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    a dream to come true

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    A Dream Yet To Come True I had set a goal to achieve good grades to get a gift promised by my parents which would be anything of my choice. I always dreamt and wanted to have a puppy. It all started on the 4th of October at 8:00 am the day before my exams. I was in my bedroom studying for my first exam paper which was commerce. While I was studying a thought crossed my mind. “Are my dreams going to turn into reality‚ if I answer all my papers exceedingly well and pass out with high grades?” With

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    Harmony at Home

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    Synopsis. One of the more interesting essays in Rereading America by Colombo‚ Cullen‚ and Lisle was “Looking for Work” by Gary Soto. “Looking for Work” is a narrative of a nine year old Mexican American boy who really desires his family to be the perfect family. His assertion is that he is looking back on his childhood‚ but tells the story as a child’s point of view. The narrative is placed in the nineteen fifty’s‚ and focuses on his family experience. The essay indicates the boy lives with his

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    Ocean and Starfish Come

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    by the name “sea star”. There are many types of starfish. Over 1‚600 different species to be exact! Furthermore‚ starfish come in a variety of colors consisting of browns‚ oranges‚ pinks‚ reds‚ yellows‚ and blues. Their arms are the only parts of their body that can be regenerated. Even if its arms are cut into several pieces‚ those pieces can form new starfish. When it comes to their size they range from a centimeter to three feet. Starfish have thick “arms” called central disks. Some have up to

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    like all other amusements‚ has its fashions and its prejudices‚ and when satiated with its excellence‚ mankind begin to mistake change for improvement. For some years tragedy was the reigning entertainment‚ but of late it has entirely given way to comedy‚ and our best efforts are now exerted in these lighter kinds of composition. The pompous train‚ the swelling phrase‚ and the unnatural rant‚ are displaced for that natural portrait of human folly and frailty‚ of which all are judges‚ because all have

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    The Blue Boy

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    The Blue Boy Summary: In Gary Stephen Ross’ excerpt‚ “The Blue Boy‚” he describes Vancouver through the eyes of the main character. The character recounts a story of his travels that he would take with his father and brother from Toronto to Vancouver. The character highlights the ongoing transformation of the city and describes how it has evolved over time. In the beginning of the excerpt‚ he describes what he saw Vancouver to be in the 60s: a small city with little to offer. Contrastingly

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    Shakespeare’s comedy is based on cruelty and subversion discuss. Shakespeare created comedy in Much Ado through the characters behaviour‚ dialogue and prose but his comedy is often seen as cruel and subversive. Cruelty can be defined in many ways‚ one definition is behaviour which causes physical or mental harm to another‚ another is to inflict pain or suffering and enjoy the pain or distress of others. Plato said that ‘laughter is an emotion that overrides rational self-control’. From this definition

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    Lover Boy

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    Lover Boy Romeo‚ the only son of the Montague family‚ is a very dramatic young man. He is depressed by his Christian love‚ because she swore to chastity‚ and laments to his friend‚ Benvolio. Romeo expresses his love for his beautiful Capulet lady‚ Rosaline‚ with poetic phrases such as “Love is smoke raised with the fume of sighs” (I‚ I‚ 188). Instead of just saying that he is straight out heartbroken‚ he turns his words into a more depressing tone. He laments over and over again‚ not listening

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    Come By Sam Cooke

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    “A Change Is Gonna Come” was written by Sam Cooke‚ included in the Ain’t That Good News album. It was during the Civil Rights Movement‚ Cooke released the song. The Civil Rights Movement began on December 1‚ 1954‚ when Rosa Parks‚ an African-American woman refused to give up her seat to a white man‚ which lead her to be arrested. Following this event a new minister‚ organized a boycott in the south. This lead to a group called the “Freedom Riders” to form and protest‚ nonviolently‚ although‚ they

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Before 1918‚ only men had the vote‚ even though they had to qualify by meeting the property qualification (which was someone who earned 40 shillings a year and was a freeholder). Therefore‚ not all men did qualify‚ but many women did qualify‚ and as a result could vote in local elections.
As I mentioned above‚ people had to meet the property qualification in order to vote. Many women did own property of the right value‚ and so were entitled to the vote. The Married Women’s Property Act made even

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    There Will Come Soft Rain

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    In the short story There Will Come Soft Rains the tones‚ narrators‚ and time that make up the story are unique to its author. The tones are related to isolated‚ solitary‚ and composed. While the narrators are from a third person point of view‚ the family‚ and the lonely house while telling the story from a chronological standpoint. Throughout the story we read and feel many different tones from the story. The most obvious is the feeling of loneliness and solitude. In the beginning of the reading

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