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    My Dream

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    My Dream Holiday My dream holiday doesn’t involve only one place but the whole world‚ because it is to tour the world’s most astonishing places. Firstly there’s Manhattan. New York. As one of the most popular tourist destinations and heavily populated places anywhere in the world‚ Manhattan offers something for everyone‚ including vast amounts beauty‚ irrelevant of what you consider to be beautiful. From the lush greenery and openness of Central Park to the awe-inspiring and breathtaking

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    The Two Face of My Father

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    The Two Faces of My Father Children model their habits and characteristics through what they usually see and hear from their parents. The influence of parents on their offspring’s values can be the most important influence given to a child in life. Positive and negative parental behavior is remembered even by grown children‚ no matter if their parents have passed away. Scott Russell Sanders‚ a professor of English at Indiana University‚ has written many works based on his own life and experience

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    They Killed My Father

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    living in Cambodia during the Cambodian Genocide was like. Each day‚ instead of growing larger and stronger‚ children were growing weak. As a young girl‚ Loung Ung lived through this war. Years later‚ she wrote a novel called “First They Killed My Father”. In this book‚ Ung records the experiences that she and her family encountered while trying to live through the civil war. If I were to meet any of the individuals mentioned in this novel‚ I would

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    Romulus My Father

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    Romulus‚ My Father Essay Exploring Friendship Essay The friendship between Romulus and Hora had more influence on Raimond’s life than the absence of his mother. Discuss Romulus‚ my father‚ written by Raimond Gaitor is an autobiographical novel exploring the much respected values and morals possessed by Raimond Gaitor’s father Romulus as seen by Raimond growing up in rural Australia. Gaitor writes the novel in awe of his father and the steadfast principles he believed in. Throughout the novel

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    inheritance of tools

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    Read and annotate the essay “The Inheritance of Tools”. Do not only focus on the comment boxes. Make personal connections Highlight important details/examples Highlight the thesis statement Define any difficult words Bring the text to Tuesday‚ September 24th‚ 2014’s class. The Inheritance of Tools by Scott Russell Sanders At just about the hour when my father died‚ soon after dawn one February morning when ice coated the windows like cataracts‚ I banged my thumb with a hammer. Naturally

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    Observing My Father

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    one hundred and ninety two months to realize the unprecedented influence my father made on my life. My father‚ George Dean is who I credit my accomplishments and success after‚ both inside the classroom and everyday life. It was at one hundred and twenty months that I began the journey that would allow me to understand the significance my father has played in my life today. It was fifth grade when I learned that my father has been diagnosed with cancer and the tedious trips to the hospital began

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    My dream

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    worker until I got my CNA certification‚ then I worked in various nursing homes. It’s easy to get burnt out when working with elderly‚ dementia and Alzheimer’s patients; however‚ I loved my job. Taking care of others is what I wanted to do. The first nursing home I ever worked at was a small 50 bed facility‚ where I met my best friend. I have many fond memories from all the places I have worked‚ but nothing ever felt quite right to me. In July of 2011 I got the opportunity of my life! I was job searching

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    My Fathers Hands

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    My Father’s Hands Worthington’s father’s life was tragically shaped around his inability to read. Being a hard worker and supporting your family wasn’t all that was needed to make a man feel like he was fulfilling his place as a husband and a father. When his father pulled him out of school‚ he had him start doing a man’s job on the farm‚ without even receiving a first grade level education. Being a man and working to help his family‚ there was one thing that his son admired about his father

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    Romulus My Father

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    Romulus and Hora Romulus and Hora in Romulus my Father is evidence of this. Both share a cultural root of ‘Romania’ and links between people are able to strengthen a sense of belonging so that it’s not just a fleeting experience. “Nor have I known anyone so contemptuous and resistant.... it formed the basis of their lifelong friendship...they longed for a community of honorable men”. The underlying contemplative and authoritative tone of the quote shows that as immigrants‚ that values and ethics

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    The Inheritance of Tools

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    In his short story‚ The Inheritance of Tools‚ Scott Russell Sanders depicts in eloquent detail how family values are passed on generation to generation through the art of carpentry. By showing his characters’ actions in and reactions to various situations‚ Sanders reveals how a patient and persistent disposition is handed down from grandfather to father to son. Sanders argues that one must understand one’s connection to the past in order to live well in the present‚ because models from the past are

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