numbers and the hands of the clock are revealed. 8.03. Damn it. Again I failed to manage it. I lost track of time. Time goes. But where did it go? What happens when time goes? And where does it go? It goes to a place called ‘the past’. And the past is like a piece of silk‚ which softly is folded and put in a chest with a large padlock on. You cannot get the past back to the present. You can capture the present by using cameras and diaries‚ but they become past as soon as they are created. The past
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The value of human life has been challenged over many years. Some people feel as though human life is not valuable‚ while others feel it is extremely valuable. The worldview that a person holds‚ directly relates to the value that they place on human life. If someone believes in evolution‚ then they would seemingly believe that life is not valuable being that life stemmed from animals. On the other hand‚ a person whom believes is creationism is more likely to stand firm in the fact that the human
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Professor Schlanger ENGL 2307 Creative Writing (Distant Learning) 21 June 2011 Time of My Life The lashes of my eyelids begin to separate as the light penetrates my vision with each blink. I wake strangely to the tall yellow grass and a slight welcoming breeze across my face. I glance over and see the home I grew up in 20 years ago and wonder is this a dream? The gray paint has faded away and the wood has begun decay. I can still see mama sitting on that porch breading my long black hair into a pair
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A real life by Alice Munro I would like to start this presentation by asking you and myself something; what is a real life? I would like you to think for a few seconds‚ what is a real life for you‚ is it something subjective or objective‚ is it something easy or difficult to answer. Maybe‚ if we go beyond‚ I can ask you‚ what is real for you? Indeed‚ this is a difficult question‚ but I think that the writer of this story that we are discussing now‚ made a very close attempt to answer this huge
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The story‚ Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? By Joyce Carol‚ is a story told in a third person perspective‚ regarding Connie‚ a 15-year-old. She and her mother have not at all gotten along. Her mother consistently compares her with her sister‚ and her father barely ever speaks with his daughters. One night‚ Connie and her best friend go to a shopping plaza. As instantly the adult is out of sight they cross the highway into a drive-in restaurant and stay on the restaurant’s counter. Thereafter
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Briefly‚ everyone has at least one sentry in their life like Brooke did. In this narrative‚ Brooke is the value because she is being protected by Zoe and Lucas‚ she is the new kid getting bullied by the danger‚ and she has moved from New York to California during the summer‚ which means she needs help with her new life. One reason is‚ Brooke is being protected by her sentries and this helps her with everything going on in her new life. “At my old school‚ I made friends right when I walked
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Ever wonder where the quotes‚ “Monkey See‚ Monkey Do” and “You Are What You Eat” came from? Although they may sound funny‚ there is truth in both of these statements. When children watch TV‚ do they pay attention to how each gender is being illustrated? Growing up‚ children watched Batman and Scooby-Doo. Children imitated what they saw on TV. Little boys tied bath towels around their necks trying to save helpless girls‚ and little girls played with dresses and makeup like Daphne. These shows start
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sharpens ones skills and mind‚ enhance ones personality and create a strong and wise men ---- a normal student like me may find it hard to do some extra-curricular tasks and be involved to other organizations actively participating in school-related activities and all; I do not consider joining and participating to some ORG or clubs important. What I value the most is to complete all my enrolled units‚ attend all my subjects and be a normal student‚ I suppose‚ most of students here in Bicol University
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Joyce Carol Oates captured more than just the reader when she wrote the story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been.” Oates recreates an event that took place in the mid-1960s‚ where a grown man‚ who had shaggy black hair and a boyish charm‚ would lure teenage girls into his car‚ rape and murder them‚ and then bury their bodies in the desert. The fate of the main character in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” lies between Oates’s wavering suspense. From the beginning Oates shows the
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distinctive transitions throughout their lifetime. It could be as simple as moving from one side of town to the other. While at other times‚ a change can be as major as transitioning from childhood to adulthood. For much of the 20th century in America‚ the dynamics of communication among parents and their children was not fundamental. “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” written by Joyce Carol Oates introduces these “ills” of the 20th century to be examined in a more psychological depth. This
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