Jose Rizal and the Revolution: Revisiting Renato Constantino’s “Veneration without Understanding” By Chris Antonette Piedad-Pugay When we open the pages of history books in the Philippines‚ it is not surprising to see texts about the martyrdom of our most celebrated hero-- Dr. Jose Rizal. In fact‚ it seems that his name already occupied a permanent and prominent place in every publication that has something to say about the Philippines. Truthfully‚ there is nothing wrong about immortalizing
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Graciano Lopez Jaena Graciano Lopez Jaena was born in Jaro‚ Iloilo in December 18‚ 1856. His parents was Placido Lopez and Maria Jacobo. Graciano Lopez Jaena was known as the great orator and writer of his time. Maria Jacobo wanted him to be a priest‚ so at the age of 14 he entered the seminary of San Vicente Ferrer in 1870. He later went to Manila and entered the medical college in the University of Santo Tomas. He served in the barrios as an unlicensed doctor‚ and there he witnessed the abuses
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How does Cormier create impact and atmosphere in this extract? Cormier creates atmosphere and impacts upon the audience in this extract. He does this predominantly through the language he uses‚ but also the sentence structure. This extract is a flashback to a war scene which Francis is involved in. The war is a vital part in this novel‚ since Cormier was inspired to write this novel by the 50th anniversary celebrations of the D-Day landings. The Americans were drawn to war after the bombing of
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Antonishka Deveaux Language April 4‚ 2014 Directed Writing Speeches Welcome to Diamond city. As your tour guide‚ I will be giving you the basic knowledge about diamonds; the process‚ careers‚ methods to promote the sales of diamonds and etc. at a diamond mine‚ you usually find small dirty gray stones that are so dense that they show the speed of light but you can also find rough diamonds that are cold to the touch but are drawing heat right from your fingers. Diamonds can be used as jewellery
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learned from past experiences and managed to express them in various ways. Writers‚ like Aesop‚ eventually started to write fables‚ which all end with important lessons that teach children to distinguish right from wrong. Similarly‚ Bernard Evslin’s Heroes‚ Gods‚ and Monsters of the Greek Myths comprises of many elaborate‚ dramatic stories about powerful gods and ignorant humans‚ which help express different themes. These Greek myths are relevant to people’s
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Heroes Christopher Reeve said‚ “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles”. A hero can be someone ordinary that puts himself aside and set others first. The definition of a hero is different for everyone and even though one person may believe a hero must be strong‚ another may argue they do not have to be strong‚ but determined. Though there are many ways to define a hero‚ to be a hero‚ one must first go through a trial to
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My theme song is "Heroes" by David Bowie. This song best represents me because it’s about how even though things might not go your way‚ for one day you can be a hero when you’re with the one you love. "Heroes" also represents me because most people forget about what you can do even when you’re going through hard times and for me if something goes wrong‚ I just power through and just think of how relieved I will be when it’s all over. Also‚ a lot of people want to be something great or remembered
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Hong Kong is an international city. Many people are busy men having many work and long working hours. However‚ each person has only twenty-four hours‚ leading that people can only work‚ eat and sleep without relaxing. As a result‚ many Hong Kong people feel moody and have emotional problems. Even worse‚ some are troubled by depression and even more serious mental problems. The reasons why people having the emotional or mental problems are of the pressure they are suffering from‚ especially the
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Pràctica 2: Organització de la producció. Carles Ramírez Estrada Marcel Subirana Florats Curs 2011-2012 G23 22/03/2012 4.47 City Cycles has just started selling the new Z-10 mountain bike‚ with monthly sales as show in the table. First‚ co-owner Amit wants to forecast by exponential smoothing by initially setting February’s forecast equal to January’s sales with α=1. Co-owner Barbara wants to use a three-period moving average. 1. Is there a strong lineal trend in sales over time
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The book FORBIDDEN CITY by William Bell is a historical themed book. The time and place that this book is set is the Spring of 1989 in Beijing‚ China. This book follows Alexander Jackson who narrates the story about the biggest occurrence of his life. Alexander was a teenager who loved to create or amuse himself with things that has to do with the army or anything that pertains to China’s Army. His favorite part of learning about history is learning the different battle tactics and plans of
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