For each of us there is one person who has been made difference in our lives. A family member‚ a friend or a teacher can make the difference. Sometimes these changes become part of our lives and are not easy to forget. The person who has been influential in my life is my high school teacher. Ms. Polin a very helpful and generous person who did a big favor in my life. She helped me in my difficult time. She prepared me for my English Regents exam. She influenced my life in a positive way.
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Grade: 10 Title: “I Know Why the Caged Bird sings” Author: Maya Angelou 1. In the memoir the passage reveals Ritie’s self image. She characterizes herself as unappealing she does not see beauty within who she is. Ritie’s childhood led to her insecurities. When she was younger her parents took her to move with her grandparents. She believed her parents dishonored her. Ritie did not find her skin beautiful. She believed white was beauty. She was an uncomfortable in her own skin. She tried
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The most important aspect of a job is the money a person earns There is a statement that “The most important aspect of a job is the money a person earns.“ I think it is definitely correct. In my opinion‚ money is everything; people can’t live in the world without money. People can’t do anything without money. Money is motive power of life. With a lot of money‚ people can live a better life. Lets think about it‚ what’s the reason for studying? I thought the answer must be having a good
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Finishing Schools: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings “Negro girls in small Southern towns‚ whether poverty-stricken or just munching along on a few of life’s necessities‚ were given as extensive and irrelevant preparations for adulthood as rich white girls shown in magazines. Admittedly the training was not the same.” In her excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ Marguerita Johnson recalls a time when she had to deal with racist‚ how she was treated and what was expected
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than ever. “It’s only 6 am “I moan tiredly to myself. AS I slowly get ready for my last day of school as a year 12‚ ready to graduate‚ I start to think about the previous years of my school life. I slip out of the creased sheets laid on my bed‚ and I get a flashback of back when I was in kindergarten. I was just another kid in the New Year. I had no idea where anything was and no friends. I resume making my bed as I see something fall out of the old broken excuse I had for a table‚ it was my school
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In the autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ the main character Marguerite‚ also known as Maya is influenced a great deal by those around her. Throughout her young life‚ Maya watches and learns from her older brother Bailey‚ as well as her guardian and grandmother‚ Annie Henderson to whom Maya and Bailey refer as "Momma". Though later in her preteen and adolescent years‚ Maya finds refuge in the strength and intelligence of Ms. Bertha Flowers and in high school Maya grows to respect and
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Two or Three Things I Know For Sure Allison illuminates the fact that we as women must appreciate each other and our beauty before we can truly cherish other forms of beauty around us. "Two or three things I know for sure‚ and one of them is that of we are not beautiful to each other‚ we cannot know beauty in any form"(86). We are so conditioned to see female beauty as what men see as beautiful‚ that we don ’t even know what it means to us. If we can get to the point where women feel
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Maya Johnson encountered many struggles in her life growing up in the South and that is what inspired her to write the book‚ I Know Why A Caged Bird Sings. Maya had many role models in her life like Momma‚ Bailey‚ and Mrs. Flowers. Maya’s grandmother‚ Annie Henderson‚ or otherwise referred to as Momma in the story was a role model because of her strict rules that she enforced. Bailey Johnson was Maya’s brother and friend that helped Maya through tough situations when she needed someone to talk to
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I don’t know how to start but here are some things that I’ve found out about myself. First‚ I trust myself‚ my feelings‚ my deeds‚ and my abilities. I am proud to myself! Second‚ I like myself. I was born with four limbs‚ with complete hearing and blessed with eyes. Thanks God because I am here in this world. Ups and downs‚ I never lose my grip to God. It maybe is the cause for not being discouraged about life. I am thankful that He gave me parents who are unceasingly extending hands when I am
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that has lots of important people involved. Obviously the most important person in Christianity is Jesus but outside of that there is a very big debate on who the most important Christian is. There are almost two parts to this debate the most important Christian in the bible and the most important Christian outside the bible. In this instance the two debates will be combined because of the impact this person had on Christianity. The most important Christian ever would be Peter not only because he
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