Remember ‘Remembrance Day?’ I sat cross-legged on the blotchy carpet‚ splattered with an abstract painting. My elbow rested on the dent in my knee. My fingers touched the fluffy texture beneath me‚ tracing the scattered shapes. Beside me‚ Jenny sat with her legs unfolded‚ her body was leant back‚ making her amber hair droop across her shoulders‚ with her arms propping herself up. Her skin contrasted with the dark orange carpet; her eyes fluttered around the room‚ where a group of girls sat in
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A Walk To Remember I have finished reading the book A Walk to Remember‚ by Nicholas Sparks‚ and it is certainly one of the most inspiring books I have ever read. This dramatic fiction plus love story was published in 1999. I recommend you read this book‚ and I am almost positive it will touch you in some kind of way. This book is 256 pages of a teenage love story. Personally my favorite character was Landon because he learned a lot and he did everything he could to make the love of his life happy
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Jazmine De Jesus English 102 04/08/2010 Essay #1 In the film “A Walk To Remember‚” Landon Carter ( sh )‚ one of the troubled popular students in high school‚ gets caught after he and his friends put a students life in danger. As a punishment‚ he has to participate in helping out in after school community service activities‚ including the high school play. While completing his punishment‚ he begins to develop feelings for Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore)‚ the reverends daughter. Landon starts trying
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Hook: The movie Remember the Titans‚ deals with the issue of racism‚ and illustrates how one can overcome prejudice by uniting for a common cause or goal. In the beginning of remember the titans Gary and his mother had an external conflict‚ in which his mother was being judgmental with Gary having anything to do with blacks. His mom ends up letting Gary play football with blacks. During the beginning of the movie Gary was agreeing with his mom on not having anything to do with the black race‚
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I chose Sam Phillips for my producer because I love the blues and “rock and roll” and he played and important role in this area of the music industry. Sam Phillips inspires me to be more creative and to think outside the box when creating music. I think that’s what music is all about. Sam not only broke down racial barriers in the music industry but really tested the limits of blues and helped and influenced the creation of “rock and roll”. He was a talent scout during the early stage of his career
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Fat Sam and Cadillac Joe There was a mobster named Fat Sam and his partners; "Funky Don" Parsons‚ Howard "Big Bill Bass and Pat Willey had spotted a right ulna of a human arm. After a couple of hours of digging Bill Bass and other men had found two thoracic vertebrae‚ fifteen teeth‚ four fragments of an They had decided to kidnap a man named Monty Hudson and his wife Liz Hudson. Not only did
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Speech - Ted Talk One day I was at home after a long time at school and my mom told me to go read the book‚ which I was going to have a test about. I told her that I couldn’t do it because I was doing something much more important: playing FIFA. She got mad at me and I had to read the book‚ but two days later‚ I started researching and I found out that playing videogames is something more importante that most people think it really is. And today I’m going to tell you some benefits and facts about
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"The Tender Place" is an affectionate poem in which Ted Hughes contemplates and describes the Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) inflicted on Sylvia Plath. The human impulse behind this poem is to bring across the negative impact and effects this anti-depression therapy has on her. Through this poem‚ the horror and needless destruction that such therapy implicates is conveyed very impressively. In the first lines‚ Ted Hughes refers to Sylvia Plath’s temples‚ where the electrodes for ECT are placed
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My Brother Sam Is Dead My Brother Sam Is Dead by Coller and Coller is a story about a boy named Tim Meeker and how his family falls apart during the Revolutionary War. Throughout the story‚ Tim is confronted with a life changing dilemma. His father is a Loyalist and his elder brother Sam is a Patriot. He knows that no matter what side he chooses in this war‚ he will end up fighting his flesh and blood. As the story progresses‚ Coller and Coller paints a vivid picture of how Tim changes
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Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is reminded of his love for a girl named Martha by the multiple memories he has of her. He carries pictures of Martha as well as the letters she has written him. Jimmy remembers their first and only date to the movies and is heartbroken that the love he feels for Martha will never be mutual. The narrator then starts to explain the things the men carry. Most are things that would be needed for survival during a war‚ like compasses‚ raincoats‚ mosquito spray‚ and tents. Others
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