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Cross The Border Hundred Dollars Money
655 wordsI am a sixteen-year-old boy from southern Mexico City. My family lived in poverty and when my father was killed in an accident the flow of money abruptly stopped. My brother, fifteen-year-old Jose, and I am planned to cross the border and head to the United States. The two of us tried to scrounge up enough money to hire a coyote to help us across, but we both decided that wed be better off if we kept the money for unexpected expenses. We said our final goodbyes to our family and set off early in...
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Raisin In The Sun Amount Of Money
737 wordsThe above passage taken from the play A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry between Mama and her son Walter shows how the author can address many themes of the play in one scene or even just a few lines; She addresses such themes as dreams, prejudice, and family. Mama is the head of the household where she lives with her son Walter and wife Ruth with their son Travis along with Walters sister Beneatha or Bennie as some like to call her. The passage tells the reader that Mama went out and did...
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Dont Worry Big Deal
1,307 wordsIt was Palm Sunday and Jesus was coming into Jerusalem. He was riding on a blazing white stallion and kicking up a cloud of dust as he rode along. He was looking for trouble. The people that he passed on his way were in awe of such a beautiful animal but they were even more awestruck by the man who was riding it. As Jesus passed by, you could hear the people say, "Who was that masked man?" There were bad guys on the loose and Jesus had a job to do. As he rode into Jerusalem he quickly sized up t...
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Teenage Girls Talent Show
1,151 wordsI chose to read this book because I thought it would be very interesting. I didnt really expect to see this book in the library because one of my friends had already spoken to me about it. He said that he read the book already and that it was really good. I immediately took the book and signed it out. This story began with a girl named Tiny, who was talking to her imaginary friend, Willa. Tiny had made her imaginary friend quite sometime ago. Now shes older and is attending high school. In the b...
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Senior Trip South Padre Friends
984 wordsSome people are lucky enough to have already experienced an event in their lives that completely overshot any expectations. When my friends first started talking about going on a senior trip, I never could have dreamed about how much fun it would be. Some people may think of a senior trip as a time to spend with their friends before everyone scatters to different schools. To me, it will always be considered as one of the best times in my life. My friends and I decided to take a senior trip last ...
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Speed Limit Left Lane Place
930 wordsI cannot fit in small cars; it is impossible. Two door sports cars are the worst. I scoot the seat back until it touches the seat behind me, and still I am kissing my knees. This situation and many others posed quite a problem for me in my 9 -month stint in Europe, a place of the unexpected, a place where common sense and logic do not exist, a place very different from what I am used too. This was my first ride on a super-charged, turbo, double-decker, high-tech 747 Jumbo Jet. The flight was LA ...
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Diagnosed With Diabetes Doctor
380 wordsWhen I was diagnosed with diabetes I had to take on some responsibilities. Lately I had been feeling sick, drinking a lot, and going to the bathroom a lot. So my mom took me to the doctor to see what was wrong. I dont remember much of it because I was only three years old. The doctor took some blood and told us to sit in the waiting room. My parents were pretty scared and nervous. I was still crying from that needle they stuck in my arm. Finally the doctor came out with tears in his eyes. We loo...
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Good Morning Good Teacher
787 wordsFor over twelve years Ive been presented a diverse and random selection of teachers; some of which taught well and some didnt. How can you distinguish between a good teacher and a bad teacher? The good teacher is the one that teaches the greatest and is the most vivid memory of my blurry recollection. A good teacher is someone that truly prepared me for the future. A good teacher leaves an impressions if plates of lessons were burned on my head which is the unforgettable identity for that teache...
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Reverend Dimmesdale Scarlet Letter
1,537 wordsThe Punishment Doesnt Always Fit the Crime The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a book about Hester Prynne, a woman whose one night of passion leads to a lifetime of punishment. It takes place in a Puritan society in the New World during the 17 th century. Hester commits adultery with the Reverend Dimmesdale and is sentenced to wear a letter A on her bosom for the rest of her life. Dimmesdale, however, does not admit to his sin and this leads him to a life of agony and torture w...
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Honda Super Hawk Called My Godfather Bike
726 wordsThe interest of motorcycles came to me when I was just a child, but it wasnt till now that I decided to purchase my first motorcycle. I decided to shop around so that I wouldnt have to choose the first bike I saw. It was going to be decided considering engine size, color, make and, model. The first bike I came up with was the Suzuki Katana, I liked the bike because of the color seat and size of the outer frame, but the size of the engine was a little small for me so I decided to keep looking. Th...
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Beethoven One Egg
681 wordsThe saga of Beethoven the duck began one summer day, when my brother Joel and I were in the process riding down the hill in front of our house as fast as possible on bikes. I was riding my newly purchased Free Spirit, while my brother was riding his old French ten speed. As was the custom, we raced down the first hill, across the field and down the second hill to the river. Needless to say, we stopped once before the river. On this day, however, upon walking our bikes back up the hill, my brothe...
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Edgar Allan Poe Cask Of Amontillado
1,021 wordsIn this paper I will discuss the themes of three Different stories. All of these stories involve betrayal, murders, insanity, and revenge. The themes of these stories have some similarities and different situations. The three stories that will be analyzed are; The Cask of Amontillado, The Fall of the House of Usher, and The Tell Tale Heart. All of these stories were written by the same author (Edgar Allan Poe) therefore it is self-explanatory why there are similarities in the stories. In the Cas...
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Lord Of The Flies Literary Critic
1,178 words... station was going bankrupt. He was appalled. So he drove down to the radio station and he bought it right then and there. The station is WZON and is still on the air right this very minute. King is also in a hard rock band where he sings and plays the guitar. The band, called The Rock Bottom Remainders, puts on many concerts to benefit different charities (Beahm 72 - 73). Perhaps the most inspiration comes from the numerous towns that King has lived in over his lifetime. For example, the tow...
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Started Talking San Diego
1,357 wordsThis is story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down I like to take a minute just sit right there, Ill tell you how I became in love with the girl around the way. In the summer of 1995, I met this beautiful Mexican girl that just moved on my block. I was only in 5 th grade and she was in 6 th and 1 year older than I was. I met her threw my friends that I played with everyday on my block. When I walked outside one day I saw this unfamiliar girl coloring with my friends on the sidewa...
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East India Company Indian Woman
1,283 wordsThis tale is offered to the memory of one William Hawkins (1575 - 1613), a brandy-drinking, Turkish-speaking seaman and adventurer who was the first Englishman to reach the court of Jahangir, the Great Moghul of India. There he delivered gifts from the new East India Company and a letter from King James proposing direct trade, then a zealously protected monopoly of Portugal. As he gradually adopted Indian ways, Hawkins became a court favorite of the Moghul, who made him a knightly Khan and event...
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Seven Years War Olaudah Equiano
1,628 wordsOlaudah Olaudah Equiano Feb. 02, 2001 Olaudah Equiano In 1745, Olaudah Equiano was born in a small village in Issue, Nigeria. His father was one of the chiefs in the village. At age eleven Equiano and his sister were kidnapped by two men and a woman never to see his home or parents again. After being kidnapped he was hiked across part of Africa untill he arrived at the coast where he was loaded onto a slave ship. While crossing the Atlantic to Barbados onboard the slave ship he and his countryme...
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Place To Live Big Nurse
1,101 wordsONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST BROMDEN RETURNS TO VISIT HARDING AND MARTINI It was his first time going to a mall; it was the first time he was so thronged by; but it was not the first time he had heard others hissing with awe tremors in their voices, Look at him! He is huge. Gee, what a giant! Look at the muscle. What a MAN! The Chief wished that Mac could be with him at that moment, and tell everyone that He is the MAN! The Chief thought his first trip to a mall would be the beginning of his n...
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Baby Girl Paul D
531 wordsBeloved by Toni Morrison In Toni Morrisons novel, Beloved, the main character Sethe, is a former slave who chooses to kill her baby girl rather than allowing her to be exposed to the physically, and emotionally damaging horrors of a life spent in slavery. There is no other way to say it: she murdered her child. By killing her child, so dear to her heart, the question arises whether Sethe acted out of true love or selfishness. The fact that Sethe's act is irrational can easily be decided upon. Do...
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Kill His Wife Characters In The Play
1,995 wordsOthello is a unique tragedy in that it focuses on the destruction of love through sexual jealousy. Jealousy is not inherited in a person, but developed from the fatal factors of their character. Othello is plagued with his ego and pride which contributes to his demise. Othello is, however, a truly romantic character because he is very passionate and full of deep feelings. It keeps a person wondering what could have possibly brought the sweet Desdemona to be his wife. Was it because he has lived ...
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Fort Worth Army Air
1,493 wordsThe Roswell Incident I. Introduction A. Zeus B. American Indians C. Egyptians II. Background A. Time of the crash B. Witnesses 1. Mac Brazel 2. Sheriff George Wilcox 3. Roswell's 509 th Bomb Squad 4. Initial recovery team III. Individual Testimonies A. Unnamed witness of Roswell recovery team B. Curry Holden C. Glenn Dennis D. Dan Dwyer IV. The Alien Autopsy Films A. Eighteen minute film at the autopsy center in Fort Worth B. Three minute film at Roswell site C. Researchers opinions V. Conclusio...
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