidation. Kincaid’s story "Girl" shows readers the difference between relationships of families in

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