In full‚ JOSÉ PROTACIO RIZAL MERCADO Y ALONSO REALONDA (born 19 June 1861‚ Calamba‚ Philippines- died 30 December 1896‚ Manila‚ Philippines)‚ patriot‚ physician and man of letters whose life and literary works were an inspiration to the Philippine nationalist movement. Rizal was the son of a prosperous landowner and sugar planter of Chinese-Filipino descent on the island of Luzon. His mother‚ Teodora Alonso‚ one of the most highly educated women in the Philippines at that time‚ exerted a powerful
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Jose Rizal was a man of incredible intellectual power‚ with amazing artistic talent as well. He excelled at anything that he put his mind to - medicine‚ poetry‚ sketching‚ architecture‚ sociology... the list seems nearly endless. Thus‚ Rizal’s martyrdom by the Spanish colonial authorities while he was still quite young was a huge loss to the Philippines‚ and to the world at large. Today‚ the people of the Philippines honor him as their national hero. On June 19‚ 1861‚ Francisco Rizal Mercado and
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Pet Peeve Speech Assignment What is a Pet Peeve? A Pet Peeve is something that other people do that really bothers you. Examples of Pet Peeves: You hate it when people use all of the toilet paper and don’t replace it. You hate it when people leave their shopping cart in the middle of the aisle so no one can get by. You hate it when people talk on their cell phone while you are eating with them. You hate it when people take up two parking spaces with their car.
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Mohandas Gandhi and Mao Zedong were two great leaders who succeeded in many ways by their actions and decisions. Gandhi was an Indian leader and Mao a Chinese leader. However‚ their approach to success‚ peace‚ and ultimately‚ a revolution‚ was very different. Mao favored peace through violence‚ and Gandhi favored peace through non-cooperation and standing up for what is right. He also believed that these changes will be accomplished by “conscious suffering”‚ was the way he put it. However‚ despite
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BUSE TOPALAN HIGH INTERMEDIATE R/W 10/05/14 TWO DIFFERENT CITIES IN TURKEY Istanbul and Ankara are two biggest and most important cities in Turkey. Both of two cities are substantial town in my country. They are also differ from each other regarding their role‚ their history‚ weather and style. Some may think that these two important cities could not be more different but they have very unequal roles. One of the difference between two significant cities are
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The American dream is a symbol of hope‚ empowering the characters to endure the tribulationsof life. In Of Mice and Men‚ protagonists Lennie and George have created an American dreamthat one day they will "have a bigvegetablepatch and a rabbit hutch and chickens. And when itrains in the winter‚ we’ll just say the hell with goin’ to work‚ and we’ll build up a fire in the stoveand set around it and listen to the rain comin’ down on the roof [SIC]"(Steinbeck 16). The dreamis a stronghold; it allows
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Labria Hines En 101 Dr. Howe Although Mitchell Stephens and John Long believe that technology gives way to computerizing images‚ Stephens believes that it is okay for journalists to alter such images‚ while Long does not. Both authors talk about honesty in altering images‚ but neither feels the same way about them. Each author makes valid points in their essays and the reader can clearly distinguish which side they stand on. In Mitchell Stephens’ essay‚ Expanding the Language of Photographs
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Compare and contrast two places Samui Island and Phuket Island are the most beautiful city in Thailand. In these places‚ there are many attractive landscapes to visit. Despite of some differences‚ they share values that make them become the best city in Thailand for leisure. The first difference of them is their location. On one hand Samui island is a small island and so romantic for travel‚ and has a lot of the new style hotel. On the other hand‚ Phuket Island
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Jeanne Brletic 2nd Writing September 16‚ 2013 An Assyrian artistic style different from that of Babylonian art‚ which was the dominant art in Mesopotamia‚ began to emerge c. 1500 BC The conquest of the whole of Mesopotamia and much surrounding territory by the Assyrians created a larger and wealthier state than the region had known before‚ and very large art in palaces and public places‚ I believe‚ intended to match the noble art of the neighboring Egyptian empire. The Assyrians developed
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Both poems Half-past two and Piano seems to be about childhood memories. The theme of childhood experience is presented in both poems. For instance in half-past two the poet is telling us a story about a child who does not know how to tell the time and was forgotten by his teacher when he was asked to stay back after doing something naughty . Whereas in the poem Piano is about a man who listens to a piano playing and it recalls him back to his past. Where he remembers his mother playing the piano
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