The City of Torqres Prologue Two families‚ full of hate and different beliefs living in the same city of Torqres. Both used to care for one another‚ but the way both families thought the city should be ran was too different‚ and hatred built up. The hatred and disparity was too large to be broken causing both to split the city into two parts; Torq and Res. Story Young Mic and Pen were out fetching water for their poor and unhealthy family. They know if not enough water is brought back
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"Children of the City" is a short story written by the Filipino contemporary author‚ Amadis Ma. Guerrero. The story is about the life of Victor‚ an eight year old boy whose father was involved in a company menace because of unjust salaries and compensations. His father joined the employee’s strike and there he met his death when he was shot by the police officers managing the chaos in the strike. Victor was shocked to know the sudden death of his father on a newspaper. He and his mother were
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CORRECTION OF THE ESSAY : “Imagine the Ideal City” The city of my dreams is neither too big nor too small. (Jenna) It is clean‚ there aren’t any cigarette butts‚ chewing gums‚ papers or dog dirt on the floor.( Angélique /Marjorie) It is Green‚ ecological (Stéphanie): there are less traffic and pollution because people use alternative means of transport (Gamzé/ Maria) and the cars run with solar energy. The houses are equipped with solar panels too to protect the Earth (Fanny/Stephanie) People recycle
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LOST IN THE CITY Edward P. Jones’s namesake story “Lost in the City‚” in his collection of short stories‚ Lost in the City‚ is set in USA’s capital‚ Washington‚ D. C. and it is based on the story of a woman who has received word that her mother has died. Lydia Walsh is a successful attorney. She is also lonely and desperate. When the hospital calls in the middle of the night stating her mother has died “…twenty minutes ago…” Lydia instructs them to not to “…put that sheet over her face until
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Your city council is considering a proposal that would ban the use of cell phones in privately owned businesses such as restaurants‚ movie theaters‚ and retail stores. Violators would be subject to a fine. What is your position on this issue? Write a letter in which you convince the city council to support your position‚ giving strong evidence for your reasons. Some of the cons about city council to ban cell phones in public areas such as restaurants‚ movie theatres‚ retail stores‚ or small private
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I enjoyed the novel The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien. I believe that this novel presents important themes that are relevant in today’s society‚ just as much as they make up an entertaining plot. Themes such as Heroism‚ Race and Lineage‚ Good vs. Evil‚ Loyalty and Home are discussed in novels written in recent times. They give the reader a strong sense of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ in the plot. This allows the audience to distinguish between good and evil. Tolkien uses an enormous vocabulary of words that are
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Alberto Nunez ID#: 2744829 George Washington ’s America 10/14/12 Tension City In this book‚ Tension City‚ Jim Lehrer is the interpreter for all the debates of the presidents‚ governors‚ and the nominees for the campaigns. I want to talk about the debate between George H.W. Bush and Geraldine Ferraro in 1984. Ferraro had reasons for not looking forward for the Vice President debate. Ferraro went to the Vice Presidential debate with her knowledge of world affairs. In fact‚ her talk about world
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D block Frankenstein as a Gothic Novel The Gothic novel has a rich tradition and is a well-established genre. It continues to influence our culture in modern times. The characteristics of a gothic novel can be exemplified in Mary Shelley’s most famous novel‚ Frankenstein. A classic and easily identified characteristic of a gothic novel is an atmosphere of suspense and the fear of the unknown. A dark and brooding mood permeates throughout Frankenstein‚ often taking the form of bizarre weather
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Explain how the SRRS was devised and evaluate the use of this technique. (8marks) Holmes and Rahe (1967) developed the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) which identifies 43 stressful life changes that can contribute to stress-related illness. Each one of the 43 stressful life events was awarded a Life Change Unit depending on how traumatic it was felt to be by a large sample of 400 participants. The highest Life Change Unit is 100‚ being death of a spouse. Participants calculate a total value
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“Describtion Of A City Shower”by Jonathan Swift (Tone) In the poem “Describtion Of A City Shower‚” Jonathan Swift expresses the tone in a angered and disgusted way. The tone of this poem is shown when: “Meanwhile the South‚ rising with dabbled wings‚ A sable cloud athwart the welkin flings.” This expresses his anger and disgust while the rich is waking up to happiness‚ they are waking up to filth and poverty. I too have expressed this tone as Jonathan Swift did. I used this tone
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