Theme: “Your Choice‚ My Future: Selecting Responsible Leaders for a Better Nation” Two significant phrases stand out in my speech which I am so much privileged to deliver. One phrase involves you‚ leaders “Your choice” and the other concerning each young one‚ “My Future”. Such phrases resonate critical concerns for you and I “for a better nation”‚ an earnest prayer of all the people. I’m so glad for this opportunity to highlight about the challenges leaders must consider in their choices. On the
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severe punishment convinces her charges to learn their lessons. As they do‚ her bulk and disfigurements fade. Starting with chaos in the kitchen‚ humorous antics ensue. Adelaide comes to tea on Nanny’s afternoon off‚ so the children dress in their best finery per papa’s request. They also clothe the mule and pig to fool their blind aunt. When Nanny insists one must volunteer for adoption‚ Simon recalls illiterate Eva’s desire for education. The obvious candidate departs. Potential fiancee thrice-widowed
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better friends as they room together at Devon‚ a prep school they go to as World War II affects the world all around them. Although the two of them are complete opposites‚ they become “best friends” very quickly. As the novel progresses their friendship develops problems‚ one of which is jealousy. In A Separate Piece Gene and Finny show that jealousy can destroy friendships. The boys are jealous of each other all throughout the story and this jealousy eventually puts one of the characters in an awful
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“The Gilded Six-Bits” Response 1. The story is written as a single continuous narrative‚ but the events take place over a long period of time. Estimate how much time actually passes between the beginning of the story and end. I would say that the story had to take place probably between nine to ten months. I arrived at this conclusion from information given in the story. Such as I drew from the fact that after being caught with Otis D. Slemmons‚ Missie May and Joe had not touched in three months
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A PIECE OF BREAD (by Mrs. Wilma C. Aruelo) It’s been long years of sufferings and now I stood at the bar of justice with my pale young face "Am I guilty or not guilty?" It’s a question that always lingers on my mind. "I will tell you just how it was. My father and mother were dead. My little brothers and sisters were hungry and asked me for bread. At first I earned the bread by working hard all day. But somehow‚ the times were hard and the work fell all away. I could get
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Sembene Ousmane’s novel‚ "Gods Bits of Wood‚" gives a highly detailed story of the railway strike of 1947-48 in French West Africa. It contains conflicts of political‚ emotional and moral nature. Ultimately‚ Sembene’s novel is one of empowerment. It brings to light the tension between colonial officials and the African community among the railway men as well as the struggle of the African community to free itself from being subjected to colonial power. Frederick Cooper’s article‚ "Our Strike:
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“I performed at Tiananmen Square in 1989‚ 15 days before the crackdown. I sang A Piece of Red Cloth (‰∏ÄÂùóÁ∫¢Â∏É)‚ a tune about alienation. I covered my eyes with a red cloth to symbolize my feelings. The students were heroes. They needed me‚ and I needed them. After Tiananmen‚ however‚ authorities banned concerts. We performed instead at “parties‚” unofficial shows in hotels and restaurants A Piece of Red Cloth is one of the most classical songs of Cui Jian‘s. It sounds like a love story but
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Chapter three of Blown to Bits is called Ghosts in the Machine. It is about how information that we are not able to see may actually be stored in the computer. This hidden information can be retrieved through various means‚ depending on how it is hidden. This chapter also discusses how the images can be used to send hidden in images. Finally‚ they discuss how information stored on old disks can be retrieved‚ even if you believe that it has been erased. What we see on our computer screen is not
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EXPOSITORY PIECE “Our identity is influenced by how others see us” Monica Ung 11B A person’s identity is the essence of who they really are. However‚ the way an individual is viewed can shape their identity but only slightly. Identity usually comes through from an individual’s beliefs‚ opinions and experiences nevertheless; appearance and social status can also play a role. In today’s society‚ perception and the way someone is seen tends
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In "The Gilded Six-Bits‚" Zora Neale Hurston uses several of different techniques to characterize Joe and Missy May‚ the main couple through out the story. Hurston uses her own life experiences to characterize Joe and Missy May and their marriage. She also shows their character development through her writing styles and techniques‚ which show reactions and responses between Joe and Missy May to strengthen the development of their relationship. Hurston supports her character development through her
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