In Maya Angelou’s chapter “Graduation” from her autobiography I Know Where the Caged Bird Sings‚ captivating symbols and literary devices enforce the words on paper to spring to life. Taking place in an era of prejudice‚ several symbols and literary devise disadvantages of injustice and segregation for the African Americans. Additionally‚ multiple literary devices and symbols complete the ideas of the pride in culture and unity tied through Marguerite Johnson’s graduation. Several symbols
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Graduation Day Like once said by Mahatma Gandhi‚ “Be the change you wish to see in the world”. Throughout the story Graduation Day you could really tell that this quote applied to Maya Angelou in a huge way. The story is based around the eighth grade graduation of Maya Angelou. Her main point reflects the unfair treatment of african americans during that time because they were not valued for their educational intelligence. She does an amazing job telling the story by changing her tone and feelings
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In Maya Angelou’ article “Graduation‚” she explained that a gap of education between black people and white people because a few of black people could had opportunities to go to college. Firstly‚ she talked people of Stamps felt excited and proud‚ and they did a lot of preparation and tradition activities about the graduation of the eighth grade before the graduation came in Stamps. For example‚ Angelou got a lot of gift and some money from her family and friends because people gave a gift to their
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Good evening and welcome to the graduation of the class of 2011. It’s my pleasure to have all you here. Hello‚ everyone‚ my name is..... I am honored to speak here at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. Today we also have many special people that have been with us all the way through this journey‚ which we finally have conquered. I specially thank the entire staff of teachers‚ our guidance counselors‚ our principle Mr. Sciolaro‚ our vice principle‚ and all the friends and family that have come to see
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Jasmine Santos Mrs. Shafer IU English 19 December 2011 Community Service as a Graduation Requirement A wise person once said‚ “If you light a lamp for someone else‚ it will also brighten your path.” This particular quote has helped me realize that not enough teenagers are helping their community become a more desirable place to live. Implementing community service into the senior project outline as a requirement would ultimately benefit the students and the community. Not only will the students
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and in the visual‚ “Graduation Day”‚ both depict the common theme that people should embrace their culture and heritage. In “Nombres”‚ the theme can be seen when Julia’s mother states‚ “You know what (Julia’s) friend Shakespeare said‚ ‘A rose by any other name would smell as sweet’‚” (Alvarez Pg. 1). This shows that Julia’s mother doesn’t want her to be ashamed of where she comes from‚ and that she should embrace her name. This theme is also evident in the visual‚” Graduation Day”. The fact that
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It was a cool spring day in 2008 and 4th grade had been going swell. I’d been sitting in class for last couple hours worrying about my vocab quiz‚ which always seemed to elude me. All the kids around me had giant smiles on their faces life was good for us. Today’s lunch was pizza and maybe a salad. After sitting at our desks we headed down stairs to eat at lunch and enjoy ourselves. The teachers around us seemed exacerbated‚ tired a partial look of sadness every once and a while‚ these emotions broke
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Hello fellow readers and welcome back!! As the title suggests‚ the first recipe I’ll be sharing is chocolate banana loaf cake with cream cheese glaze. My group and I were given the opportunity to name our creation ourselves‚ but with our limited capacity of imagination and creativity in our brain‚ we ended calling it what the loaf literally represents‚ chocolate banana loaf cake with cream cheese glaze. Do not be fooled by the overly simple name‚ we actually put in a lot of effort coming up with
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Eighth grade graduation is a small milestone in your life‚ but a milestone none the less. Last year I graduated with all of my friends that I’ve had from the very beginning. After graduation we had an after graduation party. We went bowling at Western Bowl in Amarillo‚ I learned that I’m not gonna become a professional bowler anytime soon! After bowling we went to IHOP at like 1:00 a.m.‚ because who doesn’t love breakfast food in the middle of the night? Imagine this‚ a group of eighth graders
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next 4 years. Nothing but to study hard and get a good academic performance. My university life will be so boring without joining a club so I’ll find one that suits me most. Maybe I can fall in love with someone in these 4 years haha :X After my graduation I’ll go seeking for a job. There are countless jobs and professions in this world. Among those‚ how am I going to choose the right one? A job that fits my talents‚ characters and natures. I do hope that I can work in a big international bank and
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