210 29 October 2013 Honk If You Love Jesus Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours made up the song‚ “I Was Just Flipped Off by a Silver-Haired Old Lady‚ with a ‘Honk If You Love Jesus’ Sticker on the Bumper of Her Car‚” which was a pretty humorous piece. In the eyes of Antsy though‚ it’s painfully upsetting rather than funny. The obvious symbol I chose in this work was the bumper sticker that said‚ “Honk If You Love Jesus.” The sticker symbolizes the love for Jesus. It also symbolizes
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may be completely different than another. These different views and opinions can often cause cultures to collide when a doctor is summoned to treat an individual of a different culture than their own. Anne Fadiman’s book‚ The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚ tells the story of an epileptic Hmong child and her collision of two cultures. Lia Lee began suffering seizures at a young age and was diagnosed with epilepsy by American doctors. Her family however believed her illness was caused by soul
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Nice Work If You Can Get It The musical that we chose was Nice Work If You Can Get It‚ directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall‚ starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O’Hara. Originally it was expected to open on Broadway in the spring of 2009‚ with Harry Connick Jr and Erin Dilly as the leading roles. There were disagreements between members of the production team causing the show to be postponed and later reestablished with a new cast and some new production team members as well. Nice
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anything of it‚ until it strikes close to them. I know first hand what losing someone dearly feels like. I never thought once about it‚ until I lost my cousin. When I first heard of my cousin dying‚ I went into denial. I was 10 or eleven‚ not old enough yet to understand‚ why god would take someone so special to you away from you . I was crushed when it happened. It was like a part of me was missing‚ like someone had ripped my heart out and set fire to it. When I learned he had
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down”‚ a novel‚ written by Anne Fadiman‚ takes an inside look at the Hmong culture‚ their history‚ and trails Lia’s‚ a Hmong child of the Lees‚ medical experience with her American doctors and how a clash of two cultures impacted her outcome. Lia has epilepsy or as the Hmong say‚ “the spirit catches you and you fall down” (Fadiman‚ 2012‚ p. 30). The book focuses on Lia’s care‚ which results in brain death‚ the medical staffs’ actions/behaviors‚ what improvements
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Missing ‘Love’ In “Say You Love Me” Molly Peacock replays a particular incident from her childhood in her point of view with diction and simile to create imagery. She speaks about a time‚ when her father was intoxicated and when he abused her. The father violently asked her whether she loved him or not. Her younger sister was home‚ but she could not help because she feared his strength and demeanor. Although‚ the three family members were at home‚ a feeling of loneliness struck them all. Peacock
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Learn how to get rid of love handles The first time I heard the phrase "girl with love handles" I thought that it was such a lovely description of a woman and imagined someone with a shapely figure that had all the curves in the right places. They would be warm and cuddly and it doesn’t take too much imagination to dream up a reason why those extra folds of skin around the waistline are called love handles. Alas not everyone finds love handles attractive and they can turn very ugly if they are
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The more you know the better you get along in the world. Unless you have a decent education jobs will be scarce and you will struggle for the rest of your life trying to make ends meet. You don’t have to be rich to survive‚ but you sure do need your education to stay ahead of the tax man‚ hunger‚ and ending up out on the streets of the city. Education is wonderful and with every turn of it you learn something interesting. WikiAnswers is an example of how you can help others by what you know‚ but
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was born in Comayagua‚ she has eighteen years old. My sister just graduated from highschool. Damaris is a very funny person you can´t stop laughing when you are talking to her. I love my little sister. Her favorite hobby is eating‚ she is fascinating for food. I think she will study to become a chef. She loves listening to music‚ her favorite type of music is pop/rock. She loves One Direction and their music. She hates the persons that are hypocrates‚ that are talking behind your back. Her favorite
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down In the book‚ The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚ Anne Fadiman tells us the story of a little girl named Lia Lee‚ caught between the differences of two cultures. The differences in Lia’s parents’ knowledge‚ abilities‚ and understanding of the culture they were surrounded by and the rationalized facts that Western medicine and its culture provide bring us to the borderland of the two. When these two cultures meet Lia’s life is put in danger‚ not
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