October 2010 My Dad’s 50th Birthday On the day of my dad’s fiftieth birthday celebration‚ my brother and I were delivering a poem about Dad. Standing on chairs in front of all the guests‚ we joked that “Dad is so jealous he wishes that he was as handsome as us when he was an adolescent.” Everyone luckily including Dad laughed. That often repeated statement among our family and friends will stay imbedded in my mind until I write the poem for his sixtieth birthday! This party was a typical Arabic
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We often ask ourselves the question‚ what is humor? We all have different interpretations as to what makes something funny. Generally‚ humor is something that makes people laugh. Family Guy is a sitcom that has been on the air since 1999. This show revolves around an extremely dysfunctional family‚ the Griffins. Family Guy is the only show to be cancelled twice‚ but be brought back due to high sales of their DVDs. Family Guy is an effective form of humor because of the use of put down humor‚ irony
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I HAVE A DREAM MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DELIVERED 28 AUGUST 1963‚ AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL‚ WASHINGTON D.C. CONTEXT SOCIAL CONTEXT This speech was Martin Luther King Jr.’s most iconic and influential speeches. Delivered to a large gathering to civil rights marchers‚ this speech’s purpose was to press the US government for racial equality. At this point in history‚ "black" Americans were strongly racially targeted particularly in the southern states. Laws in these particular states forcibly segregated
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What do you think when you hear the name‚ Abraham Lincoln? When I hear‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ I think of what an incredible job he did for the U.S. to be where it is today. One of Lincoln’s best known quotes was‚ “Whenever I hear anyone arguing over slavery‚ I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” – Abraham Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln Biography). Now you’re probably wondering‚ “What does this quote mean?” Although this quote may seem confusing it really isn’t. The quote mainly states
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Although this chance for a new beginning has vastly beckoned immigrants‚ there are sacrifices immigrants must make along with newfound chances. Succumbing to social alienation is one of the sacrifices that immigrants must make. In the memoir‚ Funny in Farsi‚ by Firoozeh Dumas‚ and the studies of Djuro J. Vrga on Differential Associational Involvement of Successive Ethnic Immigrations: An Indicator of Ethno-Religious Factionalism and Alienation of Immigrants‚ the depths of social alienation
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of American-born citizens to look past the surface of immigrants aids this problem. In the memoir Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas‚ “Executive order 9066” by Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ “A tale of two Americas and the mini mart where they collided” by Anand Giridharads‚ and “Breaking Down the Complexities of U.S. Migration Law” by Michel Martin and Karen Tumlin‚ the way that immigrants
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A very famous playwright‚ novelist‚ essayist‚ poet and epigrammatist wrote the story entitled "The Birthday of the Infanta". This story by genre is partly short story and partly fairy-tale. The story told the readers about a little Dwarf‚ who was ugly‚ hunchbacked‚ monster‚ but did not realize it by himself. And one day he looked in the invisible wall of clear water and saw his own reflection. He could not ever imagine that he is so ugly‚ so deterrent. Dwarf’s little heart could not bear such shock
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Art and Entertainment‚ Utopia The movie‚ Funny Face‚ is an enjoyable‚ entertaining and certainly a classic in cinema. Amidst the theatrical surface‚ it makes as fine material for criticism. Richard Dyer highlights this very well using the concept of ‘utopia’ in entertainment. It left a mark in the way I looked—and observed—the film from the general and critical merits. The central figures play a part in this. On one side you have Joe Stockton‚ an admirer of philosophy and book worm and the other
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FUNNY BOY Pigs Can’t Fly The first part of the novel begins with the spend-the-days‚ in which the grandchildren congregate at Ammachi and Appachi’s home. Arjie and his female cousins‚ as usual‚ play their game of “bride-bride‚” which is interrupted when their cousin Tanuja (Her Fatness) refuses to indulge Arjie’s desire to be bride. The adults ultimately discover their game‚ and one uncle tells Arjie’s father “you have a funny one here” (14). Arjie is no longer allowed to play with the girls. When
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Imagine this scene.A. Singing a song: Happy Birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy Birthday Happy‚ Birthday Happy Birthday to you. Okay blow out your candle and make a wish.II. Now be honest how many of you today still make a wish on your birthday candle? Did you know that that tradition is actually a superstition? Just like picking a penny heads up for good luck and not walking under a latter in fear of getting bad luck. You ever wonder why the lady behind you just threw salt on you or why
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