Incidents in the Life Of A Slave Girl Linda Brent CHAPTER I The conditions of this master-slave relationship are that the slave (Linda) is there to do work for her mistress‚ or master‚ which is now her sister’ s daughter. Linda is supposed to take care her new owner’s five year old daughter‚ help plant things‚ take care of any animals and anything else she is told. As a slave‚ she should also do everything else she is told by her master. "After a brief period of suspense‚ the will of my mistress
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The Incident at Roswell There are many weird things that occur on planet earth that cannot be explained or are hard to explain. One of these occurrences is the incident at Roswell. When strange debris was found near Roswell‚ New Mexico‚ people started believing it was from an extraterrestrial space craft. There are many questions left unanswered and many theories of what really happened started developing. Theories that stated that the debris was just from a weather balloon‚ or was part of a project
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Study Guide Chapter 1 – Childhood Linda recounts early childhood before she is a slave Father is a carpenter He is very good at his craft so he is granted many privileges as that of a free man Reader learns about Linda’s mother‚ brother William‚ and Uncle Benjamin‚ who is sold at 10 years old. Aunt Martha‚ Linda’s maternal grandmother‚ is described as a strong-willed‚ resourceful woman‚ who begins baking in order to earn money to buy her children’s freedom
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lots of commotion‚ its downfalls are the many criminal gang activity the streets of L.A are known to have. Growing up in a hostile environment everything I knew and was used to was the gang street life in L.A. Education did not become a priority the possibility of improvement for a better life never crossed my mind. I am the first generation child it was hard to adapt to the American way of living‚ despite been born here. I only gathered with Hispanic kids who were also the first generation of parents
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you about America‚ what is going to come in your mind? For those people who have never been outside America‚ I know it will be hard for them to understand what I mean. When I was in Africa‚ I thought that everybody in America is rich‚ educated and has a happier life‚ and when I got here I found out it was different. Eight years ago‚ I was wishing to come to America. I was born and I grew up in Africa‚ a country known as Tanzania. Everybody in Africa wishes they could be born in America. Life in Africa
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I started my first year of college with my life prearranged. I had a ridiculous notion that everything was going to be a piece of cake. I was going to join different clubs‚ do lots of research‚ make the dean’s list‚ make my parents proud and attend as many parties as I could. However‚ now when I look back‚ I realized that I was too comfortable in my life. I thought I was ready to overcome every obstacle that was thrust upon me but I was sadly mistaken. College was a culture shock. I concluded that
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a vicious witch who put magic on me and made me had a bad start in USA. My family immigrated during the winter and it brought changes in my life and my personality. It is a sign of starting new. In this new place‚ I have enjoyed a certain level of comfort like making new friends and seeing new things. But‚ every day‚ I still had to grapple with language difficulties‚ cultural gaps‚ and day-to-day life issues. Especially about associating with people‚ social aspect became one of the most challenging
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My dad was the person that named me Brian. Knowing him‚ I was pretty lucky to get a normal name. I’m surprised that it wasn’t something strange or funny-sounding. My siblings have pretty normal names too. My brother is William and my sister is Jennifer. My middle name is Robert. It was given to me because it is my father’s name‚ and his middle name is his father’s name‚ and so on. I guess my parents wanted to keep the tradition. My last name is Guedes. It has run in the family for as long as I can
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First Accomplishment in My Life It is so difficult to live in the United States‚ the land of opportunity‚ without education and the English language. Without these two things‚ our lives seem like meaningless. My family is one of the victims of this problem. Two years ago‚ when I was a senior student in high school‚ I almost could not graduate from high school with diploma in hand because of failing the exit exam twice and my lack knowledge of English. At that time‚ I really wanted to
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I struggled to come up with a time in my life where I could not be myself. I have had the same job for fourteen years‚ have been with the same person for more than fourteen years‚ and have had my friends for longer still. Trying to find a time that I can distinctly remember not being myself I have to go back a long time‚ probably around eighteen years. The more I thought about it‚ the more I could only recall freshmen year in high school as being a time where I was living two lives. I attended a
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