The Day I Nearly Died Year after year our family takes a trip to Colorado for spring break. It’s an exhilarating trip because I get to see all my wild and wacky relatives as well as spend some quality time on the slopes. Something funny or embarrassing always happens. This time was different. This time‚ I could have died! Generally when we go out on the slopes‚ falling down is one of my specialties. Putting an extremely clumsy person on skis and sending them down the hill‚ I found
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Sample paragraphs: Characterization of Chato from “The Somebody” INTRODUCTIONS: In the story‚ “The Somebody‚” by Danny Santiago‚ we meet the young character who goes by the name of Chato. Throughout the story‚ the author uses characterization to help us see that Chato is both passionate about what he does‚ yet he is also still a rugged gang member. In “The Somebody‚” Danny Santiago uses elements of characterization to create Chato de Shamrock‚ a teen growing up in East L. A. Chato is portrayed as
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2 The Day I Will Never Forget The hardest thing I had to face in my life when I was younger was when I was thirteen. That day would be July 14‚ 2005 and it is the day my grandmother passed away. My family and I went through so much about seven months prior to her passing. We got through the tragedy. She was eighty-two years old at the time. I will never forget her telling me the night before that she had to go to the doctors for a check-up meanwhile I was in school but when I got home‚ I would
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“Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson is considered a masterpiece of American poetry. The short tale of a leisurely ride in a carriage with a man called Death offers insight and perspective into what life really is. Ultimately‚ Dickinson wishes to remind the reader that life is a cycle; and death can be seen as an end‚ or as a beginning. The cycle of life is exemplified in Dickinson’s use of the personification of Death‚ the imagery of things seen in the carriage ride‚ and use of
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story “Lather and Nothing Else” by Hernando Tellez‚ the barber conflicted himself because he must make a decision whether he killed the Captain Torres or not without danger. The barber’s first decision for resolving the conflict was simply to kill Captain Torres because Captain Torres was on a foray against his fellow revolutionaries. This would be a natural way of thinking for him to do it because he wanted to revenge for his friends. The barber described how easy he could kill the captain and he
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The Day I lost Him Do you ever look at your boyfriend/girlfriend‚ best friend‚ brother/sister‚ or anyone you love and wonder what would life be like without them? Or do you ever imagine that they would just be gone one day? I never think that way. I think that everyone is invincible and everyone is going to live forever. That is how it seems at least. That is definitely not the case. I guess you could call me an idealist‚ but in reality people that you see everyday could be gone tomorrow. That
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The Day My Life Changed forever I had been awaiting her arrival for a long 9 months. Saying I was over ridden with joy was an untruth I was afraid to bare‚ So I put on a smile and pretended that the arrival of my first child was going to be a good experience. Truth be told I knew my life was about to change forever and I wasn’t sure I was going to be a good mother. All these doubts running through my mind was almost draining out the pain of the inconsistent contractions in my belly‚ my head started
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Little Engine That Could. Over the years‚ I learned to read the book. Each night‚ my mom and I would read it together. By the age of five‚ I stumbled a little but I could pick up the book and read it with ease. At the age of six‚ I read it with no problem. As years went by‚ my mom would pick up the book occasionally and we would read it together. When I would get in trouble or bring home bad grades‚ we would pick up the book and read it. I didn’t understand the reason my mom did this. I always thought
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Have you ever contemplated killing someone? In the story “lather and nothing else” the two main characters both are thinking about killing one another. Since the barber had such an inability to take a life‚ he exhibited great self-control. It also showed how the barber thought by showing how he had a very logical way of thinking. The barber shows self-control multiple times in the story from beginning to end. The barber was in charge of giving Captain Torres a clean shave when doing this it says
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A day that I wish I hadn’t experienced was October 28‚ 2005. On that day‚ I had to have surgery on my palate. The surgeon cut open the top of my mouth and lengthened it a half an inch which is called a z-plasty. I had the surgery because when I was younger I had a clarity problem with my speech. The first reason why I wish I didn’t have to experience October 28‚ 2005 is that I had to go under anesthesia. Because of this‚ I threw up blood a lot during my recovery. My recovery was three weeks. The
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