If you could live anywhere in the world‚ where would you live‚ and why? This is a big planet with differences from one block to the next. But if you could live anyplace‚ any country‚ where would it be? Maybe you want to live in your home country? Maybe you wouldn’t leave where you are right now. As for me‚ I would like to experience Brazil‚ maybe Argentina. The culture‚ the architecture‚ good food‚ and let us not forget the history! Did I mention the language? Oh how I love Portuguese language
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see tall sky scraping buildings with a vast population. Some people speak different languages‚ have different skin color‚ and even live in different style homes. In the story “Where are You From” by Patricia Parker she wants to just be known as American‚ but her english isn’t perfect and her skin color is not while. So‚ people commonly ask her where she is from or where her real home is when in reality America is her home. As the story goes on‚
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Where Are You Smooth Talking? The saying goes the only difference between a tragedy and a comedy is the ending. Meaning no matter how tragic or comedic a story begins‚ the ending is what determines what type of story was told (thus what genre it falls in). This concept of endings is greatly exemplified through the comparison of the short story Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates and the film the story was based on called Smooth Talk. Both works contain an abundance of similarities
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The place I feel content isn’t the place I ever expected it to be. The very place I think of when I think to where I feel perfectly content is a fire pit behind my house. In my opinion it is in the perfect location. It is surrounded by trees and the pit is made of stones that were found in the woods. There are 3 benches surrounding it that sit perfectly into the earth around them. It looks like a picture cut out from a magazine. I could sit there for literally hours. The first time I realized
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I dislike being asked “Where are you from?” because I do not consider myself from any specific place. I have moved around several times as a child‚ which has given me the opportunity to meet different kinds of people each from distinct walks of life. Being faced with the challenge of meeting new people has taught how to come out of my comfort zone at any given moment. The experiences I have had in life has caused me to become an outgoing‚ hardworking‚ and very multicultural person. Moving around
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English essay on my friend My friend’s name is snigdha sen. she lives in lucknow. She loves to eat mango. Her favorite pass time is to chat with her friends. She has completed her honors in philosophy. She loves to get up late in the morning. We are friends since class eight. We love to go shopping together. We are friends forever. Spanish translation Nombre de mi amigo es snigdha sen. Ella vive en Lucknow. Le encanta comer mango. Su pasatiempo favorito es para charlar con sus amigos. Ella ha
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“Where are you from?” a question which to normal teenagers may claim one‚ possibly two answers that all but define who they are. Be it morally‚ religiously‚ or sewn into their traits and personalities‚ society widely considers a person’s home to be at the center of who they are‚ yet what is it like for a child who cannot relate to one home‚ two‚ or even three‚ but instead ten different locations before the age of eighteen? This is the answer to that question‚ the story of who I am. Setting off
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Google and Apple Know Where You Are‚ Maybe Bethella Sam Phillips Grantham University BA515 Abstract Location-based tracking is becoming more and more common due to the ever changing technological advances in the world today. Gone are the days where no one knew your location unless they were physically with you. Today‚ location-based tracking seems like the new trend in society with companies such as Foursquare and EchoEcho. Some wonder what makes a person use services like this to
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Don’t Forget Where You Came From The Dominican Republic was ruled by one of the most ruthless dictators‚ Rafael Trujillo. Julia Alvarez’s father was involved in the underground movement to overthrow the country’s dictator‚ which was uncovered and forced the family to flee the country four months before the founders of that underground‚ the Mirabal sisters‚ were brutally murdered by the dictatorship. Determined to show her adult independence from her family‚ Yolanda returned to the Dominican Republic
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Where have you Been Smooth Talking? In the short story Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? By Joyce Carol Oates‚ the lifestyle of protagonist Connie is described. Connie was a typical 15-year-old. She was outgoing‚ fun‚ and social. She had the worst relationship with her mother and her relationship with her father was not explained because he was not home much. Connie’s main concern was boys; she would do anything to meet up with them. That is not always a good idea because you never know
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