I leaned toward the window where my pillow was pressed against the car door. I watched the lightning a few miles to away from the car as it lit up the mountains. Compass by Zella Day played through my headphones as I sat up to look through the windshield. I took my headphones out and my friend/cousin‚ Amaya‚ sat up excitedly in her seat. It was the first time she’d ever taken this trip. The city lights below sparkled. Amaya’s mom‚ JoAnn‚ and our uncle Bill played songs from “their time” as we drove
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May 27th‚ 1942. A day of resistance‚ a day of power‚ a day of sadness. This was the day everything started‚ my life and the rest of the people’s lives in Lidice was over. For centuries Lidice was just a small ordinary agricultural village‚ nothing really happened much. My family and I ran a small shop in the center of town. I am a husband and a father 3 beautiful children‚ Adula (15)‚ Paula (10)‚ and Bazil (7). They helped around the shop filling shelves with more bread and sweeping the floors.
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Christmas Eve I awoke early that morning‚ with a gentle voice in my ear. "John‚ wake; up it’s Christmas Eve‚" my mom said‚ "time to finish wrapping the presents." I jumped from my bed as soon as the words had left her mouth. It was Christmas Eve 1993‚ and I was five years old. This would be the last Christmas in our cozy little house on Herschel St. I was excited beyond belief‚ but nothing could prepare me for the greatest Christmas ever. I still can not decide on my favorite part‚ whether it was
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The Real Eve The Real Eve dealt with how we all originated from the same biological mother. Such an extraordinary and interesting concept has made some people question and wonder about this. In order to eliminate any doubts‚ there is a method in which we can verify this statement and discover where exactly our ancestors traveled. The method used to accomplish is called genetic engineering. You see‚ genetic engineering enables us to mutating mitochondria DNA located within our body. This
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become stronger‚ and faster‚ to make football more enjoyable‚ but it quickly evolved beyond that. I currently spend about three to four hours a day‚ four days a week weightlifting‚ building my body stronger and faster‚ without such a tangible reason any longer‚ other than what I figured out from my dead lift one rep max failure in fourth quarter of my junior year. It was a Friday‚ in late may‚ when I felt I failed myself the most. I had completed three of four "maxes"‚ or the most amount of weight possible
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Keats ’ The Eve of St Agnes ’ explores forbidden love‚ and the belief that has become encompassed in this. With Porphyro being prevented from seeing Madeline due to a previous feud‚ she must believe that their love will become somehow fulfilled and this is why she appears to participate in this romantic superstition of St. Agnes. Stanza XXXIV‚ describing Porphyro as "the vision of her sleep"‚ appears to confirm Keats ’ belief in the romantic ideal of St. Agnes‚ yet this is quickly dashed "There
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Sensual Imagery in The Eve of St. Agnes" The Eve of St. Agnes opens in a cold‚ desolate chapel where the reader is presented with religious imagery: the Beadsman‚ the rosary‚ the pious incense and picture of the Virgin Mary. The Beadsman is a stark contrast to the other characters because he rejects worldly pleasures and is in constant isolation so that he may grieve for "sinner’s sake" - perhaps for Madeline and her sins? The cold‚ silver‚ religious imagery occurs throughout the poem to contrast against
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To This Day Shane Koyczan “We grew up believing no one would ever fall in love with us that we’d be lonely forever that we’d never meet someone to make us feel like the sun was something they built for us in their tool shed.” The poem ‘To this day’ written by Shane Koyczan revolves around his and others’ experience with bullying while growing up‚ it sheds light on the deeper and long-term effects of the worldwide epidemic and raises awareness to the ignorant bystanders and predators. Through his
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The ‘First day at School’ takes us through the vast stretch of a child’s mind on his first day of school. It voices the feelings of the child; his unknowing mind of the perplexing new world and how that has aroused a sense of anxiety and insecurity inside him. The poem also lets us delve into the child’s misapprehending of his new phase of life; his misinterpretations and how he had gotten the wrong idea. With that many qualities are conveyed to portray all this. In this poem it proclaims to have
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Hi I’m Triston from Parma Ohio i like to play outside with my friends all the time just like this perfect summer day.Me and my friends Calvin‚Jacob‚and Dana are planning to rides bikes.So i put on my shoes and zoom at the door and as i’m leaving to meet with them my mom yells from the upstairs. Don’t forget to come back early so we can go clothes shopping i yelled back saying ok mom.Don’t forget to tie your shoes she cried out she some how knew my shoes were not tied.I disregarded it and got on my
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