different effects on many people. It affected people at home and obviously greatly affected those who were fighting in Vietnam. An excerpt from Everything We Had by Al Santoli and Beginning and Arrival‚ excerpts from If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Send Me Home by Tim O’Brien‚ are memoirs that explore the effects and influences of war on two young men. Tim O’Brien wrote about his own experiences in the war‚ and in the piece of work by Santoli‚ he tells about the events of a soldier named Robert
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“Who Understands Me But Me‚” by Jimmy Santiago Baca‚ is about an author talking about life in prison. It explains how life would be behind bars.explaining how you should choose your path the correct way and make good decisions in life. Also how hard it is to get your life back together after prison because it changes your life. To get your life together before it all goes bad. How you need to think things through in life before you do them. Also how hard it could be getting your life back together
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Around Me "You have a four-fold life to live: a body‚ a brain‚ a heart and a soul . . . these are your living tools. To use and develop them is not a task. . . . It is a golden opportunity." This is a quote from my favorite book‚ I Dare You. The book is about striving to be your best in everything you do‚ this particular quote is talking about the main keys of life‚ and these keys can be obtained through sports. I am an athlete. I run track and I play basketball. Sports are important to me because
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You’re Not The Boss Of Me - Yvonne van Dongen North & South The magazine article from North & South called ‘You’re Not The Boss Of Me’ by Yvonne van Dongen is about teenagers and the question; are parents affecting the adolescence of today? It made me think about how shocking the new generation of teenagers are‚ and how parents may be more at fault than the teenager. Teenagers have changed a lot over the ages. They seem to think they’re above everyone else and can do whatever they want. “The
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What Freedom Is To Me Since July 4th‚ 1776 the United States has a free country. Citizens of the United States have freedom of speech‚ religion‚ and many other things. Webster’s definition of freedom is‚ "the condition of being free of restraints." To me freedom plays a large role in my life. Three things that would be freedom for me are going where ever I wish‚ actions without negative consequences‚ and morality to my standards. The first example of freedom for me would be being able
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continued. “Five minutes on stage.” They went out the door. I was stunned. Everything happened in just a blink of an eye. I worked so hard for this role and everything was meant to be. I couldn’t accept the fact that someone is better than me. Someone that can make the choreographers and directors think for a second thought. I wasn’t satisfied. I went up the stage and argued with the director. Thinking of something that could make him change his decision. “Your figure is not what we want
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How did I get here?From living in a small village in Ghana with my family to now being auctioned off against my will.My name is Adele Fayette but on the plantation‚ they called me Dela.Born in 1785 I was the eldest of seven children all responsibility laid on my shoulders. After the death of my father John’s life became extremely hard.So I got married so that I may take care of my siblings.Life was going well until one day I saw everything I had ever known up in flames.A group of white men forced
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THE THINGS THAT ANNOY ME Like every week day ‚ Thursday morning find me stuck in the fortieth minute of a time that should last fifteen . The prospect of being late for school the fifth time this week has already thrown in the bed mood ‚ it worsens when I look out of the car to see what was causing the traffic jam. Controlling the police seems to be the last thing in the policeman’s mind as he converses animatedly with the drive of a bus‚ who soon hand him some bribe .Disgusted by this sight and
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A year ago today‚ I wrote an essay about what the game of a baseball had taught me and the opportunities the game brought to my life. It was written from the point of view of a kid who was going to college as a student-athlete‚ with aspirations of playing the game professionally. Today however‚ I am writing this essay with a different dream in mind‚ and rather reflecting upon the past‚ I find myself looking towards the future. I dream that I get to go to a school that I love and graduate with a truly
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dream and settle my career‚ when it will come down to choose a country. I love to learn about things that I do not know and I have always taken my studies very seriously. I have never said to anyone in my life‚ that "I hate studies". Many people find me as a geek‚ but I only see that as a compliment rather than an insult. I have got big dreams‚ when it comes to studies. Since I was 6 years old‚ I wanted to be a doctor. I always tried to aim to do my best at school and college‚ but my hard work did
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