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    reading “Still Hungry‚ Still Homeless”‚ the authors use the data to express their concern of homelessness. On the other hand‚ Anna Quindlen’s article “Our Tired‚ Our Poor‚ Our Kids” uses a different way with different technique‚ which is more efficient‚ majorly discusses the problems of homeless children‚ from the cause to the effect. In “Our Tired‚ Our Poor‚ Our Kids” Anna Quindlen illustrates that there is a large group of people living in a poor circumstance with examples. From the examples of Sharanda

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    Every Good Boy by Davis Nicholls ‘Every Good Boy’ is a short story written by the English novelist and screenwriter‚ David Nicholls. The short story was first published on The Guardian website in 2011. It is a short story about a young boy at the age of 9 who is struggling to figure out what he is good at and wants to find something that he can call his talent. While everybody else in the world including his older siblings are being successful‚ he feels graceless‚ charmless‚ useless‚ physically

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    Every Good Boy - By David Nicholls Can a piano have an effect on people? It definitely can. It can make people happy‚ it can get people in a good mood and it can play wonderful music for the ears. But what about a bad effect? In this short story the piano plays a very big role. It goes from being a big joy for the narrator‚ to become a satanic piano that were never to be touched again‚ because of a big fear… The short story is about a nine-year old boy. He was not good at anything. He

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    ”Every Good Boy” – David Nicholls Finding something you are good at is a big part of growing up. Parents and the surrounding society expect us to be particularly good at something. Today it is all about being different from others and to stand out from the crowd and to have a talent. People want to practice a lot because they are told to. But the question is‚ “does practice really makes perfect?” People have a fear of not being good at anything at all. People want richness and fame. People have

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    Quindlen Rhetorical Analysis Most people think that their goal in life is to be perfect. They strive for the best grades‚ to be the best one on the sports’ team‚ get the most scholarships‚ go to the best college‚ and to get the highest paying job. In reality‚ aiming for perfection only leads to downfall. When a person strives for perfection the only thing that can happen is disappointment. Since no one in life is truly perfect‚ goals will not be met‚ and disappointment will have to be faced

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    Leo COMPARE AND CONTRAST Barbara Lazear Ascher and Anna Quindlen both write an essay which signifies their opinion about homelessness based on their observation on the society. Their essays states how people characterize and treat homeless as others. Ascher and Quindlen’s work also have message that they want readers to know and understand. On Ascher’s essay “On Compassion‚” she uses an example and symbolism such as the two homeless men to denote something. The first man who was mentioned on the

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    Anna Quindlen’s commencement speech argues to stop assuming other identities to match societies’ expectations. This fantasy sounds perfect at first but reflects a misconception in conformity and in happiness. Anne Quindlen’s simplistic view to” give up the nonsensical and punishing quest for perfection” will only work in a perfect society‚ but society is not perfect. While some conform to the standards of perfection to make others proud‚ most conform out of necessity. “The joker” does not want

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    Introduction of life history of anna hazare Anna Hazare was born on 15th January‚ 1940 in Bhingar village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state to Babu Rao Hazare and Laxmi Bai. His parents christened him as Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare. Anna Hazare was raised up by his childless aunt. He couldn’t pursue his studies beyond 7th standard due to family reasons. He started his career as a driver in Indian army in 1963. He served Indian army for a span of 15 years. During this time‚ he faced

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    Searching for you talent is a big part of growing up. This essay will deal with the parental expectations to their kids and prove that putting to much pressure on them can be fatal. The protagonist is also the narrator. The protagonist is looking back at his childhood‚ when he was nine years old trying to figure out his talent. The narrator desires to become a prodigy. He has low self-esteem “Graceless‚ charmless‚ physically and socially inept‚ I lacked event the traditional intelligence of

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    Written and directed by Claire Denny‚ inspired by the novel "Billy Bud" by Herman Melville‚ and tells about a French army sergeant named "Gallup" leading a group of soldiers during their daily training camp in the desert of Djibouti. Gallup is a military man of the first order‚ giving his life to the daily system his silence in most of times and his quietness‚ surrounded him by a halo of mystery that suits his sternness in the application of his regime and directing his soldiers. a new soldier joins

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