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    Diary Of Nancy Brooks

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    normal problems‚ to an abnormal girl with AIDS and abnormal problems. She agreed to have her diary published so that other people who think that AIDS and rape can’t ever happen to them can have a different perspective. The times in which this diary takes place is from April 14‚ 1991 to April 12‚1993. the book starts out when Nancy is getting ready to go to a Garth Brooks concert with her friends El and Red‚ "Imagine me going to a concert! A Garth

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    hern.- The brook starts from a place the coots (a kind of duck) & herns (commonly known as herons) spend most of their times.  I make a sudden sally‚-The brook suddenly rushes down.  And sparkle out among the fern‚-As the brook flows it sparkles because of sun rays‚ and it flows through a ground which mostly have grasses and flowerless plants (ferns).  To bicker down a valley.-The brook flows down a valley making noisy sounds.  By thirty hills I hurry down‚-Here the brook swiftly flows

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    but aborted one‚ are you still a mother? Abortion was and still is a controversial issue in America. When you abort a child‚ you are taking the life of someone’s niece‚ nephew‚ cousin‚ aunt‚ best friend‚ soul mate‚ etc. In “the mother”‚ Gwendolyn Brooks challenges the controversy of abortions and motherhood by illustrating how the speaker feels trapped in her sorrowfulness and guilt. The title‚ “the mother”‚ contradicts the speaker who has aborted her children. Abortions can be spontaneous miscarriages

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    There are many things that Brook Trout need so that they can survive in their environment. One element they need is fresh water. Brook Trout can have zero pollution in their aquarium. To make that happen we have something called a water filter‚ it cleans and it makes sure that there is no pollution in the water. Another element that the Brook Trout need is oxygen. All trout need 7-10 ppm of oxygen. If oxygen is too low in the water the trout would become slow and would maybe even die. They

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    Among the TV programs I have watched‚ I like The Voice US best‚ which is an American reality singing competition broadcast on NBC. The Voice was first on air in 2011‚ as a spring TV program‚ but the first time I watched this show was on April‚ 2012 thanks to my friend’s recommendation. Well‚ there are 4 main reason explaining why I like watching The Voice. Firstly‚ The voice is a singing competition that unlike any others‚ because it puts the vocal ability first. It is easy to see that 4 coaches

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    dictate how people perceive others because of the lack of a green card or legality in the United States. Helen Thorpe wrote and published a narrative on four girls who recently graduated high school that each has big decisions to make. For Clara and Elissa‚ choosing which college to attend is their main concern‚ and for Marisela and Yadira‚ applying to college is their biggest concern because they lack having a proper social security number and a green card. In Helen Thorpe’s book “Just Like Us”‚ she explores

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    I believe that society is more than people in the U.S; it is the people that is living on this world. I strongly believe that society is slowly getting worse today because majority of people are afraid‚ politics‚ and their mortality. Everyone is afraid of someone or something because of what happen to them or what they have seen in the past. In my opinion‚ I feel like that people are feared by not knowing what the possibilities of that fear. If many people give that fear a chance to be study

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    Girl like Us‚ by Rachel Lloyd‚ is a memoir the author’s childhood traumatic experiences such as not feeling love by her mother‚ being abandended by her father‚ and molested by her stepfather. “As a girl you reserve your harshest judgment for your mother; as a woman‚ you see yourself‚ for better or for worse‚ in your daughter and you’re alternately frightened and envious. Yet your mother is the one person who is ‘supposed’ to love you and protect you‚ no matter what. It took me a long time to understand

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    Jasmine Richardson ENGL289P: Why Poetry Matters Weiner Exercise Two The Mother Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks’ “The Mother” is a poem depicting the flow of heartache stemming from the regret of abortion. The speaker reflects on this emotional situation that has lived with her‚ haunting her thoughts even after the procedure. The conflict between the title of the poem and its content immediately confuses the reader‚ adding to the overall conflict between maternity

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    As a reader you have stories you will read that either bore you or draw you in and fascinate you. “Good people” by David Foster Wallace is a story that draws the reader in and makes you really process and analyze every sentence throughout the story. I as a reader enjoyed this story it really fascinated me. I absolutely love how vivid the description was of the scenery it was almost as if you were there yourself and you could feel the tension between the two main characters making you truly wonder

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