My Dad is someone who I would say has had the most ups and downs in his life. He has always made in important to try and be the best person he possibly can. However‚ human nature only allows you to be ‘so good’ and he does‚ like anybody else would‚ have some traits that one would say are less than positive. Despite my dad being a good and bad person with both positive and negative traits‚ if I had to pick someone that I admired most‚ I would pick my dad. My dad has always tried his best at trying
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“The People of Sand and Slag” by Paolo Bacigalupi is a story set in the far future about how humans can adapt to survive in the most outrageous conditions. The concept of alienation plays a major role in the story itself. It is very difficult for the audience to be able to comprehend what the characters feel and go through. In “The People of Sand and Slag”‚ the world is run by corporations who hire their own military in order to defend their own base. One of these corporations has three guards that
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The central message of this advertisement is if you want to be strong like Popeye‚ eat their spinach. I can recall waking up Saturday morning watching the cartoon Popeye as a child. Popeye was always trying to impress Olive Oil. Popeye wasn’t the only one with eyes for Olive Oil‚ his nemesis‚ Pluto also had a very hostile interest towards Olive Oil as well. The cartoon would start out with Popeye planning something nice for Olive Oil‚ the day would be going perfectly. Pluto would notice Olive
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into Comp II makes me reflect on my time in Comp I. As a writer‚ I have grown older and wiser since my semester in Comp I and sometimes wish that I could take the skills I know now and apply them to my writing back then. I learned so much in Comp I and improved as a writer and student because of it. Comp I taught me how to organize my time‚ to put more emphasis on grammar‚ and to work hard to get the grade. Comp. I helped me improve my organization skills. I had so much trouble in the beginning
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of discourse communities‚ which have different goals‚ values‚ language‚ issues‚ effects and communication style. The discourse community that I identify myself with is the boarding family discourse community. This community may only be made up of a few members‚ yet the impact they have in their neighborhood is quite significant. They may not be related or even have known each other for more than five years‚ yet the bond and connection they have is so strong. My discourse community is composed of
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In the short story How I Met My Husband by author Alice Munro‚ the setting takes place in a small country town around the end of WWII. It is easy to tell that Edie feels a little out of place in the Peebles’ house since they are new to the country and are more wealthy than Edie’s family. When Edie was describing her job she says‚ “Mrs. Peebles had an automatic washer and dryer‚ the first I ever saw‚” (Munro 220). This quote shows how not many people were able to afford luxuries like modern day conveniences
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I WISH I KNEW WHY Broken families are often hard to live in. Especially divorced ones. It’s one thing for your parents to split-up when you’re a young child‚ but it’s another when you go through 15 years of your life thinking that you’ll always be a family like I did. I would have to say the most significant time in my life was when my parents were getting a divorce. Christmas had just passed and the New Year of 1998 was approaching fast. My parents had always bickered but this time their
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Writing Center Should I Use “I”? Like Be the first of your friends to like this. What this handout is about This handout is about determining when to use first person pronouns (“I”‚ “we‚” “me‚” “us‚” “my‚” and “our”) and personal experience in academic writing. “First person” and “personal experience” might sound like two ways of saying the same thing‚ but first person and personal experience can work in very different ways in your writing. You might choose to use “I” but not make any reference
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Who I Was‚ Who I Am‚ Who Will I Be Jeremy Nance Everest Online ENC 1101 I dropped out in my junior year of high school and never thought about how it was going to affect my life. I don’t believe I thought it would have an effect on my life in any way. I was young and I was arrogant for no reason and thought I knew it all. I managed to scrap by begging‚ borrowing‚ and stealing‚ to eat and have a place to sleep at night. I hate to say it but I have to attribute the majority of my decision to
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qualities I look for in friends Friends are an indispensable factor in our live‚ just as a main dish in a meal. Frankly‚ I have a lot of friends. Yet‚ I don’t know whether they are sincere or just hypocritical. Sometimes‚ I can’t really figure out. But still‚ I or should I say everyone‚ wishes to have friends with good qualities. According to what William Penn says:" A true friend freely‚ advises justly‚ assists readily‚ adventures boldly‚ takes all patiently‚ defends courageously‚ and continues
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