Story: One of These Days Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez Reflection: The author begins the story by describing the main character‚ Aurelio Escovar. He is a dentist‚ and supposedly a professional‚ yet the author depicts him as poor and unprofessional‚ wearing ‘a collarless striped shirt‚ closed at the neck with a golden stud‚ and pants held up by suspenders’. The author describes Aurelio as ‘erect and skinny‚ with a look that rarely corresponded to the situation‚ the way deaf people have of looking’
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One fine day‚ out of the blue‚ the hands suddenly decided that they were not satisfied with their lot. They compared themselves with the feet‚ the body parts that were most similar to themselves‚ and they questioned the different treatment meted out to each of them. "Why do the feet get to do all the hard walking and we are pampered up here"‚ the right hand questioned. "Is our strength being looked down upon? Does everyone think that we can’t support the body like the feet? We want to do rough and
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My Best Friend The year was a strange one‚ one that was beyond anything I had ever experienced before in my short 12 years on planet Earth. The Y2K scare had everyone running for water‚ food and power supplies in the beginning. I was leaving elementary school and life couldn’t be happier. Between the “summer Olympics”‚ my friends and I developed‚ the beautiful scents of the local woods‚ the ma and pa ice cream shop we went to in downtown Crete‚ Illinois‚ or the new addition of all of us reading
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saying holds true. A true friend never sees only your good days and good deeds but he stands by you even on the darkest day of your life. Ramu Rao studies in my class. We have been friends since class two. On many occasions when I would forget my lunch box at home‚ he has shared his tiffin with me. Once when I nearly fought with the class bully he saved me. He thought that no good would come from bad actions and to get good things in life one must do good things too. Like you throw flowers towards
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MY BEST VACATION. Dear all‚ Today‚ I would like to tell you about my best vacation. A few summers ago‚ my sister‚ her colleagues and me took a vacation to Nha Trang for 5 days. As you know‚ vacation was special days! We visitted many well-known places such as: Vinpeal Land‚ Hon Tam Island‚ Diamond Bay‚ Thap Ba Pagoda‚...and so on. On the way riding in the cable car to go to Vinpeal Land‚ we saw several jelly fish in the very blue water. It is the first time I have ever seen an extremely beautiful
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Haagash is my best friend. He is the unforgettable person in my life. I was very friendly. I liked him because he was never sad‚ had a good sense of humor and always told jokes. Many times Haagash and‚ myself and two other students from our class visited parks. He likes to play basketball‚ football & cricket. We share our food‚ books‚ clothes‚ stationary‚ etc… He was a new student in my class. The first time I saw him when I was in grade 2. I came into my classroom. He sat alone everyone looked
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Pagan Professor Combs World Citizen Service Journal For this assignment I opted to dedicate my time to baseball players that needed some help with their hitting mechanics. I have been playing baseball for quite a while ‚ approximately 14 years‚ where I have been part of collegiate and professional baseball. In regard to what I mentioned‚ my knowledge in baseball is a very profound one‚ I have played with great baseball players and thankfully I was able to absorb every single tip or hint
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My Mom‚My Hero‚ My Best Friend Wow where do i begin..... My mom is definitly my best friend. She has been here for me through think and thin‚ good and bad‚ and ups and downs. When I was seven my father passed away who was there for me and my sister ? My mom she was my mom and my dad for a while untill one day she met a man who has been my dad for the past 12 years couldnt ask for a better dad then the one she found. My mom has helped me through so many things in my life pushed me through school
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The simplest gifts are the best ones; a thought spoken so often yet continues to remain true to this day‚ why this is the case is a difficult concept to grasp. After all humans by their very nature are complex beings & in the 21st century we are taught to toil over our work so we can splash our cash on the latest gadgets & gismos‚ gifts which are far from simple.` Yet my best gift & most treasured possession by far was a handmade‚ created from scratch card made by my friend for the Eid celebration
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Giglio 1 Megan Giglio Eng 111 Sect 8857 Langston 10-13-12 My Best Friend: A best friend is always someone who will be there for you when you need them the most. Who is my best friend you ask? Well her name is Megan Elizabeth Jerlin. We first met back in the fourth grade at Petrides. There we found it a coincidence that we are both named Megan and she is only eight days older than me. We got along instantly with one another. From there on out we were placed in the same class. We
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