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    River of Names

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    Butensky Eng2150 Time of Task: 3 hours River of Names‚ Tiny‚ Smiling Daddy and Girl proved to be three very powerful stories and a whirlwind of emotions for the authors and myself. We are approached with the same theme in different settings and at different points of the authors’ lives. Yet one characteristic seems to prevail: emotional abandonment‚ a subject most women can relate to in one form or another at some point in their lives. In River of Names‚ the author takes us on a journey of her gut-wrenching

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    Lost Names

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    Rocco Thompson June 10‚ 2011 History 354 William Kinzley Lost Names Lost Names: Scenes From A Korean Boyhood by Richard E. Kim is an autobiographical fictionalization of the author’s youth in Japanese occupied Manchuria. Though not a traditional autobiography‚ the author tells his own story through the eyes of a nameless young man. The story takes place between 1932 and 1945. The young man grows and changes from the start of the novel to the end and meditates on the nature of war‚ family

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    physicalities of the three films I chose‚ Mamma Mia!‚ The River Wild‚ and Julie and Julia‚ were quite different since Meryl Streep played three separate roles‚ each having nothing to do with the others. However‚ there were a few striking similarities between the films since Streep was still herself‚ and she has mannerisms that are specific to her. For example‚ in Julie and Julia‚ Meryl Streep plays famous American cook‚ Julia Child‚ who was 6’2” when she was living. While Streep is only 5’6”‚ the make-up

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    My Name

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    My name comes from a small tribe in Nigeria. It means alert is the language. My father was born in Africa where the name is heard more frequently. My mother travelled out there with my dad and picked a name for their child. There were many names to choose from‚ so they picked the one that everyone will mispronounce when they get back into the states. Over the years I acquired many different nicknames one of which I am still using. Some of my favorites have to be Vesh or V. There are many that

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    No Name Woman

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    Harley Brown Ms. Margo Williams ENG 111 (D26) 29 January 2015 Summary & Analysis of Maxine Hong Kingston’s “No Name Woman” Kingston‚ a first generation Chinese-American woman‚ shares the saddening story (No Name Woman) of her aunt to explore the community/gender roles‚ as well as the cultural morals and motifs of her ancestors. So‚ who is this “No Name Woman?” Kingston learned from her mother about a “forgotten” aunt of hers. Kingston’s mother was a woman “powered by Necessity” and only told her

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    Julia Morgan Julia Morgan was born in San Francisco‚ California January 20‚ 1872 but she raised in Oakland‚ California. She received her undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the University of California‚ Berkeley. She was the only woman to receive the degree in 1894. She was such a great student that her instructors suggested for her to travel to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. However‚ when she arrived in Paris she was refused admission to the school for two years because

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    Polygon Names

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    Polygon names | Name | Edges | Remarks | henagon (or monogon) | 1 | In the Euclidean plane‚ degenerates to a closed curve with a single vertex point on it. | digon | 2 | In the Euclidean plane‚ degenerates to a closed curve with two vertex points on it. | triangle (or trigon) | 3 | The simplest polygon which can exist in the Euclidean plane. | quadrilateral (or quadrangle or tetragon) | 4 | The simplest polygon which can cross itself. | pentagon | 5 | The simplest polygon which can exist

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    Names in Society

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    Names in Society Though some may feel insecure about their name while another person flaunts how “unique” or how they love their name. A normal human being is named as a baby usually by the parent or a loved one‚ which means we don’t have control over our own names. I was named by my grandfather as a newborn. My mother told me “We never planned a specific name‚ your grandpa named you Ajmal because it sounded nice.” I wondered if they even knew what the definition of my name meant. As I got older

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    uniqueness in names

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    English 118-1884 Name essay 4/25 Uniqueness In Names Names are the single most important things in a person’s life. They can dictate your whole life‚ from the relationships you develop to the opportunities in life that you are offered. A person with a unique/different name may not make friends as easily and may not be as social because of the shame of having a different name. The drama that comes with unique names is a lot to handle

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    My Name

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    Evolution of My Name and Its Purpose to My Identity Names are one of the most important qualities a person retains during their life on earth‚ and their time in society. The way a person’s name originates‚ usually has unique story of how it originated. After living in society for a couple years‚ people may attain nicknames. The way a person is nicknamed or named by other people‚ depends on who they are‚ and what kind of relationship the person has with that person. Also a person’s name is a mark of

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