My mom is one of the most inspiring people in my life and what makes her so special is that she seems to have no idea how motivating she is. She has led our family and guided my siblings and I simply by being herself. She leads by example‚ showing us her values and making sure we live by our own. She carries out this example by pushing us to do volunteer work and joining in herself. She pushes us to treat everyone we meet with respect and I have never heard of her making a rude comment or put someone
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The author of the book is Natasha Anastasia Tarpley. She is African American author began to write alongside her aspiring writer-mother at the age of seven. The name of the book is I Love My Hair!. The book is story about a little girl and her mother combing the little girl’s hair every night. The author Tarpley tried to deliver a message in her book by short narrative story to get the message easily. She impart a reassuring message for all children about importance of appreciating what they look
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the poems “Search for my Tongue” by Sujata Bhatt and “Half Caste” by John Agard‚ there are a variety of language features used such as personification‚ metaphors and repetition‚ which personally made descriptions in the poem more vivid. These techniques aided in making these poems more powerful and helped to effectively convey the messages that our identities are engraved in us and that we need to reconsider using the derogatory term ‘half-caste’ as it identifies people as ‘half’ people. Sujata Bhatt
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is: "Conflict in literature provide challenges to characters"‚ a possible topic sentence is … In The Pearl‚ Kino faces conflicts that challenges him. 6. Include a brief plot summary (one sentence). 7. Explain your first example‚ with lots of textual evidence (ex. information from the book about a conflict he faces). You may begin with One example … (of a conflict that challenges Kino is …). 8. Identify literary techniques the author uses that support your analysis (from the notebox). 9. Make a transition
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I was helping my mother in the kitchen when suddenly an ear-piercing sound struck from above.I dashed to the upper floor to check out what was happened. ‘Oh god.What is this?’I wondered while pointing at a footprint. I knew something weird was happened.The footprint was familiar.I ignored it.Instead‚to make my mother calm‚I said that was nothing occurred as she is suffering from cardio-illness‚a common disease suffered by the Malaysian. ‘What’s happening?’ my mother asked me.’Nothing‚just the
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In the poem “Now I Become Myself”‚ the author May Sarton illustrates struggles during one’s pursuit of true self. As May Sarton states‚ to “become [herself]”‚ “[she has] been dissolved and shaken”. Through the search of identity‚ human beings “[wear] other people’s faces” and drown in perplexity. In particular‚ this phenomenon refers to the period in life when people feel lost and lack the sense of belonging; even in modern society‚ it is not uncommon to see teenagers undergo agony‚ trying hard to
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Summary—Mother Tongue Amy Tan considers language a thought-provoking and powerful tool. Her mother‚ an Asian American‚ speaks “Chinglish" all her life‚ which exerts a huge impact on Tan’s language ability. Despite all the misunderstanding and limitation of her mother’s language‚ Tan perceives it as natural‚ intimate and meaningful. When Tan gave a talk to people about her book‚ she realized it was the first time she talked to her mother in standard English‚ which Tan rarely used with her before.
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Science vs. Religion Inherit the wind is the movie about the Scopes trial which took place in 1925 in Dayton‚ Tennessee. The Scopes trial was between the Christian belief of creation and Darwin’s theory of evolution. A school teacher named Bertram Cates was arrested from the high school where he was teaching the Darwin’s theory of evolution. This was because at that time of period it was against the law to teach about human creation unless it was from the Bible.
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Strengths and Weaknesses in Writing Writing is meant for people to properly convey their feelings‚ thoughts‚ hopes‚ and opinions. My own writing has its own strengths and weaknesses and it needs to become better and more affirmative. The weakness that I know that I have is knowing the proper grammar and writing style for what I am trying to portray. Though I am able to use rhetoric and analyze writing and show my thoughts. I need to improve my writing so people want to read it and can understand
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"Mother Courage and her Children"‚ by Bertolt Brecht‚ is a play which can be seen from varying perspectives. Some consider it to be a comment on the socio-economic aspects of war‚ others as a criticism of bourgeois capitalism intended to encourage change in modern society. The somewhat tragic events of the play enable critics to consider it a "tragedy"‚ but one which‚ to some extent‚ diverges from the Aristotelian definition. Aristotle believed that tragedy must revolve around a central character:
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