“We are tied down‚ all our days and for the greater part of our days‚ to the common place. This is where contact with great thinkers‚ great literature helps. In their company we are still in the ordinary world transfigured and seep through the eyes of wisdom and genius”. - Sir Richard Livingston. When I was growing up my parents reminded me to choose my friends carefully. The same is true with the books you read. Some of the greatest books were written by some of the best minds in history. You have
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Does your current work satisfy you? Really? On what levels? When you examine your long-term priorities‚ do you feel that happiness is more important than money? Many of us fall into a particular line of work by accident. We learn of a job opening through a friend or we accept a new job that offers higher pay. We stay with a job because of the benefits or because we believe we don’t have any options for anything better. Staying with a job merely because we’ve found a level of comfort there through
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Rocio Gonzalez Professor English 101 3 March 2013 Evaluation of Story Origins The story The Color of Water takes place in several different regions from Suffolk‚ Virginia to the city of Harlem‚ New York. James McBride is the author and it is an autobiography of his life‚ and his mother‚ Ruth. The story reveals James’ life with eleven other siblings‚ the hardship of being interracial‚ the struggles of poverty‚ and his mother’s strong character. Ruth’s strong determination led her twelve kids
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Brief – The protagonist of the story is Mary Jane‚ whose husband dies a sudden death. Due to it‚ she faces the full responsibility of bringing up her children. But she never gave up‚ and faced the responsibility by working hard in her job in at “First Guarantee Financial”. As a result she developed a good reputation at her work place and got promoted as manager in operations and was shifted to “Third Floor” of the office. Third floor of the office was regarded as “Toxic Energy Dump” as it was full
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Hello there. This is the story about the first time I got a pet. my name is Hugo Lambrechts and here is where it all began. Last night at around 12:00 pm I was about to go to bed when I saw a present on my bed from my Mom .When I opened my gift I saw a toy elephant inside. I saw it and I stared for quite some time‚ took a big breath and smiled. When I was about to go to bed I was dreaming of having a pet elephant and how it would be to have an elephant for a pet. The next morning‚ it
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Cahermurphy‚ Kilmihil‚ Co. Clare‚ Ireland. 4th March 2010. Complaints Section‚ Cadbury’s‚ Bermingham‚ UK. Dear Manager‚ I am writing to inform you of a dreadful incident that occurred due to your company’s negligence. Yesterday was my 14th birthday and I was having a wonderful birthday party. That is‚ until disaster hit! I was munching contentedly on my Cadbury’s cream egg when suddenly I bit down on something hard. I heard a cracking noise and immediately
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10th April 2012 Assess the view that gender differences in achievement are largely the result of changes in the education system There is a lot of compelling evidence to support the view that changes in the education system has resulted in differences in educational achievement between males and females. There is no denying that the statistics show girls are outperforming boys at every level in education‚ but the question is whether this is largely related to changes in the assessment process
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Appositive Sentences / Tone Vocabulary 1. Bantering: an exchange of light‚ playful‚ teasing remarks; good-natured raillery. 2. Contemptuous: showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful. 3. Cynical: showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one’s actions‚ especially by actions that exploit the scruples of others; distrustful. 4. Disconcerted: bewildered or confused‚ as by something unexpected. 5. Exacerbated: to increase the severity‚ bitterness
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The Elves and the Shoe Maker – The Story A shoe maker and his wife lived in a little house on the edge of a wood. They were very‚ very poor and each day they grew poorer and poorer. At last there was nothing left in the house but leather for one pair of shoes. “I will cut out this last pair of shoes‚ “the shoe maker said to his wife. “Tomorrow I will sew them and peg them” The shoe maker cut out the leather and left it on his bench. The next morning the shoe maker went into his
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The passage taken from “The Comfort of Strangers “by Ian McEwan essentially describes the want of two sisters Eva and Maria to look beautiful and furthermore the denial of their parents towards the girls’ desires. It is written in the third person i.e. the omniscient. The passage conveys few symbols: Beauty through the want of the sisters to look gorgeous ie. lipsticks‚ mascaras make up etc. ‚ The truth and honesty through the confession of the boy. Owing to the fact that‚ when cosmetics are used
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