York City. But the path to make this dream come true is long and difficult. The two articles‚ “America and I” by Anzia Yezierska and “New York Was Our City On The Hill” by Edwidge Danticat‚ fully express the hardships of the immigration journey. Struggles with work‚ money‚ illness‚ and poverty are themes these two stories share. On the road to their dream‚ does immigrants have to face more obstacles and give up their past in order to success. In the story‚ “America and I”‚ the author describes the
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Most children struggle to establish who they are. In ‘Two Kinds’‚ does Jing-Mei know who she is or is she struggling because of her mother’s view? Throughout the entire story‚ her mother is pushing her daughter to be the best or to be a prodigy which leads Jing-Mei to struggle within herself on who she can be. As she struggled‚ she had two halves pulling at her which was her mother’s expectations and her thoughts telling her she wasn’t anything special. As she grew up‚ she accepted defeat that she
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1. “If you don’t get out here‚ I’m coming in there and dragging you out.” 2. “You hide who you are‚ you live half a life. You speak up‚ then you can be who you was meant to be.” 3. “Butterflies get strong in the struggle. If you help it out of its chrysalis‚ it doesn’t get to struggle and it’s too weak to fly on its own.” 4. “Lots of pain in life. Lots more joy. You got to find a way to stand through both.” 5. “You know what I say? I say that when you got a voice‚ you damn well better tell the
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surround the globe. Now the trumpet summons us again — not as a call to bear arms‚ though arms we need — not as a call to battle‚ though embattled we are — but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle‚ year in and year out‚ “rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation‚”² a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny‚ poverty‚ disease‚ and war itself. Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance‚ North and South‚ East and West‚ that can assure a more
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can relate to it the most. I have always known that women were inferior in comparison to men‚ that was common sense to me and about 50% of the world population. Despite the fact that I knew the struggle most women in other countries have to endure I was naïve to the exact extent that they had to struggle. Reading The Story of Zahra took some of that ignorance I had and widen up my perception greatly. In the beginning of the book Zahra is abused mentally by her mother‚ father and even by society
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the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was‚ they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump out of the pit with all of their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop‚ that their struggle was worthless. Finally‚ one of the frogs‚ tired and discouraged‚ listened to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down deeper into the pit and died. The other frog‚ also tired but determined to survive‚ continued to jump as
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for them to leave these areas. Many people don’t know what’s truly beyond the world they live in now‚ so they are forced to settle with what they have and deal with it. These issues regarding people living within social determinants are going to struggle from obesity‚ depression‚ and overall state of life. They are only given specific resources and many of those resources aren’t given to them to make their life better. Therefore‚ they don’t know any better of what’s right and what’s wrong. They are
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the world for me to live. If I ever have a child I would like to be like my Father . My Dad has a significant influence on me because he always told me to study hard‚ to forget about the boys ‚to just make something about myself so I won’t have to struggle when I’m older which I think is true . This is why I’d like to go to college and make something out of myself. My Father has a significant influence on me because of many reasons. For example‚ he was my best friend and I’m very lucky to have had
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The Effectiveness of Personal Responsibility Even though the bare minimum is enough to get by‚ exercising personal responsibility has proven to make me more successful. Personal responsibility ranges from being at the right place at the right time‚ to taking ownership and accepting the consequences for all actions. It plays a huge role in one’s daily lives‚ as well as college success. Something as simple as writing out tasks and events on a planner can lead to mastering personal responsibility as long
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The Importance of Personal Responsibility GEN/200 As an adult you are responsible for every action that you take‚ but before that action are a series of thoughts that lead you to taking that action. Your personal responsibility starts at a young age‚ you are either taught personal responsibility as you grow into an adult by being held accountable of your own actions or the responsibility is taken from you. Depending on how you were brought up your transition into becoming an adult can either
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