tissues! Tears stained my face as I contemplated the outcome. I could barely imagine what life would be like on the other side of this tragedy. My eyes squeezed shut‚ and I wished everything would go back to normal. My grandfather had recently been admitted to the Lancaster General Hospital suddenly‚ with the diagnoses of Congestive Heart Failure. He only had a few weeks to live‚ if he didn’t consent to have open heart surgery. A new heart valve was a lifeline for my Pop-pop (that’s what we call
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The Heart The heart is a group muscles that pumps blood throughout the blood vessels by repeated‚ rhythmic contractions. It is found in all animals with a circulatory system. The vertebrate heart is principally composed of cardiac muscle and connective tissue. Cardiac muscle is an involuntary striated muscle tissue found only in this organ and responsible for the ability of the heart to pump blood. The structure of the heart can vary among the different branches of the animal kingdom. Cephalopods
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For generations‚ Violence against women has been a grave cause for concern but it is only recently that women are beginning to stand up against violence such as sexual assault and molestation. The short stories “A Wednesday Circle” and “My heart is broken” give us an insight into our society merely a couple of decades ago and we see a large difference in how sexual violence was represented. Instead of it being characterized as a serious crime‚ it is deemed as something that should be kept secret
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Stones in my Pocket‚ Stones in my Heart The author‚ Eli Clare‚ shares a portion of his life to the reader through “Stones in my Pocket‚ Stones in my Heart.” He starts off by telling that from a very young age he never felt like a girl nor a boy. Clare frequently reflects on the time that he asked his mother “Am I feminine?” As the reader‚ I felt as if this is a moment in which has been engrained in Clare’s memory. There is a specific reason that he continues to bring it up throughout the reading
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A Place I Will Hold Forever In My Heart There is one place that I always enjoy going to. In rain or shine‚ on a weekend or weekday it did not matter to me. This is a place where I grew up ever since I was born‚ or actually I should say it also was my first home. This is a place where all my family would get together for all different types of events like holidays‚ birthdays‚ and just any excuse for the family to get together. That place is my grandparents old home‚ but that place is gone now. The
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Have you ever broken every bone in your body?! Oh yeah‚ neither have I...but I did tear my ACL one time during a soccer game. I was running down the field so exhausted‚ I slipped rolled over the ball fell back and banged my head on the rough‚ scratchy turf. I fell so badly on my knee. I started getting tunnel vision‚ and I had a huge headache‚ I knew it was not long till I went unconcious. I could hear my heart pounding in my ears and head‚ I slowly looked down at my leg. I was not seeing the extent
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Good morning/afternoon to the members of the ETA. The ETA should keep John Donne’s poetry on the curriculum because his works are noted for their strong and bodily style. “The Flea” by John Donne should be studied because John Donne is a very unique metaphysical poet. Donne is exceptionally good at creating unusual unions between different elements to illustrate his point and form a persuasive argument in his poems. In “The Flea”‚ we find the use of conceit where the Flea is thought to be their
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YOU WERE MY EVERYTHING This goes out to someone that was Once the most important person in my life I didn’t realize it at the time I can’t forgive myself for the way I treated you so I don’t really expect you to either It’s just... I don’t even know Just listen… You’re the one that I want‚ the one that I need The one that I gotta have just to succeed When I first saw you‚ I knew it was real I’m sorry about the pain I made you feel That wasn’t me; let me show you the way
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Dee Brown. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. New York‚ NY: Henry Holt and Company. 1971. Pp xiv‚ 445. In the book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee‚ which was written by Dee Brown and published in 1971‚ Brown talked about the horrific experiences that the Indians endured while living in America. Residing in the east‚ and faced with numerous threats‚ Native American Indian tribes were forced West by the government during the 19th century. The book explained all of the backlashes they received from
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"You have been my friends. That in itself is a tremendous thing." - E.B. White - "I always knew that when I looked back on the times I cried I would smile. But I never knew that when I looked back on the times I smiled I would cry." "My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges and enabled me to walk serene and happy in the shadow cast by my desperation." - Helen Keller - "One day at a time‚ this is enough. Don’t
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