that have helped many people‚ and there are pieces of writing that do not help anyone. It is good writing that makes an impact on a lot of people‚ or maybe even a few people. Good writing is based on its ability to relate to the world and society‚ and its ability to connect to the reader. Being able to relate to the acts of society makes a story good because it helps people understand how the world and everything around them works. They can portray the good
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by our 22 year old son was "what do you’ll think about my girl friend?" Not having enough information to answer his question I asked‚ "Do you mean how pretty she is?" He answered‚ No‚ I mean what do you’ll think about me living with my girlfriend again? My wife immedately attempted to answer his question which meant she selected what she wanted to hear and focused on the verbal message given by our son at that time. Her answer‚ "Son we have nothing against your girlfriend in general or with you living
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POST APPLIED FOR - HEAD GIRL What impact have you had on your parish church?? From a young age I have always been influenced to explore Christianity. I was baptised as a baby in St Aloysius Church and from there attended Church almost weekly until the age of five or six. Then I was asked whether I would like to make my Holy Communion and for the first time I wasn’t influenced by my family to say yes. It was my decision. I decided that I wanted to explore Christianity more before committing myself
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unknown Girl Moniza Alvi was born in Pakistan .Her father was Pakistani and mother English. She left Pakistan when she was a baby for England. The poet is thus caught between two worlds and her poems exemplify her quest for her cultural identity. The prescribed poem appears to be set in India. Pakistan was a part of India before the partition‚ therefore the setting may be a symbolic thirst for her motherland. The title of the poem is “The Unknown Girl”‚ though it may refer to the girl in the poem
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Girls Like Me “Whats wrong?” “It’s just‚ the lawn is never mowed and the house is never clean and….” “Only skinny people can wear colorful jeans.” “Only tramps wear fishnets.” “Only…” “No.” I bolt awake to the sound of my mother and the scent of morning breath. “You’re mom hasn’t been the same since her dad died.” “You’re too much.” “You’re not enough.” “Get a back bone.” “Get a back bone.” “You need a backbone!” I am shaking off the sleep and trading it for awake. First I smell bread
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Living with three other girls isn’t a problem for me‚ now adding two grown men that have no idea how to deal with four teenage girls is a problem. I am the youngest out of the Howlett siblings‚ from eldest to youngest there was: Gabriela who insist that she should be called Gabi. Gabi was the eldest Howlett and Queen of the school‚ it wasn’t her being a cheerleader or a jock that made her popular. It was all the fights she had gotten into and came out winner in each one. Then there was Anna and
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"The war was fun for America. I’m not talking about the poor souls who lost sons and daughters. But for the rest of us‚ the war was a hell of a good time." Over time‚ the allied victory in World War II has become idealized‚ a war of good versus evil in which everyone knew what he or she were fighting for. It has become known as the war that cemented America’s place at the top of the world both economically and militarily. Upon closer examination‚ politicians and popular media have extensively altered
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This is sometimes a very good thing – it may win you that extra minute of someone’s attention. But with some people‚ the same things can make you an island – not a tropical paradise but an Alcatraz‚ a place nobody wants to visit. As a Puerto Rican girl living in the United States and wanting like most children to “belong‚” I resented the stereotype that my Hispanic appearance called forth from many people I met. Growing up in a large urban center in New Jersey during the 1960s‚ I suffered from
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shorts‚ and fast cars. The 1980’s were loose‚ wild‚ and rock and roll were the perfect matches to the powerful machines rolling out of Detroit. Although the late 1970’s were the start of the Malaise era of cars‚ the late 1980’s saw a real resurgence in fun cars with power. Automakers had learned to cope with emissions regulations and with technological advances engines became more powerful‚ more efficient‚ and thanks to computers had some impressive dashboards. This was also the decade that turbocharging
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In her slave narrative‚ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ Harriet Jacobs makes the case that “[slavery] is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.” (Jacobs #) According to female slave narratives like Incidents and The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave‚ it is worse to be a female slave because‚ in addition to the brutalities endured by all slaves‚ enslaved women are also victims of a sexist and patriarchal society where they are victims of sexual abuse and exploitation
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