on after thirty years on a rough road‚ the best of moons is apt to be tinged with sadness. The moonlight reached the side of Feng-hsiao pillow. She was a slave girl brought by the bride‚ the new Third Mistress of the Chiangs. She opened her eyes to take a look and saw her own blue-white hand on the half-worn blanket faced with quilted Korean silk. "Is it moonlight?" she said to herself. She slept on a pallet on the floor under the window. The last couple of years had been busy with the changing of
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never been late at work; working six days in a week‚ regardless of how busy we get I have always managed to keep the work in a balance and keep my internal customers satisfied. You could always give instructions to me on a new job and let me find away out to it. Once a specific task is given to me I accomplish it to make sure I make customers happy. When you tell me to do something specifically‚ I make sure that I get to it as soon as I have time in my hand. I have never argued with you about any specific
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LOLOB’S GIRL By: Joan Aiken (1) Some people choose their dogs‚ and some dogs choose their people. The Pengelly family had no say in the choosing of Lob; he came to them in the second way‚ and very decisively. (2) It began on the beach‚ the summer when Sandy was five‚ Don‚ her older brother‚ twelve‚ and the twins were three. Sandy was really Alexandra‚ because her grandmother had a beautiful picture of a queen in a diamond tiara and high collar of pearls. It hung by Granny Pearce’s kitchen
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living for years in underground with the acceptance of his “invisibility” ‚ the narrator grasps the idea that there may be a hopeful future for the negroes of American society as Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man closes to interpretation. As the narrator takes time to reminisce about his grandfather’s death and the last words of advice he heard from him‚ he starts to see the same light at the end of the tunnel that his grandfather described in the last junctures of his life. Ellison paints the picture of
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Coming out of "My Heterophobia" Closet Growing up in a heterosexual world as a Lesbian who remained in many closets‚ has shape my identity and the way I will transact with people for the rest of my life. Upon coming out of closet‚ or being pushed out (by suspension from parents and friends) at the age of eighteen or nineteen I quickly assumed the bi-sexual title because it meant at least there was hope for me in the future. This proved to be worse for my self-esteem‚ and may have caused the most
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wake up screaming every night. My mom and dad tell me there isn’t a monster under my bed‚ but I know the truth. It’s there‚ terrorizing me every night. He comes out from under my bed and tortures me. He leaves scratches and bruises on me; but when I show my parents‚ they say I probably fell out of bed. The terror starts when the lights go out with a flick and the door closes with a click. Soon‚ I hear the tap‚ tap‚ tap coming from under my bed. I can almost see those giant‚ glinting claws tapping against
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Privacy to me is not snooping through any of my things and letting me have my personal space. My parents just call my name when they are right by my door and then just barge in when I answer. I hate that because I may be getting dressed from just getting out of the shower. Sometimes my mom goes through my trash to find something to yell at me for and it is so disgusting. I sometimes come home to find the things in my room are rearranged differently. That is another way of knowing someone has been in my
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When most people hear the word “Spring” they think of a typical Sleeping Beauty situation‚ the birds are chirping and the flowers are blooming. It is always a cheerful time coming out of winter‚ but for the narrator in Williams’s Spring and All‚ spring is a dreadful time of sorrow and death. Gluck’s For Jane Meyers focuses on a more positive tone‚ describing a kid excited for the coming of spring so much than he could just die. These two poems use numerous instances of imagery to illustrate the worst
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Brontë Keznor Professor Frances Coley English 122 25 July 2015 Take it all back In this glorious country‚ known as the United States of America‚ there is an abundance of nature all around us at all times. The United States of America is made up of a vast amount of landscape and vegetation‚ not to mention all of our rivers and lakes‚ and how can we for forget the wildlife that has an existence on this continent. With the many natural resources that cover this colossal country‚ the question that
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on for the school‚ varsity. In the fall of 2015 I had my first high school tryout. I practiced day in and day out just like any other year. The tryouts came and I was only a little nervous. That tryout was the best try out I have ever had. After it was over I was confident in how I had done‚ however there was a lot of seniors and they are all guaranteed a varsity spot. The roster came out that weekend and I was looking through it and hoping my name would come‚ it did just to late. It
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