My father is a very traditional‚ conservative‚ religious man. A product of his time‚ upbringing‚ and culture. Abandoned by his mother‚ neglected by his father‚ and raised by an aunt who already had too many children of her own‚ my father has always had to fend for himself. From an early age he had to start working‚ I was once told by him that in the absence of his father‚ he looked up to his bosses for a role model. A lot of them were drunks and chauvinist. My father grew around these men‚ idolizing
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Malcolm X Is My Hero “The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first‚ then you’ll get action.” Malcolm X the African American to fight for race pride and black nationalism by going around speaking to African americans. Malcolm X has been a proud African american just like me‚ and that’s why he’s my hero. Although‚ X saw us‚ black folks not only as an African American but as Afro-American. He believed that
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My dad is going away. That is all I could think about the entire length of the car ride to Brighton. Mom says we will all be okay‚ that Daddy will be home soon‚ but there is something about the way she keeps on repeating it that makes me wonder if there is a secret that she is still not telling me. Dad and Mom both keep locking eyes and Dad periodically glances up into the rearview mirror to check if we are all still asleep. I keep my eyes squeezed shut so he doesn’t know I am listening but it is
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Running through the sprinkler and shouting as the cold water pierced my skin was a usual occurrence at my grandmother’s home as a young child. Today as I stroll through her front door‚ I waft in the aroma of the freshly baked cookies waiting for me to indulge myself in. So many instances can bring back so many memories that I have with my grandmother. Linda Rhods is not only my grandmother‚ but she is my hero. As a young child‚ her life was quite tragic. Her mother passed away at a young age from
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mediocre or OK. My goals are set pretty high‚ no matter what ”. Odell Beckham Jr is my hero. The reason is because he’s such a leader and hard worker. He also never changes for anyone else. He also is a very careful person. He gives back a lot and appreciates a lot of the people that was before him. Odell Beckham jr is one of my hero’s because he’s just a role model and a leader for a lot of people. These people include adults teenagers and even even little kids. In some ways he a leader he wears his own
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He loved listening to music. He was an engineer. And saying “my Dad died when I was 11” rolls off of my tongue in a way that it never has before. It’s been nine years. Time has passed. Things have gotten easier. His death is no longer where my thoughts default when nothing else is distracting me. I don’t think about him every time someone mentions his or her father in conversation. And‚ I don’t think about him every time someone asks about my own family. I do think about him though. Every single
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But heroes can be more than just that they can be our family members like our parents because they care for us and we look up to them or our heroes can be a famous person like a actress or a singer. Like my hero‚ she’s an actress and her name is Ilana Glazer she was born April 12‚ 1987. She’s my hero because we both believe that people should be be treated the same way and that children should be taught certain things. One reason why I look up to her is that she’s a huge feminist‚ she talks about
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My hero Welcome to the 18th and 19th century‚ were type machines were invented‚ where wigs and hats were fashionable and where white posh men and women lived the glamour’s life...but was on the other side? What was the other story? In the 18th and 19th century slavery was introduced to injustice. Where black people were humiliated and abused just because of their skin colour‚ how much longer would people endure this injustice? Brave‚ intelligent and Courageous? Those three words tell a story that
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It was a beautiful warm sunny day in August and I went on the bridge pedal with my Dad. The Bridge Pedal is a 33 mile bike ride that rides over 10 bridges in Downtown Portland and when we finished I wanted to ride my bike somewhere. Well when we left is when the incident happened and changed my day from good to bad. I had to go to the ER and get stitches. It was a good day and here’s my story that changed my day. To begin the day we got up a 6:30 am and rode our bikes down the hill to get breakfast
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The hero of my story is Spanky. Spanky would receive calls from other friends about his sister. Every time friends call Spanky he is out for the Adventure.When friends are yelling into the phone it motivates Spanky to go out and do the best he can to protect his sister from her boyfriend. Spanky has a car that gets him to and from places when adventures is calling his name. He is out to protect his sister from her boyfriend following paths. Spanky’s sister doesn’t know what Spanky is up to. Spanky’s
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