Jeremy Lee Ms. Masuda Lit/Writ 5 November 26‚ 2013 The Garden Samurai In the book‚ The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama‚ Stephen‚ who has a disease called tuberculosis‚ goes to Tarumi‚ Japan away from his family to recover. In Tarumi‚ Stephen meets Matsu‚ who takes care of Stephen for the rest of the novel. Stephen begins to learn about Matsu’s past‚ and comes to find out that it is scarred with many memories of his sister’s death‚ the death of his closest friend‚ Kenzo‚ and his
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Services YMCA Essay Contest 2005 "Why I Like to Read" I have traveled the world Egypt‚ Great Britain‚ Italy‚ the Holy Land‚ India‚ France‚ Germany‚ and a host of other wonderful places. I have visited the Great Pyramids‚ the Valley of the Kings‚ the Roman Coliseum‚ the palace of Versailles‚ the marvel of Stonehenge‚ the bloody battlefields of Gettysburg‚ and experienced the splendor of the Taj Mahal. I did not travel by plane‚ boat‚ rail or car nor was I alone on these journeys. Alexander
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we panted through the trees‚ who towered above us‚ menacingly. I was in love with them‚ with the fog of my breath. I was in love with the fall. Nevertheless‚ I was detached from it. It was as if I was looking upon the scene from another point of view. I can still see him‚ the way I did then‚ just as clearly as I could see the night. I can still see the gravity of his countenance. That part of me‚ that memory‚ will never grow old. I remember how we trudged. Words were not exchanged‚ not yet. Silence
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It was after school on a Monday afternoon. As I neared the gate‚ bag in hand‚ she‚ Sunny Rose bounded towards me wagging her tail wildly. She turned her great big blob of her head towards me and began jumping and playing around me as she welcomed me home. I sat down and said‚ Hi there big fella‚ had a good day.” She immediately lifted her paw and slapped it down hard on my out stretched hand. Her hand shake was warm and inviting. She opened her mouth and an alarming quantity of slippery pink tongue
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Gorilla‚ My Love In the short story‚ “Gorilla‚ My Love”‚ author Toni Cade Bambara narrates a story about the way children overanalyze little white lies. Bambara tells the story as if a child was talking in first-person view. Throughout the story Hazel talks about different instances of her share of what she thought was being lied to. The read was very enjoyable because it was something that I could relate to. For instance‚ when Hazel and her friend are at the movie theater and she says‚ “ …we yell
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My First True Love Teens deal with conflict on a day-to-day basis. This holds true especially for Jason. You could say Jason was your average everyday teenager. He plays the guitar in his free time and has a great number of friends. But as for girlfriends‚ that’s a different story. It’s not like he isn’t an attractive guy. He has short brown hair‚ hazel eyes and a smile that was incomparable. His amazing guitar skills and abilities would make a girl go through the roof. And for one special girl
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My First Love By: Scarlet Padilla Aranda Love is a variety of different feelings‚ states‚ and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection‚ to pleasure. It can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment. It can also be a virtue representing human kindness‚ compassion‚ and affection‚ so in my next essay im going to talk of the first time that i felt it. I remember when people told me how good it felt‚ how you could feel like the happiest and luckiest person on earth
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I turned to the last page of my most recent read. I could feel the soft paper as I traced the words that would end the novel. I breathed in deeply smelling the musty‚ sharp scent of the ink and paper of the book. Sighing the last words on the paper‚ I finished and closed the book. Setting aside the book‚ I closed my eyes and simply sat there letting the ending to the story sink in. I didn’t always love reading. As a child I found reading to be very boring. I felt as if there were more important
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To the love of my life‚ I had done a rough draft and just thought the words would just flow on the paper‚ and some of them did. It’s the middle of December and just a couple more days away from Christmas. I’m so not looking to Christmas this year only because‚ to tell you the truth I’m kind of sad you’re away and not here in Florida to spend some of the holiday with me. I wish I were able to express how i feel about you all in one letter‚ but my love for you keeps progressing each and every day
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Most of the schools in Thailand are operated by the government‚ private and local administrative council‚ and a portion of them are operated by the private and local administrative council. The current education system of Thailand is based on the 6:3:3 model‚ comprising 6 years of compulsory education‚ 3 years of lower secondary education and 3 years of upper secondary education. Based on the 1999 Education Act‚ by 2004 the compulsory education will be extended to 9 years. Preprimary education
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