It was to understand the text fully and apply the reading strategies. During reading the story‚ The Rocking Horse Winner‚ I used the strategies of words in bold and italics. The son in the story says “I am lucky”. I understood that the boy was trying to tell his mother that he really is lucky even though she believed herself and her family was very unlucky. I also made connections while reading. The story reminded me of how people think money will buy happiness‚ and the only way they can be happy
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started my own Duncan tree. I still love and see my biological family all the time. All of them have cleaned up and we all have very close relationships‚ which I’m lucky. Most children in foster care don’t even get to know their biological parents‚ I’m lucky enough to see them and talk to them daily. I was lost as a baby‚ and lucky enough to have been found as a young adult. I know that I still have more growing and learning to do about my family. I’m okay with the outcome of my life. I might have
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As mentioned before‚ not all child soldiers manage to rescue and go back to their normal lives after war. Facing PTSD can become a living hell without people around you to help you and guide you. Beah was lucky enough to get saved and taken to Benin Home‚ but his actual recovery can only be credited a certain person in his life. “It was the genuine tone in Esther’s voice that made the phrase finally begin to sink into my mind and heart. That didn’t make me
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feel that way. She associates money with luck and that is what causes her misery and suffering. She does not realize that hard work is essential to money-making and she would rather blame it on luck because if God is the only one who knows who is lucky and unlucky‚ then she could not possibly be at fault for not having enough money. Her hunger for more money is consistent through the entire short story‚ but is most prevalent when she receives a generous donation on her birthday. Instead of appreciating
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that these things never really happened‚ it all just stories and media. But mobsters such as Al Capone and Lucky Luciano caused destruction and controlled America like a puppet. In the novel‚ “The Great Gatsby”‚ the themes and actions of illegal crime is put into a bright spotlight. It shows how organized crime influenced America during the alcohol porhibition. As I stated‚ Al Capone and Lucky Luciano are two of the most well known mobsters through-out American history. However‚ no one knows the lesser
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and continuous innovation‚ Monde Nissin subsequently ventured into instant noodles in November of 1989. Encouraged by the popularity gained by Lucky Me! Instant Mami (noodles with soup in pouches)‚ Monde Nissin came up with other firsts‚ such as Lucky Me! Pancit Canton (noodles without soup in pouches)‚ the first dry noodle in the market‚ and Lucky Me! Supreme La Paz Batchoy‚ the first bowl noodle available in that flavour. For more than two decades now‚ Monde Nissin has steadily and aggressively
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During the spring break ‚ I were going on two weeks with one of my best friend in Boston. He is a very kind person who looks out for others. In the beginning of the spring‚ We went to Dedham‚the city that’s next to Boston. We were lucky so lucky at this times because of the weather was really good. It’s not that cold and not that hot.We stayed at the home stay around a week and a day. My host family were consisting of the old lady that’s name Peggy and she were hosting two students before
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experiences as well as not-to-missed sites of china. Fish 鱼 /yoo/ In Chinese‚ Fish sounds like "save more". Chinese People always like save more money at the end of year because they think if they save more‚ they can make more in the next year. Lucky Sayings for Eating Fish 年年有余 (/nyen-nyen yo-yoo/): May you always get more than you wish for 鱼跃龙门 (/yoo-youair long-mnn/): A fish leaping over the dragon gate — implying successful passing a competitive examination Chinese Dumplings 饺子 /jyaoww-dzrr/
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In “Go Tell it on the Mountain”‚ the Grimes family seems to be struggling with their religion. With the characters having hatred within the religion‚ living within fear (of God and Gabriel)‚ and family members only caring when something major happens‚ the family’s religious belief does not seem to sit well with the Grimes. Every day‚ there always seems to be some sort of war going on‚ whether it’s physical or spiritual‚ it always seems to be about the rejection of something. The major theme of “Go
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