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    Why are You Here?" I have fallen short in many ways towards the goals that I have made in my life. No matter how high the standard is set‚ and whether failure awaits me‚ perseverance and my faith will carry me on. Some would label me as a dreamer. Someone could say I have reality to face‚ but without dreams we have no hope‚ and without hope we have nothing inside of us to fuel our deep passion to succeed and win the race that we have been running. Everyone has his own opinion about college

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    WHY AM I HERE? Do you ever lie awake‚ wondering why am I born? Why am I here? Why do I need to die? Why do I need to do things that have purpose? Why do I have to breathe? Why do I need to drink when I feel thirsty‚ eat when I feel hungry or learn new things every day? Why? A person often says that everything has a purpose. So why do we have to live and die? Millions of people are thrown in a situation called life but we never ask why we are here. Why in the world am I here? I know this is the

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    I Grew Up Here‚ when my Twin brother and I came home form the hospital a month later after we were born. When we go home‚ my mother said we had twin cribs and each side of the room was divided in have one was mine‚ one was my twin brothers. The House Had Very beautiful pink paint on it and even a little garage. The house had six (6) rooms in it so my two older sisters had their own room. My oldest Brother had him his own room. My auntie at the time she was living with her had a room. Me and my

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    always asked where I am going to college or what do I want to do with my life. For many‚ this can be a simple question with a quick clear answer‚ showing that they know exactly what they want to do with their lives. For me‚ this is a very difficult decision and my future career is still a mystery. Knowing what you want to achieve in life is a wonderful thing‚ but the most important aspect of a career is happiness. Even though I do not know what I want to do for the rest of my life‚ I do know that some

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    Tillie Henderson has both failed and achieved grace in her lifetime‚ though her failures are arguably more obvious. Her largest failure was her inability to keep her daughter‚ Jazzlyn‚ off the “stroll‚” or rather‚ from a life of prostitution. After Jazzlyn was born‚ Tillie vowed‚ “She’s never gonna work the stroll‚” however‚ this promise never came to fruition and Jazzlyn became a prostitute when she was a teenager. This broken promise exists amongst a series of other discarded efforts to be a good

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    is Bryan Hitchings. I am a 32 year old person passionate about food and aspiring to hone my cooking skills to become a professional chef. I have always loved cooking even as a child. When I was a child and barely able to see the eyes on a stove‚ I was given a stool by my grandmother and allowed to cook with her. I have had several influences such as my grandmother who was an excellent home cook‚ one uncle who was a chef‚ and another uncle who was a cook in the Navy. Though I don’t come from a large

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    today. I believe that Hamlet is his best piece. It is written in Old English‚ which is hard to understand because it is very different from how we speak and write today. The Old English style of writing makes it more authentic in the sense that you can take the words from the play and relate it to the current time period to have a better understanding. Although I read Hamlet in my English class my senior of high school‚ it really did not interest me as much as it did this time around. When I read

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    seems to speak to her about all his problems and she is glad to answer them and give Gar a hand. They also have jokes the odd time‚ but when it comes to serious matters both help each other out. Like at the start of the book Gar says to Madge I know you are going to miss me and started tickling her. Later on in the book Madge helps Gar understand the relationship between him and his father. They clearly have feelings for each other. Madge knows how Gar feels and she understands him

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    I don’t want this play to be set in a certain time period‚ because Zindel wrote the play so powerful yet vague with it’s time period/culture‚ that it could be taken place at anytime. I really like that because I think it’s a story that can be relatable to any generation of kids and adults of all ages. I want this be able to be as basic as possible with the time period and even season for this exact reason‚ so the audience can be able to connect with it better. With that being said‚ I really want

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    ‘Listen‚ I have to be responsible for myself.’" At times‚ complicated situations have a negative effect on one’s emotional disposition leaving an individual to wallow in self-pity with harsh feelings towards circumstances. Moreover‚ the resenting thoughts may hinder a success or tarnish a goal when it is finally reached. Others‚ perhaps those with stronger natures‚ learn to accept a situation and rise to the challenge‚ thereby enhancing the end results. The stories Silences by Tillie Olsen and Still

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