Title: Examination Day Author: Henry Sleasar Text type: Short Story The short story Examination Day written by Henry Sleasar‚ is a story about young children being tested by the government to get knowledge of how smart the kids are. The government keep control of the kids and all the families. The government summon every kid that turns twelve‚ to come into their head quarters for an exam to prove how clever the kids are. The government summons a twelve year old boy in for his exam. The boy
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It was a hot‚ oppressive day and my friends and I decided that it was a virtuous day to go to the beach. I could see the Sun optimistic yellow pellet‚ blistering in the sky as we were on our way to the Newport Beach in Rhode Island. The open-air temperature was progressively starting to plunge down and the traffic lanes were starting to get narrower which was a sign that we were close to the beach. We parked our car into the parking spot and started walking across the black asphalt‚ which emanated
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India in the year 1962‚ some of his fans requested him that they intended to celebrate Sep. 5 his birthday. Dr. Radhakrishanan said‚ “Instead of celebrating my birthday separately‚ it would be my proud privilege if Sep. 5 is celebrated as Teachers’ Day”. Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishanan was born on Sep.5‚ 1888 at Tirutani‚ a small temple town-north-west of Chennai. He started his career as a teacher and served as the President of India. He was awarded to a scholarship to study at the Madras Christian
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Today was the most unfortunate day in my life. How could these bad things happen to me all the time? The incident happened in the morning. Karl gave Ned and mearideinhiscartothebank. Ihadtodropbytogetsome money. When we arrived at the bank‚ I went straight to the counter. Just as I finished everything at the counter‚ two men wearing masks entered the bank. To my astonishment‚ a woman screamed and BANG‚ a guard fell on the floor. He was covered with blood from the waist down. All the customers
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After reading the article That Day At Hiroshima‚ I can hardly image that just in one second‚ everything turned into black. Thousands of people died and thousands of people had to suffer in the rest of their lives. That picture is too cruel to thinking about. Since that thing really happened‚ we have to learn a lesson from it and not to let that tragedy happen again. First‚ we should against the nuke. Because it can bring a complete damage to a place as well as our humanbeings. We can see from
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made a clumsy half skip from the last step of the bus to the bus stop. “Why does it have to rain now?” he thought as he looked up at the gloomy sky. Rainwater lashed down as lightning flashed and thunder roared. It had been bright and sunny the whole day‚ the sudden downpour half an hour ago caught Benjamin off guard because he had left his umbrella at home. How was he going to get home in the rain? Benjamin stood waiting at the bus stop for ten minutes. The rain did not look like it was stopping.
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Today the 15th of august is a golden day engraved in history where India is going to celebrate its 67th Independence day .On the night of August 14‚ 1947‚ Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru rose to make a maiden speech in New Delhi‚ “When the world sleeps‚India will wake to life and freedom.” In 1947‚ India became free from the bondage of British rule. Now‚ India is the largest democratic country in the world. The country’s strength is to find‚ “Unity in diversity”. Today we remember the great leaders who
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BOXING DAY 1. When is Boxing Day? - In Britain‚ Boxing Day is usually celebrated on the following day after Christmas Day‚ which is 26 December. - Like Christmas Day‚ Boxing Day is a public holiday. This means everybody doesn’t have to go to school or work on that day. If Boxing Day falls on Saturday or Sunday‚ the following Monday is the Boxing Day. 2. History of Boxing Day. Why is it called Boxing Day? a) To protect ships: - During the Age of Exploration‚ when the ships started to discover
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As the Independence Day is approaching‚ I am continuously haunted by a question i.e. are we truly free and independent? We have gained freedom from the British rule but what have we done with our independence? It has been 63 years since we have gained independence. We are a free nation now. But still after so many years‚ the question remains the same. We proudly claim that we are independent from a foreign rule but we are still not free from jealousy‚ intolerance and hatred towards our fellow countrymen
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Jennifer Glasper English 3036 Monday‚ March 6‚ 2012 Professor: E. Chou Malgudi Days‚ R. K Narayan The tasks take one short story by Narayan that you have read and show that it has literary traits it has in common with other short stories by Narayan. In most of these short stories we can see that the theme is an important idea of the author. The themes that are seen throughout most of the stories written by R.K. Narayan are adversities‚ difficulties and overcoming those difficulties
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