problems or whisper the instructions for the next assignment in typing class. “What does this mean to you?” instead of “Read this for me”‚ “What do they want here?” instead of “Write this for me”‚ “Let’s work on this together”; he was persuasive without even raising suspicion. And the surprising part was that nobody felt used! He would use his tricks such as promising to stand by their sides in a fight‚ making their chances better with a girl or including them in his team‚ it seemed convincing. Nobody
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first vinett‚ “The Lost year”‚ the main character isn’t waiting on time‚ but instead watching it go by extremely fast. “At times he tried to remember and just when he thought everything was clearing up‚ he would be at a lost for words” (Rivera 75). Without anything to highlight the certain times‚ the character became separated from
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with the rest of the world. I own a Samsung Galaxy S4‚ and I know that if I were to lose or not have it one day‚ I would go ballistic! My phone keeps me in touch with everyone around me‚ not only that but‚ it stores a lot of my personal events and pictures‚ and not to mention the amount of money I paid for this expensive trinket was ridiculous! To begin I am a very busy woman with a very busy schedule. I am a full time mother and student throughout the whole week‚ and I work at a salon on the weekends
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In “It Couldn’t Be Done” written by Edgar Albert Guest‚ the tone is optimistic and this is revealed by the use of diction throughout the poem. The main character is clearly described as a person who is constantly challenging the norm that society implants through his actions. The first stanza depicts a challenge that is given to the main character by someone who said it could not be accomplished which led him to be “buckled right in with the trace of a grin” (Guest 5). The word choice portrays the
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January 2014 Where I Live and What I Live For There are many places that I could say that I live: a house‚ Twin Falls‚ or even America. None of those places are where I put my life and devotion to every single day. I live in the band room‚ not physically but in the way were my head is always overflowing with new ideas of how to make the previous piece I just played even better‚ full of how to conduct the piece I am listening on the radio or on my Ipod. The band room is where I go to let all emotions
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Life without cell phone Mobile phone mostly is one of the latest inventions in modern life. It brings many conveniences for public in many fields of life. It gradually makes people change the way to communicate as well as consider it as something on their person. Nowadays‚ mobile phone makes the communication among people very different from what in the past. Face- to-face communication becomes an old-fashion in modern life because it is not convenient and takes a lot of time. Instead‚ mobile
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floor waiting for help‚ he recounts his childhood. At a young age Reiner had discovered that he had developed Crohn’s disease and that he had experienced diarrhea in school due to eating a colossal amount of apricots. As he lays on the ground‚ he says “I didn’t eat a single apricot”. This goes back to how‚ as a child‚ he knows what not to eat. Reiner is questioning what is happening to him at the time of the event and doesn’t understand how things have went wrong when he follows the same regiment every
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Tomas Rivera gives us this book showing us that during the 40’s and 50’s(20th century) Mexican immigrants were treated very inequitable manner. Depicting the struggles and hardships‚ he’s able to make the reader sympathize with the characters and their stories. Stories such as “The Children Couldn’t Wait” and ”It’s That It Hurts” are a pretty great example that shows us the discrimination towards the immigrant children and how they are denied access to water‚ and quality education. Rivera also shows
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Nowadays television has become an essential thing in every family. Televisions have sure play an important role people’s everyday live where some actually plan their time in front of television for their favorite shows. So could we actually live without tv? My answer is yes. First of all‚ there are many alternatives for television‚ such as internet. With the latest technology‚ we can easily find the information or entertainment we need from interest. For example‚ you would like to know more about
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The House I Live In was an amazing documentary. I was saddened to hear Nannie’s story and the stories of others that I witnessed in the film. I was blown away by how much the war on drugs is really a war on blacks more than anything else. It disgusted me to see the stereotyping of blacks by police officers under the guise of "probable cause." The police aren’t about doing real police work‚ only placing cuffs on blacks and low-income civilians and sending them to jail. It’s mind blowing to me how
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