COMMENTARY: Poems I?d read over on any rainy day by Nikki Rivera Gomez / MindaNews Monday‚ 02 July 2007 23:01 It was the 1950s—the decade when a pompous West‚ emerging victorious from a world war that killed over 57 million people‚ was beginning to prance and preen like a peacock. Almost overnight‚ the US economy boomed with those big-finned Chryslers‚ Fords‚ and Buicks. Holiday Inn began its worldwide chain‚ as did the now ubiquitous McDonalds. I was barely a year old when Elvis‚ James
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Mr. Mackley began to write on the board again‚ with the marker speaking every few seconds. When he was done‚ I immediately read the new question. What do you know about 9/11? If I was honest with myself‚ I would say‚ not much. “Marie‚ what do you know about 9/11?” Marie was the chubbier girl with no height that I had called short-fatty. Guilt filled my every cell. Why was I such a jerk? I shook my head‚ I can’t possibly blame it on the town‚ or my father- who doesn’t exist. Marie contemplated her
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Missouri‚ continued it in Tennessee where I learned to walk‚ South Dakota where I started my basketball career‚ into Ohio where I spent fifth‚ sixth‚ seventh grade‚ and now in Minnesota for the rest of my high school career. I can still remember that day‚ if you ask me. I thought my world was coming to a blazing end. It was an unnormally cold afternoon in Ohio‚ this kind of weather was familiar to me because I lived in South Dakota. Actually‚ it was a coincidence; since this is the type of weather I
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He is a confident and bold person who rarely lets other knows about their weakness. Through my life‚ he has always taught me to become fearless and stand for the right. It was because of him that I can actually communicate well and maintain a good relation with everyone. From a Nepali part-time model to the 1st runner-up
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Different Eves. Lilith was “divorced” by Adam and shunned from the garden because of her sexual choices - viewed as rebellious and unacceptable (Boyarin‚ Different Eves‚ p.96). In terms of these sexual positions‚ it is implied Lilith wanted to be on top or was otherwise sexually more dominant than Adam wanted. However‚ Boyarin (p.96) suggests the issue could be interpreted as simply wanting “sexual parity‚” and God‚ realizing his mistake in making her desire this‚ creates a more dormant Eve for Adam
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When someone asks me about my identity I usually do not know what to say. Probably because no one asks me about my identity. It has taken me many years to get to where I am now and I am still trying to improve myself and find myself. However‚ in seventh grade I met someone who changed my life forever and is the reason I had even tried to find myself. Due to this person entering in my life‚ I now have someone else who is the reason that I try to better myself and find all of my identity. This poster
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the shadows‚ I hide behind a mask. This is me about to divulge my story‚ so please read on reader. I believe that finding true freedom a person’s mask will fall off. I always told myself as a kid to keep the mask on or else I might get hurt. I do not really know where this type of thinking came from. The mask only came off when I was in the safety of my own room. For years‚ I stay behind my fake face waiting and watching the world in silence until the day I could take the mask off in public. I realize
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Within the modern European art section of the David Owsley Museum of Art‚ I found a painting by Antonio Molinari. Molinari‚ a Painter from Venice‚ Italy‚ created The Temptation of Adam and Eve from about 1701-1704—the painting is produced from oil on canvas. The painting is very large with the dimensions of forty-eight by fifty-nine inches. Notable images conveyed by Molinari are a naked man‚ a naked woman‚ a large snake‚ an apple‚ a tree trunk‚ and a natural background of a forest. Most of the
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Racial injustice is a reoccurring topic that happens throughout history. America has had multiple moments in history about racial segregation between white and black people. Even after the Civil War‚ discrimination is a element embedded into the mindset of every white American. Jim Crow laws were created in order to separate facilities from being shared between the two races‚ commonly referred to as “separate but equal.” World War 2 happened with Nazi Germans started taking over Europe with the mindset
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“Middle School” “First Day of Middle School: 30 pencils‚ 64 crayons‚ 20 pens‚ 12 rulers‚ and 10 notebooks. Middle of April: 1 pencil you found on the ground in science class.” This is true for many people‚ actually it’s kinda true for me. Middle School has been tough‚ I will admit‚ but I truly believe that high school will be a lot tougher. But middle school will always be unforgettable. Our middle school is a bit different then all of the other school districts. It has grades 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ and 8. Most
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