NOLI ME TANGERE (TOUCH ME NOT) BACKGROUND Jose Rizal’s reading of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ which portrays the brutalities of American slave-owners and the pathetic conditions of the unfortunate Negro slaves‚ inspired Dr. Rizal to prepare a novel that would depict the miseries of his people under the lash of Spanish tyrants. He was then a student in the Central University of Madrid. In a reunion of Filipinos in the Paterno residence in Madrid on January 2‚ 1884‚ Rizal proposed
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major part of me. Abundant of things come to mind when I think of what Americanism means to me. I think of going out of my way to help my community learn more about the subject. Additionally‚ when loving my country comes to mind‚ I think of the people serving and fighting in the military for America. For instance‚ I think of the many brave men‚ and women that served in the military to risk their lives for your freedom. Americanism is important part to my life. This is important to me because it is
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In the story Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie. Sherman wants kids to understand that stereotypes are not always real. Sherman describes indians as‚ “children who were expected to be stupid. Most lived up to those expectations inside the classroom but subverted them on the outside.” All indians were expected to be stupid‚ but that only applied in the classroom. Outside the classroom was a different story. The indian kids were smart outside of classroom the total opposite of the stereotype.
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lived there their entire lives and devoted themselves to Mother‚ Sri Aurobindho and Auroville Ashram. I visited the Matre mandir where we all were allowed to sit and be with ourselves in the quietest room where you could hear one’s breath. They took me to the “enchanted” forest which was their school’s project from the past 32 years which they grew from barren land. As I have lived a city all my life you never get to see and feel such calmness. I also saw a few 70 year old women riding bicycles! Never
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a family quite early in life making my dream seem as if it would never become a reality. Now here I am some 20+ years later living my dream. I can’t say that it was a struggle to get here because i have a very supportive wife who has been pushing me to do this for many years. Up until now I would come up with every excuse in the book why I wasn’t able to go back to school. I guess I finally ran out of excuses because here I am taking college classes. We are supposed to talk about some aspect
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WHO INSPIRES ME Some people think that for someone to inspire you the person still has to be alive. Well in my case I just recently lost the person that inspired me the most. My father‚ he was the person whom I asked about money‚ about how to get better at playing golf and about anything else I needed help with. Wesley Doolen Morgan was a sensitive and caring man‚ who didn’t like to show emotion much. He never said “I love you” to us‚ but we all knew he did. When we needed help with buying school
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“Supersize Me.” “Each day 1 in 4 Americans visit a fast food restaurant.” (VivaVegie) Most people know how bad fast food is for you‚ but still eat it. Morgan Spurlock’s “Supersize Me” did a thirty day experiment‚ which involved eating McDonald’s for every meal. To begin with‚ America is the fattest nation in the world. When it comes down to it‚ the fact that there are so many fast food restaurants‚ you can never get away. I have heard many people say that you should not eat fast food‚ but just
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Book: Meet me in Istanbul Author: Richard Chisholm The book is about: The story begins on Heathrow airport in London. Tom is going to Istanbul to see his fiancée. In the plane he sits next to a man named Kemal‚ they get along very well and Kemal gives Tom his phone number and says that Tom can call if he needs something while he’s in Istanbul. Tom thanks him and the separate. Tom remembered where he was supposed to go to meet Angela his fiancée. The Park Hotel‚ Taksim Square‚ then they would
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Jasmine Tran Ms. Brzowski English 2 PDP - Period 1 09.12.2012 Seminar Notes: Bless Me Ultima 1. Bless Me Ultima fits the description of "magical realism" because the story talks a lot about a curandera named Ultima. As we all know‚ a curandera is a healer. Rudolfo Anaya portrays Ultima as this old lady who has magical and spiritual powers. She seems to bring life to things around her. "When she came the beauty of the llano unfolded before my eyes‚ and the gurgling waters of the river sang to
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LaPorsche Pennie “SUPER SIZE ME” Super-Size Me is a perfect movie to watch to understand the benefits and harms of certain eating habits. It teaches us about the dangers of fast food and it also explains what foods to eat‚ how much of those foods‚ and ways to maintain a healthy weight. When I first heard of the movie I thought what could go wrong he’s eating 3 meals a day he has no health problems how bad could it be but I was totally wrong. Morgan Spurlock challenged
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