The Brother I Never Had Everyone has that special someone in their life that has influenced them greatly. Whether it’s a relative or a friend. One of the biggest influences in my life is one of my uncles named James‚ in a way he’s like my brother. I realized this when my uncle moved out of my mom’s house live in Pittsburgh. He was there for me when things got rough; the sad thing is I can’t exactly say the same. Still the realization of my actions has made me more aware of the importance of family
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Everything was normal‚ but then something happened‚ something that I had to live with for the rest of my life. I can still barely believe it‚ mostly because I don’t want too‚ but I will do my best to recall this day‚ the worst day of my life. “Are you ready to go?” I asked Jim as I jumped out of his computer chair. We were going to take my new Carola for a spin. “I don’t know‚ Mrs. Smith is really piling on the homework‚” said Jim‚ looking at his very full backpack. “Jim‚ it’s the Queen’s
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make a success of…” I tuned off the school principal’s voice at this point‚ ignoring his excited gestures and flying spittle. I was eight then. The man came out of nowhere‚ and I remember pain‚ horror‚ screaming‚ torn clothes‚ more screaming…It was only afterwards‚ in the hospital‚ that I understood what had happened to me. Twenty years ago the society wasn’t exactly sympathetic towards rape victims; it still isn’t today. Principal Clarke’s voice pulled me back to reality. I stood up to the pitiful
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NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE GRADE 12 MATHEMATICAL LITERACY P1 NOVEMBER 2011 MARKS: 150 TIME: 3 hours This question paper consists of 15 pages and 1 annexure. Copyright reserved Please turn over Mathematical Literacy/P1 2 NSC DBE/November 2011 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. 2. This question paper consists of SIX questions. Answer ALL the questions. Answer QUESTION 6.1.3 and QUESTION 6.1.4 on the attached ANNEXURE. Write your centre number and examination number in the
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damp and an unseasonal frost at night. When I put gloves on the baby she chewed them and had to sit in her pram with cold‚ wet hands. I did not mind for myself‚ but I did not know how to keep her warm. She dribbled too and her chest was always damp. She resisted for some time but in the end she caught a cold. 2 I did not know what to do with her‚ as I hated going to the doctor. I had thought I would be 5 finished with doctors at her birth‚ though I subsequently discovered there was an unending
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summertime 2008 when I got my 99’ Dodge Intrepid back from the previous accident‚ I begun my road trip to Yellowstone National Park in early morning. As I drove down the road‚ I soon realized that I had never been anywhere alone before. This was a new feeling for me‚ one of strength and fear rolled into one. My trip was nerve wrecking because I faced a certain problems with my car that I have never experienced before‚ but it taught me a lot about how to maintain my car. The first problem I got was after
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Post-apartheid Society “A Matter of Taste” by Alex La Guma Alex La Guma’s short story “A Matter of Taste” talks about the post-apartheid social relationships and conflicts between the mixed races‚ also known as the coloureds and the whites. Through the observation of John‚ the narrator‚ the American Dream is interpreted differently by Whitey and Chinaboy; in other words‚ by the wealthy and respectable whites and the poor non-whites. Throughout the short story‚ various examples of characterization
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“I was never an American. I was immediately a New Yorker.” How is Changez’s sense of identity altered over the course of the novel? Identity is as much about public perception as it is self-perception. In Mohsin Hamid’s novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist the reader is confronted with this fact in a bid to understand what it means to be American and Pakistani. The narrator Changez is unsure of who he is‚ and whilst certain personality traits remain‚ his sense of identity is changed significantly
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The taste of watermelon By Borden Deal The story was written by Borden Deal‚ who died in 1985. He was an American novelist and writer of short stories. The story was set in the United States of America in a small village of the countryside. The main characters in the short story were‚ Freddy Grey and J.D. who are the narrators friends‚ Mr. Wills who is the father of the beautiful girl‚ and of course the beautiful girl – Willadean. The narrator has known his guy friends‚ Freddy Grey and J.D
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day was a very emotional day for me. I don’t ever want to relive that day. It all started when my family and I went to my grandmother’s house. We were going over there for dinner. I had been there for about an hour and my mom was getting suspicious of me going in and out of the house. My mom decided to search through my tattered and beat up olive green coat. I was hoping that she would not check my pocket because they had giant holes in them and everything I put in my pockets goes down into my coat
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