As I walked down the hallway‚ it seemed endless. I could not feel my feet hitting the ground‚ nor notice anyone around me. I just walked. The smell of the place was intoxicating. It reminded me of insulin or disinfectant spray. I entered her room; it was dark. The sound of beeping machines echoed in my ears. I walked to her bed. She was sleeping soundly. Her body was frail and looked as if she was bone covered with skin. She was weak and tired. The cancer had been eating away at her‚ slowly
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I was placed on Academic Probation after my freshmen spring semester‚ I went to College with a new set of freedom I never had before and did not know how to adjust to my new freedom well. I come from a very large blended family and my parents worked very hard to provide for all of us‚ my mom had worked multiple jobs and was trying to continue her education so she would leave for work very early and would come home very late. That left the cooking‚ cleaning and tending to my younger brother to me
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Kiran Desai’s HULLABALOO IN THE GUAVA ORCHARD is the whimsical story of a young man who escapes from the comical confines of life in the sleepy‚ R. K. Narayan-inspired North Indian town‚ or city‚ of Shahkot for the no less comical freedom of life in a guava tree. Once there‚ the previously timid Sampath finds himself at the center of an adoring crowd of pilgrims who mistake his knowledge of their private affairs (gleaned from reading their mail during his previous life as a lowly postal clerk) for
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time‚ Robert Frost’s "After Apple-Picking" can be interpreted in two ways. The first is that the poem is an insight into Frost’s thoughts on the triviality of life‚ especially his own. The second is that it is a metaphor for the Bible story of Adam and Eve. Whatever the interpretation‚ there is a tension between feelings of regret and satisfaction that is created and sustained throughout the entire poem by the use of many contributing factors. "After Apple-Picking" paints the picture of a chilly
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Got Milk? Advertisements are an efficient way to communicate with a wide variety of people to promote a certain message or product. The purpose of this is to encourage the audience of readers‚ viewers or listeners to take action on a certain product or idea. One of the advertisements that I have been seeing for a long time is the “got milk?” campaign. They’re a product oriented advertisement‚ therefore; they don’t advertise a specific brand of milk‚ for they’re goal is to sell milk itself. They
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Guava Leaves Extract (Component in making soap) treatment for acne [Bathing Soap] Chapter I: Background of the study: Nowadays people are focusing in herbal plants especially those who are common in the environment. One of the example is the guava plant (Psidium guajava Linn). Based on research this plant is good for healing and treating wounds and other skin infections. So in my research I wan’t to make a bathing soap out of it‚ cause I know that it is effective. People‚ researchers‚ scientists
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tradition rich parts of the year‚ and for me is the best time. I love the chill in the air‚ all the vibrant colors‚ the smells‚ delicious foods‚ football‚ fun and spooky decorations‚ haunted houses‚ corn mazes and pumpkin patches! Every year we take our kids to Powell pumpkin patch to take pictures‚ walk the trails‚ ride the hay ride‚ race through the corn maze‚ and pick out pumpkins to take home and decorate. Here are some “perfect pumpkin picking” tips: • A stem that is at least 1 to 2 inches long (pumpkins
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The Book I Got Trapped In In the middle of the night I heard a noise I woke from my slumber to see all sorts of weird creatures‚ where am I‚how did I get here‚ how do I get home. I started to wonder around trying to find my way home when I realized I was in a fairytale I read a few days before. I keep on moving forward until I ran into a talking frog bubbles. Bubbles said to listen close because he would only say this ones he said to find the weeping willow tree with a star in it and find the
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Blackberry-Picking Essay The setting of "Blackberry-Picking" is mostly outdoors‚ in a pretty rural place. The boys move from blackberry patch to blackberry patch‚ trekking through cornfields‚ briars‚ and hayfields. They start early and pick all day. It’s summer‚ late August‚ to be exact‚ and it seems as though the poem could span a few days. It seems the poem takes place long ago‚ so now it’s a place in the speaker’s memory‚ though that doesn’t take away from the vividness of the scenery. We’re given
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10/15/2013 The Day I Lost My Innocence Rough Draft Every two minutes‚ somewhere in the world‚ someone is sexually assaulted. Of these approximately 248‚000 victims‚ about 87‚000 were victims of completed rape‚ and 70‚000 were victims of sexual assault. Up to 4‚315 pregnancies may have resulted from these attacks. Calculations based on the (National Crime Victimization Survey). Rape is often misunderstood. For one reason rapist are usually portrayed as a stranger‚ his motivation is entirely
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