What Would You Bring? Have you ever thought about what three items you would bring if your house was burning down? If you have ever been in a burning house you’d know that you don’t have a great of time to think about what you would salvage and what you might just hope to find the day after the fire had stopped. The three objects that came to my mind were my briefcase full of important documents‚ money‚ and my phone. These are all items that I cherish. If my house was burning down and I could
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Alice Hocker correctly stated‚ “Your greatness is not what you have‚ but in what you give‚” (“Your Greatness Is Not What You Have But In What You Give”). Alexander was someone who took from others. He had a lot of land‚ money and things he did not need but wanted. Alexander‚ the King of Macedon‚ took thousands of lives and seized land the size of the US. If people judged Alexander on what he gave than he would not be known as Alexander the Great‚ but as Alexander the Annihilator. Alexander was born
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2012 Your Never Satisfied with What You Have If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff was one of my favorite books as a child. I used to make my mom read it to me every night by saying “cookie.” This story is a story more for preschoolers and young children learning to read. It is what they consider a picture book. Picture books always made children happy‚ they could see who the story was talking about and not have to use their imagination if they were too young to explore theirs
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should it even be called a community? If makings self sacrifices is what makes a community better then that’s what should be done. When you look at something as big as a country like The U.S.A and something as small as your homing area you can see clearly how much freedom someone must give up to make things better for the people around them. In the United States where it is a melting pot of different cultures a lot of people must give up personal freedoms everyday. Since everyone believes differently
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Some people prefer getting up early in the morning and starting the day’s work. Others‚ on the other hand‚ enjoy getting up later in the day and working until late at night. Just as the saying goes‚ “Every coin has its two sides”‚ both getting up early in the morning and getting up later in the day have advantages and disadvantages. As far as I am concerned‚ getting up early is more beneficial because you can enjoy a lot of good things‚ it is good for health and you can take care of everyday works
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and symbols which I couldn’t yet read‚ but knew so well. I knew the story by heart‚ and so it wasn’t hard to repeat the words of the story in my head as though I was actually reading it. If You Give a Moose a Muffin‚ by Laura Numeroff‚ was the book that held my attention so well. At that time‚ I would have been up hours past my bedtime; thus‚ my parents would confiscate my flashlight and books for the night more often than not. Despite this‚ it was this book which set the stage and lit the path to growth
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Reflection The Scorch Trials My book‚ The Scorch Trials‚ taught me that you should never give up no matter what happens or what you´re doing. During the middle of the book‚ where the gladers which are the people from the maze were running to the city with very little food and a small amount of water‚ a storm hits out of nowhere. Wicked‚ which was the organization that created the maze and were the ones who put them in the scorch‚ caused many explosions and lightning bolts to try and stop them. They
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The book is known for its playful‚ circular pattern. A boy gives a cookie to a mouse. The mouse asks for a glass of milk. He then requests a straw (to drink the milk)‚ a mirror (to avoid a milk mustache)‚ nail scissors (to trim his hair)‚ and a broom (to sweep up). Next he wants to take a nap‚ to have a story read to him‚ to draw a picture‚ and to hang the drawing on the refrigerator. Looking at the refrigerator makes him thirsty‚ so the mouse asks for a glass of milk. The circle is complete when
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and seek the police for help and justice. Socrates most telling and difficult challenge follows when he must let go of his dearest friend. Throughout this novel of urban struggle it is made clear that if a few core values are held up then your life has to be worth something. Socrates Fortlow is an ex-con. He has spent twenty-seven years of his life in jail on a rape and double homicide. The guilt of his crime weighs all the heavier because of his victims‚ his two best friends. Socrates is not
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social roles‚ and even the way we live our lives. For your first culminating assignment‚ I want you to focus on fairy tales. If‚ as Carolyn Heilbrun suggests‚ we live our lives through texts‚ then fairy tales are a great place to start examining and analyzing the formation of gender roles. In this two-part assignment‚ you will‚ first‚ revise one of the fairy tales we read in class‚ and‚ second‚ you will write a short analytical essay explaining your revision choices. I. In terms of Part I‚
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