In the short fictional story “Broken Chain” Gary Soto begins drawing in the reader’s attention by describing Alfonso pushing back his teeth because he felt inadequate about his appearance and was trying to fix his teeth on his own because his parents could not afford braces. I immediately felt compassion for this character. I immediately wanted to know what was going to happen next‚ that’s when I learned he met a girl and needed to borrow his brothers bike. First the story
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history. As we look at France history as far back as the cave paintings‚ but real first recorded history of France is seen as 600 BCE when the Greek controlled a part of modern France. France is a country of rich history and culture. The Authors of Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong used the words native and aboriginals to describe the citizens of France. I agree with the authors opinion of the French people as a people who want to preserve their history‚ who try to save their customs as they
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In 25 Apr 2014‚ the Youtube video produced and narrated by Gary Turk‚ Look Up have gained viral status when the video has been viewed more than 60 million times worldwide. After watching it on my own‚ the video itself is a poem about how the technologies nowadays have made current generation disengages and neglected from social interactions‚ real relationships and the true definition of social life. So he told the viewers to put out their electronic devices and communicate with each other face to
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This is an oft-repeated proverb. Like all proverbs. It too aims at keeping people away from mistakes‚ and their consequent results. More often than not they come to our help when we do not know what to do. This one is a sort of spear against the devil of carelessness. Literally‚ it means‚ when a garment has just started wearing out‚ if we stitch it at that very time‚ it may last well‚ for some time. But on the contrary‚ if we avoid stitching at that time‚ then‚ after a few days‚ the whole dress
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Mother is none but Gods love in action.Mother is the most beatiful and sweetest one onEarth because she looks with her heart ‚feels with her eyes and feeds with her blood.A mother is a bank where her child is safe to deposite all its worries and can withdraw strengh and love confidence.Mother is bravest person on earth.She forgets herown welfarewhen her child is in danger.She sacrifice her life if needs be for her child.A mother moulds the life and shapes the character of her child who has eternal
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The novel‚ 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ has a variety of judgements made by different critics. This novel has some positive aspects and some negative drawbacks. However‚ every reader perceives a novel in a different manner. 1984 had a strong and weak impact in three specific yardsticks of evaluation: reflection of real life‚ escape‚ and significant insight. This novel did not depict a reflection of real life in the United States. In today’s world‚ a government does exist where they want their inhabitants
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In the passage‚ “A Summer life” by Gary Soto. He writes an autobiography about his childhood past. One summer day‚ where he stole a pie from the market. Knowing it was a bad idea‚ he still did it anyways. In the pie-stealing passage from his autobiography‚ Gary Soto presents his guilty six-year-old self through descriptions of his guilt‚ through references to religion‚ and through his paranoid belief that everyone can see what he has done. Gary Soto’s guilt is first made clear by his descriptions
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After reading the poem “Oranges” by Gary Soto‚ the first opinion that came to my mind is cute. Often times our most vivid memories come from first-time experiences. Many writers like to draw from their memory banks to create themes for their works; themes that a reader can often relate to‚ stimulating them. This poem draws from a favorite memory‚ telling a simple story of a boy’s first date with a girl. The descriptive words in this poem provide the reader with a sense that the events being described
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Gary Ridgway‚ also known as the Green River Killer‚ is a serial killer from Washington who committed an estimated amount of murders ranging between 48-90 female prostitutes or runaways throughout the 1980’s - 1990’s. He lived a fairly normal life with a wife and son‚ as a truck painter with a military background. He came off to many people as a good natured man‚ easy to talk too‚ and religious. He would constantly read the bible at work and evangelized throughout his hometown. Some of his interest
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contrast‚ ‘Ozymandias’ a sonnet‚ describes how an ancient king was once a powerful leader but today his work has faded by the destructive power of history which implies the insignificance of human beings over a passage of time. Whereas in ‘Poem of Thirty-Nine’ the daughter continues her life through the lessons her father taught her. ‘Ozymandias’ is about a meeting with the poet and a “traveller” who describes the story of King Ozymandias’s “shattered” statue. The traveller explains how the statue was
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