The drawing I chose was the making of the blanket by Esperanza‚ I believe this blanket represented such a huge cultural identity of who Esperanza and her family really are. The blanket was given to Esperanza from her grandmother Abuelita before they left Mexico to come live in California‚ this way they can escape Romona’s marriage to the mean uncle. “Look at the zigzag of the blanket. Mountains and valleys. Right now you are in the bottom of the valley and your problems loom big around you. But soon
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Michael Collins 1. On the16th October 1890 Michael Collins was born in West Cork near Sam’s Cross‚ named after Sam Wallace‚ a local highwayman. Michael was born to father Michael Senior and mother Marianne O’Brien. Even though there was a 52-year age difference it did not stop them from making Michael the youngest of 8 children. Collins’ father‚ Michael Senior‚ said on his deathbed "Mind that child"‚ pointing to his six-year-old son. "He’ll be a great man yet‚ he’ll do great things for Ireland."
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1)Title: Esperanza Rising Author: Pam Munoz Ryan Genre: Novel‚ Fiction 2) Plot- On the day of Esperanza’s birthday‚ was also the day when the grapes began to harvest. Every year her parents would celebrate the harvest & her birthday. A few weeks after the harvest finished and the party preparation stated‚ Esperanza accidently cut her thumb while picking a rose. She knew it meant bad luck‚ but she picked more flowers while waiting for her papa. She waited for a long time and decides to leave
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carefree in his youth‚ but for the purposes of this poem‚ we must suspend disbelief and take him at his word. In 1916‚ Yeats’ love‚ Maud Gonne was widowed. Her husband‚ Major John McBride‚ had been executed by the British for his part in the Easter Rising. Maud Gonne went to France to work as a nurse with the war wounded‚ and Yeats followed her to propose marriage once again. Once again she refused. In 1917 Yeats married Georgiana Hyde-Lees and moved into Thoor Ballylee‚ a tower-house near Coole
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Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? The word terrorism carries a very negative connotation in the western world. The attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City‚ the Unabomber‚ and countless atrocities the modern news is plagued with frequently skews what terrorism is and what terrorists are. During the American Revolution‚ the colonist rebels used terrorist tactics to win the war and secure their freedom. They were considered freedom fighters‚ not terrorists. However‚ when opinions are taken
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Easter 1916 : William Butler Yeats - Summary and Critical Analysis Easter 1916 by William Butler Yeats is a poem about an Irish immature revolutionary plan which became unsuccessful to overthrow the British reign in Ireland. About fifteen hundred people participated in this revolution to seize the government office building of Dublin on Easter morning‚ but three hundred of them were killed on the spot‚ and more than two hundred people were taken as prisoner and tortured. The Irish
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was impressed by the clever structure of the poem. It has four stanzas‚ two containing sixteen lines and two containing twenty-four lines‚ thus commemorating the date of the Easter rising (24th April 1916). I also admired Yeats for having the humility to admit that he had been wrong about the people involved in the rising. Just as Yeats publicly condemned the patriots in “September 1913”‚ Yeats issues a public apology to the patriots. Through the use of repetition “polite meaningless words” and “transformed
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A STAR CALLED HENRY – roddy Doyle SUMMARY PART 1 Chapter 1: Henry Smart Jr. (H.S.Jr) Mother (Melody Nash) shows H.S.jr the stars‚ a.k.a his dead Brother and sisters the most important being the first Henry Smart. Thus A STAR CALLED HENRY Story of H.S.jr’s parents meeting‚ Melody Nash and Henry Smart. H.S drunk collides into Melody. H.S prosthetic leg. M.N instantly falls in love with his ruined but strong look‚ he too falls in love with her. Marriage‚ horrible stories about giving birth‚ babies
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In the wee hours of the morning my life is the embodiment of a living‚ breathing dichotomy. Awakening with a wry little smile on my face‚ I knew I had dreamed of the river‚ big brown trout‚ and sweet 3wt bamboo rods. My body screams – “Where’s the coffee”‚ while my brain questions the sanity of getting up this early on a Saturday. Oblivious to the cacophony‚ the hairs on the back of my neck tingle. Betraying logic‚ they forewarn that this pre-dawn moment was the premonition of a great day ahead
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September 1913 and Easter 1916 Poem Throughout many of his poems‚ W.B Yeats portrayed important aspects of Ireland’s history especially around the 1900’s when Ireland was fighting for independence. During this time‚ Ireland was going through an agonizing time of struggle. The Employers’ Federation decided to lock out their workers in order to break their resistance. By the end of September‚ 25‚000 workers were said to have been affected. Although the employers’ actions were widely condemned‚ they
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