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    Memoirs of a Geisha

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    Historical Novel: Memoirs of a Geisha Memoirs of a Geisha is a compelling novel that is centered on a young girl’s journey of maturing and becoming a prominent and successful geisha. The book was written by Author Golden and published in 1997. The story was based on the life of geisha in Japan during the 1930s and 1940s. Geisha literally translates into “art person.” Geisha are Japanese women that are trained to entertain men with singing‚ dancing‚ and conversation. The book itself was very

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    Brayden Memoir A Bad Feeling Have you ever wondered how a couple of games of baseball can change a child’s life?Monday was going to be a triering day because report cards were coming out and baseball tryouts where going to held later that day.And I want to do this but I had never thought that I would be very good at this sort of things.I didn’t really like to do much‚but monday after school I gave her my report card with a slip of paper that had baseball try outs on it and she looked at me and said

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    1st draft Food memoir: Mung rice noodle For all of us‚ there are several kinds of food in our deep memories. These foods are different from others because they are not only what we eat but also what we experience. Last week‚ when my teacher asked us which food existed in our deep memories‚ the first one came to my mind was Mung rice noodle. Each time mentioning Mung rice noodle‚ I will think of my wonderful childhood and sweet home. I belong to Tujia‚ one of the Chinese minorities. Mung rice

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    Driving Memoir

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    Memoir Driving a car is no easy task‚ especially when someone is trying to learn it for the first time. For many people driving is a terrifying experience which they hate. For others‚ driving is more of a duty and want to be over with it as soon as they can. For people like us‚ we drive for the sheer heck of it. Ever since I was a youngster‚ I always wanted to learn how to drive. I loved cars-and I still do to this day‚ this is why part of me wants to become a mechanical engineer. At the age of

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    Memoir: The Homeless

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    Memoir Draft 1 The moment I looked out the window of the car and my eyes turned to the row of homeless people weaving its way through the traffic begging for money‚ I jumped out of my seat. It was my first visit to India after leaving the country for the United States. The homeless people’s’ hands were making weird gestures and thumping the windows of the honking cars. I could not digest what I was seeing! While reaching out to an old woman to give her some money‚ I thought about what non homeless

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    Memoirs of a Geisha

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    I. Title: Memoirs of a Geisha (1997) II. Author: Arthur Golden (1957- ) III. Setting: a. Where: Gion‚ Kyoto‚ Japan b. When: Early 1900’s (1930’s‚ World War II) IV. Character and Characterization: c. Principal Characters i. Sayuri Nitta (Chiyo Sakamoto) Sayuri is the main character of the book. As a child‚ she always thought well of others. She has determination and does not give up easily. Her gray eyes are what make her stand out the most.

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    English 101 Memoir Essay

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    The snow had all but melted away and the smell of spring filled the air. Just a few months of school were left; it was my eighth grade year. Much preparation and months of work had been done to get ready for the last dance of the year. It was the last dance of our middle school career and the excitement was building. It all began with shopping. First with my girlfriends over the years‚ goofing off on trips to the mall trying on gorgeous flowing gowns for fun‚ and then it was finally time for

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    War Novels And Memoirs

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    The First World War spawned a great variety of war novels and memoirs. German novels such as All Quiet on the Western Front and British memoirs by Robert Graves‚ Siegfried Sassoon‚ and Edmund Blunden helped to create a mythology of "disillusionment." I will survey several German and British memoirs in this essay‚ making comparisons between them with a view to drawing some conclusions as to how German and British soldiers sustained morale. Ernst Jünger’s The Storm of Steel is a unique and interesting

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    Memoir of a Farm Girl

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    “Farm Girl” A. J. October 26‚ 2012 Essay on the Memoir of a Farm Girl In the memoir‚ “Farm Girl”‚ Jessica Hemauer shares her reflection from working hard doing chores on the farm. Jessica noticed that being a farm girl does not allow her to be like the other classmates. Jessica eventually realized she was different from the rest of her peers. “A typical ten-year-old child does not have to wake up at five in the morning to do chores!” (Hemauer‚ 2011‚ p.83) Jessica knew that she had no social

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    Memoir Assignment

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    Everyone has those things that they like doing. Something that i enjoy doing a lot is coding. It is something that i starting doing because it was something that i was somewhat interested in. I was one to usually not be interested in a lot of things. This topic had interested me enough in that i decided to try it. It eventually because something that i enjoy learning about a lot. Eventually it helped me find something that i thoroughly enjoy doing and helped me become open to other things. I always

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