ENC 1101 January 28‚ 2013 A Thousand Reasons to Smile When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry‚ show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile. Whether it is through pain or laughter‚ life has an interesting way of teaching people lessons of strength and growth. When life throws a difficult task in our paths‚ we all have the opportunity to grow and become better individuals. Through pain and sorrow I have learned to look at life with a new perspective. My life changed that dreadful
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communism and the United States attempting to delay or stop the spread of communism. To the Americans‚ this war seemed pointless and the Americans saw that there was no way of winning so the government lost the support for this uncalled war. In "The Things They Carried‚" Tim O’Brien wrote a novella about different situations that happened to him and to the other soldiers in his platoon during this un-popular. It recalls what individual soldiers carried with them. To a point‚ all of the soldiers carried
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The Thing Around Your Neck Many immigrants back in Africa dreamed of having a life in America‚ where they can live free‚ fulfill their dreams and have a future. In this heartbreaking story‚ “The Thing Around Your Neck”‚ by Chimamands Negozi Adichie is a story told in second person. A young woman named Akunna who wins the lottery for an American visa. She leaves everything behind to receive education and become someone in the future. Author Chimamands explains how immigrants come to America thinking
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the types of friends you have. When I was a little girl‚ the thing made me happy was having as many friends as possible. However; when I grow up I realize that there are many types of friends I should not get close with. According to me‚ based on how well I know friends are classified into three types are: best friend‚ hypocrite friends and pest friends. First of all is the best friend whom you can truth‚ you can share everything‚ you can rely on and whom you can call when you get in trouble. The
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greatest advancements we have ever made. We as a society have the opportunity to grow and learn more than we ever dreamed of learning. We can have a safer life because of it‚ better medical advancements‚ a whole new world is created by technology. But it also has taken over society. I think we once had control of technology‚ but now technology seems to be controlling us more. And it only took less than 10 years for it to happen. Right now‚ every 7 year olds and their mothers more than likely has
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In her collection of short stories‚ The Thing Around Your Neck‚ Chimamanda Adichie writes about struggles of the individual to reconcile their cultural values in an ever changing society. In the short story‚ “The Thing Around Your Neck‚” Akunna emigrates to the United States and faces conflicts with the world around her and within herself. In the story‚ the metaphor of “the thing around your neck‚” represents the sadness and internal struggle experienced by the main character‚ Akunna‚ as an immigrant
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Comparative Essay Munoz and Tan both describe the challenges that having immigrant parents can have in different ways. Both writers describe the effects of assimilation between two cultures. However‚ in her essay “Mother Tongue”‚ Amy Tan’s audience is the immigrants in the United States. Whereas‚ Manuel Munoz’s audience are all Americans‚ especially whites in his essay‚ “Leave Your Name at the Border”. Munoz conquers the problem that assimilation causes through describing the coalesce of Spanish
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tragic. Sometimes situations don’t seem too bad until you really get a look at the problem. In this film there are many different groups of people that all encounter problems. Throughout each storyline you can pick out tragedies and choices that occurred. When Wally went to war Candie and Homer came across many choices and tragedies in their relationship. First of all‚ one of the decisions that Candi and Homer had to make is whether or not to have a relationship. Most of the time the choice they made
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Is technology a good or bad thing to have? Tech has helped people throughout history by developing tools used to make lives easier ‚ but it has also made some lives harder. It is good to live in a tech filled world because keeping in touch with friends and relatives has become easier‚ work has become easier to manage‚ and people are living longer. Keeping in touch with friends and relatives is a lot easier thanks to technology. There are now faster and more reliable ways to talk or message someone
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inspired me‚ my mother is the first person that comes to mind. My mother has been the biggest inspiration in my life. Everything that I am today is a result of the influence and the life lessons that she has taught me. She has made so many opportunities available for me‚ without her I do not know where I would be. My mother is a very inspiring person; the reasons for this are countless. For example‚ when I decided to run for Student Council and I didn’t think I could make it‚ but my mother was my biggest
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