Armed Services YMCA Essay Contest 2005 "Why I Like to Read" I have traveled the world Egypt‚ Great Britain‚ Italy‚ the Holy Land‚ India‚ France‚ Germany‚ and a host of other wonderful places. I have visited the Great Pyramids‚ the Valley of the Kings‚ the Roman Coliseum‚ the palace of Versailles‚ the marvel of Stonehenge‚ the bloody battlefields of Gettysburg‚ and experienced the splendor of the Taj Mahal. I did not travel by plane‚ boat‚ rail or car nor was I alone on these journeys.
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Dear mme Ashli‚ This year had many marking highlights and memories that I will surely treasure forever! This year in secondary was a great way to start off my middle school years! With awesome peers to do projects with and entertaining teachers‚ it was just a splendid way to start and end the school year. If I could‚ I would re-live my 7th grade!!! If that’s possible… I will not mention them all for I have too many‚ but there are three that were the most pleasured by me! (: First off‚ I thought
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prepare me for an office work environment; I am obtaining my Associate of Art Degree in Medical Office Specialist. I have some existential number of years contributed to customer service and I am available immediately! I have an awesome personality and I am a very reliable individual; also‚ I have the ability to catch on to new‚ exciting tasks easily. I have great work ethics and I believe that I would be a great asset to your company because of my willingness to succeed! I feel that this particular
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Some read books to idle away their time. Some read books to widen their knowledge‚ while many others read books to enjoy its content. I belong to this category. I enjoy reading good books particularly novels‚ short stories‚ plays‚ etc. The world famous literary works of great authors such as‚ Charles Dickens‚ Tolstoy‚ Dominique Lappiere‚ Rabindranath Tagore‚ R. K. Narayan‚ Arundhathi Roy‚ Salman Rushdie‚ etc. have always charmed and thrilled me‚ giving waves of delight‚ leisure‚ relaxation and
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dreamer and I dream of the world. One with secrets and lights in the shadows… my shadows‚ my secrets to keep. A calm peaceful place and yet different‚ so very different. My own small safe that holds my loves‚ desires and passions. A dark‚ clouded world with its own thoughts. Secrets are quiet and honest but most of all… hidden. I can keep one or share it. I choose to share mine‚ my haven‚ my life‚ my secret‚ to you. My secret is filled with forests that’ll listen and talk at the same time and
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My Favorite Room Walking through the front door of my apartment‚ I enter my favorite and most relaxing place to be: the living room. Sitting in my living room I feel relaxed and stress free. The first thing I see when I walk in is my wife’s shoe rack. To the left is her creepy monkey picture. When I look to the right I can see the whole room. I try to keep it nice and clean‚ but with school work‚ it doesn’t always stay that way. As I sit down on my big comfortable couch‚ I look up at my huge three
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In her poem “The Author to Her Book‚” poet Anne Bradstreet portrays the feelings one feels as his or her work is read and criticized by others and the eventual acceptance of the faults in the writing. Bradstreet portrays this outlook on the creation process through the use of a metaphor comparing a written work- specifically a “book” in this poem –and a child. Bradstreet uses motherly language and words with a protective connotation in describing her “child” in order to reveal the speaker’s admiration
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return for the accident that Thao had made‚ he started working for Walt doing any spare chores that be may have. Over time Thao and Walt become very close with one another‚ so close that Walt gives his life to save Thaos family from the gang. My favourite character i Sue‚ Thaos older sister brings a lot of joy to Walt and is always making sure he is happy. If it wasn’t for sue‚ Walt would never have become close with the Vang Lor family. Sue has a very strong personality and shows no fear
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My favourite book. For years‚ teachers and parents have been worried about comics‚ the cinema‚ television‚ and now the Internet. They all stop children reading‚ they say. However‚ it now seems that children are reading more than ever. Reading habits have changed‚ because there is now lots of competition from other media‚ but I think that reading is still popular. The reading is very important for me because book is cognitive. When I read a book I recognize something interesting‚ I get
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About the short story The short story Black is My Favorite Color by Bernard Malamud is about Jewish-Black relationships in America similarly to several of his other novels (such as The Assistant‚ 1957) and short stories. Bernard Malamud (1914-1986) was born in Brooklyn as an offspring of Russian Jewish immigrants. Along with Saul Bellow‚ Philip Roth and Paul Auster‚ Malamud is one of the most important Jewish-American writers. Black is My Favorite Color deals with prejudice in general and positive
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