ever wanted to get away from your normal everyday life? In Gary Soto’s poem‚ “Saturday at the Canal‚” the poet tells of a seventeen-year old boy who is leading a very monotonous life and one that he wishes to get away from. Using First-Person‚ the boy feels that his life is boring and by leaving his home town he will find happiness. He also feels that his life lacks purpose and going away will show him that his life has worth and purpose. Gary Soto uses personification‚ metaphors‚ and rich imagery to
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It all happened so fast. The smell of gasoline intoxicated my lungs as it spread through the air in the dark night sky. My vision was impaired as the blood from my forehead trickled down my face into my eyes. It was almost impossible to move within the confines of that metal death trap. Any movement insured glass and broken pieces of metal would pierce my skin adding more agony to the pain I was already feeling. All of it was a big blur‚ really. As the smoke started pouring inside of the vehicle
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In 1965‚ Dr. Gordon Moore working as the Director of R&D for Fairchild Semiconductor published a paper titled “Cramming more components onto integrated circuits”. In his paper‚ he discusses the future of electronics and how these “integrated circuits will lead to such wonders as home computers—or at least terminals connected to a central computer—automatic controls for automobiles‚ and personal portable communications equipment”. He also discusses how the rate in which the number of transistors
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Gary Soto’s reflections on his childhood efforts of improving his working-class family are humorous and entertaining‚ yet show the flaws in the era of the family. Fueled by TV shows such as Leave it to Beaver‚ young Gary wanted to make his Mexican-American household more like the idealistic “nuclear families” that he seen on television. However‚ achieving that appealing lifestyle of the white middle-class families proved to be very difficult; especially for families like Soto’s‚ who didn’t fit that
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[pic] A White Paper on the Future of Cataloging at Indiana University January 15‚ 2006 Prepared by: Jackie Byrd Gary Charbonneau Mechael Charbonneau Angela Courtney Elizabeth Johnson Kirsten Leonard Andrea Morrison Suzanne Mudge Ann O’Bryan Scott Opasik Jenn Riley
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The Future of Ecotourism Darsie Mason Axia College I chose Hawaii for the area that needs improvements on the culture of the vacation. Hawaii is one of the last states to be added to the United States. Hawaii is entirely made up of islands. Hawaii is located in the Pacific Ocean. The islands were formed form
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Running head: FUTURE 1 “The Future Direction of Health Care” By: Carrie Robinson HCA421: Health Care Planning & Evaluation (BGJ1422A Instructor: Fran Steel June 13‚ 2014 FUTURE 2 “The Future of Health Care”
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Analysis Gary Yourofsky is a vegan activist. He is a strong speaker on the issue. Gary has given over twenty three hundred speeches across the country. In his speeches he presents the argument against consuming food made from the innocent slaughter of animals. He details horrible cruelty that is inflicted upon these animals. While Gary delivers this message he shows the listener an alternative lifestyle that doesn’t involve the consumption of animal byproducts. Gary gave examples
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to be a popular‚ legendary music artist. As nice as it sounds with money‚ popularity‚ and not to mention the thousands of fans‚ there have always been three key flaws of being a well-known singer; the no privacy‚ the work shift‚ and family. In the first place‚ becoming a celebrity‚ especially at a young age‚ would require accepting the fact that I would no longer have “alone time.” For instance‚ say I wanted to go out with my friends and have a good time. I would have simply one drink and the next
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The Author’s story begins in Fresno‚ California where Gary Soto was born. Gary soto started off doing poetry in High school even though he wasn’t academically motivated when Soto was a child.”He was not academically motivated as a child‚ but became interested in poetry during his high school years”(poets.org). And soto went to Fresno City College and studied poetry. “He attended Fresno City college and California State University at Fresno while working toward an undergraduate degree‚ and later studied
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