smile appeared across my face as I thought about how Mia always slept like a log and wondered if she would ever grow out of this habit. I didn’t want her to. I loved Mia the way she was‚ she was so precious and unique that I could almost imagine a great big sign around her body that said: Handle with Care’. A tear almost escaped from my eyelids but I quickly turned my concentration to the note that I was about to leave for Mia. When I finished‚ I tucked the note into Black Beauty’‚ Mia’s favourite
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Purpose and Audience 1. What point is the writer trying to make? Why do you suppose her thesis is never explicitly stated? The author’s whole (main) point of in the essay is to make the reader feel sympathy for her mother‚ because of the hardships she went through working on a farm while raising eight children‚ which leads us to believe she is deserving of the Social Security benefit check. Another point is general; even though‚ women does do so much work towards their home‚ they don’t get any
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it if we could id go back in time at least once a week to be happy and to be away from people and just out riding my horse and laying in the filds again just to be young and out on the farm again would be pricles thats one menory i will never forget and will never let go of so yea i wish we could go back in time i agree with gastby on this i would love to go back five
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In Sandra Cisneros’s “Never Marry a Mexican‚” the narrator‚ Clemencia‚ says “I’m amphibious. I’m a person who doesn’t belong to any class” (111). Although she speaks of economic classes‚ her amphibious nature applies to her love life as well. Constantly in extremes‚ Clemencia flip-flops between virgin and whore‚ the all or nothing of love and sex. Somewhere in Clemencia’s life‚ she decides she rather be the vamp than the wife. Her logic leads her one direction while her heart leads her another‚ creating
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Gatsby was a man who had wounded love‚ but only loved one woman. The novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ draws a tragic life of him. Gatsby failed on his first love with Daisy‚ whom later married a rich man named Tom. Gatsby resents himself without money. Naturally‚ he obsesses earning money and authority. Afterward‚ he hosts a colossal party every night. He achieves the aspiration waiting to meet Daisy again. However‚ Daisy betrays Gatsby putting the guilt of car accident on Gatsby made by her. One surprising
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Just after noon on Tuesday‚ April 20‚ 1999‚ I was preparing to leave my downtown Denver office for a meeting when I noticed the red message light flashing on my phone. I worked for the state of Colorado‚ administering training programs for people with disabilities; my meeting was about student scholarships‚ and I figured the message might be a last-minute cancellation. But it was my husband‚ calling from his home office. His voice was breathless and ragged‚ and his words stopped my heart. "Susan—this
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trying to commit suicide by asphyxiating. In the middle of my abdomen was a spasm that had contracted so much that the pain was almost unbearable. It was a good agonizing seven minutes before it finally subsided‚ leaving my abdominal muscles sore as never before. Outside the mercury rose in the sweltering Vietnamese heat as midday approached. I was in Vietnam participating in a Junior Ranking Tennis event. My second match that day was a grueling three set doubles match that ended late that afternoon
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SUMMARY This is the story of Mama King‚ an elderly woman with a strong and indomitable spirit. We meet Mama King when she is placed in Frangipani House‚ a rest home‚ by her children who live in America. Her experience at the rest home is a claustrophobic one that robs her of her freedom‚ and slowly leeches away at her senses. She delves into her memories in order to survive that experience‚ but eventually gains enough lucidity to escape. This escape leads to the family descending on the island to
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My grandfather Peter was a great man that would do anything for me. I live with my mom and my two sisters and unfortunately they don’t share the same interests as me. From when I was very young I was full of energy. I would want to play sports or run around all day if I could regrettably no one would supervise me except for one person my grandfather. Although I don’t live with my grandfather he has spent more time with me even more than my mother. Everyday he would drive from his house to my house
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The girl I’ll never forget It was early autumn of 2005 when I first saw her… She had already entered the FRGP and was the first-year student. I met her at the repetition‚ when we were preparing for the regular students’ festival. We were making a casting of singers‚ when she came in. The cute slender girl‚ dressed in all white‚ stepped gingerly but nevertheless in a very graceful way. Her thick blonde curly hair seemed flowing by the wind when she was walking. “Hi‚ I’m Mary‚” –
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