Island of Minds Saskatchewan is a country. I disagree. Toronto is just in your face. Adapt. Fuel the conversation with something funny. I’ll wait. The sweetest people I know Are gearing up for war. The pressure is on. I am me and you are you. Don’t disrupt the system. Break the boundaries of the Outsiders and blend together. But be scared. We are a handful of personalities. So say goodbye to your innocence. A smile is all we sneak in‚ and then It’s constant stares circling the room
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***Tally Ho Generations Apart Childhood can be rough in many ways. For a shy 12 year old throw in a move to a nearby town and the forced expectation to make new friends. Who could have thought that at this tender age‚ I would experience a lesson in overcoming fear? “Honey‚ you need to walk down the road and go visit Mrs. Webster” My father quietly suggested. He could read the doubt and fear on my face‚ but wasn’t ready to give up. “Mrs. Webster has that farm that we can see off the back deck.
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American Idiot is a song written by the band Green Day criticising America’s response to the September 11 attacks. They attack the government & the media even going as far as to call the government rednecks. I chose this song because it offers up several controversial topics such as September 11 and the media subliminally controlling the American public through television and newspapers. Through-out the song Green Day use thought provoking language that really gets you thinking. Green Day start
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It can be said that struggles bring people together and‚ at the same time‚ break them apart. When two people realize their life situations are quite similar are controlled by fundamentalism‚ they tend to stay close to one another for comfort and understanding‚ even though they share nothing in interest. However one will eventually attempt a change‚ to try and manipulate their circumstances for the better or to leave. The other is inevitably left alone and desolate. Although a complicated kindness
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At the start of the novel‚ Anil did not have inspiration or courage to continue with her studies as an archeologist. Anil “[...] seemed timid to herself. She felt lost and emotional.” (Ondaatje 142). Anil was at a low point in her life‚ and felt vulnerable because her parents had died in a car crash and she was living in London – a city new to her. After a while she would meet a man from Colombo‚ who was a med student. This man “[...] focused his wits entirely on Anil [...]” (142) this man seemed
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Theme: Falling in Love – has to do with the Intensifying Stage of Knapp’s Stages of Romantic Relational Development because the girls is feeling more connected and attached with the guy Title & Artist: “Weak” by Jojo Introduction: When a girl is falling for a guy‚ all of these mixed feelings start to stir up. She gets weak in the knees‚ doesn’t know what to do‚ and is basically mesmerized. She can’t control her emotions. She doesn’t feel stable. As much as she tries to fight the feeling‚ it
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Personal Response “If you travel with fraud‚ you reach your destination‚ but are unable to return” (Ghanaian proverb). What are the assumptions underlying this quote? How possible is it to undo the bad we do? This proverb describes one of the significant themes in The Things They Carried. It describes the mental and emotional burden the soldiers are forced to carry throughout their lives as a result of the atrocities they committed during the Vietnamese War. This proverb is assuming
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When I read the story A Rupee Earned by I.F Bulatkin I related to it most. The story is about a young lazy boy that sits on his ass all day doesn’t do anything to support the family. When his father got a notice that he will only alive for so many days he told his son that if he could earn one rupee all of his dad’s fortune will be his. I haven’t been in a situation like the lazy boy but my family always told me that if you work hard now in school when you get older all that hard work will payoff
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Mayella’s Moment Pa came stormin’ through the front room‚ cussin’ a’me‚ madder than a wet hen‚ an’ his face more ruddy than my legs after yesterday’s beatin’. I knowed I was done for; Pa’d seen me kissin’ Tom through the window. I cowered to the corner of the room‚ hopin’ that Pa’s beatin’ on me ain’t gonna be so bad‚ though Pa was drunker than Cooter Brown. He showed his teeth‚ “You damned girl. Watcha doin’ cuddlin’ to that nigger-boy? You was tryin’ to kiss that nigger!” Pa slurred. His eyes
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To Take For Granted There is a universal feeling of uncertainty among so many other emotions when one experiences a brand new setting; a multitude of firsts can be quite intimidating. The main conflict of this excerpt is a struggle between the fear of the unknown‚ or the unfamiliar‚ and the more powerful will to change and grow. The narrator describes a deep discomfort in the first paragraph of the passage‚ explaining how her sound sleeping was not due that night to a feeling of happiness and security
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