The Happiest Refugee The book The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do is about a young family in Vietnam who risk their lives to travel illegally to Australia. In the middle of the ocean with the sun beating down on a jam packed boat‚ with water supplies already running low‚ more trouble arrives‚ a pirate ship. With all their goods taken‚ hope for survival is at their lowest. Just as everything seems lost‚ a German ship arrives. The family reaches Australia safely and kindness surounds them. Anh lives
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“Run! You got this Hannah!”‚ shouted my dad. Hearing him cheer me on urged me to play tougher‚ run faster‚ kick the ball harder. I passed to one of my teammates‚ she scored‚ and the crowd went wild. I turned towards my dad and saw his smile explode across the field making me feel like the utmost adored person in the world. This was my junior year. It has been three months since my father abruptly died. I spent time with him on Sunday and he was gone on Monday. I felt desolate‚ heartbroken‚ and resentful
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watched my mom run herself ragged to try and support us. She was finishing her college degree‚ while working two jobs and raising me. My parents had just gotten divorced and I was scared and sad and didn’t understand what was happening. My mom and I were incredibly tight on money‚ and things were terrifying. I was a ten year old worrying about my next meal. As girls wore hoodies that read “Hollister” and “Aeropostale‚” I was wearing mix-matched outfits we had found at goodwill. While my friends
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lost someone very dear to me‚ my mom‚ and my grandma‚ although she was very loved by many. I can say that it seems like it is harder for my mom and grandma. They both loved her so much and you can tell it broke my mom some. She was sad today while looking through my great grandma’s things but it was worth everything to see all the stuff that she owns and read more about her life. Today we received the package of my great grandma’s things and journal’s about her life basically. So as I am sitting
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The last day of my high school career is fast approaching and I can only imagine how I’ll be feeling when I step out of S.F. Austin’s grounds for the very last time. Throughout these four years‚ I have felt a lot of urgency about graduating high school. I didn’t think that the time to graduate would come soon enough. But now‚ that time is finally nearing. I cannot believe that it has come this fast. <br><br>I remember my first days of high school. I was just dying to experience all the new and exciting
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The memoir‚ "The Happiest Refugee" written by Anh Do is an extraordinary true story of a boy’s journey from starvation at sea to becoming one of Australia’s best loved comedians. The novel tells us about incredible‚ uplifting and inspirable story of Anh Do. The novel has many themes such as; adversity‚ bullying‚ humour and most importantly courage. Courage was used by many people throughout the novel such as; antagonist‚ protagonist and other characters. Courage was used when the antagonist saves
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Essay #1 Essay #1: Digital Identity (Due 10.2.2014) For essay #1‚ you are going to write a personal narrative (using argument) about your digital life. What digital devices do you use? What can’t you live without? What do you do on-line? How do you understand your digital identity? In your essay‚ you will need to make a very clear argument about your digital identity and your relationship to the changing digital world. Your completed essay should be a minimum of 750 words. It should
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Day in the Life of My Pencil I finally see the light of day and it looks like it is early in the morning. I can tell that the class is supposed to write an essay. I hope that I will be used. I haven’t since he got those new pens and my value became miniscule. I feel very lonely‚ as all of the other pencils broke and only I remain. It appears I am the one chosen to write the essay. I have been waiting for a long time to finally do this‚ my moment of truth has finally arrived. There is a lot
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A day in a life of an astronaut I wake up because of the blinding light outside .The sun truly comes out like thunder I say to myself ‚each sunrise lasts only a few seconds ‚but in that time you see at least eight different bands of color come and go ‚from a brilliant red to the brightest and deepest blue. I see sixteen sunrises everyday here in space‚ but no sunrise or sunset is ever the same. I am still overwhelmed by the fact that I am one of the people who have been to space. I summon
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