other undesirables throng the narrow alleys‚ and sisters of scarlet sit in the doorways of their places of business‚ catching you by the sleeve as you pass by. The dregs of the world are here‚ unsifted". In a comparable style‚ Angelou recalls her hometown as being a place of "light‚ shadow‚ sounds‚ and entrancing odors the earth smell was pungent‚ spiced with the odor of cattle manure‚ the yellowish acid of ponds and rivers‚ and deep pots of greens and beans cooking for hours with smoked or cured
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the other students at my school certainly did it for me. I told myself that I would not allow myself to slip and fall into the pattern that all the others around me had or soon would. I was bound and determined to get out of that school‚ out of my hometown‚ and away from any negative people or negative energy those people might be harboring. So the easy part was done‚ my choice had been made‚ but now the big question: What university do I choose? Being from a middle income family in Texas I knew
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His first novel‚ Main Street‚ was published in 1920‚ and it was a satire that told the story of an American myth. This story set place in Sinclair Lewis’ hometown of Gopher Prairie‚ which was used to represent all American towns‚ and this universal idea set Sinclair Lewis apart from other authors. He then went on to publish a story about a businessman titled Babbitt in 1922‚ and this novel went on to be Sinclair
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Jan Berkowitz – A Budding Entrepreneur Jan Berkowitz is a young entrepreneur‚ who is aspiring to become the best in the world of construction. He has recently opened a concrete company in his Hometown Detroit and is very happy with its success of three months. He is looking forward to expanding it‚ and want to add more people‚ who are passionate about the work. Since childhood‚ he was passionate about building big things from small pieces‚ and it was also an astonishing fact for him. He took inspiration
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uses a numerous amount of literary terms. One of the terms Apostrophe is used when the singer says “I’m trying not to wonder where you are” talking to someone who isn’t actually there. The singer uses this when coming back home to his home to his hometown again and seeing if his family and friends are still there for him
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News Release West Milton IGA promotes employee of five years OHIO – Spencer Post‚ who is from Laura‚ Ohio‚ approximately five minutes outside of West Milton‚ Ohio‚ has recently just received a promotion at his local grocery store. Post has worked at this location going on five years now and has been offered a managing position. It will require him to put in more hours‚ but he will receive better pay‚ plus benefits. With this new position he will be in charge of opening up the store‚ along with
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to achieve his purpose of explaining his decisions in the past years of his basketball career. His choice of language appeals to the emotions of his fans and basketball spectators as a whole as he attempts to win back the trust and respect of his hometown fans. He does this in paragraph one‚ for example‚ by emphasizing that Ohio is his home‚ and that it is always going to have a place in his heart and motivate him to succeed. He uses repetition to get his point across when he states‚ “It’s where I
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He had been accepted to law school and he was going to uses this for what he could to gain attention from his old flame and it worked. Bundy was also was dating another young lady back in his hometown‚ which neither one of them knew the other existed‚ he was using both of them to gain what he wanted and needed. Bundy continued to date the young lady in California‚ and would later ask her to marry him‚ which she gladly accepted and said yes. However
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engaged. At first he didn’t notice that a change in his heart was taking form. But then he started keeping details of his activities to his fiancée and then the guilty feeling crept in. when he found out that Julia was about to head back to her distant hometown‚ he felt blue and frightened. He met her in church after the Holy Thursday procession‚ although he knew that Esperanza was already waiting for him. He approached her and she conversed with him with an expression that told him she finally knew. She
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Atticus Finch‚ a mature character who rendered he was smart‚ poor‚ and loyal in the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ showed how he was respectably the most important person throughout the novel. The first trait Atticus showed was how he was smart when he explained that he is a lawyer. He departed Maycomb to read law in Montgomery and when he arrived back he started his practice. Atticus wasn’t an average lawyer either. His first two clients were the last ones that were hanged in the Maycomb
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