English Creative Writing – My Life As A Pencil I am just lying there‚ minding my own business‚ when a short‚ 3 foot‚ snot nosed child comes and puts me up his nose‚ and then looks around with the most obvious smirk on his face. This is the daily abuse I have to deal with in my life as a pencil. Meet me‚ HB‚ I’m red and black and pretty average-sized to be honest. I’d be taller if it wasn’t for you! Yes I know‚ I’m just an ordinary HB pencil‚ how can my story be interesting? Seriously you need
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really saw it full expressed. The other virtues follow from it. He never gives and defends a definition of it although he does characterize it. 2. It is dearer than life itself--the man of jen will sacrifice his life to preserve jen‚ and conversely it is what makes life worth living. 3. Jen is a sense for the dignity of human life--a feeling of humanity towards others and self-esteem for yourself. a. Such feeling applies to all men--not just one nation or race. It is the foundation of
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Literature in My Life As English class has progressed this semester‚ we have read story after story. Typically I find myself relating to at least one character in each tale‚ sometimes numerous characters. More often than not‚ the character I relate to reminds me of someone I know more than of myself. Two characters have stood out to me more than others however‚ they are the unnamed old woman‚ from A visit of Charity‚ and Jimmy Cross‚ from The Things They Carried. The old woman‚ who I believe
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In the short story "The Love of My Life‚" two teenagers make one bad decision and their lives are changed forever. The author‚ T. Coraghessan Boyle‚ wrote the story based on an actual news story that had occurred a few years back. The author does a great job of making the relationship between Jeremy and China seem so wonderful and almost innocent‚ that it is hard to be angry with them. The two characters in the story‚ Jeremy and China‚ are young and are head over heels for each other. The very
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caring people people in my life transformed me into a efficient and versatile person. I’ve watched my father and grandmother work hard to support my siblings and I. My father would go to his tedious job and come back home looking like he pulled an all nighter. Although being so tired‚ he would always check if I did my homework correctly and if I was okay. My grandmother‚ who takes care of my siblings and I‚ works hard to take care of us. Although she would always deal with my little sister’s constant
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Everyone wants to be successful in life. One of the easiest ways to become successful is to set and achieve your own goals. There are many different types of goals. Some take longer to accomplish than others‚ and they all have to be approached in a different way. Three types of goals are career goals‚ personal goals‚ and educational goals. My educational goal is to graduate from college with a degree in engineering. I’m still trying to pick out a college to go to. I’m only a junior in high school
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My Life with the Saints 1.) Father Martin affinity to St. Ignatius is not one necessarily out of profound affection but rather out of distinctness from the average person. It was his particular brand of spirituality that changed Father Martin’s perspective on the world. St. Ignatius prolixity was not cosmic in nature by any means of cognition but was more compatible to aloof uncle who privately paid for your tuition bills
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September 3rd‚ 2010 Significant Place: Brooklyn‚ New York Many people have a place that is very significant to them. In my opinion‚ having a significant place is a very good thing because that means that significant place has a meaning. Brooklyn‚ New York‚ is the original hometown of the majority of my family and they have a very significant background history there. Brooklyn‚ New York is a very capacious city. My favorite thing to do there is shop. When I go shopping‚ I often enjoy seeing the
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My goal in life is to become a writer. I have always been fond of books. As I am an only child I was very lonely. Both my parents worked‚ leaving me in the care of servants. When I grew older I was a latchkey kid who let herself into an empty house with a spare key. All I had for company was my pet kitten and a shelf full of books. Books made me forget the fact that I was lonely. I could open a book and lose myself in the world that opened up to me in its pages. I wrote my first poem when I
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Dead Poet’s Society: Significant Experiences; The Twists of Life. Significant experiences are moments in life that create change not only in one’s present period of life‚ but also dramatically alter one’s view of the surrounding and forthcoming events. The impacts of such experiences are the opening of new doors in life‚ the realization of possibilities one would have never imagined sitting right under one’s nose and the perception of details one never thought important before. They mostly
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