“You Got To Do What You Got To Do‚ To Get Where You Got to Get” In Ralph Ellison’s story “Battle Royal”‚ Ralph’s dying grandfather gives his son advice on how to advance in life as a black person‚ in the United States. Ralph’s grandfather said‚ “I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses‚ undermine ‘em with grins‚ agree ‘em to death…”(1042). Basically‚ by being really nice to white people‚ he could gain favor and possibly be rewarded for his obedience. Ralph‚ took his grandfathers advice‚ and was eventually
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in Minooka because of the opportunities it gives me. Along with my family becoming closer together‚ the friendships I have gained in this town were also like my family. Growing up I had 2 close friends that I met in Minooka when I was 3 years old. Today‚ we are still just as close‚ if not‚ closer than we were before.
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‘Be the change you wish to see in the world’. Gandhi who is the famous philosopher indicates that you can make a big difference if you do this changing on yourself. (background) Some people firmly believe that people should reconsider following features if they want others to be different: firstly‚ revaluating their irreplaceable role in the society‚ secondly‚ their effects on other people‚ then the possibility of discovering other people. On the other hand‚ other people assume that they should not
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travel in the time it takes you to perceive the hazard and to move your foot from the accelerator to the brake pedal. To figure your perception and reaction distance in feet‚ take the first digit of your speed‚ add it to the total speed and double it. Speed + 20 mph First Digit = Perception/Reaction Distance + 2 = 22 feet x 2 = 44 feet In other words‚ at 20 miles per hour‚ your vehicle will travel 44 feet in the time it takes you to see a hazard and move your
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Allyson Stearns September 10‚ 2013 Block 8‚ Humanities Life is What You Make It When thinking about my view of the world‚ there is a jumble of different philosophies‚ beliefs‚ and ideas going on in my head. There is so much to take into consideration‚ and it seems that everything is connected but also scattered in a way that it is hard to really be able to dig deep and explain on paper what my worldview is. After many headaches and deep thoughts‚ I boiled it down to the things that I could not
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It ain’t what you do‚ it’s what it does to you Simon Armitage writes an adventurous comparison poem to show how powerful imagination is by comparing life long dreams to one’s mundane memories in the poem‚“ It ain’t what you do‚ it’s what it does to you”. The poem displays three imaginative pinnacle-like events and with those events‚ there are three events juxtaposing them. The poem is presented in a manner where the story is based on the experiences of a first-person speaker. The poem follows
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Final Paper: “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” By: Anne Fadiman Meghan Maloney 26 April 2013 To understand the struggles that the Hmong people face living in America it is important to understand where they come from and what they have gone through. The majority of the Hmong people originate from the mountainous country of Laos. The mountains created isolation from the neighboring cultures and cultivated a clan identity. They were part of a society where everyone worked together
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Living with Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis Listening to Tim McGraw’s hit song: “Live Like You Were Dying‚” I love the lyrics‚ “Like tomorrow was a gift and ya got eternity to think about what to do with it. . . . I hope you get the chance to live like you were dyin ’” This song resonates with me because medically I have had twelve (12) surgeries on my stomach and a few years ago‚ I died on the operating table. I have been struggling and living with Crohn’s Disease for more than 20 years
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that’s how we are identified on what language we use. I as an American we are taught to try to speak more than one language‚ that’s why there offer course at school to learn to different language like Spanish or French. From experience I believe that learning another language is hard because not only you have to learn the language you have to learn the culture. So I believe it goes hand and hand with each other. You’re identified on how you look and what language you speak. “Culture refers to people’s
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What Type of Reader are you? What is your favorite type of book to read? Or do you even enjoy reading? No matter how much a person likes or dislikes reading‚ every person in today’s society has to read at least once a day. There is so much material to read‚ one cannot avoid reading something. Not only are there many different types of material to read‚ but there are also many different types of readers. Readers can be labeled either by what they read‚ or why they read. There are the people
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