”The First Day” Characterization of the narrator The narrator of the story is 5 years old and from the low end of the social rank. She probably doesn’t have so many material opportunities‚ because her family are getting public assistance payments. Her father left her and her mother‚ she tells us: “…the last present my father gave before he disappeared into memory.” It seems like she a gentle girl and not so boisterous. When she meets a new person she doesn’t
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First Day at School in a New Country My family moved to the United States when I was fourteen‚ and I learned I would be going to a new school just two days after we had entered the country and I wasn’t assimilated to the culture or the language. Even though I took lots of English lessons when I was in China‚ when I learned I would not be attending a bilingual school like the other new immigrants‚ I was extremely apprehensive. My first day of school in a new country was extremely nervous
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Kenya Quezaire My First Day at Vincent H.S It was an early September morning and I was on my way to my bus stop to begin my first day at Vincent High School. I show no fear on my face but in the inside I was terrified. My bus arrives at 7:45 and as I waited on the block of 14th Walnut waiting for my bus to come more kids started to come stand on the bus stop with me so I didn’t feel along and more. When my bus finally pulls up to my stop I step on to the Joy Farm bus and I was looking to
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Dear Juniper‚ Juniper‚ today was my/our first day of high school. Sorry‚ it’s going to be a little confusing remembering that you are me too. I am absolutely positive that four years from now‚ when I am a senior‚ I will not remember anything about the details of my first day‚ other than that I survived intact. So‚ I’m writing this letter to you now. Well‚ also this is my first English assignment‚ and I should probably finish my first assignment. People are repetitively asking me if I
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My First Day In The U.S. As I remember it‚ the first day that I came to U.S. was June 26‚ 2006. My first day in U.S. was both exciting and upsetting‚ I was exciting about was seeing my mom for the first time over a year‚ the upsetting part is I had to leave my good memories in my hometown. I had to left all of that behind friends‚ family and schools. However‚ life moves on‚ things need to be done. When I got out of the terminal in LAX‚ I saw the smile on my mother’s face that was the happiest
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Barbara Park’s story June B. “Jones First Grader at Last”‚ she asserts that all children go through similar difficulties when making and losing friends. Parks supports her claims about children’s habits by having the reader jump into the life of the first grader known as Junie B. Jones. Another similar story that takes place in the life of a child is a story called “The Case of Hermie the Missing Hamster” by James Preller. The main character whose name is Theodore Jones
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“The First Day” by Edward P. Jones It’s only natural to keep vivid memories of certain monumental moments in life‚ such as the first day of school‚ for a long time. “The First Day” by Edward P. Jones tells the story of a mother and daughter on the daughter’s first day of school. In the beginning of the story‚ the mother goes to great lengths to prepare her daughter for this important occasion. After the preparation is over‚ she takes her daughter to a particular school before being told that she
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Outline First days frustration I Introduction A. Hook: 80 % of international students feel frustrated in their first days outside of their country. B. Connecting Information: The first day outside your country are hard‚ frustrating and sometimes scary and sad. C. Thesis Statement: that’s how some students and that’s how I felt in my first days in the United States. II Body A. Pa 2 topic sentence: this was the first time for me in a place that I don’t know anyone
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she never got. In his short story‚ “The First Day‚” Edward P. Jones uses literary techniques such as vivid imagery‚ symbols‚ and the theme that uneducated people value education more than educated people to show that the girls and their mother are trying their best. Vivid imagery is prevalent throughout the story in many instances‚ all as a result of the narrator‚ who is the eldest girl in the story‚ having flashbacks to experiences that she had
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novel The Known World by Edward P. Jones‚ there is a flawed distinction between the value of work and family which is clearly displayed through Moses’ character who is portrayed as a workaholic with no relationship with his family. As the passage first opens‚ the idea of Moses choosing work over his family is immediately displayed. For instance‚ it is said that‚ “The evening his master died he worked again well after he ended the day for the other adults” (Line 1-2). At first‚ one would expect for
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