I owe it all to you Winds flew in every direction. With a tremendous wrath‚ with a sounding of voices creeping through my window as they embraced me in my sleep. Giving me the shivers to run through my spine. Waking me up! From such a sweet‚ sweet! Dream. It was a cold and terrifying day as I dressed myself with that old blue jacket of mine‚ frightened in panic and stress. For my first day of school for the cold and windy fall. I drove off to school with a big question mark on my face. Whether
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I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda is an inspiring true story about the two authors becoming international pen pals and close friends. This book opened my eyes to the poverty and hardship that exists in third world countries. In addition‚ this book demonstrates the power of giving‚ as well as the fact that you can do anything you put your mind to. This book has impacted me by changing my outlook on life in a positive way. This novel is an eye-opener to the poverty and
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Always Running “There are choices you have to make not just once”- Luis J. Rodriguez In 1993‚ Luis Rodriguez wrote an autobiographical book Always Running. Within months the Book Banning made Always Running their number one target calling it ungodly‚ antifamily‚ radical‚ and harmful. Rockford school district member‚ Ed Sharp‚ went to the extent of stating‚ “I challenge anyone who knows how the mind works‚ after reading this book‚ not to be more likely to assume the lifestyle of a gang person
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whenever I hear these words anywhere. Though I never have had the chance to take that exuberant trip these words might give. I do not know why but deep down there is a burning desire to hear these string of words that can alter one’s soul completely. I want it so bad from the people I love‚ from the people I respect‚from the people who know me and most importantly from the people who have a skeptical vision. To be really honest I have not done anything yet to deserve what I desire but I still can
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The Shoe-Horn Sonata written by John Misto creates images through distinctively visual elements. Through the use of projected images‚ carefully selected music and descriptive dialogue‚ challenging aspects of life can be represented. An image we see early on in the play is Singapore Harbour burning down in 1942 when the Japanese first invaded. This is shown as Bridie and Shelia are discussing their experiences on the boats. This shows the ignorance of the British as they did not evacuate the women
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original purpose of a competition. However‚ I believe that while winning is significant‚ it is not always the most important part of a competition. Thus I agree with the statement. Someone once said that a competitive world offers two possibilities; you can lose‚ or if you want to win‚ you can change. The will to win is but the motivation a person needs to instill discipline in themselves and make every effort to improve. By making winning your goal‚ you will tend to work harder and strive to reach
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I See You‚ by Clare Mackintosh‚ tells the story of Zoe Walker who sees her picture in a classified ad listing a website called FindTheOne.com. she begins to notice other women appearing in the same ad and realizes that some of them have become victims of violent crimes‚ including assault and murder. Zoe seeks help from the police and a motivated cop‚ Kelly Swift‚ helps discover the ad’s true purpose. The book follows Zoe and Kelly’s journey throughout the investigation of the case as they try to
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Discuss how both the form and content of I See You affirm Shukri’s assertion that he writes in the “age of interruption”. Thomas L. Friedman (2006) coined the term “age of interruption” which was based off of what Microsoft executive Linda Stone had said to be “continuous partial attention”(Rose 17). It is basically the idea that in today’s world we are perpetual state of interruption and we never truly pay attention to one thing at a time. It cannot be described as multitasking because the aim
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young people don’t think about what could happen to them if they get into gangs‚ also if they keep on doing bad things like he did. At the beginning the book was really boring and hard to read‚ but once I got pass Chapter 1 and 2 it’s when all the action started to hit and when it got really interesting. I could really relate to this book in very different ways‚ like how at the beginning of the story he did not speak English‚ and how he felt around people who did‚ how he would think they were talking
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In his poem‚ “I Hate and I Love”‚ ancient Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus writes‚ “I hate and love. And why‚ perhaps you’ll ask. I don’t know: but I feel‚ and I’m tormented.” Throughout the history of the world‚ love and hate have been battling it out to see which one will prevail. They’ve gone back and forth‚ but neither has completely overtaken the other. In the world today‚ people are constantly debating and arguing for their side. Some argue hatred has taken over when they see acts of violence
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