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    Camilo Sbarbaro poem “Even if you weren’t my Father” is an emotional poem: the speaker talks about his or her father throughout the poem. The main theme is how the speaker shows gratitude towards their dad. It demonstrates how the speaker has a deep appreciation for his or her father. “Even if you weren’t my father” the speaker says “I would still love you”. This shows the fondness between the speaker and the father. Love has multiple meanings for the speaker; the love towards his/her dad makes

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    is constantly calling Matilda a dip face and wasting his sweets by continuously throwing them at Matilda. Then there’s her self-obsessed mother who is always seen smothered in make-up and in a pose to try and make her look good. Finally her father‚ her father is a selfish low-life cheapskate. He works in a second-hand car shop and most of the cars are faulty. What Mr.Wormwood does is fixes the faults temporarily so whenever the buyer drives for 20 minutes the faults will appear again. Matilda’s parents

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    Barack Obama – “Dreams From My Father-A Story of Race and Heritance” Today I want to introduce you United States President Barack Obama’s first memoir‚ dreams from my father. It was first published in July 1995 as he was preparing to launch his political career and republished in August 2004. Author: Since my book is an autobiography I won’t tell you everything about the author‚ I just will give some personal facts about him. Barack Obama was born in 1961 in Honolulu‚ Hawaii to Barack Obama Senior

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    A Conversation with My Father is a fictional story about a daughter and her dying father. At his bedside‚ he asks her to tell a story. She tells a tragic story of a woman who gets involved in drugs because of her son but then the son leaves her and she is stuck in the drug lifestyle. She soon after decides to get her life back on track and she succeeds in doing so. The father rejects the daughters ending because he believes that she is avoiding tragedy. Through ambiguity and connotation in the conversation

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    America’s Founding Fore Fathers If America’s founding fore fathers were alive today‚ they would probably be happy with how far we’ve come‚ and somewhat ashamed. They would be proud of our military and technology‚ but they would be shocked at how high our dept is. Our dept might be high‚ but America is still the best country in the world. In general‚ our fore fathers would be happy with how far we’ve come. For example‚ America has the best and largest military in the world. My favorite part about

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    been living with my mother In a one bedroom one bathroom apartment. My mother is a single parent that is hardworking and sometimes goes without in order to make sure I am content to make sure I have a successful live. My father would make an effort to be there but ultimately it was only for a short period of time before he would fall off. To this day he continues to the same routine so unfortunately I consider him a in and out dad. As a result my mother had to be the mother and father over me. Regardless

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    short story “A Conversation with My Father” written by Grace Paley is a short story about a woman who is having a conversation with her elderly father. In this story‚ the narrator is telling‚ and retelling‚ her father a story about a mother and her desire to be close with her son no matter the cost or circumstance. Not only does this work involve various themes‚ but it also literary elements such as comedy‚ exaggeration‚ and irony. “A Conversation with My Father” is a short story that contains several

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    are evident in the memoir Romulus My Father by Raimond Gaita and the novel Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. The perceptions of belonging in these texts are shaped by the detachment or connections made with people‚ culture and landscape in a historical context. Aspects of belonging may be considered in terms of experiences of identity‚ notions of identity‚ relationships‚ acceptance and understanding. Throughout Raimond Gaita’s memoir Romulus My Father it reveals how one person can feel

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    the shelf because I was intrigued about my president’s background and how he got to where he is. The book Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama captures Obama’s childhood‚ stories about his father‚ and his rocky route to success. Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama dictates that through uncertainty‚ racism‚ and bad choices he made his way to a prosperous life. -The book opens with Obama receiving a phone call from some distant aunt in Kenya that his father has died. -Then the story flashbacks

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    When I was a little girl my daddy always talked to me as he did when I was a lot older. He would say‚ “Are you always gonna be daddy’s little girl and never grow up and leave daddy.” I would say‚ “No daddy I would never leave you or mommy.” “Do you promise forever?” I would always say‚ “Yes daddy never ever will I leave you.” I realize now that I did not know what forever meant. I know now that I truly did not know forever would come. It has came and went and I am still depressed as can

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