emotions in its readers‚ depending on the kind of events it portrays. It provides alternate perspectives‚ as well as details with specific narratives to uncover the core happenings of a situation‚ and narrows the point of view to ensure the accurate representation of how living in that time period really was. Specifically‚ in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano‚ the slavery issue during the 1600s elicits a plethora of emotions through the firsthand accounts. In the excerpt‚ Olaudah
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Forever Remembered I knew that after walking into room 113 my life was going to be changed. I saw nurses saying‚ “sorry”‚ familiar faces with tears falling fast from their eyes‚ and arms opening wide for hugs. I knew something was wrong as I saw her lying still in her bed‚ eyes closed‚ and arms crossed over her stomach. Grandma Dorothy’s second stroke had slowly taken her life. Later‚ I wake up to my dad flicking my bedroom light on and him standing tall in my doorway. I could tell by the way
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hardly able to sleep. The anticipation of this momentous occasion filled my mind with dreams of the fish that I would see swimming in the crystal clear water around me. I envisioned sticking my head under the water and looking around as the aquatic life zoomed around me‚ then all the fish erupted in song- or maybe that was scenes from The Little Mermaid making a guest appearance in my elated state of dreams. Whatever it was‚ I could hardly anticipate what the next day had in store for me. He picked
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Moving homes and relocating to another city sometimes feels like starting a new life. New home‚ new friends‚ and new streets to learn. I moved towns at the age of five and got to see things from a different perspective as I grew older. It was not until the age of 12 that I transferred schools and made new friends. At the time‚ I was frightened of the idea of moving‚ but after some time I was truly grateful it had happened to me. My parents‚ as well as a friend of mine‚ took a big part of this change
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Prompt: Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure‚ how did it affect you‚ and what lessons did you learn? Imagine six months without a door‚ phone‚ TV and computer. It is not fun at all but now that I look back it is a funny story to tell. To start from the beginning I have always strived to be the best daughter‚ student and athlete to make my parents proud. Until I reached the age of 15 when I became a sophomore and got a little off track and started to go downhill. Not only did
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that feels the same way. There was no banter between family members‚ were not talking about the usual every day life‚ instead there was live coverage of big events happening in downtown Manhattan. Though I was not fully wake‚ I tried to focus in on the T.V.‚ I saw fire and smoke flowing from the World Trade Center‚ where there used to be two towers there was only one. As I watched‚ the news anchors spoke about how the missing tower had just collapsed‚ that woke me up; the news was immense. I
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“The Darkest Night of My Life and How God Save Me” Our lives are composed of sorrows and joys. If today we are happy‚ tomorrow we may be sad and vice versa. There are times when everything seems to be perfect and nothing can compare with the happiness that we feel during those unforgettable‚ momentous days‚ while there are some moments when life becomes so sad that they leave a trace of it for the rest of our life. The darkest night of my life was the day my grandmother died. She’s not only a
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There are many stories about beowulf it is one of the most common out of all of them the story is about action‚ supernatural beings and different settings in time. In the story these people called the danes are having trouble with a monster killing all the people in their town. So they called on the mighty warrior beowulf to come handle the evil grendel. When beowulf finally gets to the danes with his fourteen brave men to take down grendel they tell the king of the danes that he is there to kill
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My sophomore year was a great year for me as far as school goes. It was a year filled with many surprises and mysteries. It was my second year returning to Charles F. Brush High School and as I walked into the first day of school I wondered how my day would transpire. I was ecstatic to be immediately greeted by one of my friends that I met during my freshman year. It wasn’t so much that it was him that made me ecstatic‚ it was more of him being a familiar face and me being reassured. His name was
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It was probably one of the worst struggles i’ve had to go through in High school. But I know that they did it for my own good. If it wasn’t for them‚ I would not know the English I know today. I was able to speak fluent English in 1 year and a half. Life for me has not been so easy. It has been an emotional rollercoaster. However‚ this has helped me to succeed and it has made me stronger than ever. This has encouraged me to keep pushing myself forward‚ and has prepared me for a new journey-
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