Jennifer M. Stone Justin Mundhenk English 1101 September 15‚ 2014 My Independence Day “If I don’t get up now‚ he is going to kill me‚” Keeps playing over and over in my head. As I lean against the 1940’s solid oak door that my boyfriend of nine years had just thrown me into- I have to focus‚ so that I do not lose consciousness‚ I hear my three year old Benjamin Lee saying‚ “Momma wake up! Why are you sleeping?” I realize that I must have passed out. He rubs my cheek with his hand
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The past few days were a surreal blur. Our beloved king was murdered and replaced by the seemingly innocent Macbeth. Several days later‚ the news of Banquo’s death reached the castle. It can’t be a coincidence. I have been living at this castle for exactly four months now after my father decided I should finally find a husband achieve something for the family. I have no intention of marrying‚ the mere thought of having to spend the rest of my life with someone that sees me as his object makes me
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back. In the last four years how much have you changed? Strange thought isn’t it. But you continue to change. Do you fear change? If you do‚ stop because change is inevitable. Change is evolution. Consider Chiyo’s change in Rob Marshall’s film Memoirs of a Geisha. Chiyo could never have anticipated the life she came to love‚ despite the struggles and the hardship involved. Especially when she meets her beloved Chairman on the bridge. A bridge that is symbolic of Chiyo of crossing over into a new
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William Zinsser has advice for writing memoirs. “Be yourself”‚ “speak freely”‚ and “tell your own story” (Zinsser‚ 2‚ 4‚ 6). It applies to many different memoirs. William Zinsser’s “How to Write a Memoir”‚ gives the point of “be yourself” (Zinsser‚ 2). This applies to “A Summer Life” because Gary Soto writes as if he was a child. According to “A Summer Life”‚ “I was five…”(Soto‚ 16). He also was adventurous because he went to find a shoe whose‚”…print was almost three of my brother’s hands‚
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as testimonies and memoirs)‚ thus addressing both the history and memory of the events (and how history and memory are related) in the process? Through the interpretation of historical sources‚ it is possible to create a picture of the instances that occurred to help us form an understanding of the tragic events that unravelled in a particular genocide. Traditional sources (letters‚ correspondence and memorandum) are used with less traditional sources (testimonies and memoirs) to provide us with
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she learns the rigorous arts of the geisha: dance and music; wearing kimono‚ elaborate makeup‚ and hair; pouring sake to reveal just a touch of inner wrist; competing with a jealous rival for men’s solicitude and the money that goes with it. In Memoirs of a Geisha‚ we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl’s virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where
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Annie 2091 Ms. Lisa Diviney 5 Prompts of Memoir 6 August 2014 Tuesday with Morrie The book “Tuesday with Morrie” is structured at first‚ like a school’s hand book‚ then it changes to a diary. Unlike the fiction work‚ chapters are not labeled one‚ two‚ three‚ and four. Instead‚ the first chapter was called “The Syllabus” which is an introduction to Morrie‚ the author’s college professor‚ a significance figure in this book. The second chapter was called “The Student”‚ the chapter
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Julio‚ I enjoyed reading your memoir. I definitely learned a lot about you from the part you have finished. I look forward to seeing where you are going with the piece. As you finish‚ keep in mind the end goal of what you want the reader to leave with after finishing the memoir. What are you trying to teach us about your life? When first reading the line “I honestly do not know in what moment my sister was taken from my hands” I thought that you were speaking figuratively and this was your way of
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In a time set in the 1930’s‚ a teen represents the struggles and hardships people dealt with during this era‚ and what they had to do to get by. In Neil Simons story Brighton Beach Memoirs‚ a teen named Stanley exemplifies the struggle and hardships people faced through actions‚ words‚ and decisions. In the story Stanley is a teenager living with his family during the great depression who’s struggling to get by. Stanley’s altruistic trait makes peoples lives’ easier to whoever surrounds him during
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Memoir Rough Draft The hot sun was beating down on my neck as I was picking weeds in a field.The humidity is so thick you could cut it with a knife. The smell of grass was in the air. My soft hands were getting blistered. My skin had been browned as it was covered in dirt. I hated my parents for making me do this. A man comes over and asks me to make sure that I don’t miss any. This man was my grandfather. My parents had me dropped me off while they were at my sister’s softball game. I was stuck
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