My father was not a kind man. He was quick to anger‚ strict‚ and rude. As to not completely malign my father‚ I will admit we had good times. He played me his obscure music‚ and broadened my philosophical horizons. His death was not a quick and painless one. My father battled cancer for the amount of time it would take for a person to become a parent‚ nine months. However‚ his death was necessary in order for me to construct a new and less idealistic reality. Doctors diagnosed my father with brain
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I decided to write my essay about the positive and negative aspects of my generation because I can write more thoroughly about a subject that is affecting me‚ than about something I have no real connection with. Every new generation is different from the one that perceded it‚ but today the difference is very marked indeed. The gap between the different generations is widening and the children growing up at our time have to face many problems that did not even exist in the past. This generation
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If You Weren’t My Father” by Camillo Sbarbaro‚ is about how a young girl states that she would love her father even if he was a complete stranger. This is a sonnet and the theme of this poem is unconditional love. The literary devices that are used are diction and imagery. When I first read the title of the poem I grasped a good understanding of the message and theme. This poem made feel happy for the girl because of how positive her relationship was with her father. Using words like “innocent and
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My name is Pijittra Kateraksa. I was born and raised in the beautiful city of monkeys called “Lopburi”‚ which located in Thailand and was part of the Asia. I was born on October 19‚ 1993.I am a senior at Pibulwittayalai High School. I am a good student with a 3.6 grade point average. I am so proud to say that I am a hard working and dedicated student. I’ve always put my best in everything that I.ve done academically. I am not the type of person who gets put up to a big challenge and backs down.
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imperfect. We all have ups and downs in our life. However‚ there is always a person who will inspire and influence us in our life. Since the day I came to this world‚ I have met a lot of people but I will always remember there is a person who has had a great influence in my life‚ my mother. My mother actually is an ordinary woman with curly medium length brown hair. She has a medium height and average weight which made her looked tall and thin. Year by year‚ she is getting older. Within these
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want to travel? Well‚ I told him that I want to learn new things. Things like what? Things where our own country and home doesn’t have. What do you mean by that? Any difference of our country and other countries? Well‚ of course there are. At least I want to see how the people lives at other countries. I want to see what our differences are‚ and what our similarities are as well. I can know how does their country work and operate. Travelling is also‚ a way to relieve stress. So‚ why not travel? And
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How?” you ask. Think about it this way: when you define an abstract concept you are arguing YOUR DEFINITION is the best definition of that term and you have to convince the reader of that by showing and developing your points. Take the abstract term “courage:” I might say‚ “Courage is not being afraid of anything.” This is one definition of courage. It is a fairly common definition of courage and thus‚ it wouldn’t make a very unique definition paper. However‚ another person might say: “Courage
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My Father Thinking back to the death of my father really makes me sad‚ I remember three times a week after school I would go visit my father. I would go to the hospital room where my father was in a comma since his accident; my eyes would often wander to the Gayle Sayers football jersey my mother placed at his bedside. Fourteen years ago my father was fighting with a friend of his and he slipped during the fight. My father hit the back of his head extremely hard on the concrete ground‚ and he suffered
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Kaepernick’s decision to sit during the national anthem has stirred many discussions throughout the country‚ and many have debated the rightness or wrongness of his action. Kaepernick said‚ in regard to remaining seated‚ "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color” (Wyche). As he has done this‚ many Americans‚ including myself‚ feel that his choice to sit is disrespectful and ungrateful. He has disrespected a symbol of our nation‚ a symbol
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My Essay about Joe‚ My Friend Joe struggles with autism every day. He is teased‚ forced to face obstacles every day of his life‚ and struggles to stay positive at all times. It amazes people how much he is still able to smile through all of the ups and downs that comes with being autistic. Joe has never had any trouble talking about his disability to others. Nor has he ever taken anything that has been negatively said about him to heart. People began to wonder if that smile was forced or if it is
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