pocket for some coins‚ an offering to the gods of fortune. At that instant someone clapped him on the back‚ a sudden stinging blow that rocked his whole body. Some overhearty Christmas drunk trying to be friendly. Or Bruce Boyd. Bruce‚ who had never known his own strength and had a childish habit of hurting him physically. But he had not seen Bruce in more than a year. The man started to turn his head to see who had hit him‚ and to his surprise‚ his knees began to buckle. In slow motion‚ watching
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In Never to Dream of Spiders by Audre Lorde‚ the speaker attempts to move on from the loss of their significant other. In the first line‚ they say‚ “Time collapses between the lips of strangers.” (Lorde) They spend a great deal of time with strangers because they aim to erase the pain of their loved one’s death from their mind. A frequent method for moving on from someone is to cling on to any relationship possible. The narrator occupies themselves with anyone they can find‚ as it is easier than
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was walking quickly by the old neighborhood real haunted house as we were going through the neighborhood trick-or-treating. It really is haunted! No one had lived there in decades. I hear all kinds of stories about the place and my mother says I‘m never to go there! It is creepy and all falling apart. My so called best friend Jon dares me to walk into the house as the front door was open. What am I going to do? I laughed the dare off thinking he would forget. I dared him to go first. John and his
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AP English Independent Novel September 5‚ 2012 Never Let Me Go By Kazuo Ishguro Published 2005 In a small school called Hailsham placed in England in the 1990’s‚ Kathy‚ a student from years back is looking in search of Hailsham after a few years of it being shut down. Kathy has reminisce of Tommy; a strong-willed boy who was the best football player at the time‚ threw tantrums and wore a special polo shirt as good luck. She also had reminisce of her times at Hailsham and the events that
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The short story‚ “Never Marry a Mexican” from the book “Woman Hollering creek” reimagines Doña Marina as sexually empowered woman who fears anglicanization. In the story “Never marry a Mexican” Clemencia witness culture mixing when her mother marries a white man who she committed several acts of infidelity with while Clemencia father is in the hospital. Motivated by her mother’s Anglicization she assumes a malevolent attitude toward Drew’s wife and engages in an interracial affair with Drew and his
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Thank you for teaching me how to love Showing me what the world means What I’ve been dreaming’ of And now I know‚ there is nothing that I could not do Thanks to You For teaching me how to feel Showing me my emotions Letting me know what’s real From what is not What I’ve got is more that I’d ever hoped for And a lot of what I hope for is Thanks to you No mountain‚ no valley No time‚ no space No heartache‚ no heartbreak No fall from grace Can’t stop me from believing
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In Never Fall Down‚ Arn describes how his life was different before the Khmer Rouge came to power. “My little brother and me‚ we stand in front of the movie palace and sing for them. We do the twist also (McCormick 4)." Even though the reader isn’t personally
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The books that we discussed this week were two historical fiction books‚ Separate is Never Equal and Sylvia & Aki‚ and one history book‚ the Journey: Japanese Americans‚ Racism & Renewal. I love how the three books give me more than just the pleasure of reading. I also love the fact they have given me better understanding and more knowledge of the lives and the struggles of Mexican Americans and Japanese Americans in the past ‚ in the ways that historical fiction books and a factual historical
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Boys (and girls) are most likely crying from the fact that “Boys Don’t Cry” has not been released yet. When will Frank Ocean’s new album come out? Talking about careers‚ what do musicians and artists usually wear? Lawyers wear suits while scientists wear lab coats. So why is this particular musician sporting a nurse’s scrub uniform and what does this have to do with Frank Ocean’s new album? Because the guy wearing the nurse’s outfit is Frank Ocean. According to Hip Hollywood‚ there are fears that
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Racism can cause many problems‚ in some cases death. In the book “Cry The Beloved Country” Absalom was imprisoned for killing a white man. In this book by Alan Paton all the crimes that came up were blamed on the black people of that area. Sometimes racism can be stronger than the knowledge that all races are still human and that all should be treated equally. The white people did not see the black people as good‚ but as bad and because of this would take advantage of the blacks. Blacks were able
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