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Miss My Grandfather Grandfather Smile Picture
565 wordsNew York was washing by the tropical storm last Friday; it seemed to clean out each inch of dirt at every corner of the city. The chilly wind was blowing outside; I could see the trees dancing in front of my window. I was at home. I should thank the storm for a day-off so I could do some housework. I found a photograph album under my bed, when I was cleaning the house. It was a pretty old one. I opened it; laugh was all I could do at that moment. That was because I saw a picture of mine, which w...
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My Ghosts Of Thanksgiving Past And Present
1,143 wordsMy Ghosts of Thanksgiving Past and Present Holidays have always been important in my life. I can remember every Christmas and Thanksgiving since I was real young. Each memory holds a special place in my heart as well as every one in the future also. Thanksgiving has also been my favorite holiday since I love to eat and somehow it always brought my family together. It wasnt until recently my holidays changed forever. I was raised in family that felt that holidays were meant to be special and spen...
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Folded In Half Task Card Asked
620 wordsAs I entered Club Proteo on Thursday, May 27 th I noticed that there were about 20 children there today. Today is the "all you can eat pizza day" for all the children who completed task cards. As I walked through the door the first kid I saw was Jesus. I told him that I liked his new hair cut and with a big smile he responded with wheres your friend? I told him that Ashley was in Mexico and then asked if his two sisters were here today. He replied with a half grin that they were in Mexico. He th...
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Money To Buy Dollar Bill
652 wordsThe cheerful girl with bouncy golden curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them: a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box. Quickly the mother checked the back of the little foil box and then looked back into the pleading blue eyes of her little girl's upturned face. "A dollar ninety-five. That's almost $ 2. 00. I'll think of some extra chores for you and in no time you can save enough money to buy them for yourself. Your birthday's only a wee...
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Dining Room Living Room
549 wordsTraveling up a long gravel driveway, there are sights to see such as trees bigger than any that is usually seen in a new town. A big barn swings, and a little old lady so small the littlest bit of wind could knock her over. Looking around, watching the stillness in the air, and the warm tenderness of feeling welcome makes a place like this worth the hour drive. The houses that neighbor are a couple acres away, but neighbors are best friends, practically family. To the back and sides of the house...
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Paper Is About My Grandfather Worked In The Tator Patch Grandpa
1,174 wordsMany places have a special meaning to me. Each place is special in its own way for different reasons. The place that is most special to me is Grandpas Tator Patch. When I was a little girl, my grandpa had many gardens. The potato garden was by far my favorite. Grandpa and I called it the Tator Patch. " The Tator Patch was behind my grandparents house. The potato garden was the largest garden; potatoes were the only vegetable planted in that garden. There was an acre and a half covered by hundred...
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Stop At Mcdonalds Aunt Florence Alabama
1,498 wordsIt must have been around eleven o'clock in the morning when I awoke from a stuffy and uncomfortable sleep, in the back of a moving mini-van. My mouth was dry, my nose was sore, and my eyes itched from sleep crust. A huge yawn escaped from my mouth as I tried to stretch my aching limbs. As I was stretching out, I accidentally kicked my little brother Sam in the head. So much for peaceful sleep, he woke up in a foul mood. He must have thought that I kicked him on purpose because he punched me as h...
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Mini Van Thirty Minutes
1,508 words... reason why he left Alabama. A man named Floyd Walton originally owned the land he inherited. He allowed our family to sharecrop on the land after the civil war. Our family roots traced back to Alabama. My ancestors were his slaves. That's where we got the last name Walton. My grandfather was given the name Floyd just like the master. Grandpa told me horror stories of mob violence and public humiliations. He even described in graphic detail a gruesome lynching. These are things that he person...
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Leslie Marmon Half Breed
626 wordsTitle: Ceremony Author: Leslie Marmon Silko Introduction: Ceremony is a novel written by Leslie Marmon Silko. It deals with the gender roles of three women are significant to the development of a character name Tayo who is half-white and half-Indian. These three women are Tayo's birth mother, Auntie, and Old Grandma. His mother left him when he was four years old and that began his sense of emptiness and abandonment. She could not bear to raise a child that brought the reservation shame by her m...
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Half Breed Mother Figure
625 wordsCeremony is a novel written by Leslie Martin Silk. It deals with the gender roles of three women are significant to the development of a character name Tayo who is half-white and half-Indian. These three women are Tayo's birth mother, Auntie, and Old Grandma. His mother left him when he was four years old and that began his sense of emptiness and abandonment. She could not bear to raise a child that brought the reservation shame by her mistake. Summary: Auntie raised Tayo and was the mother figu...
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Half Breed Mother Figure
533 wordsIn Leslie Martin Silks Ceremony, the gender roles of three women are significant to the development of Tayo as being half-white and half-Indian. These three women are Tayo's birth mother, Auntie, and Old Grandma. His mother left him when he was four years old and that began his sense of emptiness and abandonment. She could not bear to raise a child that brought the reservation shame by her mistake. Auntie raised Tayo and was the mother figure he lacked. She willingly accepted to take him, but on...
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Prince William King William
1,095 wordsPrince William tries to live a normal life, but being royalty makes it just too hard (Morton, Diana: Her True Story, 79). " He is the most fascinating person of 1997, " says Walters (Unknown, Facts on Prince William, 1). Prince William lives an active life where he deals with disappointments of the past, but family members help him deal with the future. In Paddington, London William was born at St. Marys Hospital (Gilmer, The Royal Archive, 1). Prince William Arthur Phillip Louis Mount...
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Young Boy Family Farm
1,422 wordsFilm Report Grapes of Wrath The story opens with Tom Joads hitchhiking on his way home to his family's farm after serving a short prison term. He gets a ride from a trucker who sneaks him on even though it is against the rules. The trucker realizes that Tom has just been released from prison and begins to question him. Tom doesn t have a problem telling what he has done and they get into a lengthy conversation. The trucker told Tom that people have been moving away from this area because the dev...
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Rest Of The Family Joad Family
447 wordsThe book Grapes of Wrath tells about the dust Bowl peoples troubles they had coming to California. It tell about the Joad's trip from Oklahoma to California. There are twelve people in the Joad family. The one person that stood out the most between thee family was Ma. Mas great strength, and smart thinking is what keeps the Joad family together and going. Mas strong suites are shown through out the book. Nancy Reagan once said, A women is like a tea bag-only in hot water do you realize how stron...
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Grapes Of Wrath Joad Family
673 wordsThe Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, is a story that takes place during America s dreadful period of depression. Due to misunderstanding the nature of the entire situation, Steinbeck writes this novel to shine some light on the people about the great migration westward. This novel portrays the life of the Joad family who go through the harsh struggles of poverty and migration. They are forced to leave their drought stricken land in Oklahoma, hoping to find work in Cal...
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Isaac Newton Isaac Newton Isaac Newton Isaac Math
362 wordsIsaac Isaac Newton ISAAC NEWTON Isaac Newton was born january 4 th, 1643 in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. Isaac Newton came from a family of farmers but he never did know his real dad because he died three months before he was born. His father owned property and animals which made him a very wealthy man. His father was aslo very uneducated and could not even sign his own name. Isaac? s mothers name was Hannah Ayscough but was changed when she married Barnabas Smith. When Isaac was two year...
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Maya Angelou Caged Bird
1,318 wordsA poet, an author, a play-write, an actress, a mother, a civil-rights activists, historian and most important a survivor. Perhaps Maya Angelou, award winning author of many books is one of the most influential African Americans in American history. I believe that she rates at the top of the list of American authors, with Hemingway, Hawthorne, and Voight. I believe through my research and reading of Maya Angelou that she should be among the members of The American Authors Hall of Fame. Maya was b...
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Grandma Dee Uncle Buddy Whittled Quilts
377 wordsDear Senka, How is everything going back home? Everything here is fine. Although, I am very surprised where my family is living. The house is very small, with broken down windows and the furniture is terrible. The house does not meet my standards at all. It is not our way of living, and I am not used to it. I have one word for you to describe it: uhhh. You would not even believe what happened yesterday, Senka! We were having dinner and everybody was sitting at the table. I had remembered that I ...
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Miss My Grandfathers Grandfathers Smile Grandfather
565 wordsNew York was washing by the tropical storm last Friday; it seemed to clean out each inch of dirt at every corner of the city. The chilly wind was blowing outside; I could see the trees dancing in front of my window. I was at home. I should thank the storm for a day-off so I could do some housework. I found a photograph album under my bed, when I was cleaning the house. It was a pretty old one. I opened it; laugh was all I could do at that moment. That was because I saw a picture of mine, which w...
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Kate Cruise O Brien Cruise O Brien Antonia
843 wordsThe Homesick Garden By, Kate Cruise O Brien The Homesick Garden by Kate Cruise O Brien was a thoroughly enjoyable read. It tells the story of the life of a teenage girl, Antonia, whose life is turned upside down by the unexpected pregnancy of her unmarried aunt, Grace. The novel explores many controversial issues, including, alcoholism and child abuse. The story is told through the eyes of Antonia. Isolation: The theme of isolation is vividly captured in this novel. Antonia is fifteen years of a...
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