Never give up hope without attempting to solve the troubles‚ for through effort‚ the seemingly impossible is attainable. 12 Again‚ by Sue Corbett‚ is a fantasy fiction story that takes place in a suburban community. Patrick McBride’s mother‚ Bernadette‚ disappeared on the eve of her fortieth birthday‚ leaving her family with no knowledge that she magically turned twelve again. Both Patrick and Bernadette were determined to get Bernadette back in her rightful place as the mother of the McBride household
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Ha‚ from “Inside Out and Back Again” and refugees in the transcript “Forgotten Ship” feel inside out through the process of them trying to leave their home country and escape to a new‚ safer country. For example‚ “The first hot bite of freshly cooked rice‚ plump and nutty‚ makes me imagine the taste of ripe papaya although one has nothing to do with the other.” (Lai 78) Ha has not had freshly cooked rice or any hot food in a number of days so is giving her a feeling of inside out because she is
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U.S. is “Make America Great Again”. When looking at this famous slogan we see the combination of 4 specific words‚ in order to understand any concept ever‚ we must know the definition of words of depth. The word “again”‚ as defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary‚ serves the purpose of an adverb‚ directing to a certain time. Merriam Webster dictionary defines the word again as‚ to a previous position or place. To explain the meaning behind “Make America Great Again” we must assess the previous
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other tasks. It all started when he dropped out of high school. He always thought that low payment will be enough for him. As we can see now he was wrong. He regrets his past now‚ but nothing he can do. We can predict or plan future‚ but we cannot change our past. Great people don’t become great easily‚ it takes passion and trying. Historical people such as Thomas Edison‚ Alexander Lodygin‚ Swan and etc.‚ who invented the light bulb didn’t just come up with ideas and solutions at the first time.
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to leave‚ they leave behind many dear possessions. When that happens their lives start to turn “inside out”. But‚ when they mourn those losses and finally accept that those losses are gone‚ their lives finally start to go “back again”. In the novel “Inside Out and Back Again”‚ Ha; a girl who just turned 10‚ lives in south Vietnam during the war. Ha and her family face the challenges of leaving their home and being discriminated by their new community. As Ha matures through the year‚ she learns to let
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Inside out and back again Refugees are people like us. They just went through a hard time by fleeing home and then finding home just like Hà. Hà is a Vietnamese girl who fled her home because of war. In the articles‚ “Children of War‚ Refugees Who‚ Where‚ and Why” and in article “Canada‚” there is a war and families fleeing and becoming refugees. In the novel Inside Out and Back Again by Thanna Lai‚ Hà’s life gets turned inside out and her family has to flee their home and become refugees. Hà’s
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out that Sears did engage in the Elf initiative for two reasons. On the one hand‚ it wanted to acquire new customers and persuade competitors’ customers and on the other hand to build relationships with the existing customers in order to retain them. Having this in mind‚ one could argue that all customers (loyal or not‚ new or existing) will benefit from the Elf program and that all shoppers represent a firmly good and promising target for such an initiative. With the Elf program‚ Sears will be in
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In the poem “Let America be America Again” by Langston Hughes‚ the speaker emphasizes a change that needs to be made in America. Langston Hughes brings about the problem of how America has veered from its original dream as a land for the free‚ now it operates being ran by oppressive powers starving the American people. He speaks to the people of America and the minorities of America in particular‚ to bring a change and take back what they’ve worked so hard and long for‚ our freedom. The speaker’s
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resiliency. The main character‚ Ha‚ from Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai‚ dealt with numerous difficulties when adjusting to her new school in Alabama. Refugees often battle with not being accepted by peers when arriving to their new school until they meet and become friends with new people. When a foreigner is adjusting to a new school‚ they often feel like they don’t fit in. For example‚ in the book‚ Inside Out and Back Again‚ “I eat candy in toilet.” Ha doesn’t really know
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In “Let America be America Again”‚ Langston Hughes speaks on his opinions of the American Dream. Throughout the poem‚ Hughes compares his hopes and dreams for America with the reality of life for those outside of certain cultural‚ religious‚ and societal groups. This is a dramatic and diverse poem‚ fluctuating from peaceful moments to angry explosions. The author starts by mentioning of the key vision of America‚ where there is the hope for liberty and equality. Yet for the oppressed races‚ American
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