11 Personal Essay 11/9/12 “The Loss of a Loved One” The stillness of your beloved grandmother’s face was frightening. She looked almost like a porcelain doll. You saw your beloved lying in the casket wearing her favorite suit‚ her hair and makeup done up nicely. This was goodbye. Your grandmother has now reunited with her husband who died almost twenty years earlier‚ in the eternal happiness called heaven. Though you know that all of the pain and suffering your grandmother endured has
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dreaded‚ the funeral. I had never been to a funeral before; this was all new to me. People were dressed in black handing out tissues and saying small prayers for my family. I watched some man I had never seen before speak such honest words about my grandmother. Now‚ this man had said something I knew I’d never forget‚ “her golden heart stopped beating‚ hardworking hands go to rest‚ god broke our hearts to prove to us he only takes the best.” He brought so much emotion to this wide crowd of people; there
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lady‚ represents her misguided moral code. When the grandmother prepares for the car trip with the family‚ she dresses up to be prepared for a car accident so that anyone seeing her dead body would know that she’d been a lady. The grandmother seems to be entirely unconcerned with the fact that she’s dead in this scenario and oblivious to the fact that other people—including her three grandchildren—would have probably died as well. For the grandmother‚ the only thing that matters is her standing as a
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It was a hot‚ sticky evening at Grandpa’s cabin with Mom‚ when Mom said‚ “Let’s go Larissa. Grandpa is in the treestand.” That was the cue to load up into the truck.We were going to slyly sneak out to get the ingredients for a special sweet treat for Grandpa. Grandpa was a kind man. He loved us like no other person could explain. Mom was like him too. I was just plain old me always smiling like usual . That day it was‚ well‚ just about perfect. Mom and I were helping grandpa with his cleaning
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A Death in the Family I have cried bitterly only twice in my life: once when my old girlfriend left me and once when my cat died. Mop was very special to me. Her death taught me not to delay getting proper care for loved ones. Mop came into my life as a kitten. Her mother died when she was very small‚ so I raised her all by myself. I took her to work every day and gave her milk every hour for two or three weeks until she was big enough to stay home. When Mop was two or three years old‚ I took
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Stains different ending The mend will be almost invisible. But there are still three centimeters left to sew when the telephone rings. Alicia was about to answer a phone call that would most likely tell her whether her son lived through the tragic crash or if he lived. Alicia shakily brings her hand towards the phone and picks it up in silence. “Hello? Is this Ms. Winsip?” the doctor said calmly. “This is‚ how is Jason? Is he alive? Can I come see him?” Alicia said on the verge of tears.
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vacation in Florida. The story focuses immediately on the grandmother‚ who wants to visit relatives in east Tennessee and who uses the escape of the Misfit‚ a murderer‚ from prison to try to persuade her son‚ Bailey‚ to change his mind. He refuses. The two grandchildren‚ John Wesley and June Star‚ are quickly characterized as smart alecks who nevertheless understand their grandmother and her motives very well. When the family sets out‚ the grandmother is resigned to making the best of things. She is first
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Talking to my grandmother‚ she ask me did I remember the time I dislocated my elbow. I thought and thought but no‚ I did not. I told her I could only recall the pain when someone tried to touch my arm. Or to go back: It was my great grandparents 50th anniversary‚ I was three years old. All of my family members came together to celebrate their anniversary at the Golden Palace‚ a chinese restuarant. My cousin Erica was playing with me‚ I was running and laughing while she was chasing me. I was running
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“A Visit to Grandmother” Analysis In the short story “A Visit to Grandmother”‚ William Melvin Kelley writes about a man who brings his son to his mother’s house for an unexpected visit in an attempt to resolve his childhood traumas. Despite those conflicts‚ the main character‚ Charles‚ progresses as a human being due to his leaving home. One example of conflict that Charles faced as a child is his older brother‚ GL‚ getting all the love and attention from his mother. But not him he thought his mom
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My 92 year old grandmother has always been a great influence in my life. She used to take care of me when I was younger and she was still staying with my family. She has a kind‚ gentle smile which makes you want to talk to her when you see her. She speaks only Teochew but she can understand Chinese very well. As a form of respect‚ we try to converse with her in dialect. She is a very independent and strong willed lady as she always prepares her own food and does her own laundry. She never accepted
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