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    My Son Monologue

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    The sun was right overhead and we had found our campsite in a clearing of the woods. We had been hiking since sunrise. “This is it‚” I muttered. I would recognize it anywhere. It was the same oaks trees. The same pond. “The clearing looks like we took it out of 1964‚ I guess some things stay frozen in time.” Yes‚ maybe some things do. Right now‚ it sure felt that way. It was as if we traveled back thirty years‚ before it all happened. Yet I barely recognized my son. My scrawny‚ short son had turned

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    D.H.Lawrence Sons and Lovers

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    ’In Sons and Lovers‚ Paul is not really torn between Miriam and Clara but rather between his mother and his father.’ Discuss. Sons and Lovers is considered one of the greatest English novels of the twentieth century. Centred on the lives of an English rural family‚ the novel explores issues relating to marriage‚ family‚ industrialism‚ class and sexuality. While the first sections of the book focus on the early marriage of Mr and Mrs. Morel‚ it is their second son Paul who comes to dominate the

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    If I was Nelson Mandela‚ I would use various ways to change South Africa‚ in order to make sure that apartheid would be stopped. First‚ we have to take a look at apartheid. What is apartheid? Apartheid is a policy or system of discrimination between the white and black in South Africa. Back then‚ the government were white‚ they created policies of apartheid‚ for example‚ the black was not allowed to share public areas like buses or restrooms with the white‚ they are also not allowed to step into

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    All My Sons

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    All My Sons The play All My Sons‚ by Arthur Miller‚ is complex to say the least. Each character has a dilemma that they have a tough time getting through. At first‚ the story seems to basically be about a wealthy family that has lost a son in World War II‚ and the inability to move on from it. Kate‚ the mother‚ has the most trouble accepting it‚ but it also greatly affects the one of the characters‚ Chris. Chris is the son of Kate and Joe Keller‚ heir to Joe’s business . Kate‚ Joe‚ Anne‚ and chris

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    I have picked the “In Cuba I was a German Shepherd” by Ana Menendez. I chose this story because it is the first option from the reading assignment and perhaps I don’t have much knowledge about Cuba and haven’t read any Cuban short stories before. This story is about a group of four aged men‚ who meet every morning at Domino Park in Miami to play domino‚ where sometimes there are also tourists stop by and stare at them while playing. One of these four men is fond of throwing jokes anything about

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    I picked the short story "In Cuba I was a German Shepherd" by Ana Menéndez because I was able to connect with the protagonist (Maximo) and feel his pain over how his life had changed after fleeing from Cuba. The story is about Maximo‚ one of four older men who gather in Domino Park in Little Havana in Miami to play dominoes. As a result of the Cuban revolution‚ Maximo‚ then a university professor‚ fled from Cuba with his wife and two daughters. He struggled to start a new life in Miami and ended

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    This morning is a typical Tuesday morning as I make my daily commute to work. The blue sky is bright with sun‚ but it is a brisk New England winter morning. As I drive down the highway drinking my coffee‚ I scan through the radio stations looking for my favorite songs desperately trying to get motivated for the day ahead. Instead of finding my favorite tunes‚ I find weather bulletins galore warning of an impending storm due to hit land by Friday. From station to station the forecast varies from modest

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    Advice to My Son

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    October 2007 Over the past couple of weeks we have been studying readings that pertain to Innocence and Experience. The readings that I have chosen to best represent these concepts are "Advice to My Son" by Peter Meinke and "Ex-Basketball Player" by John Updike‚ both readings deal with the Innocence and Experience of life. In the first poem "Advice to My Son" the author is trying to put emphasize how the words written can be applied to life. Also how choices have an impact on our life’s journey

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    Rubens Helena and Son

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    “Rubens‚ His Wife Helena Fourment‚ and One of Their Children” is a very large‚ measuring 80¼ x 62¼ in.‚ oil painting on a wood. It’s a family portrait of Rubens himself with his wife and their son. When Rubens married his second wife Helena Fourment‚ on December 6‚ 1630‚ she was only sixteen years old. He was already fifty-three at that time. Helena became the model and the inspiration for many paintings by Rubens dating from the 1630s‚ and particularly those dealing with themes of ideal beauty or

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    The Carpenter’s Son A.E. Housman’s “The Carpenter’s Son” is taken from a collection of poems called “A Shropshire Lad.” Housman complied these poems soon after the unfortunate death of a very close mate. “The Carpenter’s Son” talks about a man who made choices in his life which led him to his own demise. Housman paints himself in the poem‚ twists the theme of the story of the “true” carpenter’s son(Jesus)‚ and also writes the story of his life symbolically. A.E. Housman was born in England

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