Lies in the Central South Pacific near the equator a small island formed by a volcano eruption years ago an island called American Samoa. An island filled with high green mountains‚ with a shining blue sky‚ and a clear blue ocean that beautify its surroundings and it is valued by its people. What a joyful place to live‚ to interact with beautiful people‚ a simple life that is slowly evolving into an advanced lifestyle. I have wondered of how I would react with problems of my educational life if
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remember when my sister announced that she was pregnant. She brought the whole family out to dinner‚ and wrote things on our napkins like “Proud Aunt or Proud Grandpa.” Out of joy‚ my eyes watered and I hugged my sister and congratulated her. I counted down the months and days until her due date. Finally‚ the day has come and my first baby niece has arrived. She was one week early. The drive to the hospital seemed like it took a life-time. Of course‚ there was tons of traffic‚ and we even got caught
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Death be not proud By John Donne What is the poets personal view on death and what ideas does he bring across to support it? The poem suggests that the poet has gained personal victory over death‚ disregarding its power and declaring his own ability to defy it. If you look closer‚ you would see that death has been written in small letters indicating that death is trifle. That it has no reputation or value. He mocks a very frightening subject implying that‚ the most severe power that ends the
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The General in the Particular C. Wright Mills reflects his ideas of sociology as the studies of the behavior of individuals to make a conclusion if the issues that happened socially have an effect of the person’s life. Mills also claims that the only way to understand a person’s behavior is through examining the social content of the behavior. Therefore‚ it creates a quality of mind that he calls “sociological imagination”. By using this concept‚ it will show either the social‚ historical‚ cultural
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part of Agusan del Sur‚ Bayugan is the ‘cut-flower capital’ of the province owing to its productive cut flower industry. The city’s climate‚ especially in the highland barangays‚ is advantageous to high yield cut-flower production. The city is also one of the major producers of rice and vegetables in the province‚ even the need of neighboring municipalities and provinces. The crossroads city of Bayugan is the commercial center of northern Agusan del Sur‚ and the confluence of five neighboring towns
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terms of culture‚ tradition‚ cuisine‚ and transportation.All of us Filipinos should be proud of them. There are a lot of tourist spots in the Philippines that we can be proud of. And to introduce my culture would be fun and great. I would make them ride a jeepney‚ eat some street food like kwek-kwek and drink some alcohol like tagaka. First‚ I would make foreigners ride a jeepney.It is one of the transportations in the Philippines. It has four wheels and a lot of colors and
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Tony Harrison on the other hand was born into a proud working class family in Leeds. Harrison’s poem is completely opposite to Donne’s as it tells the reader about his personal life and the unfortunate passing of his Mother. “Death be not Proud” was written three hundred and fifty years ago and written in sonnet form‚ a traditional form of writing at that time. In “Death be not Proud”‚ Donne personifies death‚ calling death “thee” and “thou”‚ this makes “death” seem less influential and demonstrates
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PROUD TO BE INDONESIAN Indonesia. What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘Indonesia’? Indonesia is the one and only country in the universe that has so many islands‚ languages‚ tribes‚ traditional dishes‚ culture or should I say cultures – because the Indonesian people them selves can not count the culture that they have in Indonesia – different dialects‚ the variety of skin tones and so many variety that we can not count. If we ask foreigners what the first thing that pops up when they heard
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Death Be Not Proud Death be not proud is a poem by John Donne where he focuses on presenting an argument against the power of death. Using personification by Speaking to/about death as if it was a person‚ John Donne addresses death by warning it from its pride and “mighty and dreadful” force (line 2). He starts his argument by telling death that those he kills do not die‚ and that doesn’t even apply to the poet himself. In Donne’s point of view in this poem‚ Death brings “Much Pleasure”
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Analysis of a Poem “Death‚ be not proud” The poem‚ “Death‚ be not proud‚” dramatizes how death‚ yet as harmful and scary as can be‚ may also be the most harmless thing in the world. The speaker starts off by stating‚ “Death‚ be not proud for though have called the Mighty and dreadful‚ for thou art not so” (1-2). One man‚ mocking death‚ whether it be a person or a religious figure‚ and stating that even though death may take anything and everything at any moment‚ it still brings him no harm; “Die
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