The Story of My Search Do you know that dessert you have at every family gathering? You figure that it has something to do with your ancestors‚ but you just do not know the significance of it. Ever since I was little‚ I have thoroughly enjoyed the pizzelles my grandmother baked. From Christmas to Easter and all celebrations‚ pizzelles were abundantly found on the dessert table. Though I grew up with them‚ I never knew or understood the process the soft cookie went through. However‚ I do know that
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My identity is in a jar in the can house. It’s the white breath exhausted over greasy tools in rusty‚ silt-filled drawers. The mountain sounds‚ the back-up sirens‚ and steam whistles are my sounds. Spring is cold in the high country. Where hills imitate islands. Frayed cables will slice hands and give horrifying slivers. Let them rest‚ embedded in the mud. I’m flood waters rising in the night‚ and rafts of firewood and old doors. These chains are too big to reach my hands around but their rust remains
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Narrative Essay Final Draft 9/16/2013 They say curiosity killed the cat‚ expressing that it’s dangerous and extremely risky being curious because it can get you put in difficult situations. But for me‚ curiosity has gotten me to places in my life that I never thought imaginable. Curiosity gives me the courage to take a risk and more times than not‚ ends up helping me. It’s that‚ “I wonder what would happen if…” that inspires us to make decisions every single day whether we know it or not. Sometimes
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Narrative essay Main character: genie Setting: swamp Plot: treasure is found There are four genies‚ which is Jinny‚ Winny‚ Tinny and Ninny‚ they are very good friend and they have living in a forest called The Peaceful Forest. They live in there almost 100 years‚ unfortunately they only can live 200 years‚ but they never feel sad about that and they live happily. One day‚ a devil has come to their place and tells them that there is a treasure inside the swamp which is behind the forest. He asks
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English 101-P Narrative Essay Life is full of surprises and difficulties. A twist of fate can make your life miserable or blooming as the spring flower. When my brother and I used to live in Ecuador‚ everything was so amazing. We always used to be so close to each other. Our relationship as brothers was unique and wonderful. I remember we used to go play soccer together every Friday‚ Saturday‚ and Sunday. We were actually the best soccer players that you can find. But my mom always used
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Instructor Paper 1 January 10‚2013 I ’ve loved to read and write ever since I was taught my ABC ’s for the first time. It ’s been a huge part of my life in a lot of different aspects. I learned how to read when I was three years old because I went to a daycare where I was the youngest kid and the only one who couldn ’t read. Reading and writing just stuck with me after that. After I started reading better than my older daycare-mates‚ school was ready for me to conquer. The school put me with older kids
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The Breath of Death “Why should I fear death? If I am‚ death is not. If death is‚ I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do?” (Epicurus). Death is an abstract concept that has been pondered towards for millennium. In Shakespeare’s brilliant work Hamlet‚ Shakespeare utilizes the character Hamlet to reflect transitions in life as death enters and absorbs one’s life. For most of the play Hamlet contemplates on the mysteriousness of death and its unknown because it has stayed distant
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I felt this sense of fear‚ but I knew it was just nervousness. It caused my whole body to tremble. I creeped onto the field and pass by the fifty girls and all of the coaches. Just me walking by everyone gave me this ginormous knot in my stomach‚ it made me feel like I was going to pass out right on the field. I was breathing heavy‚ like I just ran a marathon. I was beyond nervous just to be the new girl on the field. I was scared of what the girls thought of me‚ and how the coaches thought I would
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Tucker 1 Christopher Tucker Tracy Bachmann English 101 Fall 2014 20 November 2014 The Necessity of Fear With the growth of information technology‚ our understanding of the world has opened up new avenues of comprehending what it means to be afraid. The media and entertainment industry delivers stories that question what we know and what we are comfortable with in our expectations of our environment. The idea that the industry portrays society’s collective anxieties is not an old idea
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kid’s birthday wish. Unlike most children‚ my birthday party did not consist of bouncy houses‚ stacks of presents‚ and a princess cake. Burning buildings‚ solders‚ and panicked refugees were the highlight of my birthday party. Giving up the only world I have ever known and fleeing to America was one of the most drastic changes in my life‚ especially at such a young age. After the Balkan War‚ we lived in a small shed on the outskirts of a town named Tuzla. my parents were so poor at the time all we could
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