Know You Love Me All I Want is Everything “Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.” —Oscar Wilde Disclaimer: All the real names of places‚ people‚ and events have been altered or abbreviated to protect the innocent. Namely‚ me. hey people! Ever wondered what the lives of the chosen ones are really like? Well‚ I’m going to tell you‚ because I’m one of them. I’m not talking about beautiful models or actors or musical prodigies or mathematical geniuses. I’m talking about the people who are born
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“Things I Am Thankful For” The things I am thankful for are not things that can be bought but things that are earned. One of the things I am thankful for are my parents because without them I would not be where I am today. My thanks build off of being able to say yes I did this and that but I agree with many opportunities given to me as I pass many obstacles. Another thing I am thankful for are my abilities to listen‚ learn‚ and accomplish. I also use my abilities to their highest potential which
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A love letter to my country: from a transgender Filipina InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 Mga minamahal kong kababayan (To my beloved Philippines): I know that it has been an emotional three weeks to all of us who have been affected by the death of Jennifer Laude‚ the 26-year-old transgender woman whose lifeless body was found with her head in a motel toilet in Olongapo City‚ Philippines on October 11‚ 2014. I know‚ too‚ that Jennifer Laude’s story has divided us as a nation. While
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"I like a look of Agony‚" by Emily Dickinson‚ uses literary devices to affect the reader. People normally have a fear of agony‚ but Dickinson uses literary devices such as imagery and personification to reveal her contrasting enjoyment of this usually disagreeable emotion. The opening line "I like a look of Agony‚" could be interpreted as brutal and cold. However‚ completely reading the poem allows the reader to understand what the first line actually means. Dickinson does not like a look of agony
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My Little Bit of Country We all have that favorite place from our childhood where many of our happiest memories take place. For someone it is a special spot where something extraordinary happened. Other people might remember something as simple as their own tiny backyard where they used to play soccer in the summer holidays. This place remains important to us for the rest of our lives as we look back and think of it as a part of who we have become and therefore we hope that others will see and
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“My Country” Persuasive Speech Have you ever wondered about what it means to be a ‘True’ Australian? Does it mean to be “Fair Dinkum’ or does it mean to be of Australian Blood? Does it mean to live in the bush or desert and wear an Akubra with jeans and an old shirt? Hello fellow students. Today I am standing here to discuss how and why ‘My Country’ by Dorothea Mackellar best represents Australia. Although some may argue that this poem was written in 1908 and since then Australia has changed in
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My Little Bit of Country The text is about a woman called Susan Cheever‚ an essay from 2012. Susan was born in 1943‚ and later on‚ she became an American writer. The text is Cheever’s memories from she was about 3 or 4 years old‚ and up to her older years in 2012. In the beginning‚ the telling takes place in New York City‚ until Cheever’s parents decide to move her brother and her to the country. Susan Cheever is a 1st person narrator with access to her very own memories. Her father went home from
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‘My Country’ and ‘No More Boomerang.’ Two of Australia’s most influential and intriguing poems known for enlightening readers about the vast changes throughout Australian history as well as portraying the Australian voices that experienced this transformational era. The composers‚ Dorothea Mackellar and Oodegroo Noonuccal‚ have successfully introduced us to important ideas about the people and the world in which they live through the use of various techniques and poetic devices. The sense of connection
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My Little Bit of Country In ancient times man lived in union with nature. Gradually human being became less connected to nature and in our days most people have sought away from wild nature in favour of urban life. The essay “My Little Bit of Country” written by Susan Cheever deals with two different ways of living: the intense‚ humming and multi-cultural city life‚ and the classic family suburb life. It puts the main characters eternal love for New York and especially Central Park in perspective
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Ten Things I Hate About You and its Relevance to a Modern Audience Although the movie Ten Things I Hate About You is based on a Shakespearian play‚ it was released in 1999 so it was essential that the director Gil Junger made it both relevant and appealing to a modern audience. He does this primarily through alterations to the setting and the characters‚ with few changes to the basic plot. The target audience is teenagers‚ and all the major characters are also teenagers and are all in high school
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