lead to more responsibility and trust. The second point that one can learn from this book is that if you do not take initiative and go above and beyond what is asked of you‚ you are less likely to succeed. The book talks about a man that walks the streets looking for work‚ but when he is hired he is unwilling to do what is asked of him. This results to people not hiring him because his lack of initiative. If you expect to succeed with that type of attitude in this society‚ then you are in the wrong
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Analysis Save as many as you ruin Sometimes our life can be unkind‚ with all its difficult choices and we are going to make mistakes for the rest of our lives. Some mistakes that we cannot forget. Some that we are going to regret. But at some point in our life‚ we will get a chance to make up for our past. That chance‚ is a chance given to Gerard‚ the main character‚ in Simon Van Booy’s short story Save as many as you ruin. The story focuses on Gerard’s’ life‚ and takes a look on his mind. How
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This passage taken from the novel Brick Lane by Monica Ali depicts the journey and feelings of the persona‚ Nazneen in her navigation of the streets of London. Using the setting of the novel‚ mood and various literary devices‚ the author‚ Ali‚ is able to convey to readers the subject matter of the extract‚ which is the loneliness and confusion faced by the persona. The setting of the extract plays a major role in the understanding of the passage as a whole. The passage is set in London‚ England
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(12) A proper job will turn up. That’s what I’m praying for every day (21) Parts of Brooklyn…are just like Ireland. They’re full of Irish (23) She wondered if that could be true (24) The same friends and neighbours‚ the same routines in the same streets (27) It’ll kill me when she goes (28) The rest of her life would be a struggle with the unfamiliar (30) Giving up any real prospect of leaving this house herself and having her own house‚ with her own family (30) Some people are nice‚ she said‚ and
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learned about the ranking process of kids on union Ave. and how the only way to improve your status was to use your fists to fight your way up the chain. Looking back Geoffrey Canada notices the major shift in attitudes concerning the rules of the streets. What once was harmless fist fighting has now turned over to guns. His opinions can be seen in his title "Fist Stick Knife Gun". One of the earliest lessons he ever learned was from his mother. She told all four of her boys to never let people think
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able to start driving classes. When they pass the test process they get a temporary license‚ which allow them to start driving with an adult on their side until they make the correct age. This is sometimes not respected‚ and they just go out to the streets alone without following the rules. At the age sixteenth these children finally get their driver’s license. I think one solution to this problem may be to prohibit driver’s license to these children until they get older. In the driving school they
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English 10th 09/06/13 The Piece of Bread (303-305) I watched the procession of Jews walk through the streets like a herd of cows headed to the slaughterhouse. I tried not to do anything to indicate I was against a decision made by the fuhrer‚ because that would spell trouble for me and my family. But I could not. I couldn’t just watch as these people walked on. No one else seemed to bat an eye at what was going on. The soldiers‚ some merely boys‚ had Hitler shining in their eyes. One man
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these are still people‚” Gadner says.” They are not invisible. They each have a story.” Those are statements that Gadner made regarding the homeless. In the movie The Pursuit of Happiness‚ Gadner and his son were left homeless living out in the streets with no place to go. Being homeless Gadner had hardships he was trying to overcome‚ for instance‚ he had to go through an internship for 6 months with no pay‚ Gadner didn’t know where the next meal was coming from or the next place his son and him
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was named once with this title by the first conquers from the old world because they were impressed for its beautiful location and climate. We can find a diversity of social status‚ races‚ customs‚ and culinary arts as well. Twenty years ago‚ the streets were not pavements and the parks were as deserts with an exception of few trees. The shortage of the vital liquid to survive was a big dilemma for 8 millions of residents. We didn’t have enough water. The unemployment reached its biggest numbers and
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Do you know differences between city life and village life? Also‚ you may think the city life is most comfortable. You know‚ there are so many differences between them. That is to say‚ people living in cities are different from people living in the city. There are five major differences between city and village (people) lifestyle. I’m going to write social activities or opportunities‚ people’s behaviour‚ most common events‚ safety and getting good education. First of all; there is big advantage
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