A vivid childhood memory Each year‚ on the sixth day of December‚ most Germans celebrate the life and death of the bishop St. Nicholas. He is known as the patron saint of little children. Putting a boot outside your door‚ the night before‚ is part of this memorable tradition. In the morning of St. Nicholas day‚ well-behaved children find their boots filled with chocolates‚ oranges‚ coins or toys. By the end of November‚ children had already written their Nicholas wish lists. Not
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In every childhood there are many events that are memorable and influential because memories are a part of life. Without them life would be meaningless because we have no memories to hold on too. My most memorable childhood took place when I was about eight years old. I never imagined how my grandfather’s death would hold the most memorable event in my childhood but somehow it has. My grandfather died of the age of fifty four. He was everything to me and I adored him completely. I came to the point
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My Childhood Memories My childhood memories are mainly just bits and pieces. I do remember some events vividly. My memories are the only things that stay constant. I can pull them out like an old book and retrieve them while the world around me changes so rapidly. My favorite memories are my childhood memories. I was five years old and living in a small town in Mexico with my mother. My grandparents live in front of my house. They live in this two-story house made of adobe and brick tiles. The
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A vivid childhood memory Summer 1985‚ was truly an amazing and exciting summer for me‚ my sister’s wedding. I was 14 years old ‚my sister Sarah was getting married. It was almost like a ritual that every Year I would go on vacation to Florida ‚and I remembered that day. Although I was thrilled About the wedding at a point I could never imagine how that year would be the most favorable event that I ever witnessed of my childhood. I recalled when my parents
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MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES Oh no! I shouted at the top of my voice‚ please don’t break down my grandparents’ house I had just returned from New York to Trinidad with my parents. I left Trinidad when I was six years old. I grew up in couva with my grandparents‚ where I had many friends living in there in the same villag.e I walked through the street where my friends and I once played jump rope. The sight of the many old-fashioned houses caught my attention. I stop as I started at one house
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Six‚ Seven‚ Eight‚ or Nine I already knew Santa didn’t exist. At the age when most kids were trying to stay awake all night on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus‚ I was in my bed‚ anxiously trying to fall asleep so morning would come faster and I could open presents. Unlike most kids my age‚ I already knew the real story. It was a hoax‚ a story that parents tell their kids to trick them into believing that if they if they weren’t good‚ Santa wouldn’t bring them anything. I knew that they
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returned home‚ I jumped out of the truck and ran inside to show off my new tractor. I promised my grandpa that I would take extra good care of it. I played with my tractor every single day and wherever I went I took my tractor with me. This is a memory that I’m sure I will always remember. I still think about my little tractor every time that I
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Friends are one of the most precious gifts in our life. Some friendships last forever while some ends as paths change. We always remember those friends with whom we had shared the most part of our life. In my opinion‚ it is more important to keep the old friendship strong compared to making new friends for following reasons. Firstly of all‚ trust in between two old friends is more strong compared to a recently developed friendship. Due to this it becomes easier to share our problems and feelings
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Feminism Thoughts in Precious (2009) In 2009‚ an American drama film entitled Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Saphire orsimply called as Precious was produced. The media mogul‚ Oprah Winfrey was interested to promote itwidely by taking the position as the executive producer. The reason of Oprah’s interest to the film wasunquestionable. For so long‚ she has always been known for her deep concern on women’s issues‚ andthis is the film all about. Precious is a film which
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The movie Precious based on the novel Push by Sapphire about a 16 year old girl named Claireece “Precious” Jones who was raised in an abusive household with her mother and her mother’s boyfriend‚ where she deals with verbal‚ physical and sexual abuse from both her mother‚ and father who lives in a different home. Precious has one child with Down’s Syndrome‚ but her mother doesn’t let the baby stay in the house with them so she lives with her grandmother and the only time Precious gets to see the
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