Kenya Freshman Studies 101-09 November 30‚ 2009 Kenya In section three‚ also known as Kenya‚ starts off with Barack Obama being on a plane heading to Nairobi to visit the family that he never knew. Before Barack Obama goes to law school‚ although Barack Obama Sr. is now deceased‚ he still decides to start his trip to Kenya to confront some things that needs to be confronted. This is when Barack Obama’s journey comes full circle. In the process‚ he found much love and attachment from people
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person with brighter future. These reasons are enough to make us realize the significance of life. So‚ when depressing thoughts seem to get us down‚ we should always be reminded with those beautiful things that will lift us up and be grateful with the gift of
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celebration and happiest season or event not only in the Philippines but also in the whole Christian world. This is also the time of the year when family getting together‚ especially when family members from overseas come home with lots of gifts. Exchanging gifts and the family feast highlight the most loved celebration. The celebration of Christmas in the Philippines begins on the 16th of December and ends on the first Sunday of January which is the Feast of the Epiphany (The Three Kings). It is
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and the gifts they brought were gold‚ frankincese and myarrh. they were said to be wise because they followed the star of bethlehem to reach baby jesus. and it is said that these gidfts by the magi were the wisest gifts of all. they invented the art of giving gifts on christmas eve. In the same way in the story "the gift of magi" by o’henry jim and della were considered foolish by the writer as they sold off their most precious possessions so they could buy each other a christmas gift. della sold
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America’s gift to my generation is freedom.The freedom America has given is the ability to say what we want and not have to get made fun of.We can dress like we want and not have to follow a dress code or get made fun of for what we wear.And like what we want and not have to give up our hopes and dreams.The freedom to say what we want‚be want we want and be where we want is the freedom America has given. America has also given us the freedom to go to any school‚and be what we want to.You can go
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Journal 1 – The Gift of the Magi By: Mariyam Meefau Rasheed Student ID: 004T5414 This is a story about a married couple set in the Christmas time in the early 20th century. The story talks about foolish and impulsive sacrifices made by a young couple with a very little amount of money. They make these sacrifices to buy Christmas presents for each another. The Young couple‚ Jim and Della‚ were very poor. The author does not give much insight on their past‚ but describes them just enough to know
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Stage 1 English Text Response: The Simple Gift (Steven Herrick) In The Simple Gift‚ Steven Herrick explores the boundaries of traditional assumptions regarding a sense of belonging‚ attitudes to homelessness and prejudice. The author challenges the expectations and approaches to homelessness in a way that expands his work on a sense of belonging and the prejudice that comes along with that way of life. In The Simple Gift‚ Steven Herrick both supports and challenges traditional conventions about
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The lack of imagery and metaphor in O. Henry’s short story “The Gift of Magi” make the few Bible allusions stand out. In the last paragraph O. Henry compares Jim and Della to the three wise men that came to give gifts to Jesus on the first Christmas. Also in the exposition of the story there are another two Biblical allusions. Della’s hair is written to be so beautiful that her hair would depreciate The Queen of Sheba’s jewels and gifts. And Jim’s golden watch would have made King Solomon pluck his
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party‚ it would be my pleasure to have the following present: First of all‚ I would be happy to dine with the chairman and chief architect of the world wide leader in software services and solutions‚ Microsoft Corporation. The guy considered to be the richest man on earth‚ no other than William Bill Gates. Another visitor whom I would like to join us would be one of the top businessmen in South Africa‚ the Chairman of Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd.‚ Mr. Patrice Motsepe. My third guest passed
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Back to school During the event “Back to school” President Barack Obama gave a speech at Wakefield high school September 2009. The speech doesn’t focus on teachers‚ school system or the parent’s duty to support and motivate their children going to school. It focuses on the responsibility every student has to him/herself. The speech is directed to the students‚ because in the debate about education and school it’s often the teachers‚ parents or the school system that are getting blamed when
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