Pg.1 The First Day The story is narrated by an adult female who tells the story of her first day of school‚ when she was still very young and unfortunately‚ throughout the years‚ has become ashamed of her mother. The question is: does her first day occur “long before” she “learned to be ashamed” of her mother? Or is she learning to be ashamed before the story ends? In order to give an answer we must first understand what is the narrator ashamed of. The set-up for the beginning of the story
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The first day. The first day‚ by Edward p. Jones. born 1951 is an American novelist and short story writer. His 2003 novel The Known World received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Jones was born and raised in Washington‚ D.C.‚ and educated at both the College of the Holy Cross and the University of Virginia. His first book‚ Lost in the City‚ is a collection of short stories about the African-American working class in 20th-century Washington‚ D.C. In the early stories are some who are like first-generation
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of my alarm clock sounded like a countdown. The first day of high school was only two hours away. I was excited‚ but a lot more nervous. I got out of bed‚ got ready‚ and then was on my way to the bus stop. All I could think of are the stories I heard about CIS being so horrible with all the strict teachers‚ the really hard tests‚ and of course being new doesn’t help either. Everyone feels very anxious and at the same time nervous about their first day of school. The ride to the school was only twenty
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”The First Day” Characterization of the narrator The narrator of the story is 5 years old and from the low end of the social rank. She probably doesn’t have so many material opportunities‚ because her family are getting public assistance payments. Her father left her and her mother‚ she tells us: “…the last present my father gave before he disappeared into memory.” It seems like she a gentle girl and not so boisterous. When she meets a new person she doesn’t
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The Gym What truly defines a man is what he has to show when the weights of life are coming down. The gym is the place where I go to let off steam‚ forget about the world‚ and work towards my dreams. To play football at the next level is my dream and the gym is the gateway to the path that I will travel to get there. Everyone has that one thing they do to keep a sane mind. Whether it’d be painting ‚listening to music‚ or my case going to Anytime fitness . Anytime Fitness is one of the local
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First Day I had just graduated high school about two months ago just starting my first semester in college. It was a summer semester and I started off taking three classes. This was all new to me my parents were no longer taking me and picking me up form school anymore. I would walk in the blaring Miami heat to the FIU engineering center then from there take the bus to the main campus. This was a special semester where I took all three classes with the same people who were all studying to
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First Day at School in a New Country My family moved to the United States when I was fourteen‚ and I learned I would be going to a new school just two days after we had entered the country and I wasn’t assimilated to the culture or the language. Even though I took lots of English lessons when I was in China‚ when I learned I would not be attending a bilingual school like the other new immigrants‚ I was extremely apprehensive. My first day of school in a new country was extremely nervous
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Anjelo Africa English 100/08 Palmer November 20‚ 2010 Gym Physical EDUCATION Untied states is known to have the most obsessed people in the world‚ yet they continue to not do anything about it. In Shrewsbury high school we have Gym 2 days out of a 7 day schedule‚ and sometimes you can end up not having gym for a whole week. The recommended exercise per week is 30 minutes 3-4 times a week. Most teenagers don’t even exercise on there own outside of school excluding those who participate
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Kenya Quezaire My First Day at Vincent H.S It was an early September morning and I was on my way to my bus stop to begin my first day at Vincent High School. I show no fear on my face but in the inside I was terrified. My bus arrives at 7:45 and as I waited on the block of 14th Walnut waiting for my bus to come more kids started to come stand on the bus stop with me so I didn’t feel along and more. When my bus finally pulls up to my stop I step on to the Joy Farm bus and I was looking to
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Dear Juniper‚ Juniper‚ today was my/our first day of high school. Sorry‚ it’s going to be a little confusing remembering that you are me too. I am absolutely positive that four years from now‚ when I am a senior‚ I will not remember anything about the details of my first day‚ other than that I survived intact. So‚ I’m writing this letter to you now. Well‚ also this is my first English assignment‚ and I should probably finish my first assignment. People are repetitively asking me if I
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