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    my areas of need with your help. I want to make English one of my strongest subjects this year‚ because I really want to be prepared for the SOls‚ since we did not have them for English in the past three years. There is a lot I want to share with you about me. I am really interested in sports. I am mostly into basketball‚ and I go to the gym almost everyday practicing and playing for 4 hours. I really hope I can make the team this year. I also like to play football with friends. My favorite subject

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    No Thanks to Vaping The newest fad related to tobacco smoking is vaping. According to Liz Neporent of ABC News‚ “The electronic cigarette was invented in the 1960s‚ but it didn ’t really take off until a decade ago.” Electronic cigarettes are seen everywhere in the public. “Thanks for Vaping‚” posted by Sky Dylan-Robbins of The New Yorker‚ talks about all the questions that come with this new mysterious fad. The electronic cigarette will become the next tobacco problem‚ many people do not know what

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    Two Boys: Different or the Same? The protagonists of “The Story of the Good Little Boy” by Mark Twain and “Thank You‚ Ma’am” by Langston Hughes are similar and different in many ways. In “The Story of the Good Little Boy” by Mark Twain‚ the protagonist is Jacob Blivens. He was a good boy who “always obeyed his parents” and “always learned his book‚ and never was late at Sabbath-school” (“The Story of the Good Little Boy”‚ 473). It was his goal to end up in a Sunday-school book like all the other

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    foreshadowing. When a writer uses a character’s thoughts and actions to represent their personality‚ they are using indirect characterization. Foreshadowing is when an author hints at an event to come. “Thank You‚ M’am” and “Charles” are two short stories which use these literary elements. In “Thank You‚ M’am” by Langston Hughes‚ indirect characterization is used to add on to the understanding of the main characters. This story is about a boy‚ Roger‚ who attempts to steal a woman’s purse but fails

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    “The Lost Art of Thank-You Notes” It has become unfortunate that something as simple as a thank-you note has been slowly forgotten and less prominent to the point that when one is actually received‚ it almost seems unusual. I believe Randy Pausch was correct when he said‚ “Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.” The thank-you note is old-fashioned‚ simple and personal at the same time. Nevertheless‚ the emotion and gratitude that the gesture

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    The stories “Thank You‚ M’am” by Langston Hughes and “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara have many similarities and difference. They are both works of fiction‚ with important lessons embedded in them. In the story “Thank You‚ M’am” a boy named Roger tries to steal a woman’s purse‚ but the woman catches him and shows him kindness. “Raymond’s Run” is about a girl named Squeaky who runs a race and after seeing her brother‚ Raymond‚ happy just to have participated she realized winning isn’t everything

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    So Free It’s Deadly The expectation in Thank You for Smoking quarrels the premise of good satire in that everyone is hypocritical and corrupt. Nick Naylor is portrays as a suave and charismatic lobbyist who defends the tobacco industry’s daily conflict against anti-smoking protesters‚ all while being a devoted father to his wide-eyed son. Since our culture of critical spin has saturated modern America‚ there has been a great deal of uncertain agreement between the government and private agencies

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    Mar’Quis Mitchell Dr. Suzanne Bost English 354: Contemporary Critical Thinking Theory October 23‚ 2012 Langston Hughes: “Thank You‚ M’am“˗˗Deconstruction Analysis “Thank You‚ M’am” is a short story about an elderly African American woman named Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones‚ who was walking alone in the dark‚ when suddenly a young boy‚ Roger‚ attempts to seize her purse. After the failed attempt‚ Mrs. Jackson decides to teach Roger a life lesson. Surprisingly‚ Mrs. Jackson did not treat

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    Trust and kindness are usually not very freely given‚ and it is rare that it is given to a total stranger. However‚ if someone is in need of trust‚ it should be the duty of any human to help them. In Langston Hughes short story‚ “Thank You‚ Ma’m‚” the main character Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones demonstrated a true act of generosity when she took Roger to her home and allowed him to to be cared for‚ when she told him about her life story‚ and when she gave him ten dollars for his shoes. These

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    Have you ever tried stealing and got caught? The boy in "Thank You M’am" by: Langstons Hughes did. Mrs. Jones‚ the lady the boy tried to steal from‚ didn’t do what most people do. Which is call the police. She then instead took the boy to her home. Most people would disagree with what she did. Although Mrs. Jones could have just called the police when the boy tried to steal her pocketbook‚ she took him to her house‚ which was an important setting in the story. The story is about Mrs. Jones

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