War Stories Throughout the years‚ people share stories about war. Whether its in the news‚ or by word of mouth‚ or in a history class‚ people are able to get a feel of what war is said to be like. Many people will never experience war‚ therefore‚ they get to "experience" war through stories. But are all war stories true? Are they believable? In O’brien’s The Things They Carried and the movie documentary Restrepo‚ both tell stories of war‚ but both have a different way of doing so. The
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connection Story of my Trip to the USA During the summer of 2002 ‚ my parents and I decided to go on a vacation to Los Angeles. This was the first time I will visiting the States. At the time we lived in Dubai‚ so it was mandatory according to U.S rules that we had to apply for a vacation visa in order to enter USA. This process took about two to three days. During this time‚ my parents and I packed our bags At the time I was only 10 years old‚ and wanted only my backpack to travel with as well
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Robin Sharma provides a striking illustration on what it takes to become a leader in his book‚ The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success In Business and In Life. The book relies on charismatic and endearing characters that take the reader through a touching story in order to establish the ideas and beliefs on how leadership can be developed. The Leader Who Had No Title centers on Blake Davis‚ a man who has lost confidence‚ focus‚ and meaning in his life after losing his father at
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its shade. Gazing up into the branches one man said to the other: “What a useless tree this is. It does not have fruit or nuts that we can eat and we cannot even use its wood for anything.” “Don’t be so ungrateful‚” rustled the tree in reply. “I am being extremely useful to you at this very moment‚ shielding you from the hot sun. And you call me a good-for-nothing!” All of God’s creations have a good purpose. Islam teaches us that we should never belittle Allah’s blessings. LEARN FROM MISTAKES
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THIS POEM I choose this poem ‘if’ by Rudyard Kipling because when I read this poem it reminds me of when I was a little girl how it was difficult to grow up. This poem brings back memories. Back in that time‚ my family wasn’t a well-to-do family. It makes me remember how hard it is to do things on my own and it took me a very long time to be independent and start to mature. It also make me think how much farther I have to develop in order to completely grow up and reminds me when I was young in
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“The Story of an Hour” is a short story written by Kate Chopin and first appeared in Vogue in 1894. The story takes place within the time span of an hour‚ hence the title‚ and is about the thoughts of a married woman who is told her husband has died only to find out an hour later that he is still alive when he walks in the front door. The story explores the range of emotions that the main character experiences within the span of an hour. Since this story was written after the death of Chopin’s
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Good afternoon‚ ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for considering me to be your next class president. Since freshman year‚ I have been a passionate advocate for our student body. When a food poisoning epidemic broke out on campus‚ I crafted the petition to demand better service from our food providers and better oversight from school administrators. It was unacceptable for the health of our peers to be compromised by consuming the food in our own cafeteria. Many of you agreed with me‚ and the petition
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Epic Story The abominable‚ amiss‚ atrocious‚ awful Adewalen the Dark has terrorized the town city of Oakland California and many other places for before but its atrocities have become far worse. After all these years watching the wretched beast destroy our homes I can’t just sit here and watch anymore! I- Tyrexius shall avenge our fallen city. Before I take on the abhorrent monster I will need training‚ perhaps my father “Clark the Colossal‚” can train me. As I walked home I heard the shrieks
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rigorous kendo training‚ I was barely standing in a bus station‚ waiting for no.7 bus that would guide me home. It takes almost 40 minutes to go back home and my body ceaselessly sent a message to my brain to spot a seat on my getting on the bus. Wow‚ it was my lucky day (...or not). Though it was five o’clock when usually all buses are full‚ I found a seat as soon as I got into the bus. It magnetized my fragile body with such a compelling power. I had fallen asleep as soon as I hit the seat. ...Huh
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Short Story: Danger Mouse Umpa Lumpa’s And Fickle Thoughts FOUR O’CLOCK! He said I could leave at four o’clock today. WANKER! Being my last day an all‚ I was promised on Monday that I could leave an hour early today‚ as a good will gesture‚ you know‚ thanks for all the hard work and all that; ten fucking years of hard work – and I get an hour. Well‚ it’s now just gone half three‚ and that jumped up‚ four eyed little Hitler wants me to attend a productivity meeting. I should have just told him where
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