A Gift for My Mother The story is about a ten-year-old girl named Lucy‚ whose parents are separated and doesn’t have money enough to fulfill their dreams. The father works at a garage‚ which isn’t enough for the family to live on‚ and he’s getting confronted with that all the time even though he’s giving all he have earned‚ to his family. In the start Lucy’s parents are discussing right in front of her‚ which make Lucy confused because she’s 10 years old and doesn’t yet understand what the big
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”A Gift for My Mother” is a short story written by Viv McDade. . It’s chronicling the course of a young girl’s best intentions. The main character in the story is a little‚ juvenile girl called Lucy. “..a bunch of wild flowers in the bushveld..” (p. 8‚ l. 1) The story takes place in South Africa‚ because a bushveld is a well-grassed plain area in South Africa. Throughout the entire story Lucy wants to give her mother a gift. She decides to collect bunches of flowers‚ sell them and earn some cash
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and crime was a constant concern for us. It worried my parents to see that I was losing interest in school‚ so they moved me to Chino Hills after I finished 7th grade to live with my sisters‚ hoping that the environment would be a better place for me. The different atmosphere I was in changed my perspective on education. The students in Chino Hills are very competitive in their academic pursuits which motivated me to try harder and work up to my potential. The realization that a different environment
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My fondness for computer was initially sparked by my first exposure to it by my father when I was just 3 years old. The mystery and delicacy of this gadget absorbed the attention of young me and gradually shaped my academic enthusiasm. Meanwhile this keenness paved the way for my massive attachments to the investigation of applying the computer technology to the modern world. Consequently‚ I have decided to study Computer Science as my undergraduate course and to work as a software engineer in
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My Childhood Memory Kevin Kolbach One memory that really sticks out in my mind from my childhood is when I got my first skateboard. I remember for weeks after I spent hours upon hours outside on it‚ and I continue to ride to this day. It was the day of the party for my 8th birthday. I was outside playing basketball waiting impatiently for people to arrive. As they began to arrive a marveled at all the gifts being brought into the house. The party went slowly by as I waited to open my gifts.
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represents at which particular context or place. So here the court will have to go beyond the statute and yet stick to the same literal words of the statute to ascertain its meaning. Also the ambiguity sometimes is “syntactic”84 which means the vagueness arises from words like “or”‚“and”‚ “all” and other such words. For example if a punishment for a certain crime is “fine or imprisonment or both”‚ the court can imprison the accused or impose a fine or impose
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My Mother Is My Blessed Gift There are many people who have inspired me in many ways. But‚ my mother‚ however‚ inspired me the most. She is a very hardworking‚ truthful and a caring person. Besides that‚ she is extraordinary. I am very blissful to be a part of her life and I am overjoyed that she is a part of mine too. However‚ she is not my whole life‚ neither anyone else. I would absolutely idolize my mother as my role model who has a very strong willpower. My mother is actually an ordinary
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My Childhood‚ My Future I was seven years old when I started to hear the explosions. Soldiers came to each house to search for weapons. As a child living in Baghdad living through a war adversely affected me. The city was very dangerous‚ so my parents decided to move to another town where all my family gathered together in one big house. My family and I were very frightened by what had happened and what would happen in Baghdad. After a while‚ when the violence subsided‚ we returned
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America’s gift to my generation is Technology because we have computers.That let us write essays‚ go to college‚ and communicate with someone and actually see them. They also let us run companies or corporation .We can also keep track of money and order things you can’t or don’t want to go to the store to buy. Technology is a gift to my generation because we have made phones that we can carry around. Because back in the day phones used to be so big you that needed a backpack to take it with
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“America’s Gift to My Generation” “Home of the free‚ because of the brave‚” is a quote that I agree with. Without people who sacrifice their lives‚ we wouldn’t have what we do now. Every single one of those men and women influenced this country is some way. This is America’s gift to my generation. America has gifted us with many occupations and many different choices of homes to live in. Many years ago‚ 1619 to be exact‚ was the start of slavery. Slaves had very little amount of freedom‚ that
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