sword.” – Quite familiar? It’s because this is actually the usual introduction we hear whenever we speak of Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda… the doctor‚ the writer‚ the economist‚ the philosopher‚ our national hero. “Veneration Without Understanding” by Renato Constantino is not just a simple article (or essay) about Rizal. It is a much deeper analysis of the real story behind his being a national hero‚ the aspects that contributed to such recognition‚ his condemnation of the revolution
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A Better Daughter “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” My eyes opened to the familiar sound of the lady singing from my alarm clock. It was two days after Christmas‚ 8:00 a.m. in the morning. I slowly spill out of bed‚ very slowly‚ continuously murmuring‚ “Why do I have to wake up? I’m not even in school anymore.. ugh..” As I was crawling up the stairs to the dining room‚ I can already tell by the sound coming from kitchen; my father was very ready to start our day. The major plans for
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How can we fix Afghanistan? Imagine a world with no war‚ no conflict between nations and only prosperity throughout. Today our country is occupying many areas of the Middle East. In the book The Favored Daughter by Fawzia Koofi talks about the life of a young afghan girl growing up in a society full of terror. Koofi describes life growing up with a powerful political figure for a father‚ she goes on to describe many crazy situations in her life such as almost being killed multiple times‚ the violence
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REVIEW OF MOVIE: MY FAIR LADY It has been theorized that the ability to communicate through language made the human species possible and in the same way‚ each individual becomes humanized as he/she enters into verbal communication with those around (Simmons-McDonald). If this statement is accepted as true‚ then it follows that the continued development of the human species depends on each individual being able to participate effectively in the process of communication. Was this the message
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human beings like meat‚ have coarsened him. He’s acquired so much clinical distance that it now rules his personality. He no longer sees his patients as real‚ even as he’s saving their lives; he no longer sees his and son at all. More than perhaps any movie before it‚ The Doctor captures the styles and attitudes of contemporary physicians‚ especially surgeons: the cool scientific bravado‚ the gallows humor‚ the abstracted sense of ’’caring’’ that allows some doctors to view their patients as subtly inferior
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My Sister’s Keeper is a movie that introduces the world to the Fitzgerald family with its countless imperfections. The family carries some guilt when it comes to their youngest daughter Anna; who was genetically created to donate things such as blood and bone marrow to her older sister Kate‚ who has cancer. With tears and laughs‚ the film‚ My Sister’s Keeper‚ captured thousands of hearts across America with its incredible acting‚ capturing introduction‚ flash-back imagery and shady realness. My
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down the hall is where it started. My rosy cheeks stir as my mother holds me close to her warm breasts. The echo of footsteps approach the oversized white doors and everyone stares awaiting the next new father‚ hoping he’s a part of their family. “She’s here‚ Sacha’s here!” my father shouts. I am Sacha Desiree Rivera and that was the last time I saw my father. I guess it is all fun and glorious before the baby is born but when it is time to roll up the sleeves my father could not handle it. I think
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Cited: Tey‚ Josephine. The Daughter of Time. New York City: Simon & Schuster New York‚ 1995. Print.
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Here we were born; here we wanted to live. We had tasted of its freedom and learned of its brave hopes for democracy. It was too late‚ much too late for us to turn back." (Sone 124). This statement is key to understanding much of the novel‚ Nisei Daughter‚ written by Monica Sone. From one perspective‚ this novel is an autobiographical account of a Japanese American girl and the ways in which she constructed her own self-identity. On the other hand‚ the novel depicts the distinct differences and
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proficient life‚ including Elizabeth Peabody and Margaret Fuller. A few pundits consider Fuller to be another motivation for some of Hawthorne’s female characters‚ especially his defiant figures‚ who face American men and society. In both Rappaccini’s daughter and The Birth mark we have female characters that are often subjected to masculinist
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