how life really is‚ and how fast it can be taken away. One of my hobbies as a child was riding my bike around my town. Just like every child I didn’t like to tie my shoes‚ especially when I was having fun with my friends. As I went to get my bike from my grandmother’s home‚ my mother stopped me. The first though I had was why do parents need to be strict and ruin our fun with rules. Of course as a caring parent‚ she had reminded me to put my helmet on and to tie my shoes. Being the rebel I was
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directly states a trait of a character. Indirect‚ on the other hand‚ is used when the author shows a character ’s trait through their actions‚ thoughts and speech‚ appearance‚ or that of another character. Truman Capote ’s short story "A Christmas Memory"‚ is about a young boy‚ referred to as "Buddy‚" and his best friend‚ or older cousin‚ who is unnamed in the story. As a tradition‚ the two friends bake fruitcakes and send the baked goods to acquaintances they have met only once or twice‚ and to people
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The Longest Memory – Fred D’Aguiar The Longest Memory is a novel by Fred D’Aguiar‚ which has many different underlying themes and ideas communicated through it‚ but all relating back to two main themes of the book. These themes are Racial Superiority and the opposing ideas of Slavery and Christian Values. The date in which this novel is set (early eighteenth century) was a brutal and a seemingly amoral time. The white population at that time had deemed it just to enslave African peoples‚ whom
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CORPORATE FINANCE Case 1: Flash Memory‚ Inc. Section B1 Group 1A Executive Summary As sales of Flash Memory Inc. (Flash) increases rapidly in the first few months of 2010‚ additional working capital is required to ensure smooth operations and maintain their current growth rate. However‚ Flash currently has almost reached its notes payable limit of 70% accounts receivables with its current commercial bank and thus‚ need to look for various alternative financing means to provide the required
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School Memories School days were the same from day to day most times. School lunches were at the same time every day at noon. They were great because I got satisfied‚ I got to visit with friends‚ and I got to burn energy. Right before lunch everyday my teacher would have the whole class clean up the classroom. After we were done she would line us up alphabetically. Luck me I was always in the front. The she would have us walk down the hallway. I would see posters and artwork on the walls
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the firm. With immense competition‚ small product life and significant investment‚ this business offered only very low profit margins. The industry offered a prospect of very high growth rate with tremendous growth projections in sales for Flash memory. The life cycle for its products was very short‚ which meant that maximum revenue generation happened within a few years of the product launch. Normally‚ each new innovative product would become obsolete within an average of 6 years. Flash resorted
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want to find anyone to help because of my arrogance. “No‚ I can do it” – I stupidly calmed myself. And of course I failed‚ I couldn’t force myself to study anymore. I gave up. And you guess what? That year I was still an excellent student resulted from a full mark Math
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once been a vibrant green‚ like the freshest morning of a spring day‚ that’s how green. It had been tattooed by this ink‚ like a trademark written in poems. Poems of hope like those of bigger things. The seams were loose‚ like they were slowly falling from the mitt‚ losing their grip‚ a feeling the player may have felt‚ many times. It was also discoloured; the sand and sweat had overridden the once fresh white seams turning them an old brick red. The smooth leather was ragged‚ ripped and torn‚ tiny grazes
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rowing up on a mid-west farm in the "Heartland" of Wisconsin continues to provide me with fond memories‚ strong morals‚ and simple beliefs. It was living a life with an obtainable means‚ working and playing as a family unit‚ and a casual demeanor that would entice even the average person‚ some of these things so many people have long forgotten. To wake up each morning to the sunrise‚ to lie in bed and listen to all the activity and the hustle and bustle‚ knowing that today‚ like any other day
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Bittersweet Memories I will never forget the weekend of May 23‚ 2010‚ and how it impacted my life. It was the day my cousin Mia was in a fatal car accident. I remember hearing my mother telling me she has some bad news‚ her voice sounding like a child gasping for air. She was crying as though she had no words left to speak. Those words crushed and scarred my heart forever. The news of Mia’s accident made me feel as if I had no more breaths to take. Like in the movies‚ the hospital was not as
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