said‚ “True courage is being afraid‚ and going ahead and doing your job anyway‚ that’s what courage is.” Harper Lee’s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ is set in the early 1900s‚ a time where racial segregation and the Great Depression happened in a small Alabama town called Maycomb. The story is narrated by a young girl named Scout. Scout and her brother‚ Jem‚ are two children growing up in a prejudicial racial community‚ often discrimited themselves‚ due to their Father’s views. Their father‚ Atticus
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Hey here I include my first speech written and spoken by me on the ocassion of Sport Days 2k9 of our college. All liked it a lot. I hopu u guys also lik it reading. 1. Assembly of Athletes (01) Aim: To make the students ready for the event of march-past. Dialogue 01: “I request all the flag holders to take their respective positions with there squads.” 2. Arrival of the chief guest (02) cum Reception of the chief guest (03) cum pinning of rosette / presentation of bouquet
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for My Father By: Michelle Raess Type of Speech: Eulogy Description: I am giving a eulogy speech at my father’s funeral at Leber Funeral Home in Union City‚ NJ. He just recently passed away at the age of 61 leaving behind his wife and three children. The cause of death was stomach cancer. General Purpose: To entertain Specific Purpose: To entertain my audience at a funeral by honoring my father who has passed away. Central Idea: Together‚ let us remember what a wonderful man my father was
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every falsehood. In the poem "forgiving my father" by Lucille Clifton‚ the speaker describes a daughter is haunted by recollections of strife between her and her father. The speaker in the poem actually seeks to hold her father accountable for his shortcomings instead of forgiving him for his deficiencies. In the poem "My papa’s waltz" by Theodore Roethke‚ it is clear that the papa and the child have a relationship sprinkled with fear‚ joy and love. Both fathers in the poems are dangerous to their child
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was around. I can easily relate to the essay because at my home English is a second language to my parents. Though it wasn’t as noticeable as Amy’s mother‚ but there were times where I heard my mother have a hard time speaking to people because she could not get her point across. There were times where I had to step in and just say “she means this‚ not that.” Growing up in a home where English is not the first language to me becomes your first Language because at the home everyone uses it to communicate
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Curiosity killed the cat "Curiosity killed the cat" is a proverb used to warn of the dangers of unnecessary investigation or experimentation. A less frequently-seen rejoinder to "curiosity killed the cat" is "but‚ satisfaction brought it back".[1] The original form of the proverb‚ now little used‚ was "Care killed the cat". In this instance‚ "care" was defined as "worry" or "sorrow." An easier definiton of the phrase curiosity killed the cat would be that being curious can sometimes lead to
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Similarly‚ God is making these decisions like a father would make a decision about their child having a surgery on their tonsils. They may just be slightly bothering the child now‚ but the father knows that eventually it will cause a major problem with major suffering. Of course‚ the father doesn’t want to see his child in any pain whatsoever‚ but he knows if they have a surgery now to take out the tonsils that the pain of the surgery‚ will be less severe then that of swollen tonsils. That is the
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Having too much courage can sometimes ruining the way a person sees another person or character. In Beowulf‚ by an unknown author is a story about a character name Beowulf and monster‚ Grendel‚ who fought a bloody battle against each other. The story sets in where Grendel constantly attacks the men in Herot and take their bodies to be eaten. Throughout the story‚ Beowulf has a lot of courage and that is what keeps him motivated. To begin with‚ as Beowulf arrived with his fourteen men‚ they were
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and their widowed father‚ Atticus‚ in the sleepy Alabama town of Maycomb. Maycomb is suffering through the Great Depression‚ but Atticus is a prominent lawyer and the Finch family is reasonably well off in comparison to the rest of society.There are multiple themes in the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee. However‚ one of the most important is courage. This theme is shown almost by all of the characters in the novel but mainly by Jem‚ Scout and Atticus. Courage is shown in the novel
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R.I.P My First LOve The morning of August 25‚ 2005 started out like any other morning. My alarm clock rung at 6:30 a.m.‚ but I did not get up until 7:15 AM. My mother yelled from her room‚ “Shakailla get up before you’re late‚” and I just rolled over. I got up and went to school as normal‚ everything was normal. I was in class talking and joking around like every other 10 year old. That was until I got a pass around 12:00 PM to leave early. My aunt picked me up‚ that is what
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