The ancient Greek play of Antigone had many life lessons that can be learned but one of the greatest was listening to good advice. In the time of the ancient Greeks to the modern times of today‚ everyone uses good advice in making everyday and huge decisions. For example in the play Antigone‚ Creon instead of listening to his own son Haimon‚ Choragos‚ or even Teiresias did not change his mind about Antigone’s punishment and was too late when he did. Another example but from outside of the play would
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I went outside with my mother and saw a man and my father putting his stuff and mine in the cab trunk. My mother kissed and hugged me for a long time. Then‚ I hopped in the cab with tears waving good bye to my mother. The event affected my life because it was a sad day for my mother. I was moving from Trinidad to New York for a very long time.She (my mother) couldn’t come with me and my father because my grandmother didn’t agree to let my mother go with us. My mother was telling my
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“The Lesson” is told by a character named Sylvia. She lives in Harlem‚ New York and it seems to be around the 1960’s to the 1970’s. Sylvia is a spunky outspoken kid‚ and as time passes by throughout the story she becomes a more reserved child. Sylvia learns a lesson and by her leaning this lesson it changes her attitude and outlook on life. We learn from Sylvia’s speech the type of environment that she lives in and what her outlook on life is. The story seems to take place around summer time. Therefore
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It was the Summer of 2007 and I had work to do. Not the type of work where you clock in‚ do your job‚ and clock out. This was a different type of work‚ the type that is only rewarding to you‚ through yourself. I had done mission work before through my church‚ but this was different. For the 2007 Rebuild a Community trip‚ we decided to go to the ghetto of Atlanta Georgia to help out with community needs. These needs ranged from repainting schools‚ to essentially rebuilding houses‚ lucky for me‚ I
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Historical Autobiographical Essay A new year had just begun which was 1805; my family and I packed up and moved to a different state. The move wasn’t really by choice‚ but because the plantations had dried out and so had the money. Originally from Alabama‚ Mississippi‚ but we had just recently moved to Chesapeake‚ Virginia. I go by the name of Courtney Rich now‚ but in my past life I went by Courtney Bennett. It was very hard being a twenty four year old African American woman and married with
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A Case of Unusual Autobiographical Memory This report describes a woman‚ AJ‚ who claims to have exceptional‚ automatic and uncontrollable autobiographical memory. When she was eight years old her parents made a move to the west coast which AJ claims was traumatizing to her and caused her to want to organize her memories from back east. That’s when she started keeping a diary. At age 12‚ she realized she had a great detailed memory. By age 14‚ her recall became automatic. Despite her abilities
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word death has never even crossed my mind even once. I remember I never really liked or even wanted to spend anytime with my grandfather‚ all he did was scold and punish me. However‚ I realize I will never be the same because after learning about his life‚ I regret not even getting to know him before his unfortunate death‚ just 5 minutes would’ve been enough. Just thinking back all I could ever remember of my grandfather was that he never showed any emotion; never said he loved anyone‚ never said
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On Sunday‚ November 13‚ 1988‚ I made my first parachute landing from an airplane flying 12‚000 feet above ground. That weekend was very different for my friend Rondon and me. The previous day we left Sao Paulo very early‚ the city where we were studying our Masters Degree and traveled to Americana‚ a small town in the countryside located in the State of Sao Paulo‚ Brazil. When we arrived at Americana‚ about 9:00 A.M.‚ we went directly to the Marte camp‚ an area in the North side where there
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We are surrounded by living and non-living things. All animals and plants are living things and biology is the study of these living things. A cat playing with a ball is obviously living. A pigeon flying from tree to tree is also a living thing. Sometimes it is not so easy to decide. Plants are living things but they do not play with balls or fly. If something is living it will carry out all of the seven activities shown opposite. Some non-living things show one or two of the seven characteristics
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“The Lesson” Toni Cade Bambara uses literary devices such as symbolism‚ point of view‚ and diction to reveal the theme of Inequality in “The Lesson”. Symbolism is used in “The Lesson” to reveal the theme of inequality. The children looked at a myriad of exclusive toys outside the store. Some of these toys included a paperweight‚ a clown‚ and a sailboat. First off the children had no idea what a paperweight was. Sylvia said to herself "my eyes tell me it’s a chunk of glass cracked with something
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