Morris Lurie My greatest ambition Summary The story is an autobiography about the narrator’s life when he was a kid. A thirteen year old boy draws comics‚ and wants to become a comic-strip artist. He calls everybody in his class dreamers‚ and believes he is the only person who is not a dreamer. When he finishes his first comic he gets a tip from a friend‚ who tells him to send it to a magazine‚ which might publish it. So he sends his comic to the magazine‚ and is asked to make an appointment with
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of becoming engineers‚ doctors and scientists of great repute. There are very few persons who are happy-go-lucky by nature and have no clear-cut aims in their lives. I do not have very ambitious aims in my life. I do not wish to become a mill-owner or a multi-millionaire. The some object of my life is to lead a life of simplicity and goodness devoted to the service of humanity. The life of a professional leader or a politician would not suit me as most of such persons have become parasites on the
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What is ambition? Ambition is a strong desire to achieve something. It differs from man to man. Most of die people want to become rich; many want to be powerful; others have certain goals in their life to achieve. However‚ majority of them are after wealth to become the richest in the world. I too have an ambition. But their ends all the similarities. Unlike die others‚ I am not after wealth or influence or power or material gains or anything of that sort. This is it: I want to become a Pilot Officer
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the best time of a person’s life Many people will probably agree that childhood is the best time of one’s life. But not every childhood is happy. Some children may be born in a poor family or under such circumstances that make their lives bad. In my opinion‚ childhood is the happiest time of a person’s life in most cases. Why is childhood the best stage of one’s life? Let’s consider common circumstances. The child is born in good family‚ he or she has parents who love and take care of him or
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"My immediate goal is to gain admission to the College of Law. I know that I will be able to receive a top-notch education that will allow me to fulfill my potential as a contributing member of society. As a young boy‚ I dreamed of becoming a police officer or a fireman. Of course‚ many young boys my age harbored similar aspirations. However‚ I was not attracted to these professions for their obvious action and bravado. What made the people who performed these jobs special to me is that
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10. GCPP-142-FD-50Pads. X100 Sheets(C6)-30-10-2001 DECLARATION FORM (To be filled and retured to the Assistant Commissioner‚ Food and Drugs Administration‚ Pondicherry) N.B. No Column should be left blank or with a dash. If you have not particulars to be furnished for any column‚ NIL/Does not arise should be entered. 1. Name and Complete address of the firm : LAKSHMI MEDICAL Old No. 84‚ New No. 87‚ Villianur Road‚ Sithananda Nagar‚ Puducherry 605 005. 2
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Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge Ordinary Level * 8 7 0 6 7 3 2 3 4 6 * 5054/32 PHYSICS Paper 3 Practical Test May/June 2014 2 hours Candidates answer on the Question Paper. Additional Materials: As listed in the Confidential Instructions. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use staples‚ paper
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-How does the author describe the feelings of anxiety and excitement of the boy? My Greatest Ambition is a story written by Morris Lurie in 1984 about a thirteen-year-old boy whose greatest ambition was being a comic-strip artist although at the end he grows out of it. In this text the author can easily transmit the feelings of anxiety and excitement of the main character in different ways. One of the ways Morris Lurie describes them is through the boy’s incapacity of controlling his own body
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his working is going to affect the economy and safety of the resulting structure. My ambition as a structural engineer is to get competency in the field of bridge engineering right from design phase till to the execution of the design; the reason is that bridges are a direct and true reflection of economy and recourses of a country. I always wanted to contribute in the growing economy of my country using my skills‚ knowledge and capabilities .This is one profession where an advance degree is
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would be tens of thousands of helicopter pilots out flying for a living. And that’s not the case. It’s very important to understand that earning a Commercial Pilot certificate and other advanced FAA ratings is just the first step down the road to becoming a Professional Helicopter pilot. But don’t be discouraged! What are the opportunities? What are the requirements? How long does it take? Where do you start? What does it cost? What kind of salaries do pilots earn? These are not simple questions with
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