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    Mother Tongue

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    Essays #1: Rough Draft Language & Power in “Mother Tongue” A higher level of sophistication and articulation in one’s speech portrays one as a very well educated person. Such a person’s "language" makes them an admirable individual that can lead people and hold power with ease. In the article “Mother Tongue”‚ Amy Tan emphasizes the idea that we all speak different languages unconsciously

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    Andre's Mother

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    writers to confront homosexuality in his short play titled Andre’s Mother. Later‚ in 1997‚ he wrote "Corpus Christi‚" which altered the story of Jesus Christ in a gay setting. This created controversy among the conservative‚

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    POEM‚ “MOTHER TO SON” As a child of the early twentieth century‚ Langston Hughes endured trying times. Hughes and his mother lived most of their lives in poverty. As a young teen‚ Hughes began writing poems about the world he saw through his eyes - a world of racial segregation and prejudice. This was the basis of many of his poems‚ and it was these poems that allowed him to influence the Harlem Renaissance. To him the image of the African American family is centered on the mother. The mother is the

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    Mother Tongue

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    In Mother tongue‚ Amy writes how her mother who couldn’t speak well Standard English was treated unfairly in the foreign land. In this essay‚ she mentions some stories related to her childhood experiences which were happened to them. "... I had plenty of empirical evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores‚ at banks‚ and in restaurants did not take her seriously‚ did not give her good service‚ pretended not to understand her‚ or even acted as if they did not hear her." Amy

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    Mother and Hospital

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    There was a family in a small city in California. The family consisted of a daughter of sixteen years old and her parents. The father worked at a bank and he had a boring job. The mother worked as a cleaner in wealthier houses. The next morning was just a normal morning‚ until the daughter that who called Juliet got a phone call. The message from the phone call was not a really pleasant message. Her grandmother was in the hospital. The grandmother of Juliet lived in Washington and that was almost

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    Mother Earth

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    A speech for Mother Earth. We are all human beings. All people‚ You‚ me‚ our neighbors. No matter where You live in this world‚ if it is in Africa or South-America‚ if it is in Asia or Europe‚ Australia or North-America‚ we are all sisters and brothers in humanity. All people of the world. Whether rich or poor‚ whether color‚ religion‚ culture or political conviction‚ we are all residents on this one planet‚ our home - Mother Earth. The time is now for us to carry

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    Mother to Son

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    Mother to Son Analysis Langston Hughes’ moving poem "Mother to Son" empowers not only the son‚ but also the reader with precious words of wisdom. Through the skillful use of literary devices such as informal language‚ symbolism‚ metaphors‚ repetition‚ as well as clever use of format‚ Hughes manages to assemble up the image of a mother lovingly‚ yet firmly‚ talking to her son about life. This poem is an advice from a mother to son about life that will be challenging and do not think about giving

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    The Love Of A Mother

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    The Love of a Mother The mentality of a teenager entails ridiculous ideas entitlement and disdain toward their parents. Often overcome with resentment toward their parents for not meeting the child’s expectations that they deserve more. It is rare when there is a teen who will admit that ‘life is not fair’. Regardless of their untimely knowledge‚ consideration of such does not hinder their immature behaviors. Of course‚ maturity in a teen is hard to expect as is‚ a teens ideas that they understand

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    Mother Theresa

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    Mother Teresa‚ also known as “Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta” is one of the most impressive characters of the 19th century. She cared about countless helpless people including the poor and sick. But she was also somewhat controversial in the eyes of many. Not only did she have to face criticism from the people in her new home country but also from the people to whom she devoted her life. She was born in 1910 in Skopje‚ Macedonia. At the age of 18‚ she joined the “Sisters of Loreto” as a missionary

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    My Mother

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    Life without someone who loves us is like an empty world. All the people in the world have their own person who always takes care of them. So do I my mother. Her hair is as dark as a raven’s wing‚ ripple down to her shoulders like a waterfall. Her skin the color beige‚ like the dunes of the Sahara‚ flawlessly smooth before the rippling winds. Never is she loud; her low-keyed silky voice flows from her like a warm breeze against the skin‚ chasing away any chill and enclosing the listener with

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