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    Lucy’s voice and Kincaid’s craft. Upon arriving in America‚ Lucy finds everything new‚ from the weather to the refrigerator. Lucy feels an influx of unexpected emotions. When she left home‚ she expected to feel excitement and relief rather than homesickness. In order to comfort herself‚ Lucy dreams of her grandmother’s cooking. Lucy likes the family she works for. Lewis‚ the father‚ is a successful lawyer‚ and his wife Mariah is a willing guide and source of support for Lucy throughout her adjustment

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    The first sighting of this food revolution was when the Chinese people arrived in Australia for prospecting. As the gold industry died out and the Chinese yearned for their homes and more money‚ they found a way to combine their homesickness and need of profit. The Chinese started opening their own restaurant’s as it was becoming a more attractive way of earning money and making a living but it wasn’t until the post-war European Migration that the multicultural cuisine exploded into

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    greeting with a man by extending her hand. * A greeting should include questions about the wellbeing of family‚ work‚ and other questions with a genuine interest. * Elders should be greeted first. Health care: “Immigrants may experience homesickness because practices can be drastically different than those back home‚ and physicians should be aware that mothers may need more emotional support.”(Ethnomed.org‚ n.d). * Birth i. A mother rests for 40 days after birth. ii. In some regions

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    bringing the clothes they barely had one their backs tighter around them. I had a few suitcases and offered a few spare coats I had. I now only had two. Many eyes were vacant and our faces as hollow as our hearts and stomachs‚ filled with dread and homesickness‚ the steamboat‚ Columbia‚ bringing us closer to bitter sweet unknown promise that was held in America‚ for a better life. With the help of my cousin I was able to get a prepaid ticket to America. He even set up a job for me to start a week after

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    The Sexist Prejudices Affecting Women in The House on Mango Street In my essay I am going to write about the Mexican gender based prejudices and stereotypes which affect the women of Esperanza’s neighborhood in Sandra Cisneros’s novel The House on Mango Street. I would like to point out the lives of the main women characters and their dealing with the prejudices in everyday occasions. Futhermore‚ I want to talk about Esperanza and her attitude towards the surrounding situation and also mention

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    Bikes Are Better Modes of Transportation Than Cars for College Students As I was getting ready to leave for college‚ my dad asked me if I wanted a bike. I thought he was joking‚ so I just looked at him and laughed. Where I am from‚ riding bikes to school is not really cool‚ and what I really wanted was a car. When I told him that‚ he just laughed at me. He tried to tell me that a bike would be better than a car‚ but I was not trying to hear that. I told him I would rather walk than ride

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    specific lines. I remember words: moon‚ sky‚ Allah‚ and love‚ but not their contexts. Peter’s soothing voice reciting Rumi’s literature allowed me to distance myself from the stresses of my upcoming tests‚ any problems with my roommates‚ and any homesickness from being away from my family. Where the poetry ended‚ the music picked right back up. My catatonic

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    Solitude is the state‚ one-time or permanent‚ of a single individual who is engaged in any relation with others. Loneliness has a different meaning depending on whether it is chosen or endured. Thus‚ the isolation or others concerning state distancing can have beneficial effects on the individual‚ but also harmful. Loneliness has also been described as a social suffering - psychological mechanism alerting an individual to an unwanted isolation and motivation to seek a social connection. First of

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    Q: Answer how the concept of belonging is expresses though out the texts you studied. Belonging is a subjective concept that can encourage feelings of security‚ happiness and acceptance. A sense of belonging shapes our identity and can emerge from relationships and experiences. In the Poem 10 Mary Street by `Peter Skrzynecki` and the short story `All Summer in a Day` by Ray Bradbury reveal the importance of relationships and experiences in the emergence of a sense of belonging. Home is a place

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    best decisions I’ve ever made. When I was starting my life in America‚ I had no confidence with myself and struggled to fit in this strange new world. But my lovely husband played by the exhaustion of all means to make me happy during my time of homesickness. He also gave me the confidence and support to break my fear of the unknown. With him by my side‚ I feel that a part of me is complete where it was empty before‚ and though my parents and friends live far away from me‚ he would bring a sense of

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