She thought about it a lot‚ even almost a year after she had Landon. She’d look at his white milky skin‚ smooth like pudding or a snail’s slippery body‚ his blue eyes that gaped open at everything‚ a nearly invisible spider web dangling above her head‚ the red blinking light on the fire alarm in his bedroom‚ and she’d think about how she hadn’t wanted this child. No matter how small and precious he had become. She had wished and prayed the fetus away. Most haunting‚ though‚ were her steps away from
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Descriptive Essay My nose is overwhelmed with the smell of hairspray‚ baby powder‚ and a fruity perfume. There are too many girls in here‚ all struggling and fighting for a space near the mirror that covers the entire back wall. It’s dim in here‚ but it’s a good kind of dim‚ almost calming. The only light is coming from the round vanity bulbs that line the top of the mirrors‚ making it so that the fluorescents don’t impair what natural light reveals. I make my way to the red lockers on the right
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make them see the light‚ make them feel the heat.” This quote relates directly to many of my experiences as a leader; however‚ to illustrate my leadership skills‚ I would recount my most significant trip as a college republican during our recent “Get Out the Vote” deployment in Jacksonville‚ Florida. About twenty college republicans from Mississippi and Alabama packed up on a bus and headed south to hit what was possibly the most important swing state in America before election day. We had an important
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Silence...it’s a simple word that can hold so much over a person. A word that once it is said no longer describes itself. In Night‚ Elie Wiesel uses imagery‚ flashbacks‚ and characterization to explain how silence is forced‚ as well as broken into the people throughout the Holocaust. The inmates were forced to watch horrific events and became accustomed to it‚ many others did as well‚ such as the townspeople‚ who were used to seeing emaciated prisoners pushed through the towns. None of them said
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Everyone has features that make them who they are. Our strengths and weaknesses make us individuals. What makes me stand out is my willingness to learn‚ work‚ and grow. With these skills‚ I hope to find a career that I enjoy and excel in. I pride myself on my ability to learn quickly and apply my knowledge to nearly any task. Willingness to learn something new and grow as a person is something I pride myself on‚ as well as not being afraid to get down to business and work hard. A number of experiences
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Night: survival of Elie Wiesel Night is a candid‚ horrific‚ and deeply poignant autobiographical work by Elie Wiesel based on his experiences‚ as a young orthodox Jew‚ of being transmit with his family to the German death camp at Auschwitz‚ and later to the concentration camp at Buchenwald. Primarily‚ his father helped him survive. Upon arrival to the camp‚ Elie and his father are immediately aparted from Elie’s mother and sisters. This is the last time the two sides of the family will ever
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Starry Night A mono-toned starry night with twisty‚ long lines and cracked short lines unexpectedly generates a wonderful sight. It states darkness in the artist’s soul. The artist of the painting is none other than Vincent Willem Van Gogh‚ who is a famous Dutch post-Impressionist painter. He drew the painting in an asylum at Saint-Remy‚ France‚ in 1889. He cut off his own ear‚ and then he was sent to the asylum‚ which was the reason that he created the Starry Night in an asylum. This masterpiece
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But they do exist. I remember vividly‚ one warm night this past summer‚ I was playing pickup basketball at the park. Our team was battling with the other team throughout‚ but we eventually lost a close game. As soon as the game ended‚ our entire team‚ myself included‚ started yelling to “run it back‚”
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Narrative Essay Anxiety is an issue that I have struggled with and will most likely continue throughout my entire life. It affects my daily life‚ with constant mild stomach aches or my non-stop jitters‚ but my anxiety was never visible to other people. However‚ one race in particular‚ will stay in my mind because it was the day I revealed my inner burden to a crowd of screaming parents and coaches and it taught me how to overcome my anxiety. I had woken up from a nap‚ when my mom hollered from
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“Tremors” - Barakah Moti MYP4 Midnight‚ 14 June 2012. I was awake in my bed‚ excited or maybe depressed. I did not know. The night seemed weird‚ because it was much darker than before and I heard the owls hoot louder. They seemed hungry. Hungry for meat and for love. Every time I closed my eyes‚ I would see a thin light pass by and I opened it at my highest to identify what it was. I missed it each time. What was it? When sunrise grew closer‚ I heard weird thuds that pierced my ear deeply. What
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