11/22/13 AP Comp Precis Type: Process “My First Conk” In “My First Conk” (1964)‚ Malcolm X reflects back upon receiving a conk and elaborates on how degrading it was to him and many other African-Americans to lose their identity. He reinforces his point that African-Americans lost their individuality by getting a conk by providing an anecdote from his life (“This was my first really big step toward self degradation.”) and then by giving examples of the other African-Americans who received
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with both parents and my older brother in a safe home and parents that took care of me and never made me worried about anything. I past my High School with a lot of A’s. I never got into trouble in my High School years‚ but it all went wrong when I moved away from my home. I moved to a little apartment in the market‚ not that long away from where I grew up. But it was different.Graffiti and gunshots were a part of everyday and every night too. I didn’t really have any friends from High School because
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journey to becoming a stronger believer in their own religion begins with their parents’ active participation in their faith formation. As a catholic‚ my journey started with baptism when I was born and it became stronger when I received my First Holy Communion. First Holy Communion is a Catholic Church ceremony. It is the colloquial name for a person’s first reception of the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. Catholics believe this event to be very important‚ as the Eucharist is one of the central focuses
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Answer? Poverty is not acknowledged as a problem around the world. There is no answer to poverty because many people don’t think it’s even a problem at all. From Parks ‘’Flavio’s Home’’ Flavio was sent to the United to receive medical care for his illness‚ and even though the United States struggles with poverty‚ poverty in Brazil is far from worse than any in America. There is no answer to poverty because of the denial of poverty in the United States.The current survey data shows that 15 percent
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was used mostly in the eastern world‚ there was a prototype that was made out of bone called the hompipe ir pibgorn‚ very similar to Egypt’s cane tube. The first clarinet ever made was around the 1700’s in Nuremberg‚ Germany by Johann Cristoph Denne. Of course it wasn’t as prestigious as now‚ but it still had a big impact on music. The very first clarinet invented looked similar to a recorder‚ the sound of this instrument sounds close to a trumpet‚ which is in key of C‚ but the only difference is
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While reading “My First Conk”‚ written by Malcolm X‚ many thoughts came to mind. It is truly astonishing how a human being will withhold an immense amount of pain just to create a new personal appearance. In this case‚ pain really is beauty! Malcolm wished for a different look to represent him in a positive way. The hairstyle known as a “conk” was very popular on white males‚ however they were predominantly worn on upper class African American men‚ specifically entertainers. The conk would represent
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morning to find my grandpa sitting on the edge of my bed. I was curious as to what he was doing there‚ but then grew excited when he informed me that I was ready to learn how to ride a bike without any training wheels. I had been riding with training wheels for almost a year and felt like I was ready to take the next step in growing up. Even though I had some doubt‚ my grandpa and I went outside and took the little wheels off my bike. Following my bike’s transformation‚ it was time for the big moment
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coming to a blazing end. Well‚ at least my world. It was a very humid and hot summer afternoon. Unusually warm for New England‚ it was the type of weather found in the deep south of our country. It was quite a coincidence actually; since this was the type of weather I would have to be used to. After all here I was on my way down to the south moving to Kentucky. It was a slightly a year before when I was first told by my parents that we would be moving. At first I didn’t believe them. I thought‚ “What
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Imagine everything that you know being ripped away from you all in the period of one day. Moving to Utah from Texas was a big change but moving from a house next to your school surrounded by your friends and daily experiencing social media and constant contact to an all girls therapeutic home with no electronics and not knowing anyone. That was a huge change for a sixteen about to be seventeen year old. Going to Re-Creation Retreat was a life changer for me. I don’t see how anyone could not
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The verse that I’m going to focus on is the very first verse of my first aliyah. This verse is considered important among Jewish scholars‚ because here is where G-d tells Abraham‚ who‚ at this point in the Torah‚ was called Abram‚ to ‘go forth from his father’s land.’ Lech Lecha is often translated as ‘Go Forth‚’ but really‚ ‘Lech Lecha’ means ‘go to yourself.’ My interpretation of this is that G-d is telling Abram not only to literally go forth into another land‚ but also to find who he really
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