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    Stand Alone

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    decision “Waiting‚ I have missed the jump‚ / the perfect‚ reckless moment when we cannot turn back” (lines 27 and 28) • There are some people who “take the jump” and others do not The jumper jumps and the speaker does not Ordinary Life The poem demonstrates that this particular day is anything but ordinary. • the title and line 1 • “the children went off to school / without a murmur‚ remembering / their books‚ lunches‚ gloves” lines 2 to 4 • “And lunch blended into naptime” line 7 • “I cleaned out

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    ignoring all the “noise” that comes with being famous. Some of Affleck’s critics believe the “ noise” he refers to are two counts of sexual assault charges pressed on him by two female coworkers. In 2010‚ while working under Affleck on the film I’m Still Here‚ one female worker claimed Affleck crawled into bed with her while she was asleep‚ and the other accused Affleck of attempting to lock her in a hotel room with him to have sex. Both women also reported being subjected to verbal harassment. Affleck

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    explains how she used to beat by her brother really bad just for no reason. Even though unlike every other girl she finally stood up to him and fought back once. Women also had to do all the chores in their house and the poor women would even do the ironing for other people in order to make money. This relates to Mascia-Lees in the idea of human nature vs. womens nature where women are the natural inferior gender. Maria became an activist during the civil war in El Salvador when she discovered her

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    Why am I in college and what should I try to learn here? According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ 2.1 million freshmen were currently enrolled in college in October 2012. I was a part of that statistic. I graduated high school in 2012 and decided to start college that summer at Florida Atlantic University. Similar to many high school graduates‚ I decided to go to college because I am unsure of what I want to do with my life and I am hoping that I will eventually figure it out while

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    Take a Stand

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    Gun Control The second amendment states that “A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.” (2010). To take away any citizens guns is to take away this right that has been given to people so clearly in this amendment. Due to all of the recent shootings that have taken place in the last ten years‚ gun control laws are now being questioned by the government. Due to these recent horrific events that

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    Philip Larkin Here

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    Self’s the man Oh‚ no one can deny That Arnold is less selfish than I. He married a woman to stop her getting away Now she’s there all day‚ And the money he gets for wasting his life on work She takes as her perk To pay for the kiddies’ clobber and the drier And the electric fire‚ And when he finishes supper Planning to have a read at the evening paper It’s Put a screw in this wall - He has no time at all‚ With the nippers to wheel round the houses And the hall to paint in his

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    13 September 2009 A Spirit in the Mix: An Analysis of “I Used to Live Here Once” For the story‚ “I Used to Live Here Once” by Jean Rhys‚ we could argue that the story is about a woman who moved away from her homeland to go to a new place and now returns home for a reason not stated. The two children who are playing outside the woman’s old house in the sunshine ignore her. It may be possible that the two children ignore the woman because

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    illustrations she had developed into short stories. These representation of her original life represent the strong and key points of her journey where she had felt abundances of emotions; many of which were transcribed into very short tales such as ‘I Use To Live Here Once’ where you may notice the precision on the details‚ the excess of description on the author’s view and imagination‚ as well as the direct correlation with herself. The following story entitled as mentioned‚ tells the tale of a woman returning

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    Here S Herbie

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    being that he had to get on the subway. The only thing he enjoyed of the trip was sitting in the front car; he loved looking out of the window‚ but never had the courage to go up and stand in front of it. One day‚ as he was sitting in the train‚ a guy entered the train and started yelling in a very loud voice: “Herbie’s here. Here’s Herbie!” To begin with‚ the narrator considered Herbie as a retard because of his rather strange appearance. However‚ as soon as Herbie sat by the front window with his steering

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    Who Am I to Stand in Your Way By Chester See Breakups are hard‚ but learning how to move on is probably the hardest part. This song is about losing love and then letting people move on. “Who am I to Stand in Your Way” Chester See is an aspiring song artist who went through a hard break up‚ but then thought that she would be happier with someone else. This song represents change and I want to show what that change is. Some of the emotions that are in this song are sad‚ accepting‚ upset‚ loving

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