The text which I’m going to analyse is "The happy man" written by Somerset Maugham. He is a well-known English novelist‚ short-story writer‚ playwright and essayist. Maugham was the son of a British diplomat. He was educated at King’s School in Canterbury‚ studied painting in Paris‚ went to Heidelberg University in Germany and studied to be a doctor at St. Thomas Hospital in England. Although Somerset Maugham didn’t denounce the contemporary social order‚ he was critical of the morals‚ the narrow-mindedness
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The Happy Prince Story : The Happy Prince Written by : Oskar Wilde It is very difficult to feel the true happiness unless you realize what happiness means to you. One can earn his or her so called “ happiness “only by thinking of himself or herself in the first place whenever doing something . From the Story “ The Happy Prince “ important lessons can be learnt about happiness . I think “ Happy Prince “ truly realized his happiness through his three valuable personality traits
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A major part of my life has been centered around my family. The many holiday get-togethers and birthday parties with homemade ice cream and chocolate cake bring back some of my earliest memories. The older I become‚ the more I realize I would like to share the feeling of community I felt when I was with family to the other people in my life. One way I was able to do this was through volunteering. Probably the earliest and most consistent way I have volunteered is by taking care of neighbors’
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I am sending an attachment. Its my request to read with patience. A person by name Mr. Laxmaiah is a teacher‚ working in Zilla Parishad School in a village called Karepally‚ near Khammam in Andhra Pradesh. Laxmaiah garu stays with wife‚ mother‚ two kids‚ and with 50 HIV orphaned children. He is spending all his salary of Rs 25‚000 /- per month by taking care of these HIV affected orphaned children. His wife Kalpana Rani‚ an Aeronautical Engineer‚ sacrificed her career and is doing a tremendous
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If I had known how crummy my day would have been‚ I would have stayed in bed. But I was oblivious to the horrors the day held. I lived in a world with magic‚ where I had powers‚ but my aunts kept drilling it in that I had to use them for “good deeds.” Which‚ obliviously excluded my own needs. For example‚ one day in kindergarten when Kelsey “accidentally” spilled juice on me‚ it was wrong to make her slip and fall into mud during recess‚ which ended me in getting a scolding of a Clarissa-why-did-you-make-her-fall-do-not-abuse-your-powers
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The Greatest Day I Have Ever Lived Have you ever had the feeling of yearning to gain something into your possession so desperately? Well‚ I had. It would probably be best to describe it as the dearest wish that any typical girl my age could ever had: the trendiest‚ most portable‚ and most recently released gadget on the market featuring the most advanced technology a phone could possibly ever been designed with in mankind’s history – the extremely popular iPhone 5s. Whenever I overheard
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nightmare. He was my source of strength back then‚ unfortunately he was my weakness now. I gave him my love but he broke my heart too many times its felt like I’ve been acting like an idiot for so long and surprisingly everything seemed to be beautiful‚ see how bird-brain I am when it comes to that jerk. When I was in high school my life is almost perfect I’ve got my parents trust‚ great true friends‚ I’m one of the top in school and by that time my first priority was my boyfriend who was
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from the internet‚ not mine. Extract from an English student’s learning journal. Week Five - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) The Decay of Lying (1889‚ revised 1891) ’The Happy Prince’‚ ’The Nightingale and the Rose’‚ ’The Selfish Giant’‚ ’The Remarkable Rocket’ and ’The Devoted Friend’ from The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) My immediate response to these works by Oscar Wilde is that they are charmingly light-hearted‚ evocative‚ challenging in content and meaning‚ and that the Fairy stories‚
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The Day My Life Changed Forever I will never forget the day when my life was changed forever. I was twenty-two years old and about to give birth to my first child. I was having a girl‚ who I was going to name Mia Alexandria. Up until this point in my life I was able to go and come as I pleased‚ but that was about to all change. I knew that having a child would change my life but did not know how much. It was in December of 1996‚ and was a cold‚ dreary winter day. I was in my eighth month of
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My Family History Many individuals immigrate to The United States of America (U.S.A) for many reason as a family or alone. Not knowing what to truly expect in America follow someone else’s advice that life is prosperous for one’s family or one self. My family’s journey is no different from other immigrant families who settle in America‚ but the reason as to why people flee from their home country are very unique. As my family’s journey embarked‚ my mother’s family was forced to leave Nicaragua by
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