A lesson learned on my last meeting with my father. July 27th‚ 1999 was the last meeting with my father. My father left for heavenly abode on April 22nd‚ 2001. My husband‚ infant daughter‚ and I were coming to the U.S with infinites dreams‚ desires‚ excitements‚ hopes‚ and unknowns. We were departing for the PROMISE LAND… During the final good byes that very last day‚ my father gave his final blessings and said‚ “Beta‚ Kashti dubo ke jaana.” “Burn your ships.” We left for the promise land on August
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FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER -2 How many of us have ever experienced sorrow‚ true starvation and death; all by the age of nine? Is it even possible for us to comprehend the intensity of those emotions if we haven’t yet experienced them ourselves? Probably not. Yet this is the task Loung Ung had set upon. I believe she succeeded in providing us at least a ghost of those emotions by providing us an honest portrayal of the events that took place‚ not barring any explicit details. This aspect
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time I read this poem I got the feeling that the speakers dad is an alcoholic based on the first 2 lines. Knowing that I got this pit in my stomach because my dad is an alcoholic aswell and I grew up with him always smelling like beer or rum. The second stanza I didn’t really understand so with a few more readings and dissecting it I should figure it out. However I did get that the dad is abusive towards the speaker based on the 3rd and final stanza. Overall I feel that this poem is strong and is
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God is creator and ruler of all things because he created heaven and earth. God sets stipulations and regulations known as the Ten Commandments; he shields and provides for his people‚ and punishes them for any wrong doing. In the beginning of time‚ God created the entire universe. He separated the light from the dark‚ the oceans from the dry lands and created all people‚ wildlife‚ and animals. The first people that God created were Adam and Eve. When God created Adam‚ he provided him with a wife
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My hometown was a wonderful place to live But there were many times it didn’t forgive Some memories I hold so fond‚ Others I wish were gone. My hometown’s history made my heart bleed The town no longer has what I need When the war came and took the peace as prisoners we wished to be freed That’s when you know it’s time to leave Because in my hometown I can no longer believe One day my father told me we must leave town With dismayed eyes as his tears were drawn He said we are fish
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My Hero‚ My Father As a child‚ I had always looked to my father as a hero. To me‚ he was strong enough to take on an army one handed‚ tall enough to reach for the moon and give it to me‚ and wise enough to know everything about everything. There was nothing my father could not do. He took time to teach me to read‚ write‚ walk‚ and talk. When learning how to walk‚ like any child I would occasionally fall. My father would pick me up and put me back on my feet. He always encouraged me to “get up and
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In both the short story and the article I chose‚ women live in a culture that treats them as if they are lesser than men. In My Father Writes to My Mother‚ the narrator comes from a culture where a women does not dare speak a man’s name as‚ “none of the other women ever saw fit to refer to their menfolk…” because the men are the working class in their society. Every 7 seconds‚ a new child bride explains to the reader about how poorly women‚ especially younger women‚ are treated in countries such
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My Grandmother’s Love Letters BY HART CRANE There are no stars tonight This first stanza is about memory‚ the letters aren’t even mentioned. Key words But those of memory. Yet how much room for memory there is In the loose girdle of soft rain. There is even room enough For the letters of my mother’s mother‚ Elizabeth‚ That have been pressed so long Into a corner of the roof That they are brown and soft‚ The second stanza is about his memory of the letters. He is saying there is enough room in
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My Last Duchess-Robert Browning The poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning is a poem written about a Duke of the 16th the century. The Duke is the speaker of the poem an is explaining to a visitor about a portrait of a ex-wife. He tells how she was a flirt and had very disgraceful behavior. He claims she flirted with everyone and did not appreciate his "gift of a nine-hundred-years- old name." As his monologue continues‚ the reader realizes with ever-more chilling certainty that the Duke in
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Arm Wrestling with My Father In this essay written for his freshman composition course‚ Manning explores his physical contact with his father over the years‚ perceiving gradual changes that are‚ he realizes‚ inevitable. For Manning‚ description provides a way to express his feelings about his father and to comment on relations between sons and fathers. In the essay after Manning’s‚ Itabari Njeri uses description for similar ends‚ but her subject is a daughter and her father. “Now you say
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