In 2003 a year before I was born my parents had went to Hawaii. They always told me stories about how it was a family tradition. My mom would tell me about how the waves were so enormous and bold and how they would crash into the water and disappear. Before my parents separated I told my parents that I would go to Hawaii as to keep the tradition are family tree had made. Now that I have a chance to I will go to some of Hawaii’s main attractions. Such as…..volcanoes‚ the Blue Lagoon‚ and to see the
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somebody. My Great Grandfather chased after the American dream while fleeing from his homeland of Greece to come here to America to build a life for himself. Everest is my American dream. By going to Everest I get a chance to make something of myself and I am given the gift of following my passion. I have known this is what I have wanted to do since I was fourteen years old when my mother was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and subsequently started developing agonizing migraines. I have always been
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A Wedding I Have Attended Last year‚ I went to Taiping to attend my cousin’s wedding. She‚ unlike most of my family members‚ is a Christian. So‚ this was the first time I have been to a Christian wedding. Her wedding was held in the Chinese Methodist Church. The wedding had two receptions in two different places‚ one in Taiping and another in Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia. This marriage was traditionally done every step of the way. The marriage and betrothals were made a year ago by both bride and bridegroom
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A discovery I have made in my life is that making mistakes only makes you a better person. Normally when someone makes a mistake‚ it is because that person is inexperienced in whatever they are attempting to do‚ and they are doing it improperly. When we make mistakes we are hopefully learning a very important piece of information‚ what not to do! Life is trial and error‚ we do things wrong and hope we do it better next time. There are many examples of myself making a mistake and in turn never
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discussion of 3 things I would like to accomplish before I die) Dying is a strange thing. Some people are deathly afraid of it‚ while others look forward to the day they will leave this earth. Everyone wants to leave a legacy of some kind and would like to accomplish a few things before they pass away. People use the idea of death to live life to the fullest. They say that you only live once so you might as well live while you are young. People create crazy life goals of things they want to accomplish before
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Over the course of my life‚ three passions that have driven my life: the need for adrenaline‚ the commitment of family love‚ and the endless love for cars. Though simple and uninteresting to one’s mind‚ these overwhelming passions have lead my life of dullness and bitterness to a life of sweetness and joy. What’s so life changing of these passions? Whether it’s the urge to winning a race or parachuting off a plane miles up‚ that heart pumping‚ adrenaline‚ feeling I get is what I would describe fun
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How my childhood experience have shaped me to what I am today When I recall my childhood memories‚ there are many stories. Childhood is special for everyone. My childhood memories have shaped me into the person I am today. There are many different childhood memories that I can remember that really made an impact on how my personality is today. Some of memories make me happy‚ but others make me grow up. The memories that made my growing happened when I was about 6 years old and
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Washington demonstrating for civil rights. Today Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" at the Lincoln Memorial during the Washington D.C. Civil Rights March. Beginning with a reference to the Emancipation Proclamation‚ which freed millions of slaves in 1863‚ King observes that: "one hundred years later‚ the Negro still is not free". At the end of the speech‚ King departed from his prepared text for a partly improvised peroration on the theme "I have a dream"‚ prompted by Mahalia Jackson’s
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Ever since I was small‚ people always ask me "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I used crayons to illustrate my dream career. My drawing was hung in the hallways for my parents to see. I remember the typical careers of my kindergarden class- ballerinas‚ firefighters‚ singers‚ and astronauts. I remembered mine. My picture showed a stick figure with black hair holding a mic. Underneath the beautiful drawing‚ I wrote "When I grow up‚ I want to be a singer." To this day I can still remember
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teaching of literature with its explicit aims and effective techniques. It is very useful in the analysis of various styles of writing. In this thesis‚ the author tries to offer a stylistic analysis of the famous speech by Martin Luther king‚ Jr. I Have a Dream. 1. Introduction: Definition of Stylistics and Stylistic Analysis As far as the definition of stylistics is concerned different scholars define the branch of study in different ways. Wales defines stylistics simply as “ the study of
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