	How would you cope if you were going to die? In the memoir Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther‚ his son Named Johnny is faced with this situation. At an early age‚ Johnny was found with a brain tumor‚ and struggles to survive. Johnny later died from the brain tumor. Johnny was loved by many people; much of whom tried his/her best to help Johnny through this ordeal. Although Johnny was faced with death‚ Johnny faced death with courage throughout the book. Even though Johnny was faced with
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pride in those twelve years he had served his country. He always said‚ “that one man can make a difference.” It depends on if you believe it or not. It depends on you as a person to make the decision. “Don’t look at past in despair‚ but look towards the future and prepare for it‚ because when it comes you’ll be ready‚ to take on a new challenge” he said. If you are prepared to join the military; then expect to make a difference‚ if you are stuck behind a desk or in the field you will be making
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Malay‚ Chinese and Indians have maintained their individual identity and keeping their cultures in the land of Malaysia. They have learnt to create a merge of all three which lead to be peaceful existence of contemporary multicultural Malaysia. One of the classic examples of the amalgamation of cultures comes in the form of Chinese and Malay. Chinese are the earliest immigrant to the Straits‚ with adopting the Malaysian culture. They marry with the Malays and produced a new set of generation
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living on and never being forgotten. John Donne‚ in Death Be Not Proud (Holy Sonnet 10)‚ expresses the same logic‚ saying Death is not something to be afraid of and how the speaker has dominated it. Donne uses anthropomorphism‚ figurative language‚ and tone to show readers death is vulnerable and it is easily taken over with willpower. Although death is not a living thing‚ Donne capitalizes the word in the first line‚ “Death Be not proud…” In lines three and fourteen‚ death is not capitalized. Donne
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What Are You Proud Of? By: Mulki Abshir Certain things happen in your life that you never forget; sometimes they’re happy moments‚ other times sad moments and sometimes they’re even powerful moments like when it’s your turn to be bullied. I’ve always thought that when your friends or you get bullied‚ by ignoring the bully would make them leave you alone but I realized it just makes things worse. It was 3rd grade in Elementary School‚ a year that I realized something important. So far
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Lincoln was the first President not born in one of the thirteen original colonies. Also‚ he was the first President from the Republican Party. Prior to his election as President‚ seven Southern states had seceded from the Union. In his inaugural address on March 4‚ 1861‚ Lincoln reached out to the South by telling them he had no intention of changing slavery as it existed; but he held firm to the ideal that the Union be forever preserved and indissoluble. Soon after this‚ the Southern states banded
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Jacintha Saldanha made one mistake‚ she answered a phone call. The phone call that had eventually led to her death. Had did that happen? From a simple call to suicide? The question: Is the media to be considered a boon or a bane‚ is still up for debate after years of its entrance. The media now encompasses all spheres concerning information distribution- like the television; radio; Internet and so many others. In many ways we’d be blind without the media. How would we know about the atrocities
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The new teacher arrived in the town with a belief in the educational benefits of paper folding: she had written a pamphlet for other educators entitled ’ Creasing Patterns into Children’s Brains: the Place of Origami in the Classroom. ’ One afternoon a week she taught her pupils basic designs and demonstrated more complex constructions. What really added fuel to their spark of interest was her collection of animals‚ birds and abstract shapes‚ built up over many years and kept in a specially constructed
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Proud to be an Indian 20 26 Oct 2010 | India India‚ a country with a culture having more than ten thousand years has enriched the global scientific‚ educational‚ economic and cultural scenario significantly. That is the reason why mark Twain has stated “India is the cradle of the human race‚ the birthplace of human speech‚ the mother of history‚ the grandmother of legend and the great grandmother of tradition.” Being born in such a great country‚ you have millions of reasons to feel proud as
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How and why is one social group represented in a particular way? We are all shaped by the culture and environment that we grow up in. As we grow up‚ we are taught certain things and are bombarded with images. These later become the norm and shape society. If we live in a society that is constantly showing woman in a certain way‚ it becomes the accepted image of how woman should act and behave. If we live in a society which says woman should have a certain place within society that becomes normal
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