another object. Your Task: In a long paragraph / short essay‚ you will select an object that symbolizes YOU. It must symbolize three of your own personality or character traits. You will select one object to represent yourself. It must represent THREE of your traits‚ qualities or characteristics. You must then explain why the symbol represents each trait. You must give an example (a story?) that shows how you have that trait. Notes and Reminders: - This is a personal essay
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How can one truly know who they are? It takes years of experience to understand yourself; your likes‚ your dislikes‚ your abilities‚ and your passions. Sometimes society will agree with these things‚ and sometimes it won’t. Self-identity is the result of trial and error in terms of resistance to the cultural norms of one’s society‚ and the lessons learned through such resistance‚ as demonstrated in Munro’s An Ounce of Cure and Boyle’s Greasy Lake. An Ounce of Cure tells the story of a teenage girl
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Don’t Forget Where You Came From The Dominican Republic was ruled by one of the most ruthless dictators‚ Rafael Trujillo. Julia Alvarez’s father was involved in the underground movement to overthrow the country’s dictator‚ which was uncovered and forced the family to flee the country four months before the founders of that underground‚ the Mirabal sisters‚ were brutally murdered by the dictatorship. Determined to show her adult independence from her family‚ Yolanda returned to the Dominican Republic
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Hey you! Yes‚ you. STOP being unhappy with yourself - you are perfect. Stop wishing you looked like someone else or wishing people liked you as much as they like someone else. Stop trying to get attention from those who hurt you. Stop hating your body‚ your face‚ and your personality- LOVE THEM! Without those things you wouldn’t be you and why would you want to be anyone else? Be confident with who you are! Smile(: For yourself. If anyone hates on you because you are happy with yourself‚ say "Forget
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Create a metaphor for yourself using something you would find in your kitchen or your garage. List as many similarities or relationships between yourself and this object as you can think of‚ then elaborate on this comparison in an essay. Why is this object a good representation of you? If I took a quick look around my kitchen‚ I would probably find my reflection in a wooden spoon. Not literally‚ as it is not a metallic spoon‚ but figuratively. Because like me‚ a wooden spoon is a well-rounded
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Express Yourself Tennille C. Mcleod College Reading 12:00pm Class My name is Tennille C. Mcleod. I am a 38 year old returning nursing student to Sojourner Douglass College. I have spent the last 16 years in the Dialysis/Renal medical field. When I graduated from high school I was unsure of which way I wanted to go with my life. I joined the US Army Reserves. I completed 8 years of service with the army and once I returned home to the civilian world I decided to pursue
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that causes the reader to question events in the story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” She develops this story featuring a girl named Connie‚ who has an encounter with a boy at a restaurant that she doesn’t know. “He wagged a finger and laughed and said‚ “Gonna get you‚ baby‚” and Connie turned away…” (Oates 210). Startled Connie only saw this boy once that night‚ but the story goes on‚ and a few days later he comes to her house where she learns that the boy’s name is “Arnold Friend.” She
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Where are you going‚ Where have you been? Stephanie Bumpase AIU Where are you going‚ Where have you been? The character Connie in the story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?” was a young 15yr old girl in a small town. She was beautiful and knew that she was beautiful. A flat character is a character that stays the same throughout a story (Gioia & Kennedy‚ 2010) and a round character is the opposite of flat in which the character changes significantly (Gioia & Kennedy‚ 2010)
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Situate Yourself I have never really noticed my oppressions and privileges until we did the Privilege exercise I didn’t notice how little things were thought to be privileges. I knew my life had barriers such as my race and but I figured the way people treated because of my skin tone was “normal.” I was born in Denton‚ Texas when my mom was only 16 years old. My life growing up was different then somebody whose parents were 25 or 30 my mother had to grow up fast to raise a baby. My dad of course
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be the same person. In our society today‚ people judge others‚ and follow the crowd by wearing what everyone else is wearing. The clothes you wear everyday on the outside‚ have no effect on the person you are. Everyone should just be themselves and wear whatever they want to wear without fear of being judged or criticized. If people are going to judge you‚ they’re not worth the time. Everyone has their own personality‚ and different ways of expressing it. Primarily‚ in high school‚ kids tend
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