DESRCRIPTIVE ESSAY I glance and take a quick look at the weather‚ 78 degrees in Malibu‚ California. Perfect. The two hour drive from the Bakersfield‚ increases my anticipation as my brother and I listen to relaxing music‚ ecstatic to leave behind the horrible congested weather of Bakersfield. As the farms and mountains race by in a blur‚ I dream about the rest of my day at the beach. When we finally arrive after what feels like days‚ I run from the parking lot the to the oceansideµ‚ I inhale the
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Certainly‚ grades do serve as a powerful motivational tool for students. The fear of failure gets otherwise disengaged students to complete their work‚ and the desire to receive excellent marks (A’s) motivates good students to push themselves to do their very best work. It is also true that grades contribute to a productive classroom environment that benefits the entire group; students who know they will be graded down if they don’t have their homework done tend to come prepared‚ thus improving the
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Taylor Gernhart Gernhart 1 English Composition ENG 121 14 May 2013 Narrative Essay #1 I awaken‚ my feet cold under the sheets . The room is strangely quiet as I slip out of bed and realize the sea of white snow. I hurry to get dressed and start bolting for the back door of our beautiful‚ city home in Tualatin. Today I will walk through my snow-covered yard as if I am swimming through the ocean.I stopped at the door that faced Nelson Street aligned with beautiful fall colored
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Personal Essay Something so tragic couldn’t have happened on the best day of my life‚ "My Graduation Day." The day itself had actually been going very well indeed‚ and a seemingly endless surge of excitement had me going crazy! Things were going perfectly how I imagined it‚ I have been waiting for this day for 12 long years and just knowing the fact that it was here just drove me insane. The morning started out when I woke up and had a wonderful breakfast waiting for me out on the table with my
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It seems there isn’t much on the net about Burmese Days that one can look over when getting ready to write an essay. I have provided one I wrote that is about 2 1/2 pages long and outlines some basic themes as well as analyzes the main character. Tell me what you guys think: Burmese Days by George Orwell is not a book that commonly comes to mind when one thinks ’"’Orwell’"’ but nevertheless it holds a distinguished place in his career as a writer. The novel revolves around the lives of a handful
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Point of View The story adopts the traditional mode of third-person omniscience. In other words‚ the author/narrator relates the entire story to the reader‚ but since the entire plot is dependent on the revelation taking place at the end‚ the narrator does not reveal all the aspects of character at the beginning. While the narrator is forthcoming about all the peripheral goings-on in the story‚ s/he is careful not to reveal to the reader anything more than would be evident to any passerby. The reader
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Identification and evaluation of sources: The American Revolution was a conflict between England and the thirteen colonies of America. During the conflict‚ the Americans fought for certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. On July 4‚ 1776 the Declaration of Independence was officially appears in the Journals of the Continental Congress. The founding fathers wrote it with the end to declare independence from England and prove that they wanted liberty
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"The Remains of the Day"‚ winner of the 1989 Booker Prize‚ was written by Kazuo Ishiguro in 1989. Ishiguro had a typical English education with an immersion in Japanese culture. His fictions are remarked as “deal[ing] broadly with themes of self-deception‚ truth and the clash of public and private images of his characters”. In the Remains of the Day‚ he gives an eloquent dissection on the narrowed life of a stoic English butler who has spent thirty years in service at Darlington Hall‚ devoting everything
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Orissa Review January - 2010 The Republic Day of India: A Great National Festival Dr. Ratnakar Mohapatra freedom fighters those who fought for and sacrificed their lives for the independence of our motherland. Introduction The word Republic is used to denote that a country in which the supreme power is held by the people or their elected representatives (politicians) or by an elected or nominated President not by a permanent head like the King or queen of Britain. India is
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The answer to this question is a prophet. A prophet was a person who God chose to spread his messages and warnings to the people. This may seem like an old term ‚but there have actually been many modern day prophets who lived in our times! An amazing example of a modern day prophet is Dorothy Day‚ who was a journalist‚ author‚ Catholic convert and a social activist‚ whose goal was to promote non-violence (also known as pacifism)‚ and help society become united as a community. Dorothy has acted much
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