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    why am i here?

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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

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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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    people‚ and what importance their songs carry to him and his people. He uses events that have happened in the past‚ to represent what it has done to them and their culture in the present. The specific song mentioned‚ Shi Naasha‚ meaning‚ “I’m still here”‚ represents the struggles that the Native Americans faced throughout the mid 1800s‚ when their people where held captive. The idea that in this culture‚ songs are used to tell stories and remember history‚ rather than just pure entertainment‚ is littered

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    Essay 1 – “The Loons” and “I Stand Here Ironing” 2. Compare and contrast the ways in which conflicts between and within generations (parents and children‚ friends and their peers) provide complication and develop theme in "The Loons" and "I Stand Here Ironing." In Margaret Laurence’s short story “The Loons” and Tillie Olsen’s short story “I Stand Here Ironing”‚ the shared theme is that conflicts between your peers and family members make it difficult to find one’s identity. The character Piquette

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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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    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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    How I Got Here

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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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    Still‚ the Children Are Here “Still‚ the children are here” a documentary about a village in northeast India .The people of Sadolpara‚ a small village occupied by the Garos. A society that lives just like their ancestors did they plant their own rice to eat and store. This society is isolated living in their own world with their old ceremonies for agriculture‚ believing in tradition gods and they have a different gender role. The Garos houses are from the lush bamboo forests that surround them

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    In “Spanglish Spoken Here”‚ the author‚ Janice Castro‚ shows readers how Spanglish is using widely across the United State. She gives many examples showing that Spanglish is used by all ages of people across the state like Manhattan‚ Miami and Los Angeles. The author states‚ “Spanglish is common linguistic currency” (Castro‚ ¶2). Spanglish is commonly used by Spanish-speaking people and native-born Americans in their everyday life. Children who bring Spanglish to their home do not only learn it from

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