This town I found myself in right now was unique. For some reason‚ it felt different from all the rest. Sure‚ it was breathtaking‚ but that was not what was bringing on this feeling. I tried to observe my surroundings carefully for this loose thread. The red cobblestone was lowly lit in the warm glow of the Christmas lights that hung everywhere. Explosions of red and green and blue and yellow filtered everything in sight like 3D glasses. Tinsel and garland wound around the support columns of
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What would you do if you found out you were dying of cancer? Would you able to make jokes and laugh it off as though it were nothing? Would your humor be a way of denying the truth? People use humor in different ways. In "The Approximate Size of My Favorite Tumor"‚ Sherman Alexie tells how one man tries to use humor to deny the reality of his terminal disease. He shows how humor can be taken too far. This story demonstrates how humor can destroy one part of your life as it helps you cope with another
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A Place Called Home Outline Purpose: To provide a safe environment for teenage mothers that have no other resources available to them‚ where they will be able to raise their children‚ continue their high school education‚ and find employment. They will be taught the skills to become successful as parents and self-sufficient citizens of their community. Introduction: To become a leader in the mentoring and molding of the young single mothers of society‚ helping them on the road to success
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* My favorite bear is the Chicago Bears mascot. This is the team Brian Urlacher plays for now. He has played for the Bears his entire professional career. During his time with the Bears he has gone to the Super Bowl and several Pro Bowls. His rookie year‚ Brian won the Defensive Player of the Year Award for most outstanding Linebacker in the NFL. Growing up as a child‚ he had a rough life but it didn’t stop him from playing great football through from the time he was young to the time he
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My favorite entrepreneur: Ms. Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey was born into poverty by a teenage single mother in 1954 in Kosciusko‚ Mississippi. For the earliest years of her life she was raised by her maternal grandmother‚ and under her kind-hearted discipline was taught to read by the age of two and speak exceptionally by the age of three. When Winfrey was six years old‚ she was sent to live with her mother in Wisconsin. She was submerged into inner-city Milwaukee‚ and faced the hardships of growing
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No place to call Home You’re on your way home from work or school and you stop at a red light. As you patiently wait for the light to glisten green you notice someone walking in between the rows of cars. It’s not the usual person who’s always selling water and random fruits; instead it’s a person in raggedy clothes holding a sign that reads “Please help. I’m homeless” written on a cardboard flap. Now the question is what are you going to do? Will you reach into your wallet and give this
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(600) ENC 1101 Mr. Temple 29 September 2010 My Place of Comfort There is nothing that is more comforting to me than a cozy bed with crisp‚ clean sheets. My bed has always been my place for rest and relaxation. The only thing that could come close to comparison would be a shower. Both my bed and a shower seem to help me wash my problems away. On my days off‚ I love to stay in bed as late as I possibly can; I can also‚ sit in the shower until my fingers and toes are pruned‚ leaving me without
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Religions may vary in many aspects. While some religions may have the same beliefs‚ some will have the exact opposite beliefs. I come from a place where even though there are many religions found I get to observe and practice only my own religion. Even if people are open about different religions‚ one religion being involved in another is not acceptable for my society. This is one of the reasons why I have always been curious about other religions and their ways of following and practicing it. This
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My favorite book is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. The first time that I read this book was for school‚ so I automatically assumed I would not enjoy it. I ended up being very wrong. I was not able to put the book down‚ it keeps you interested and wanting to know what happens next. In the book‚ two of the main characters Elizabeth and Darcy are destined to be together although at first they are not aware of this. In my opinion this really pulls the reader in from the beginning‚ they feel a
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"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place on Long Island in the early 1920s. Gatz is from a lower class Midwestern farming family who falls in love with the wealthy well bread Daisy. The two are unable to marry and live happily ever after as they are from vastly different backgrounds and social status. Gatz enlists in the military and upon the end of his service is befriended by a wealthy benefactor who employs him "in a vague personal capacity". Gatz’s employment provides him the opportunity
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