I Wish I Could See Grandpa Again My Grandpa was a very good man. He died at 90 years old this past year. I wasn’t as close to him as I should have been‚ but his character showed me what a true man he was. It really touched me to see the things that he stuck to in his life and the things he believed in that meant so much to him. My Grandpa took some part in World War II; he flew the P90 fighter airplane. He was stationed in Oregon during the war and was just about to be shipped out‚ but the
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the land of oppression and injustice. In the case of modernistic writer Walt Whitman‚ his poem "I Hear America Singing" expresses America as the land of the hardworking and the humble. He focuses on the idea of the American dream and the specific types of people who are the backbone of this country. On the other hand‚ the view of another modernistic poet‚ Langston Hughes‚ is very different. In his poem "I‚ Too" he sees America as racist and oppressive to the African American race‚ but he does have
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people. In the article “I Just Called to Say I Love you” by Jonathan Franzen he clearly states that he hates hearing other people saying the words I love you to another person. He believes that the privacy of others should be kept to themselves and their personal feelings should not be said out loud in public places. Although this may be true there are also other perspectives of how one can handle situations like of expressing feelings when they occur. Not only is the expression I love you the only way
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We take for granted much of what we have in the world today. Our basic necessities – food‚ shelter and clothing – are easily accessible to nearly everyone in the developed world‚ and things that were once considered luxury items‚ such as televisions and refrigerators‚ have become common items in even the poorest of homes. Why do we have all of these possessions so readily available to us? Leonard Read’s explanation can be found in his examination of a pencil’s life. Read considers it a miracle
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Ar’n’t I a Woman? details the grueling experiences of the African American female slaves on Southern plantations. White resented the fact that African American women were nearly invisible throughout historical text‚ because many historians failed to see them as important contributors to America’s social‚ economic‚ or political development (3). Despite limited historical sources‚ she was determined to establish the African American woman as an intricate part of American history‚ and thus‚ White
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When I Grow Up (Names of the authors have been changed to protect identities) Jesse B. Age 9 Winner (tie) of 3rd Place Prize for ages 7-10. Every person is born with a special talent and I think when you grow up people have a chance to use their special talent. Lots of people are born with different talents. I think that it is a good idea to try different stuff. If you find something you really like and you’re really good at it you should go for it. But talents aren’t the only things of
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God the world wouldn’t have life. Without the passion of two lovers no child would be brought in to the cycle of life. Ignorant people under the guise of social acceptance have removed love from their lives‚ and have torn themselves apart morally. But I believe love heals all‚ love never fails‚ and love knows all. If there’s one thing to learn about the many genres of love it’s this. It is instinctual to give comfort to those who don’t want it‚ and to push comfort away when it’s given. My
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Bucket List (A discussion of 3 things I would like to accomplish before I die) Dying is a strange thing. Some people are deathly afraid of it‚ while others look forward to the day they will leave this earth. Everyone wants to leave a legacy of some kind and would like to accomplish a few things before they pass away. People use the idea of death to live life to the fullest. They say that you only live once so you might as well live while you are young. People create crazy life goals of things they
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I was asked from the time I could talk “What do you want to be when you grow up.” My answers were always changing depending upon whatever new fad or hero I was into at that time…Nascar‚ Teenage Ninja Turtle‚ GI Joe‚ Fireman‚ Cowboy‚ Football player…it wasn’t somethin I seriously thought about at the time‚ except football‚ as to what I could make a living at doing or what would make me happy in the future…it was all about what made me happy at that moment…but then I started getting older and the question
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