A PIECE OF BREAD (by Mrs. Wilma C. Aruelo) It’s been long years of sufferings and now I stood at the bar of justice with my pale young face "Am I guilty or not guilty?" It’s a question that always lingers on my mind. "I will tell you just how it was. My father and mother were dead. My little brothers and sisters were hungry and asked me for bread. At first I earned the bread by working hard all day. But somehow‚ the times were hard and the work fell all away. I could get
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attention… Do you feel it? It’s actually on our skin… Are you numb? Or you’re not paying attention… Do you smell that? There’s a blood‚ I hunger for that. I know you too… It was on 1960s‚ when the Philippines was one of the elite countries who was among the so-called “tiger economies”. This was the time when our country is at the peak of economic growth‚ just next to Japan. 1970‚ countries like South Korea and Taiwan overtook us. On the succeeding decades‚ it was the turn of our neighbors
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“I performed at Tiananmen Square in 1989‚ 15 days before the crackdown. I sang A Piece of Red Cloth (‰∏ÄÂùóÁ∫¢Â∏É)‚ a tune about alienation. I covered my eyes with a red cloth to symbolize my feelings. The students were heroes. They needed me‚ and I needed them. After Tiananmen‚ however‚ authorities banned concerts. We performed instead at “parties‚” unofficial shows in hotels and restaurants A Piece of Red Cloth is one of the most classical songs of Cui Jian‘s. It sounds like a love story but
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and around. He would say things like "You’re my enemy. My enemy is the white people!” He wasn’t afraid of racism and would not let it affect him. He was known as a representative for all blacks. He is‚ and was‚ a part of the very few black people who spoke up against racism. He did not soak it up and keep going‚ he spoke‚ and he fought for his rights. Being robust inside and outside the boxing ring added to his fame. Muhammad was portrayed as an amazing boxer with a huge amount of confidence. He
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of cold water." "Mama‚ please‚ try to get it on your own." "Please child‚ try to get me a glass of cold water!" At the party‚ I danced and danced the whole night. You see‚ I can’t leave the party at once. I have to danced with everybody who proposed to me. At last‚ the party is over. I’m very tired. Very‚ very tired. So‚ I went home to tell mama what happened. "Mama‚ I’m home! It’s very quiet. "Mama‚ I’m home!" Nobody answers. Where is she? I look for her in the sala‚ but she’s
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Ramil Urbano BEED2 Nanny McPhee Summary: In vivid blue‚ green‚ and pink Victorian England‚ widowed undertaker Cedric Brown will lose his household and seven children unless he marries within the month. Great-Aunt Lady Adelaide Stitch will withdraw their monthly allowance. The children (Simon‚ Tora‚ Lily‚ Eric‚ Sebastian‚ Chrissy and baby Aggie) view his lack of time for them anymore as lack of love. They frightened the latest of many nannies in record speed‚ and terrorize frizzy red-haired
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Thought Piece: Mnemonics As a student‚ it is always my mother’s interest to know how to help me achieve higher results by remembering more information related to exams. When it comes to the ability to remember‚ we should talk about ‘memory’. Memory is the nervous system’s capacity to retain and receive knowledge and skills; this system includes three main stages‚ which are encoding‚ storage and retrieval (Gazzaniga ‚ Heatherton. & Halpern‚ 2013). Actually‚ there are three types of memory
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Prompt: ‘We cannot always be ourselves in the company of others’ Statement of Intention This expository piece draws upon the context ‘Identity and Belonging’ in conjunction with personal memoirs from Alice Pung’s ‘Growing up Asian in Australia’. The purpose of this piece is to explore and invite my audience to experience what it is like to be the subject of isolation due to differences in appearance‚ language and culture and to point out the internal struggles people have while trying to discover
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Who is responsible for Willy’s demise In this essay I’m going to discuss who is responsible for Willy’s demise however as a matter of fact there isn’t any one who is to point the finger at‚ for Willy’s death‚ in the end‚ by his own will and consciousness he kills himself. Through out the play there are various factors‚ which eventually led Willy to committee suicide. Principally Willy was consumed with his own delusional desire of achieving the American dream; as a result his inflated
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The title of my book is A Piece of Cake. This book is a non-fiction memoir written by Cupcake Brown. She is from San Diego‚ California Cup cake grew throughout her life dealing with many tribulations. However‚ in the end she morphed into very successful women. Cupcake found her mom dead at the tender age of 11. After her mom’s death she went to numerous foster homes‚ while dealing with abusive behaviors. Her living conditions were so horrible that she often ran away. Cupcake needed a way to survive
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