and my own.” This is a quote from the first note Miranda receives from the anonymous person in the book When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. A 12 year old girl named Miranda lives in New York City in the 1970’s. She gets notes from an anonymous person who can predict the future. The notes ask her to cooperate to the directions given in order to save someone’s life. She must choose to follow the mysterious directions or simply ignore them. Miranda has many relationships throughout the story that have
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What Freedom Is To Me Since July 4th‚ 1776 the United States has a free country. Citizens of the United States have freedom of speech‚ religion‚ and many other things. Webster’s definition of freedom is‚ "the condition of being free of restraints." To me freedom plays a large role in my life. Three things that would be freedom for me are going where ever I wish‚ actions without negative consequences‚ and morality to my standards. The first example of freedom for me would be being able
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continued. “Five minutes on stage.” They went out the door. I was stunned. Everything happened in just a blink of an eye. I worked so hard for this role and everything was meant to be. I couldn’t accept the fact that someone is better than me. Someone that can make the choreographers and directors think for a second thought. I wasn’t satisfied. I went up the stage and argued with the director. Thinking of something that could make him change his decision. “Your figure is not what we want
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Stand By Me Four young adolescent started in the movie “Stand By Me.” This movie illustrates the struggle of four young boys and what was it like to be an adolescent during the fifties. Each one of the young boys has experience some way or another the lack of attention or love from their parents and ridicule from their friends. Chris‚ who is the leader of the group‚ has gone through a lot of suffering during his childhood. Gordie‚ who is Chris best friend‚ is invisible to his parents‚ especially
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Rudeness around me Have you ever seen rude behavior while you are walking down the street? How do you feel when people act inappropriately around you in public? A research shows that 79% of Americans have indicated that rude behavior is on the rise in the United States. I believe that most of people dislike rude behavior‚ particularly when the behavior offends us. However‚ the occurring of rude behavior is inevitable in our daily life. I would like to say‚ rude behavior is all common in several
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How did I get here?From living in a small village in Ghana with my family to now being auctioned off against my will.My name is Adele Fayette but on the plantation‚ they called me Dela.Born in 1785 I was the eldest of seven children all responsibility laid on my shoulders. After the death of my father John’s life became extremely hard.So I got married so that I may take care of my siblings.Life was going well until one day I saw everything I had ever known up in flames.A group of white men forced
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THE THINGS THAT ANNOY ME Like every week day ‚ Thursday morning find me stuck in the fortieth minute of a time that should last fifteen . The prospect of being late for school the fifth time this week has already thrown in the bed mood ‚ it worsens when I look out of the car to see what was causing the traffic jam. Controlling the police seems to be the last thing in the policeman’s mind as he converses animatedly with the drive of a bus‚ who soon hand him some bribe .Disgusted by this sight and
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A year ago today‚ I wrote an essay about what the game of a baseball had taught me and the opportunities the game brought to my life. It was written from the point of view of a kid who was going to college as a student-athlete‚ with aspirations of playing the game professionally. Today however‚ I am writing this essay with a different dream in mind‚ and rather reflecting upon the past‚ I find myself looking towards the future. I dream that I get to go to a school that I love and graduate with a truly
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dream and settle my career‚ when it will come down to choose a country. I love to learn about things that I do not know and I have always taken my studies very seriously. I have never said to anyone in my life‚ that "I hate studies". Many people find me as a geek‚ but I only see that as a compliment rather than an insult. I have got big dreams‚ when it comes to studies. Since I was 6 years old‚ I wanted to be a doctor. I always tried to aim to do my best at school and college‚ but my hard work did
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A Day in the Life of Me – Week 7 Introduction to Sociology - SOCI111 with Dr. Tinker Everyday I wake up and come into contact with objects and people of all nationalities‚ cultures and social class‚ which is sociological. Objects I see or use such as clothes‚ music‚ phone or even appliances that help me wake up (coffee of course) help me to start my day. Interestingly enough everyday life consists of human beings interacting with one another‚ their ideas‚ and emotions‚ which can be called
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