The poem entitled “Gasparillo Remembered” by Anson Gonzales is a pantoum about an ex-slave reminiscing about the past and the experiences he has had on the sugar plantation and how they have changed. Anson uses imagery and figurative language to highlight the theme of change in his poem. The theme is developed gradually as Anson takes the readers on a step by step journey of life working on the sugar cane plantation to life free of the plantation and the experiences good and bad faced by the people
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A Day That Will Never Be Forgotten It was the morning of what was about to be a one the most significant days of my life‚ the date was December 11‚ 2010‚ my wedding day. I was still tired and jetlagged from the flight home from my deployment overseas just a couple days prior. It was about to be a busy day due to the fact that I had returned home a week later than planned and everything was going to have to be done at the last minute. Both my wife and I had a lot to do before we were
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A birthday remembered essay Love is very complicated‚ not just butterflies in one’s stomach‚ but it also involves a lot of pain. The pain is not easy to drain. We have to confront ourselves with the pain and get over it‚ but that’s easier said than done. We restrain our feelings and try to forget them. This only causes an even bigger pain. That is the situation for Ellen‚ the main character in this short story. Ellen’s love life has been complicated‚ she is a lesbian and obliged to listen to people’s
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melanoma. I remember a minor surgery was performed on the neck and two lymph nodes were removed to be tested. Great news everybody‚ they were found to be cancer free! Now‚ stop and think how many lymph nodes are in your body. After many doctor visits for what was thought to be a sinus infection‚ I can remember the look on my dad’s face when we were scheduled to have an ultrasound performed. We would later discover we were about to start yet another adventure. Soon‚ we would learn this one would be the worse
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During the reading of the short story “How I My Husband” by Alice Munro‚ the reader is introduced to a character named Chris Watters who literally flies into the plot told by the protagonist Edie. Chris‚ a pilot who learned to fly airplanes during the war came across to the reader as a carefree young man who flew from town to town selling rides in his plane to make an honest living. Only later during the short story did the reader understand the true identity of Chris Watters; though he was a young
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I. A Raisin in the Sun play‚ written by Lorraine Hansberry shows how ones personal experiences can become a great story. Hansberry was born on May 19‚ 1930‚ in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ which also serves as the setting of the play. She wrote this play about a struggling African American family that is about to receive an insurance check for $10‚000. This money comes from Mr. Younger’s life insurance policy. One way or another a writer somehow writes something they can relate to in their work to make
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A Vacation Out of Country Many people don’t go on vacation outside the country thinking that going to a foreign place would be very expensive; it also can be stressful planning a vacation over long distances. Decide the destination‚ how to get / transported to the destination‚ route planning‚ accommodation and food‚ the most stressful thing for most people is the unexpected. Plan a vacation to a foreign place can seem difficult almost impossible for some people‚ but with a few simple steps you
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Ludwig van Beethoven Two hundred years ago one of the greatest composers ever to exist was born. His name was Ludwig Van Beethoven‚ but to the world he was best remembered as Beethoven. The talented musical composer Beethoven became one of best well-known composers and performers ever to exist. Starting his work in music at just a young age‚ Beethoven learned to become passionate for music in a hard way. It was told Beethoven’s father believed in his capability‚ which made Beethoven work that much
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Smoking and Friends. It was a nice and warm afternoon on a summer holiday. I have been waiting for my best friend‚ Obinna to come back from a little vacation that he went to. I was so thrilled to share the news with him. I finally smoked marijuana‚ and the day that I tried it for the first time he was not present because he was on a vacation. I had always been the one who criticized people that smoked marijuana‚ including my best friend‚ so it was exciting to me to finally share the news
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are supposed to do all the house work‚ and behave in a polite manner. In the story "Boys and girls" by Alice Munro the protagonist struggles with societies ideas of how a girl should be. This story is about a girl who prefers helping her father with chores on the field as opposed to helping her mother in the kitchen. As the story progresses her mentality changes as she starts caring about what she wears‚ how her hair looks‚ and doesn’t protest being called a girl. The relationship between men and
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