Personal Narrative I remember the sheep. Everyday it would be there to greet me as I came in to daycare. It would be on the wall‚ staring into nowhere. I don’t blame it‚ after all‚ it was just a picture on a sign. My daycare was called Hitsuji Hoikuen‚ which translates to Sheep Daycare. I went there for many years‚ but one day stands out to me. On this day‚ there was a fly. All us older kids were sitting in the main room at daycare‚ lined up in chairs on one side of the room. We were three‚ four
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1) Personal Response When I read the excerpts from Dick Gregory’s book‚ nigger‚ I was surprised at some parts of the text. It was surprising when Gregory went against the movie manager when the manager didn’t allow him to sit downstairs.”’I’m sorry‚ Mister Gregory‚ but you know you can’t sit in the orchestra.’’Why not?’’Because colored seating is in the balcony.’My St.Louis dream died that night….’If you want me in the balcony‚ you’ll have to put me there.’”(Gregory 83). I was also surprising
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Personal Narrative It was a steaming‚ humid day of August in 2013. Nick & I were playing outside when I asked “Can I use your new longboard”. He said “ Yes but you might want to wear a helmet”. I said “I’ll Be fine”. In a blink of an eye‚ I was on the street bleeding very bad. All I saw was pebbles and asphalt. When I came out of the darkness I saw my mother washing down my face with a wash cloth. Just after she pulled it away‚ it was red as a rose pedal. I asked how bad it was and she said “Not
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Personal Narrative Caring for my fellow human has proven over time to be my most important character attribute. This trait is over looked in this modern age by many people‚ but there are those who still care for the well-being of people. Since I turned fourteen to this very day I have practiced this trait by working with people that are in need of help at clothing closets and food banks. To see how these people have been put down over time makes me ever more gracious to have this trait. This mannerism
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Personal Response to “The Shawshank Redemption” Punit Gor Foundation II DSK Supinfocom Director Frank Darabont’s 1994 debut‚ The Shawshank Redemption is a Drama film adapted from Stephen King’s novel Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption from his 1982 collections. Thomas Newman delivers the score to the film. The story is chronological and is in the same time period of the film (1994). The film stars Tim Robbins‚ who plays a young and successful banker‚ Andrew “Andy” Dufresne‚ sentenced
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Personal Response to Dear Daddy The short story Dear Daddy by Lee Maracle brought me back the tears that I‚ too‚ had as a child. I felt pitiful for the main character’s experience and deeply impressed by the thirteen-year-old girl’s courage of getting over her negative feelings for the past and going on with her life. The story‚ written in the form of a letter‚ shows the process of a thirteen-year-old girl becoming more mature as she expresses her grievances from her tragic childhood. At the beginning
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English 122 Wednesday‚ October 2‚ 2013 Personal Response- Thumbprint Each of us imprints our own mark into the world‚ and no one is quite like us. In the poem‚ "Thumbprint" by Eve Merriam‚ she discusses the theme of how each of us is unique‚ and that no one will ever be exactly like us. She uses alliteration and metaphors to demonstrate her theme. I have reached a part in my life where I accepted my uniqueness. The poem "Thumbprint" reveals the celebration of being a unique individual. Merriam
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Personal Response on Sexual Identity You go through your life making choices and decisions but not thinking of exactly why you were making the choices that you made. Before this class I just figured that I mad the decisions I made because it was what I wanted at the time. Since I have taken this class I have found that the decisions that you make are based on what is called a value system. According to Rathus‚ Nevid‚ and Fichner-Rathus (2011)‚ the value system has to do with legalism
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Personal Response to Wilfred Owen One of Wilfred Owen’s poem is Dulce et Decorum est. The title of this poem is roughly translated to: It is honorable and beautiful to die for your country‚ the poem itself basically speaks of how this is a lie. It takes you through a small story at the end of which it explains in gruel poetry the death of a soldier with effective language that helps inspire fear “And watch the white eyes writhing in his face‚ His hanging face‚ like a devil’s sick of sin;” I believe
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Conner’s personal narrative My trip started out one day when we wanted to go to six flags. My sister‚ mom‚ and I packed up and decided to go the next day. We all woke up pretty early and we were excited to get there‚ we got in the car and left. We took off from home and got on to the highway. The highway was kind of busy with cars going everywhere and all the other places‚ the trip was going to take a few hours or two to get there so we brought some food and snacks‚ we was all ready to be there.
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