What Are You Proud Of? By: Mulki Abshir Certain things happen in your life that you never forget; sometimes they’re happy moments‚ other times sad moments and sometimes they’re even powerful moments like when it’s your turn to be bullied. I’ve always thought that when your friends or you get bullied‚ by ignoring the bully would make them leave you alone but I realized it just makes things worse. It was 3rd grade in Elementary School‚ a year that I realized something important. So far
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02/03/2013 The Moment As I was floating in the ocean with my eyes closed a feeling of tranquility came over me. The sun was shining on full power of brightness with a bluest sky on the background. I felt the sun’s rays permeating the skin on my face and it was getting burnt like toast in the oven. The cold water was constantly tickling the burnt inside of my ears. The rest of my body was under the water and I felt like I was dissolving in the ocean becoming one with all around me. My face was getting
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In John Donne’s Holy Sonnet X‚ Death be not proud‚ death is apostrophized‚ or directly addressed as though it were a person rather than an abstraction. The speaker remonstrates with death not to display pride‚ as humans do when others hail them as “Mighty and dreadful.” In lines 1 and 2‚ the speaker insists death is neither all-powerful nor worthy of awe and fear. The people death appears to have conquered and deprived of further existence are not dead‚ nor can death ever claim the life of the speaker
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calls itself democracy. They might call it democracy. They might call it equality. But we? We want THE TRUTH. Let’s start with the words that Aeschylus‚ in his tragedy The Eumenides‚ put in Athena’s mouth: To male supremacy in all things‚ I give my whole hearted consent‚ says she‚ adding that mother is not the true creator‚ since she was born from her father’s head. Later on‚ Aristotle’s basic strategy was to divide things into contradictions: right and wrong‚ good and bad‚ life and death‚ man
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My definition of writing might be a little different that what one would find in a dictionary‚ because of the history it and I share. I would define writing as a treacherous task where I wade through hundreds of thousands of unfiltered words to come across the other side with a heaping pile that somewhat halfway resembles what one might call a well-manicured essay. Reflecting now I can see some of my strong suits and some that are not so strong as well as some of the defining moments in my writing
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This is my creative essay for the Film Program at NYU. The prompt was: "Introduce yourself. Describe an unforgettable event in your life and how it changed your perception of yourself or the view of someone close to you. This event can be dramatic and/or comedic. The assignment may be written as a short story in the first person or as an essay." My one fear is that my essay is hard to understand. So any feedback on how it reads to other people would be a huge help. And also any gramatical errors
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Marine Marc Marc was a 19 year old boy‚ well fit‚ did great in school and had no problems with the ladies. He already knew what he was going to educate himself as once he finished college. If everything went as planned he was going to be a fully educated marine soldier by the time of 3 years ahead. The only thing in Marc head‚ that could make him reconsider the thought of going into the army was‚ that he this huge anxiety of trees‚ right on‚ he had dendrofobia. Marc case of dendrofobia wasn’t
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A DEFINING MOMENT IN MY LIFE! Our house was a buzz of excitement. Relatives from all over the world visited and offered their assistance. The dining-room table was laid with delectable treats and thirst-quenching drinks. The sound of laughter filled every corner. Mum scurried around‚ busy as a bee‚ ensuring every little detail was organized. Everyone‚ including me‚ pampered the special princess. Her friends hovered around her giggling and making comments about her future husband. I revelled
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What Are You Proud Of? By: Mulki Abshir Certain things happen in your life that you never forget; sometimes they’re happy moments‚ other times sad moments and sometimes they’re even powerful moments like when it’s your turn to be bullied. I’ve always thought that when your friends or you get bullied‚ by ignoring the bully would make them leave you alone but I realized it just makes things worse. It was 3rd grade in Elementary School‚ a year that I realized something important. So far
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people often said that Malaysia is a peaceful country‚ but communities are still largely separate‚ and things are not always so calm. During the Japanese occupation‚ Chinese and Malays were fought by each other and in 1969‚Chinese were treated the most harshly and hundreds of Chinese were killed in riots. This violence grew out of Malays dissatisfy about Chinese superiority in doing business. So the government find a solution which was the new Economic Policy which underlines the unity of all people
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