It was 17th of June. It was the best day of my life‚ because I was waiting for this moment for a long time. It was my 18th birthday. My sweet 18. A few days before‚ I thought‚ that it will be the best day of my life and I spend it with my family‚ and in the evening I will make a big party with all my friends. But when that day came‚ it wasn´t such as I was dreaming about it. My parents had got for me a big surprise. It was a really big surprise but horrible‚ They told me‚ that we are going on
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In the short story “How I Met My Husband” by Alice Munro the structure of the plot and the conflict work in unity to reach the conclusion. This story has a sympathetic protagonist dealing with a relatable conflict‚ suspense‚ and a twist ending that may keep the reader thinking after the last lines have been read. The protagonist in this story‚ Edie‚ is a timid person who is always doing whatever makes other people happy and never says what she wants. She describes herself as “shy” (Munro 127)
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THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE Everyday is the best day of my life.Each day is very special to me .I cannot duplicate all the events that have happened on a particular day.Bits of sad and joyous moments make up one”s day for even in one”s thoughts only‚these moments can be felt . But what is really in a day?A day is the same yet different with another day.More or less the same but pattern goes but the contents vary.Let me take to my own journey through a typical day.Upon
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“Isipin mo na lang best friend mo ko.” This is the text message I received from her which started it all. These words gave me the privilege to call Mikee “bes” and have her as my one and true best friend. Best friends are the best when it comes to being an inspiration for improving oneself for the better. This is what Mikee made me realize. Although we’ve just been best friends for quite a short time‚ she already influenced me with her unique attitudes and characteristics. She’s one of the main
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marrying him. One day while Alice‚ Mrs. Peebles and the children were away on a picnic‚ Edie goes to Chris’s campsite to talk with him. He reveals to her that he plans on leaving‚ but promises to write her. They kiss‚ and he leaves town. When the other women are told by the local gossip Loretta Bird that Chris has left‚ Alice Kelling verbally abuses Edie under the mistaken impression that Edie and Chris had sex. Mrs. Peebles protects Edie‚ and Alice leaves too. Edie waits day after day at the mailbox
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Blueprint 2 The short story How I Met my Husband is a story about a fifteen year old girl who has a coming of age experience while working for a doctor and his wife. The author‚ Alice Munro utilizes several literary techniques to convey a very relatable theme‚ that of young idealized romance and the ironies we learn about these romances as we get older. Munro conveys this theme by utilizing an interesting first person perspective and descriptive language to provide the
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The best day ever for me is ‚definitely‚ 24.05.2008.‚Eurosong in Belgrade. At the begining of the year my mother told me that she isn’t able to buy me ticket‚ and I was very sad. I was really hoping that she’ll find a way to buy it. But‚ time was passing and I lost hope. In the morning of 24.05. mother came into my room and yelled ‘’We’re going to Eurosong!’’ I couldn’t believe. I packed my things and we sat in car and start our journey. We arrived in Belgrade at about three o’clock. I was so excited
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Patrick Silva AP Lit Period 4 Mr. Schmitz October 11‚ 2012 How I Met My Husband Thesis Paper The theme of Alice Munro’s story “How I met my Husband” is Social expectations mold individual circumstances. Edie‚ a fifteen year old housemaid in the lower class of society has qualities and talents that demonstrate a skill set of aristocracy. "Have a house without pie‚ be ashamed until you die" is a quoted statement that Edie ’s mother used to say to her that Mrs. Peebles was not very familiar
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like with their peers. Kids had a huge respect for elders. Parents were more their masters than friends. There were an enormous distance between young and adults what we can see in many old films and books. Gradually this attitude between them has undergone changes since than. But can we confirm that parents become too permissive? I believe that this is true in some cases‚ but not always. On one hand‚ I suppose that children talk with their parents about every subject. Nowadays there don’t exist
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Most people’s first day at college is the most stressful day of their lives because they don’t know what to expect or they just don’t want to go through an embarrassing situation‚ but for me it was the most exciting day of my life. First‚ I met new people who shared my interests‚ second it was a whole new experience for me in which success depended on me‚ and third it was the first day that I started studying something that I really liked. Finally I won’t forget it very easily because lots of things
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