-How does the author describe the feelings of anxiety and excitement of the boy? My Greatest Ambition is a story written by Morris Lurie in 1984 about a thirteen-year-old boy whose greatest ambition was being a comic-strip artist although at the end he grows out of it. In this text the author can easily transmit the feelings of anxiety and excitement of the main character in different ways. One of the ways Morris Lurie describes them is through the boy’s incapacity of controlling his own body
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America’s Greatest Fear The Ebola virus was discovered in the late 1970s by the international community as the causative agent of major outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in Africa’s Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sudan (Vasilyevich IV‚ et al. 2005). Immediately‚ the International scientific teams moved in to deal with these highly virulent epidemics where their findings revealed that the transmission had exponentially ceased; however‚ the team could not reconstruct a considerable
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One of my most cherished assumptions is that all goals are reachable if you work hard to achieve them. I believe with dedication and faith‚ any person can accomplish what they set out to do in life and become a winner. Throughout history there were many people we considered winners‚ who‚ in fact‚ lost many times in their lives. A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he had "no good ideas." Even though he hit 714 home runs‚ Babe Ruth struck out 1‚330 times. Thomas Edison performed more than
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The Fear I Will Overcome I have this fear. It causes my knees to shake. I break out in a cold sweat. My heart starts to beat at 100 miles per hour and I get light headed. I am crying inside but try to act strong around people who think that I am the toughest one there. The thoughts of certain death run through my mind as I imagine my own funeral. My stomach feels strange. My palms are clammy. I am terrified of heights. Of course‚ it is not really a fear of being in a high place. It is the view of
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1. What are your greatest personal or academic achievements? When I first read this question I thought about two specific instances when I particularly felt proud of myself. My first greatest achievement was when I was accepted by Ocean Medical Center as a junior volunteer‚ when was a freshman going into my sophomore year of high school. At that time I had never applied for any position outside of school activities‚ and being a volunteer at the hospital would help me decide whether I wanted to
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Timothy Michael Williamson ENG 093 Mrs. Strickland Final Examination November 10‚ 2010 My Greatest Challenge My greatest challenge would have to be going back to school to get a better education. I know that I need to go to college and get a degree in something that pays descent‚ so that I wouldn’t have to worry if I was going to have a job from one day to the next. So‚ I enrolled into the LPN classes at LBW. I have been going to school for two semesters now and everything is running smooth
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My Greatest Ambition‚ Lurie. Story written in 1st person in voice of young(?) narrator. Tone shows a wry humour – adult reflecting on youth seems more likely. Language is straightforward and relies on variety rather than image creating. Sentences vary in length and create a sense of conversation. Humour of opening sentence implies adult looking back with affection. Memory as narrative tool: memory is always unreliable. Narrator counters this unreliability by frequent corrections and apologies
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yourself. My answer has always been the same. I describe myself as an average 17 year old. Though I have traveled the world and been very lucky to experience some of the most magical opportunities. I am a girl that is not different from many others‚ but when you look deep down‚ I am. I was born in Toulouse‚ France and at the age of 4 my parents decided to move to Casablanca‚ Morocco. After 4 years‚ my parents got divorced‚ and my mother‚ being the adventure seeker she is‚ decided to move my sister
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Kirk “My Greatest Strength” My greatest strength as a writer is the ability to choose my words carefully. Ever since I was young‚ my father has filled my head with what seemed like bizarre words I’ll never use. As the years go by‚ I find myself using these strange words more often‚ and eventually they become part of my everyday vocabulary. This combined with my ever-growing mental word bank supplied by the books I’ve read has allowed for a wide selection of words to use in my writing.
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three years old‚ and I also had many struggles with my family on pursuing my ballet dream. Despite all this hardship‚ I managed to come out on top. I was offered a spot on my dream ballet company American Ballet Theatre (ABT)‚ got to be bettered by their expertise on my ballet journey ‚ and was given many amazing opportunities for them. Being a dancer with ABT through all of the opportunities I’ve received from them have brought some of my greatest accomplishment. The goal in every ballerinas’ life
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