AB2-1 HOW MY BROTHER LEON BROUGHT HOME A WIFE My brother Leon was returning to Nagrebcan from far away Manila‚ bringing home his young bride who had been born and had grown up in the big city. Father would not accept her for a daughter-in-law unless he taught her worthy to live in Nagrebcan. Father devised an ingenious way to find out‚ and waited for the result. She stepped down from the carretela of Ca Celin with a quick‚ delicate grace. She was lovely. She was tall. She looked up to my brother
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from the home I grew up in. It can be hard for kids to move. I think it was tough for me because I had to leave my friends‚ my safe place‚ and the home I grew up in. At the age of ten‚ I moved to a new house. It was disappointing because I had to leave the friends I grew up with behind. We would play together every day‚ but the day I told them I had to move‚ we all sulked around. My mom was in a very good mood‚ but every time she looked at me I couldn’t help but cry because I was leaving my friends
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autumn leaves descend upon the firm October soil; cool‚ crisp air infiltrates my nostrils with cinnamon scents‚ Grandma’s famous pumpkin rolls‚ and incomparable to them all - harvested crops. These harvest aromas occupy the October air and stimulate the senses from my childhood. Memories of my combine commutes replay in my head like a broken record; my tiny feet dangle over the petite passenger seat as the equipment head seizes my sights. Time transcends‚ and I return today as Dad and I pack ourselves
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The theme of ’How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife’ is that one must preserve‚ even through certain sacrifices‚ in order to reach one’s goal. In particular: - One may have to surrender a small part of one’s life in order to be happy. In the story‚ Leon arrived with his wife in the country meeting Leon’s brother for the first time. They took a surprising route home for Leon‚ but it was meant as a test for the wife to see if she could endure the sacrifices she made and meet her new family
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How My Brother Leon Brought Home A Wife Title:How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife Author:Manuel E. Arguilla Characters: Characters: Baldo-Younger brother of Leon‚fetched Leon and Maria from the road to Nagrebcan Leon (Or Noel)-Older brother of Baldo who studied in Manila where he met his wife Maria-The beautiful and stunning wife of Leon from Manila Labang-The bull whom Baldo considers As his “pet” Urong and Celin-The two twins Setting: 1.Nagrebcan 2. the house of
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and the author of the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom. She is known as a “Tiger Mom”. Amy created the term to identify the parenting method she uses for her two daughters. In her book the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom‚ Amy Chua discusses how she has raised her two daughters a very superior way and discusses the ways of the superiority of traditional Chinese parenting over the standard western way. After reading her essay on the superiority of the Tiger Mom‚ I have concluded that her parenting styles are
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Demonstration The Teaching of Literature Major/EngSpecn10 HOW MY BROTHER LEON BROUGHT HOME A WIFE by Manuel E. Arguilla A Weekly Lesson Plan in English IV COMPETENCIES Listening Make use of different learning strategies according to the main purposes of listening. Speaking Develop the ability to verbally give information and express needs‚ opinions‚ feelings and attitudes. Reading Demonstrate the ability to locate and synthesize information essential to one’s understanding and interpretation
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“How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife” by Manuel E. ArguillaSummary Baldo and his older brother Leon were both waiting for their visitor riding a carratela. When Baldo sa his older brother’s wife‚ who is Maria‚ he was amazed by her beauty as he narrates their journey to their home in Nagrebcan. Maria was felt a bit anxious because of meeting Leon and Baldo’s parents for the first time‚ but along their way home‚ she discovered the differences of the life of the people lived there and the life
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Glitz and Glamour? “Teen Mom 2” is a sequel to MTV’s “16 and Pregnant”. More than three million people watch the series every week. It is MTV’s highest-rated show targeting women starting at age twelve. “Teen Mom 2” features the lives of four teen mothers: Leah‚ Jenelle‚ Chelsea‚ and Kailyn. They are followed by cameras daily to show the gritty hardships they face. Unlike “16 and Pregnant”‚ it offers an unglamorous and sometimes uncomfortable look into their lives. “Teen Mom 2” under-scores what life
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ago‚ I participated in my football team’s monthly Feed-the-Homeless trip. During the time‚ my coach made the trip it manually for each player to participate in the trip at least once. I decided to participate during June‚ knowing that I had to do at least once. As the time came‚ I eventually started to walk to the church (which so happened to be the one across the street from my house). While walking to the church‚ I thought about what was going see on the trip. As some of my other teammates participated
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