country and trying to get a better life.There are three themes in the novel that one must follow in order to understand and earn a meaningful life: family‚ work‚ and education. First of all‚ family is the first school in which a child receives the basic values of life. When Francisco was young‚ his family moved to America‚ hoping to get a better life. He grew up in a poor family. The six members in his family are his parents‚ (how many? 3?) brothers‚ and sister. His family suffers and struggles
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of females in India aptly symbolizes India’s status of being a developing nation – miles away from becoming a developed state. Of course‚ India deserves to be in this list because here‚ in this 21st century‚ the girl child continues to be murdered before she is born. Female foeticide is still prevalent in the Indian society‚ in fact‚ it has been a practice for hundreds of years. Narrow-minded people do not mind murdering their unborn daughters for the fear of giving huge amounts of dowry at the
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What is life you may ask. To me‚ life is the most vulnerable thing on earth for you may lose it anytime. Life is fragile and thus precious. Today you might be happily enjoying it and then for all you know‚ tomorrow‚ you may not live up to it. Life‚ is given to us so we will learn to cherish it be it the good times or bad times. Its funny how some people in some parts of the world choose to give up their life so easily‚ like example suicide but then on the other hand‚ there are people who wants to
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What is the value of Life? Is it measured by Money? Is it measured by your Career? I once met a friend‚ whose life began out pretty bad. His parents divorced two brothers in jail and a school for future gang bangers. One day‚ his step father discovers that his mom was having an affair and he instantly blew up and shot his moms lover several times along with his 2 older brothers in Jail. His father also threatened to shoot my friend next till the police arrive and ended the tragedy that was brought
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what she was doing and helped her out. One day my mom told me‚ “You are my little nurse‚” I was so happy that had she told me that. Few days later‚ she had died. I was in tears‚ but one thing she told me to do is to be very strong and have successful life. My mom inspired to have a career in the medical fields. Not just my mom inspired to have a career in the medical field‚ but my sister‚ she wants to be a phlebotomist. She always told me about how things go in the medical fields. She also told that
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Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Richard‚ Jr. narrated an episode in his life in his book‚ ‘Two Years Before the Mask’‚ which depicted the reality of the life of a common sea man. The book showed realistic descriptions of abuses undergone by his fellow sailors which made it an American Classic. The book is a nonfiction narrative that gives readers adventurers journey at sea with clear descriptions of the landscape and strong desires by the author to heal himself by spending his time with
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defined as “the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life‚ behavior‚ or political views” (Liberty 2016). Defining equality is tougher because there are two different conceptions of equality. Equality before the law is the first conception which basically means that we are all equal before the law. People are equal before the law if the law takes no notice to what kind of person anyone is. If someone commits a crime‚ it doesn’t matter who
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as her elderly landlord‚ Bill keeps asking for “Nicole” when Angel is not here. Nicole has canceled her cable and given Bill notice she’s leaving the apartment. After series of sobs in her bed at night‚ Angel confesses she’s Nicole. Tragedies in her life made her plan to
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Having Children Before or After Marriage A few people think there is no problem of having children before marriage. However‚ having to raise the child is a huge responsibility. In many cultures throughout the world prefer making the commitment first then having a child. It seems most couples are saying “my boyfriend and I want to have a baby” or “my fiancé and I are trying to get pregnant.” I must admit these types of people with this kind of attitude are not ready to have any children
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and through sheer determination‚ learned to run despite the pain… The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old-fashioned‚ pot-bellied coal stove. A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the fire and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates arrived. One morning they arrived to find the schoolhouse engulfed in flames. They dragged the unconscious little boy out of the flaming building more dead than alive. He had major burns over the lower half of his body
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