In the short story „In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd”‚ Ana Menendez discusses the cultural differences between Cuba and the United States. The story revolves around Maximo‚ a short Cuban exile in Miami who lives the traditions of his homeland by playing Domino with his friends. However‚ the jokes he tells harbor a deeper meaning and are essential for understanding the bitterness‚ the political conflicts in Cuba‚ and the distance he feels from his homeland. Maximo’s nostalgia‚ the discrimination‚ and
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Sitting here writing things on paper almost as if I was in jail Bob Kaufman wrote a collection of thirty-four short poems from his perspective inside a jail cell and became a renowned author of the realism‚ naturalism‚ and modernism era. Many of these poems contain one liners much like Yogi Berra’s Yogiisms. His selection of poems describe what he sees‚ hears‚ and feels inside the jail cell as well as creating a visual image of what’s inside the jail and he liked to model his poems with the
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Valley Forge Essay If I was a soldier in Valley Forge I would have had to think every little detail out before I made my decision. Would I be better off leaving? Would I have a good chance of staying alive if I stayed? I wouldn’t just jump into the decision without thinking everything through. Most likely I would have quit‚ and here are the reasons why. In Valley Forge at this time it was cold‚ freezing actually. They had no warm clothes and even if they did it was torn to shreds. People around
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of my life is when I got my PMR result. Before the PMR result came out‚ everybody keep asking and texting me saying when is the day of the result. I keep telling them I don’t know. This question never ends about a month. A few weeks later‚ there was an announcement on the television about the day of the PMR result. I was getting a little nervous when its say the day of the result is at the 22nd of December 2011 which is tomorrow. A few minutes after the announcement‚ I was going to check my message
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The negative influence factor which radiates from father‚ Don‚ in Lenore Keeshig-Tobias ’ essay‚ "He Was a Boxer When I Was Small‚" is a great example of how a parent ’s actions can brainwash and alter their children ’s future decisions in life. Author Keeshig-Tobias grew up in a miserable household raised by her feared‚ alcoholic father‚ who held frequent temper tantrums in order to establish his parental authority. Don has many flaws that make him a bad father‚ including his temper‚ ignorance‚
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History II May 10‚ 2011 World War I‚ lasting from 1914-1918‚ is a war that will definitely be remembered for years to come. After the allies had won the war after four long years Germany was the country that received the full blame for the war‚ but the question arises if it’s safe to say that Germany had totally caused World War I. In actuality‚ Germany had never asked or wanted a war. Germany was only honoring the Triple Alliance of 1882 and fighting alongside Austria-Hungary
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For Labor Day weekend my family always does something special. Last year we visited my aunt in California and then this year we went up to the mountains and camp out for the weekend. When we first got up there we had to turn on the water and the power for the cabin and the trailer. After we did that we got everything unloaded and ready for the weekend. We got the heat going and the beds ready while we cleaned and setup the trailer for the stay. After about an hour we went to bed. The next morning
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February 2‚ 2011 A day I will never forget is the last football game of my eighth grade year. We the Saint Jo Panthers were undefeated‚ and we were playing the Wild Cats‚ who also were undefeated. The game started out slow with neither team scoring their first three positions. The Wild Cats drew first blood with a long touchdown. They went for the two-point conversion‚ since I knew what play they were running by the way they lined up‚ a quarterback draw‚ fake‚ pass. I was able to stop them. The
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Word Count: 617 Teanna Armstrong Enc 1102 Essay #3 March 11‚ 2013 Sonnet‚ Theme‚ and Structure of “Shall I Compare thee to a Summer’s Day?” A sonnet’s structure has symbolism and it presents the theme in many poems of Literature. In the poem “Shall I Compare thee to a Summer’s Day?” by William Shakespeare happens to be a sonnet. To begin with‚ the sonnet mentioned above is called a Shakespearean sonnet. It is composed of three four-line quatrains and a concluding two-line couplet.
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Story Review For this week reading‚ I chose to read "In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd" by Ana Menendez. As long as I see the title of the story‚ it draws my attention as there are many catchy and interesting words in one sentence such as Cuba‚ German and Shepherd. After reading the title‚ I was so eager to understand how the author combine all these totally unrelated words to make the title of the story. Of course‚ I know about Cuban Revolution and a lille bit of German History. However‚ look at
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