11/29/13 English IV A Modern Day Sir Thomas In society today it is blatantly apparent that there are more than a few problems with society itself but they can for the most part be narrowed down into a more general criteria that applies for most what we would call first world societies. These problems range for social equality to even such things as living conditions and or minimum wage and their perpetrators per say have done almost nothing to solve these problems or progress towards a better
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haze -- telling the injured to get out and the healthy to help them down. "I see this incredible hero‚ running back and forth and saving the day‚" recalled Judy Wein. "In his mind‚ he had a duty to do -- to save people." "He’s definitely my guardian angel -- no ifs‚ ands or buts -- because without
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Once upon a time there was a man‚ Kanye. Kanye seemed to be just another normal man with normal desires til one day‚ his life as he knows it was about to change for good. Our fellow Kanye was about to start his morning routine by eating a pack of crisps and watch the telly. What he did not not was that meanwhile‚ Carl walked the pavement outside the front porch. There was not anything special about it really. But suddenly‚ the telly started to make weird noises and the lights started flashing. The
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older we got dexterous with bodyboarding. Our little crew was always trying to one up each other‚ we were pretty ostentatious when it came to that kind of stuff. We would always go out on the optimal days for bodyboarding‚ but some days we would just go out to facetious time. We would also go on days that were detrimental to our safety‚ but we didn’t care‚ we would just go and not think about what we were doing. A few winters ago there was a swell that came in and one of the biggest swells that
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Everything began on that gloomy Sunday afternoon. I remember all the little details about that day like it was yesterday. I was late to my part-time job at The Alienator‚ a small‚ alien themed fast food joint on the corner of 2nd and Main Street. With coffee stains on my shirt‚ my hair a ruffled mess and my shoes on the wrong feet‚ I sprinted down the sidewalk‚ rushing to work. Breathing heavily‚ I was so focused on dodging and slipping past people‚ that I didn’t realize what was happening to my
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to the racist nature of the Europeans who colonized Canada. The main character in the story‚ Big Tom‚ appears physically and mentally worn out by his life. At the beginning of the story‚ the reader gets a sense of bitterness with how he perceives his life. Despite living in poverty‚ he appears to be a caring father. The reader senses Big Tom grappling with his Native identity when he tells his infant son a story: “his voice slid awkwardly through the ageless folktale of his people”. It is as if Big
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There were three pigs each wore a red checkered shirt‚ they all fancy a job‚ they live the modern life‚ except they all ‘act’ smart. So one little piggy walked to the street corner that is usually quite barren but today there was a person with a rugged outfit ripped and saggy but he was giving out exactly what the piggy needed. He walked to the man and asked‚ “Is there any jobs where I can help out people?” The strange man then said‚ “why of course‚ infact there is one near here called
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Scary Story “Come you have to see this!” screamed Doobie. “What is it?” asked Kavid. “I really don’t know. Never mind. Forget about it. Do you ever feel that something bad is about to happen to us?” “No not really.” The Island of Nesis had many mysterious things about it and on it. Nobody ever knew about it since it was far out in the ocean. On the island‚ a house stood. Some said that the doors had blood dripping off of it. Others told that the bathtub flowed with blood once. One person exclaimed
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Short Story Scrutiny. Scepticism. Shock. It was all too familiar‚ the look on the faces in the room. An aboriginal female in a doctor’s coat. She glanced around the room as she sat down. The dullness of the grey walls seemed to absorb the lost hopes and dreams of the young men around her. The stale oxygen that lingered in the small room was slowly suffocating under the sterile smell of disinfectant. The only glimmer of light was a small corner of a window where the morning sun shimmered through
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Here’s how it happened. It was near my birthday when I asked my parents if I could get a dog. Sadly‚ they said I wasn’t ready for a dog because I couldn’t take care of it. I was distraught because I had wanted a dog for as long could remember. A few days passed‚ and I had finally gotten over not getting a dog. I was chilling at my house watching tv‚ bored as ever ‚ until my mom came downstairs and announced that she was going to the store. I said “ok I’ll see ya later”‚ and my mom left. A couple of
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