Before You Were Born I am going to talk about how my family got over here from Ireland. Stuff for about my great grandparents. I am going to talk about some stories that my grandpa told me about his dad and my dad. My three topics I like because you get to know stuff about my family My family came over from Ireland because there was a drought. They came over on a boat. They settled in Nebraska where they stared to farm. They came on their own. How we got to south Dakota was because of my great grandpa
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The poem “If You were Coming in the Fall” is written by Emily Dickinson. Emily Dickinson studied at Amherst Academy and Mount Holyoke Female SEminary and wrote 1800 poems. About a dozen of her poems were published during her life. She mentions to her friend that various people in her life have died such as her friends and her teacher. In her poem‚ “IF you were Coming in the Fall‚” she talks about waiting a long time for someone to return and the threat of an unknown length of time. In this poem‚
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Critical Essay – “Before you were mine” “Before you were mine” by Carol Ann Duffy is a very emotionally charged poem about loss and cherished memories. The poet explores the significance of the past by looking back nostalgically and celebrating her mother’s previous‚ glamorous life before she was blessed with her child. The poet uses the techniques of tone‚ word choice and imagery to focus clearly on her life before she‚ the poet herself‚ ever existed. Duffy’s overall tone throughout the poem
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when were you born? When I was born I was in Greensboro‚ NC. May 21‚ 1943. What year was it when you were my age? I was 17 in 1960. The play takes play in 1938- how old were you then? I wasn’t born at the time. Did you go to school? Where and for how long? I attended C.A. Johnson Columbia‚ SC for 4 years. What were you favorite subject? You least favorite? Why? English was my favorite‚ Chemistry was my least favorite. What was the main sport at your school? The main sports at my school were Football
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If you were coming in the Fall Famous writer Emily Dickinson is well known for expressing depression and love in her poems. Some people believe that this is because of a traumatic emotional experience she went through in her late twenties or early thirties. There are multiple ways and techniques she uses to show her feelings in her poems. In If you were coming in the Fall‚ Dickinson uses a variety of different techniques to show her feelings for a loved one known only as "you." Dickinson
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her know that daddy is here to protect her. I would give away the 30 years of my life just to get 10 precious minutes with her. All of the soldiers here at Valley Forge are trying to decide whether they should stay or go back home‚ myself included. You can hear soldiers crying out “Give me liberty or give me death!!” all throughout the cabins. I have heard many reasons why I should re-enlist such as commitment‚ freedom‚ and loyalty. Yet‚ I do not know if I can endure the rest of the winter here at
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“ENTREPRENEURS ARE BORN‚ NOT MADE” What do you think? When we talk or debate about if the entrepreneurs are born or made‚ we need to think about what makes an entrepreneur‚ what are his objectives as an owner of a business‚ what should be his main skills and what kind of challenges and tasks he needs to face when running out a company. The word entrepreneur‚ originally from the French verb “entreprend”‚ means “to undertake”. An entrepreneur is the person who undertakes a business. He is someone
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Sylvia Plath have written aboutfamily relationships in a positive view as well as in a negative way too‚ in poems Medusa and Before you were mine‚ whether it’s about in favour or against family Love and relationships. In this extract there are four poems written by Carol Ann Duffy and Sylvia Plath. Which are‚ “Brothers” and “Lady Lazarus” including “Medusa” and “Before You Were Mine”. All four poems discuss the issue of family love and relationships well‚ from two different points of views and thoughts
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That girl you called a slut in class today. She’s a virgin !! The "gay boy" you punched in the hall today. Committed suicide a few minutes ago. The boy you called poor. He has to work every night to support his family. That girl you pushed down the other day. She’s already being abused at home. That girl you called fat. … She’s starving herself. The old man you made fun of cause of the ugly scars. He fought for our country. The boy you made fun of for crying. His mother is
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suffering and injustice. Discuss with reference to "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" The novel‚ "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" illustrates the horrors of life in Russia under the Joseph Stalin. The novel portrays the repression of human rights at that time and it also shows the importance of freedom. "Freedom is found only when a person has been stripped of everything". This is true because during Stalinist Russia‚ people were stripped of their simplest human rights‚ such as freedom
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