always like this though‚ I was embarassed of my naturality. I dreamt of waking up with straight waves and hair that didn’t frizz up at the slightest percentage of humidity. I was that girl that would stay awake until 2AM to straighten my hair for school the next day‚ only to come face first with 8 hours of discomfort from having to avoid any sort of water. You speak to me with a little spit in your mouth and I’ll run away faster than you can imagine just to avoid having my hair disobey me more than
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“Lighter than My Shadow” is a graphic novel that discusses her journey with an eating disorder and mental illness. On page 315‚ the passage begins with images showing Katie’s unhappy situation through three different strips. Based on the images from the passage‚ Katie looks worried‚ sad‚ isolated and disappointed. As a result of her traumatic episode with her therapist Jake‚ she chooses to bury the incident. Earlier in the novel‚ we see Jake take advantage of Katie by sexually assaulting her. I will focus
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of the time people do not realize where I come from. They know I am Honduras‚ and typically the first thought is a violent and dangerous country. The truth is there are some amazing and peaceful places still in Honduras‚ and I am blessed to come from a small town where everybody knows everybody‚ and we all take care of each other. I can truly said that I fall in love with town. Therefore I am used to a safety environment‚ with many people around me that I can call them friends. Family is where you
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valuable teaching I learned was to question everything. I was watching a show that made me question my beliefs. The show’s hosts talked about how everything is subject to criticism. Nothing is so sacred that it cannot be questioned. The idea of questioning everything has taught me to enjoy learning‚ to think creatively‚ and to appreciate mysteries. As I go through life‚ I ask questions. As I ask questions‚ I learn more. As I learn more‚ I realize how little I actually know. I looked up the
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Essay If I have the opportunity to travel back through time. I would like to stop at the Vietnam War era. When I was young‚ I didn’t obtain anything my history teacher lectured. I just learned to get over with it and not comprehend any information. Not until I came to the United States and started to learn about my country’s history. By that time‚ I was old enough to understand what this war was about and how many innocent lives have been sacrificed. This topic has attracted all my interest. I spent
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“When May I Shoot a Student” by Greg Hampikian is a satirical essay criticizing the allowance of guns on college campuses in Idaho‚ in response to the passing of a bill proposing the idea. Written on February 27‚ 2014‚ from Boise‚ Idaho‚ this essay is written to the Idaho state legislature‚ and directed at an audience of adults and young adults who may share his opinion. An example of this satire‚ more specifically exaggeration‚ can be seen in the fifth paragraph‚ when Hampikian says; “For example
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When I was a Certified Nursing Assist I first wanted to be a Certified Nursing Assist (CNA) at the age 16. I had to do community service for Graffiti. I was given a job as an activity assistant at a nursing home. I enjoyed it so much! The people there are so much fun to work with. The best part about it was being able to help them read the paper‚ play bingo‚ or whatever they wanted to do. Once a lady and her sister were pushing chairs down the hallway and I asked “what are you doing?” They told
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I believe I remember when I was just a little girl‚ about the age of twelve‚ when I went to the Bedford Stadium and hundreds of people were scattered in the stands and at half time the announcer started to announce a bunch of girls names. I looked down to see a bunch of girls in long dresses march down the field with what seemed to be prince charming on their arms. After a while they all were down the field and the stadium would get quiet‚ and then the announcer would scream out a name and
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Waldo Emerson’s maxim‚ “Speak your latent conviction‚ and it shall be the universal sense”‚ Emerson supports the notion of individuality and conveying one’s beliefs without the fear of controversy. This maxim relates to the play‚ “The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail”‚ in which the main character Henry doesn’t conform societal expectations and stays true to his beliefs. While instructing a class of students‚ Henry refuses to teach according to the school’s curriculum. He is criticized by the Deacon and
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1-8) and that he will lose his beloved (lines 9-12). *Keats resolves his fears by asserting the unimportance of love and fame in the concluding two and a half lines of this sonnet. The first quatrain (four lines) emphasizes both how fertile his imagination is and how much he has to express; hence the imagery of the harvest‚ e.g.‚ "glean’d‚" "garners‚" "full ripen’d grain." Subtly reinforcing this idea is the alliteration of the key words "glean’d‚" garners‚" and "grain‚" as well as the repetition
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