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    many slaves were freed‚ unfortunately‚ many of them were treated as if they weren’t. In the excerpts from Twelve Years of a Slave and Betty Cofer‚ there is an opposition between how the slaves were treated along with the genesis of slavery‚ however‚ the dialect between the two pieces is similar. To begin‚ a difference between Twelve Years of a Slave and Betty Cofer was how the slaves were treated. In Twelve Years of a Slave‚ the narrator‚ who was Solomon Northup was revealed as a freed man‚ who was kidnapped

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    THE STORY OF MY ENGLISH TEACHER    My story is that my teacher not saying any names she is a kind of teacher that yells at students or either is loud but never talks to us in a soft and calm way. Even though she is the best teacher I have ever had for English but she doesn’t know that all she knows is that I’m loud and annoying even though some of that is true but not all of it. My Teacher is very strict but when she says something like for example "Put your electronics away" or no eating in class"

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    Slave: My True Story

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    Mende Nazer is one of those 14‚000. The thing that sets her apart is that she escaped and had the courage to tell her story to the world. Slave: My True Story‚ the Memoir of Mende Nazer‚ depicts how courage and the will to live can triumph over oppression and enslavement by showing the world that slavery did not end in 1865‚ but is still a worldwide problem. In Slave: My True Story‚ Nazer personally and vividly chronicles her life‚ which began in the Nuba Mountains of southern Sudan. Her early life

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    Musical Story of My Life

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    The musical story There was once a man with a flute who could play. A number of tunes in an excellent way‚ But he said‚ there’s no use of my playing of my flute‚ for I can’t make a penny with my tootle-ootle-oot. One day‚ he chanced to meet with a quaint little man. Who played a big tuba. Thus‚ his story ran. There was once a man with a tuba who could play. A number of tunes in an excellent way‚ But he said‚ there’s no use of my playing of my tuba. For I can’t make a penny with my oompah-oompah-oompapah

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    My favorite detective story. In my free time the most I like to do is reading books. Because with reading‚ it doesn’t matter is it a short story or a novel in several volumes‚ you can know something new about life. I enjoy reading different books but the most I like detectives and fantastic stories. My favorite detective story is Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. I first read it when I was 12 and it a little shocked me and left a

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    A Story About My Mother

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    reminded me of my mother. Accordingly‚ I want to share with everyone my story-a long one to tell… When I was a child‚ I always imagined my mother as a serious and frightening woman. She was constantly forcing me to stay at home whereas my friend can freely go out and enjoy their childhood. That’s not fair!!!There was a question that kept haunting my mind “Is she exactly my mother?” .I think that I found the answer after that story. One time‚ being too passionate about games with my friends‚ I forgot

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    My Snow Short Story

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    that I love about it. My story is going to be about the senses that I have seen‚ heard‚ touched‚ smelled‚ tasted‚ etc. Here is how my story begins. I was inside putting my jacket on and getting ready to go outside. As I went outside it was very cold and chilly as if I lived in Alaska. I saw that the seat I was going to sit on was a little covered in snow. I touched it. It was very cold; it felt as if it was in Antarctica for many days. The wind was blowing and singing in my ears. As I sat‚ I stared

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    Rice: My Rice Story

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    Rice Story The most popular type of rice in my culture is called biryani. It is usually very spicy and can contain any type of meat. The ingredients needed to make chicken biryani are: • Rice – 2 cups • Chicken – 2 pounds • Potatoes – 3 • Tomatoes – 2-3 • Ginger and garlic paste – 2 tablespoons • Green chilies – 2-3 • Cinnamon stick – 1 • Vegetable Oil – ½ cup • Red chili pepper – 1 tablespoon • Turmeric – ½ teaspoon • Salt – 1 tablespoon • Cloves – 3 • Black Cardamom – 2 • Cumin Seeds – 1 teaspoon

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    Dunbar-Ortiz talks about the history of the United States by challenging the myth on how America was found. She shows that policies against the native people were colonial and genocide based. The policies were intended to seize the habitats of the indigenous population by eliminating and displacing them from their native land. Haunani Kay’s article on social justice supports this claim by illustrating how the indigenous people were mistreated. He uses the phrase “the color of violence” to explain

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    My Three-Photo Story

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    My three-photo story depicts the theme that you should try to make the most with what you have. For my first photo‚ there’s medium shot and the focal point is on my face and my dog‚ Pepper. Another part of the focal point is the window. For my second photo‚ there’s a medium-long shot and the focal point is the tree and snow. I added a frosty looking trim to add to the cold weather. For my third photo‚ there’s a close-up shot of Pepper and I playing tug-a-war. The focal point in this photo is my

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