texts assigned for this week‚ I have selected “The Odjibwa Corn Hero” for my first response paper for two reasons: a) it is the only story I read that made me want to eat a bucket of corn afterwards and b) even though I do not know anything about Native American folklore‚ the story seems to have something familiar at its core which I intend to uncover. The story begins with Wunzh‚ after reaching a proper age‚ he decides to go to an isolated place to “fast undisturbed and find his guardian in life”. He
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May 21‚2011.The pains started.SHE’S COMING! After nine long months and two weeks overdue you finally decided you were ready to enter the world. We made it to the hospital.Doctors said i was only two centimeters dilated . Better get some rest .We have a long wait before your actually here.During that time i starting to come to the realization of what life is going to be like once your here.I started questioning myself.Was I ready?Am i able to care for this child?Remembering i was just a child myself
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Shyla Wang 5/27/2024 English 2 Honors Pumpkin Island Chapter 1: Screams explode around me. As the world fades away. I catch glimpses of yellow and red streaking past me. My instincts are telling me to stay still‚ but‚ the catastrophe occurring around me is begging me to run. Before I determine my next action‚ a fiery sensation takes me back. I look down as my ripple of black slowly climbs up my leg. As I try to run‚ I lose my balance and end up landing on something sharp. Realizing I had just impaled
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Nikhil has a respectable if not terribly lucrative job. It would have been different with Graham-he’d made more than enough for both of them” (Lahiri 254) | One of the main themes in this story is pressure. Throughout the story Gogol feels pressured by his parents to follow the Bengali culture‚ to marry a Bengali girl‚ to eat Bengali food and to live the Bengali lifestyle. Myself being of the South Asian decent‚ I can relate to Gogol as well. My parents expect me to marry a Sri Lankan boy because they
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Gatsby.....he was a mysterious person. After I got to know Gatsby more‚ it occurred to me what his real motives were‚ which was to invite Daisy‚ a married woman over to my house in order for Daisy to meet Gatsby again. I thought Gatsby living just across my cousin Daisy’s house was just a coincidence but this obviously wasn’t the case after Jordan told me that it was all for Daisy. Daisy was his only motive. He was madly in love with Daisy‚ yet it’s been five years they haven’t spoken. There was
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The Scarlet Letter assignment #1 – Chapter 2‚ pages 6-7: I used the Visualize the Scene category. I can see Hester Prynne emerging from the prison. I can see that she is ladylike‚ tall‚ and beautiful. I can see her in a beautiful dress with the A embroidered on it walking through the crowd with her head held high and a baby in her arms. #2 – Chapter 3‚ pages 13-16: I used the Ask a Question category. Who is this man who has come into the town with the Indian? Why does he question a townsman
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anxiously paced back and forth across his study. His window was opened slightly‚ and the chirps and songs of various birds could be heard echoing across the busy city of Paris. Often‚ Napoleon could hardly tell the difference between the songs of these animals and the countless conversations that all seemed to translate into one constant noise. These sounds only succeeded to aggravate him further‚ so he walked to the window and closed it. “Merde…” Napoleon murmured under his breath. “Where is this god-forsaken
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Hester and me both still walks publicly without a scarlet letter piercing his chest! My heart is torn! So‚ now this man’s heart must be ripped to pieces! I swear to it‚ that I will find him. I shall dedicate my life to exposing the root of my own torture! I will search for him as I have searched my life for extensive knowledge. I will become conscious of him! I will search these men until I can finally read it upon his own heart! When I have found him‚ I shall strive each minute of every day
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Creative writing - Caesar Goh “Oi‚ I’m eating the last one‚ ‘kay?” A voice echoed through the hall. “Don’t you dare!” I yelled back through the long hallway. I heard his footsteps thudding on the wooden floor and a second later a head popped through into my bedroom. “Oh c’mon‚ I’ll give you the next one.” “If i had a dollar for every time you’ve said that...” I started. “Oh gosh.” Letting out a deep sigh he plopped himself onto my bed. He sat there for a while‚ in silence‚ until he suddenly looked
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Reflective journal (week three) Week three was the day of ‘micro-teach’. I don’t know about any one else‚ but I was getting a bit nervous‚ because I had never done any thing like that before‚ or I had than I don’t remember. As again‚ I arrive on time‚ a little bit earlier‚ so got enough time to re-prepare my self for the exam. The instructor was there already‚ than afterwards all the other participants arrive at there own times‚ but two were missing Sajida Nisa and Ambreen. Every body seems
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