The big surprise. Two years ago I was with my family visiting Chiapas‚ we were in Palenque and we rented a car so that it was easy for us to move around the entire city and visiting all the nearest towns around‚ the plan was to go in the car around the country. One of the first days we went to visit the entire archeologist zone and the pyramids. My brother and I went to the car like at 10 am to leave some souvenirs and a big statue of a cougar that my mother bought so we can walk more easily and
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Last Tuesday‚ I woke up early as it was my sixteenth birthday and I was very excited. Quickly I dressed for school and came downstairs. I went to the kitchen. I saw my mother was busy preparing breakfast as usual and my father was getting ready for work. My siblings also were busy as it was a school day. I was very disappointed. No one had remembered my birthday. I tried not to show my feelings and went to school. Even in school‚ my close friends seemed to have forgotten my birthday. That day
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Surprise Award Provokes Mixed Feelings President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on October 9th. The award has brought immense attention to the modest President. This is an immense accomplishment for Barack Obama as well as for anyone who is privilege enough to win such an award. The argument throughout this article is if Obama is truly justified in winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Scott Wilson does an impressive job of creating an argument within his writing. Both sides are expressed
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Faiyz Siraj #6110991 Professor Bider 603-103 EPIPHANY AND THE SHORT STORY 29 April 2013 The Frivolous Obsession of the Hobbling Creature in “Shiloh” The short story “Shiloh”‚ which has a partially omniscient narrator‚ is written by Bobbie Ann Mason. It is about a failing relationship of a couple who has been together for 15 years. After an accident Leroy Moffit‚ a truck driver‚ finally returns home‚ expecting to spend time with his wife Norma Jean and he is determined to build her a log cabin
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Life has many surprises‚ some of them are good and others are bad.You can have many different types of surprises. You can have them from your friends‚ your parents‚ a stranger‚ people from home‚ and even nature. This is about some surprises Huckleberry Finn had in the book written by Mark Twain. First of all‚ the surprises that Huck received from home. After his father abandons him Huck Finn stays with an elderly widow. The widow takes very good care of Huck and teaches him the manners that he never
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A Christmas Surprise for Grandma by Gloria J. Shuttleworth Grandma lived on Sugar Creek Mountain all alone. It was a beautiful mountain‚ with tall cedar trees all over the mountain top. In the middle of the mountain was a crystal clear lake. The water in the lake was the prettiest blue you’ve ever seen. When the water was calm‚ you could see the fish swimming around in the lake. I loved sitting by the lake when I was a little girl. Grandma would pack us a lunch‚ and we would sit at the lake for
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stayed in inside. My teacher asked me what was wrong‚ but I didn’t want to talk to anyone. She asked me once more and I told her that nobody here at school or at my house had wished me a happy birthday. She laughed and said “you are up for a big surprise”. I didn’t know exactly what she meant but I helped
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Assignment #1 Essay A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift The Humanities Volume II: Culture‚ Continuity‚ and Change April 28‚ 2013 Justino L. Berrios In Jonathan Swift’s essay A Modest Proposal‚ the author uses satire in the essay and the title itself‚ to make a point about the English government allowing the citizens of Ireland to starve to death. The proposal that he makes is by no means “modest‚” hence the sarcastic edge surrounding the title. The essay was written in 1729 and during that
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windows. Diyas and candles are placed on rooftops‚ rooms‚ and kitchen and even in the bathrooms. On this day‚ people worship Lord Ganesha‚ the foremost of all Hindu Gods and Goddess Lakshmi‚ the Goddess of Wealth and Prosperity. It is time to exchange gifts and sweets with friends‚ relatives and neighbors. Due to India’s varied cultural diversity there are many manifestations of the Diwali festival. The festival begins with Dhanteras‚ a day set aside to worship the goddess of prosperity‚ Goddess Lakshmi
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Birthday Surprise: A Tiberius Story by Keith Harvey Sometimes the postman came to Tiberius’ house‚ but not very often. Occasionally he had a letter from a friend who had moved away to another village and sometimes his aunt would send him a letter‚ or even a parcel! Tiberius was halfway through his breakfast of cheeseflakes when he first heard the postman’s cheery whistle. ‘Great!’ thought Tiberius. ‘It sounds like a letter or‚ even better‚ a parcel is coming my way.’ The whistling got louder and
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