history of the author. The short stories “A Pair of Tickets‚” “The Open Boat‚” and “The Yellow Wallpaper”‚ all revolve around characters who mirror their authors. Amy Tan’s “ A Pair of Tickets” begins with the main character (Jing- Mei) on her way to China to fulfill her mother’s dream. As the train enters Shenzhen‚ China‚ Jing Mei beings to “feel the skin on my forehead tingling‚ my blood rushing through a new course‚ my bones aching with a familiar old pain” (179) describing
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morning‚ and my mom my sister and I were on our way to Cedar Point. I was so excited‚ I couldn’t sit still. We were in my mom’s green Camry‚ so I kept hitting the doors! While sitting in the car‚ my sister was exclaiming how cool the rides were‚ she told me her favorite one was the dragster. I had a queasy feeling when she told me what the dragster was‚ but I ignored it. As I looked out the window I could see the big roller coasters haunting me from the highest peaks. When we first got there‚ I
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Mr. Marty Stephens‚ my project manager and I are restoring his 30ft pontoon boat. This will consist of taking everything off and putting all new plywood‚ siding‚ carpet‚ furniture‚ speaker wiring‚ and reconstruction of the whole consul. When you do a project like this you have to know what is it that your boat will be doing the most. This pontoon boat will be used mostly for swimming and water sports; therefore we will be looking for decking‚ carpet‚ and furniture. First‚ we have started taking
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My first time experience I remember when I went scuba diving for the first time. It was the summer of 2002. My Dad‚ his two friends Mark and Bob‚ and I went on a scuba diving trip to San Carlos‚ Mexico with a group of scuba divers from June 21st-29th. It was June 22nd‚ a beautiful day. The temperature was at about 90 degrees and it was very sunny. I was on big nice scuba diving boat along with the other eight divers on the trip and captain and co-captain. The boat was headed to an island about
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Professor Sre FYS 8 September 2014 My First Job I got my first job at sixteen because my parents required it. However‚ I had no intention of getting a job and wanted to continue being a teenager where I had little responsibility. As I looked around my hometown for a job‚ I found that there were not a lot available. I finally was able to find a job close to my house at a local Dairy Queen working for minimum wage. Now that I had a job I had to make decisions in time I spent between friends
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My First Job Experience For teenagers‚ having a job is a way of making money‚ just a way of having extra cash for movies or clothes. It makes one feel independent. Personally‚ it made me feel sort of like an adult. It taught me how to be responsible and to handle my finances. I had to learn how to take public transportation‚ how to interact with my coworkers‚ work with different types of people‚ and also learn punctuality. In a way‚ it was almost like I had learned real life skills in under 3 months
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Personal Essay February 14‚ 2014 My First Pregnancy I never knew the power of my own strength and what my mind and body is capable of going through until I experienced my first pregnancy. In January of 2010‚ one month after my twenty first birthday‚ I had found out news that would change my life forever. Feeling nauseated and not myself‚ I decided to take a pregnancy test at the doctors and discovered I was about three to four weeks pregnant. It was extremely difficult for me to even accept
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A girl’s first kiss‚ whether good or bad‚ is an experience she never will never be able to forget. At age twelve I had never had a serious relationship with a guy‚ although it seemed as though every girl my age had already kissed several guys. It really hadn’t bothered me‚ because I really wasn’t interested in any of the guys I knew at that time. Then‚ when it seemed as though I would never find a guy I would be interested in‚ I met Blake Sadler. Blake and I first met through my cousin Amber. One
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Dawn M. Ernst Ms. Bernard ENG 101-05 02-05-13 My First impressions… When I was thirteen years old‚ and it was summer time I would go to McMoran dances that’s where I saw this boy. He was so cute dark hair‚ tan skin‚ tall and thin‚ he also had a very nice smile. He didn’t notice me because I stayed hidden. I kept seeing him there every week but I was so shy I said nothing‚ of course summer was almost over and I went to the last dance just to see him and he was not there. So I started High school
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What was your first job like? When I was sixteen years old I thought my first job was going to be at Mc Donald’s or some type of fast food restaurant. My mother wasn’t really the type that forced me to work at a younger age. Usually a lot of teenagers don’t work until seventeen or eighteen years old. Some times when I was a child I always wanted to be more responsible by doing things on my own‚ working‚ and driving‚ but at sixteen what can I be responsible at. As a young teenager I always looked
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