The poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes is written in the voice of a mother giving advice to her son. In it‚ she compares her life to a rough and hard-to-navigate stairway that his not been “no crystal stair‚” but she encourages him to keep going anyway (2‚ 20). Hughes gives her a very down-to-earth vocabulary to reinforce that she has had to work her way through life without the benefits of higher education‚ ease of profession‚ or even much help. Phrases like “Well‚ son‚ I’ll tell you‚” and
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A View from the Bridge A Play in Two Acts Characters Louis Mike Alfieri Eddie Catherine Beatrice Marco Tony Rodolpho First Immigration Officer Second Immigration Officer Mr Lipari Mrs Lipari Two ‘Submarines’ Neighbours Act One The street and house front of a tenement building. The front is skeletal entirely. The main acting area is the living room–dining room of Eddie’s apartment. It is a worker’s flat‚ clean‚ sparse‚ homely. There is a rocker down front; a round dining
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Complete name Jose Paciano Garcia Laurel *known as Jose P. Laurel born on March 9‚ 1891 at Tanauan‚ Batangas die on November 6‚ 1959 due to heart attack and stroke became president on October 14‚ 1943 thru election ended his term on August 17‚ 1945 because he issued an Executive proclamation which declared the dissolution of his regime. *greatest contribution/achievements founded Lyceum of the Philippines University-Manila Controversies/Issues during Term -cooperated with the Japanese
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The most meaningful quote from “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck is “ Kino threw the pearl into the water”. This quote is the most meaningful quote because when he threw the pearl he felt that he wanted to leave all of the events that happened to him with the pearl. If this quote was not in the story‚ then the story would have ended up Kino still having the pearl and bad events would happen to him‚ for example‚ Kino makes bad decisions because he refuses to get rid of the pearl even though strangers
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Left Eye of TLC popularized the wearing of bright‚ neon colored clothing. They also started a trend of wearing regular articles of clothing in a new and unusual way‚ such as Kris Kross’s method of wearing their clothes backwards. In the 90’s‚ gangsta rap became one of the biggest influences on hip-hop. During this time hip-hop fashion was influenced by the dress styles of street thugs and prison inmates. Wearing baggy pants without a belt originated from prison. Also during the 90’s‚ hooded sweatshirts
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Everyone has a journey but what is our journey as a whole? The human journey a way life that separates people and why they are alive and are where they are. My belief is that our human journey is grow our species and find each other. (Who we really are)As we grow in life though we need to appreciate each other and world we live on. Life is not a walk in the park‚ it’s never easy;you’re always trying to get better. In Langston Hughes’s “Mother to Son’ the speaker is talking about hard life is.
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AlexSandra Flores Bethany Hamilton was 13 year old amateur surfers. She had the determination of being a pro surfer. Then one day Bethany was attacked by a tiger shark causing her to lose her arm. She was rushed to the hospital where they stopped the bleeding. She had to learn everything with only one arm. Bethany is resilient because she is determind‚ confident‚ and she not going to let nobody or anything stop her. Bethany is resilient because she was determind to go back to the water. She was
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Percy Jackson is one of my favorite character in the Percy Jackson series. He would be the world to me If I get to see him. To begin with‚ if Percy Jackson came we can fight monsters together and get to see‚ many gods in his world. We will be eating many foods he eat that are good to him but bad to me. We can play forever and teach each other new things and will be friends forever. We can play fight and try to be black‚ we will be Blackie Chan and the Blackie character and save the world and pull
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Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird _____________________________________________________________________________ “Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird” AUTHOR DATE GENRE NATIONALITY Bambara‚ Toni Cade 1971 Short Story United States African American Points of View 7 You’re Invading My Space! 9 Dealing with Differences 11 Person to Person Literature LITERARY THEMES GRADE/THEME SUBJECT _____________________________________________________________________________ © ScottForesman Custom Literature Database
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(Here Simon Wheeler heard his name called from the front yard‚ and got up to see what was wanted.) And turning to mas as he moved away‚ he said: “Just set where you are‚ stranger‚ and rest easy – I ain’t going to be gone a second.” I did not for a moment contemplate that any of these strange tales were true. I wanted to hear of Jim Smiley anyways‚ not The Reverend Lenidas W. Smiley which‚ for all I knew‚ was a creation Wheeler’s imagination. Not wanting to appear rude‚ I sat and waited for
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