It is indeed a privilege and honour to be invited to speak on the occasion of the independence day . I take this opportunity to congratulate each one of you on this great day ‚ a day when India won her freedom 68 years back on 15th August 1947 and became a sovereign nation. Being born in a free country‚ living and taking breath in free air is a privilege given to us by great leaders. On this day we pay tribute to our great freedom fighters The country spans over 3‚million square kilometres from
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Point of View The story adopts the traditional mode of third-person omniscience. In other words‚ the author/narrator relates the entire story to the reader‚ but since the entire plot is dependent on the revelation taking place at the end‚ the narrator does not reveal all the aspects of character at the beginning. While the narrator is forthcoming about all the peripheral goings-on in the story‚ s/he is careful not to reveal to the reader anything more than would be evident to any passerby. The reader
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A Lucky Day It was a beautiful Sunday morning‚ my dad hit upon a sudden idea that he would like us to try something different we have never done before. When hearing that‚ I couldn’t wait to do something special and funny and expected where Dad was going to take us. With joy and excitement‚ we kids sang happily and talked cheerfully all the way in the car. When we arrived the quiet and peaceful country with a great view welcoming our visiting‚ I just felt like I was in a wonderland surrounded with
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S Selina Jamil Professor Jamil EGL 1020 7 February 2014 Following a Pattern in “Half a Day” Naguib Mahfouz’s suspenseful focus on life’s transience in “Half a Day‚” translated into English by Denys Johnson-Davies‚ enables him to trace the process through which the human mind usually loses its potential over and becomes oblivious to the passage of time. Journeying for the first time to school “alongside” his father‚ the Narrator as a child‚ who is conscious of “time” and of “a street lined with
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On Friday April 26‚ 2013 my Health Care Careers class and I visited Grand View Hospital for the day. Each of us were assigned to a new department to spend the day. I was assigned to the Telemetry B Unit. We went there to job shadow the nurses that work in that department. Our goal was to follow the nurses and observe them giving basic care to their patients. Upon arriving at Grand View I was excited and could not wait to get to my destination. Finding the Telemetry B unit was confusing because
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The Fateful Day It happened as my three excited brothers‚ parents‚ our golden beagle-basset‚ and I drove the last thirty minute stretch to my grandparent’s house. We’d been on the road for an hour‚ having just grabbed some lunch from a McDonald’s drive thru. I could never have imagined the drastic turn of events that took place that ordinary day. The day I understood how you never know how much you love someone‚ in my case my family‚ until you think you’ve almost lost them. “Are we there
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Taylor Gernhart Gernhart 1 English Composition ENG 121 14 May 2013 Narrative Essay #1 I awaken‚ my feet cold under the sheets . The room is strangely quiet as I slip out of bed and realize the sea of white snow. I hurry to get dressed and start bolting for the back door of our beautiful‚ city home in Tualatin. Today I will walk through my snow-covered yard as if I am swimming through the ocean.I stopped at the door that faced Nelson Street aligned with beautiful fall colored
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"The Longest Day" was a mammoth project dramatizing D-day‚ the Allied invasion of France. It was nearly three hours in length and with an enormous ensemble cast‚ all playing supporting roles. The production was very conscientious about realism‚ the actors were always of the same nationality as their characters‚ and spoke in their native languages‚ leading to a lot of subtitles translating French and German dialogue. Although the movie was historically correct‚ it was also meant to be a blockbuster
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Europe Day Celebrating the creation of the European Union. Europe Day commemorates 9 May 1950‚ when the then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman presented his proposal on the creation of an organised Europe‚ to help maintain peaceful relations between European countries. This proposal‚ known as the ’Schuman declaration’‚ is considered to be the act that created what is now the European Union. Today‚ the 9th of May has become a European symbol (Europe Day) which‚ along with the flag‚ the
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The Day Of The Triffids – Chapter 1-6 Chapter 1: the end begins William "Bill" Masen wakes up in a hospital with his eyes bandaged. He recalls the events of the night before when the earth passed through comet debris causing green flashes of light. He removes the bandages and leaves to find that the green flashes have rendered everyone blind and that he may be the only one who is still sighted. Chapter 2: The Coming Of The Triffids Bill discusses his personal history and the origin of the
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