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    crowned homecoming queen. I remember saying back “I want to be homecoming queen!” As the years went by I always noticed the one game where the homecoming queen would be crowned but the idea slipped in the back of my mind‚ I couldn’t do that. I was just one little girl with a big dream. Once I got into middle school I started to be more social with a lot of different people‚ Being a people person helped me a lot‚ making people smile and happy put a smile on my face and I knew if homecoming queen

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    an image of a soldier being greeted by his wife in an airport. “On Jan 8th‚ Lt. Chuck Nadd came home” is printed across the screen. Soon after‚ it cuts to a clip of the couple driving home in a red Ford Explorer with the caption “we gave him a homecoming he’d never forget” in white. It is unclear at this point‚ however‚ who “we” is referring to. The camera cuts to signs that reads “We love Chuck”‚ “We’re glad you’re home”‚ and “We’re proud of you” with a soft song featuring a woman’s voice plays

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    were a big impact on what he wrote about in his poems‚ creating him to see things differently to the everyday Australian. He once quoted “the world is a brutal‚ mysterious‚ beautiful‚ inexplicable affair”. In the poems ‘The wholly innocent’ and ‘Homecoming’ Dawe explores and represents the social issues; moral brutality and loss of humanity. Dawe portrays the ugliness of human nature within the world; to challenge us about our moral brutality and loss of humanity within the world. Dawe represents

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    Luis Diaz Mrs. Crane-Post English Composition 2 October 24‚ 2013 “So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs From Americans” By: Jimmy Santiago Baca O Yes? Do they come on horses With rifles and say‚ Ese Gringo‚ gimme your job? And do you‚ gringo‚ take off your ring‚ Drop your wallet into a blanket Spread over the ground‚ and walk away? I hear Mexicans are taking your jobs away. Do they sneak into town at night‚ And as you’re walking home with a whore‚ Do they mug you‚ a knife at your throat

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    The poem "Homecoming" originates from Bruce Dawe. Its journey depicts the aspects of war and its devastations upon human individuals. Using mainly the Vietnam War as a demonstration for its destructions. Within this poem Bruce Dawe dramatizes the homecoming of Australian veterans’ bodies from Vietnam. This is clearly an anti-war poem‚ reproducing the sentiments of those who opposed the time when this war occurred. The poem starts of in what seems to be a monotone. With many simple verbs such

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    Porfirio Diaz “The general impression regarding the Mexican situation‚ not only abroad but in Mexico‚ is that it is but chaos‚” documented by Hon. Luis Cabrera‚ in the Mexican Revolution – Its Causes‚ Purposes‚ and Results (Cabrera‚ 1917). The Mexican Revolution was indeed chaos bringing disarray and uproar into the country of Mexico. This commotion was primarily the cause of one man‚ Porfirio Diaz. With his vile behavior‚ unfit leadership‚ and numerous lies‚ the accomplishments of Porfirio Diaz stood

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    goal. I never shared with my friends my intentions to be homecoming queen. Pride was before my eyes‚ I had no fear of competition. I was the number one advice giver; I held the most charity events in the community‚ employee at the local grocery store‚ and hairstylist downtown. My representation was firm and my peers loved me. I worked hard at everything and I knew when the time had come I would be more than capable of holding the title “Homecoming Queen.” At my high school‚ the expectations to be queen

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    In the mid-15th century‚ the Portuguese‚ led by Bartolomeo Diaz‚ sailed to discover India. However‚ they ended up on the East Coast of Africa due to ocean wind trades that drove them up into the Indian Ocean. There inhabitants in Africa led them to discover new peoples and material that they believed would help them control the trading system. However‚ going into the early 17th century‚ the Portuguese failed to take control of trade over multiple attempts. They were unable to change the way that

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    activities that involve all the student population. This year our student council planned and carried out one of the most successful homecomings in attendance in the recent years of our school. Attendance to the Homecoming dance was almost three quarters of the student population‚ making it one of the most successful in my high school career. Along with the homecoming dance‚ our school also plans a spirit fun day‚ which is a day were all high school students get off to play many games‚ and participate

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    anti-war attitude. ‘Beach Burial ’ by Kenneth Slessor‚ ‘Homecoming ’ by Bruce Dawe and ‘Letter XV ’ by Bruce Beaver are famous Australian poems about war. The poems have many similarities‚ especially in content‚ but also have their differences. The subject matter of the poems is obviously generally the same. Most are about soldiers dying/dead because of a war. ‘Beach Burial ’ is specifically about the WW2 battle at El Alamein‚ and ‘Homecoming ’ is concerned with the effect of the Vietnam War‚ but

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