my idol is my mother In our lives ‚ we came across many people . We see new faces everyday. Many of them remain anonymous ‚ some may be acquitances‚ some will become our friends but from that ‚ only one person will become our idol. What makes an idol? In the words of Oxford Learner’s Dictionary‚ idol is person or thing that is loved and admired very much. I supposed that everyone of us have their own idol either a pop‚ singer ‚ Prime Minister ‚ or football players. For me‚ my mother‚ or ’mak’ as
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MY TEACHER‚ MY HERO There are countless definitions of heroes today. Is it a superstar who used his fame and fortune to help the needy in his hometown? Is it a firefighter who sees no danger in all circumstances just to save lives of people? Is it an Overseas Filipino Worker who is ready to bear the pain of being alone just to provide his family a comfortable life? But what really makes a person a hero? There are heroes and heroines‚ national and local. Some of them are born‚ others are made
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The New Politics of Consumption Why Americans want so much more than they need. Juliet Schor I n contemporary American culture‚ consuming is as authentic as it gets. Advertisements‚ getting a bargain‚ garage sales‚ and credit cards are firmly entrenched pillars of our way of life. We shop on our lunch hours‚ patronize outlet malls on vacation‚ and satisfy our latest desires with a late-night click of the mouse. Yet for all its popularity‚ the shopping mania provokes considerable dis-ease: many
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Essay: My Bondage‚ My Freedom First published in 1855‚ this book tells the story of Fredrick Douglass ’ life first as a slave‚ then as a fugitive‚ and finally as a free man working to free the rest of the slaves in the American South from bondage. My Bondage and My Freedom is widely considered to be one of the most historically influential documents produced in the midst of the abolitionist movement. Written by a former slave‚ the memoir served as a moving argument against the inhuman institution
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My strengths aren’t really much‚ because I don’t have lot of them. My strengths for writing include staying on topic‚ using examples‚ being organized‚ and good at explaining my problems and how I will address them. I was never good at staying on topic but I started being more careful with my writing. I make sure I never go off topic and talk about things that do not belong. I make sure that I am organized in my essay. For example‚ when writing my essays I make sure that I write about one thing per
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My Childhood‚ My Future I was seven years old when I started to hear the explosions. Soldiers came to each house to search for weapons. As a child living in Baghdad living through a war adversely affected me. The city was very dangerous‚ so my parents decided to move to another town where all my family gathered together in one big house. My family and I were very frightened by what had happened and what would happen in Baghdad. After a while‚ when the violence subsided‚ we returned
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MY FATHER‚ MY HERO: ____________________________________________________________________ My father is not a celebrity; he is not such a recognizable face. My father is not a national hero; he is not a multi-millionaire. My father is just an average quiet man‚ whom I honour and respect. My father was born in 1954‚ in the small South-Indian state of Kerala. He was the fourth child of my grandfather (late C.M. Thomas). My father managed to succeed well enough in classes to pursue education at
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them and pet them. I also have beautiful pets. My pet dog’s name is Muthu. He is from the German shepherd family. Some people think that this kind of dogs is very fierce and hard to manage. But Muthu is very nice and loving. He always follows his master’s orders. At night we let him free and he guards our house. He doesn’t like to sit simply in his kennel‚ bored. So‚ in the evening my Dadichan takes him for a walk. He wags his tail and licks me when I go to see him
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Frederick Douglas’s My Bondage and My Freedom and the 1800s American literature has always been greatly influenced by what the author experiences in his life‚ and it is very evident in lots of American writing. During the 1800s‚ slavery was a big influence on literature in America‚ especially for slaves because if they were literate‚ slavery was most likely the only thing they had to write about. Frederick Douglas’s autobiography‚ My Bondage and My Freedom‚ is reflective of slavery during the 1800s
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My Pet My dog‚ Itsy‚ is the best pet; in fact some people tell me she is like on of my children. I have had her since she was a small‚ innocent‚ four-week-old puppy. She is a black and tan dachshund‚ otherwise known as a weenie dog. Itsy is mostly black like the midnight sky‚ although‚ all four of her paws are tan and she has a small round tan dot on the inside corner of her eyebrows. Her snout is tan with ebony down the top; it’s also long and narrow like Pinocchio’s nose
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