In my novel‚ Falling for You by Lisa Schroeder‚ the main character is Alice. Alice gets lonely‚ and her boyfriend‚ Blaze‚ doesn’t seem to notice or care. Her stepmom is currently pregnant‚ adding to the stress in Alice’s life. In order to get her stress out‚ Alice writes in her diary. Alice is very girlish and is into fashion. Although‚ her physical image would make you think she’s popular‚ Alice is depressed and keeps to herself. My first slide is about my character traits. Alice is not an outgoing
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The Era October 12th‚1868 Ashley Rivera The new Black Code laws made by President Johnson. “Free blacks are only allowed to work as farmers or servants.” Says one of the landowners in the South. Black Codes By Ashley Rivera Slavery is a main problem socially‚ economically‚ and politically and has changed the lives of so many people. It caused so many problems so why not just end
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Today is my first day writing in a journal. I live in Egypt in a small cave made in the year of 1473 right know I am a slave for the Pharaoh. I am a mother of two kids a boy a girl her name is Ariella and the boy’s name is Abram. My husband died a year ago from a very serious disease. Nowadays I feel like the days keep on getting longer without him. Me and my very poor family don’t have much to eat for every meal we get one slice of bread. Somedays I have to go without eating a crumb so that my
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“Ishmael……. Understood this too: that accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart” explain the importance of this as the conclusion of the novel The text concludes with two summations. Firstly‚ that human hearts are unknowable‚ therefore one can never fully know another’s hearts desires. Secondly “accident ruled every corner of the universe”‚ thus we can never fully control what we are going to do as fate has a way of disrupting our plans. This is contrasted
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Langston Hughes’ poem‚ "Mother to Son" is reminiscent of the well-known expression "let’s have a father to son chat"; however‚ in this case‚ the saying is altered to "mother to son." One may ask‚ "so where is the father"." Possibly‚ this is one of the many struggles that the "son" in this poem must face when the mother is compelled to offer her sage advice. The advice and consequently theme of the poem is determination and courage‚ in particular when confronting the uphill battle of life. Poetic
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Bruno’s diary Year 1943‚ age 9 years old as I was born on the 15th april 1934. Day one of strange happenings: Today I came home from school and maria was in my bedroom going through MY things - Even my secret things. She is just a servant but I tried to be polite when I asked what she thought she was doing. Maria never takes all my private things out‚ she puts things away like she’s supposed too. I asked mother why maria is packing my things but she won’t answer me properly. She just
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India prevail over Pakistan in a nail biter The 3rd and the last one-day international between India and Pakistan played on 6th January‚ 2013 in New Delhi finally gave the Indian supporters a reason to celebrate. In a low scoring game‚ India(167 all out) beat Pakistan(157 all out) by 10 runs to prevent a white wash in the 3 match series. Pakistan defeated India in the previous two ODIs and were all set to clean sweep the series. India won the toss and decided to bat first but the poor batting
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ethical standpoint‚ how would you evaluate the merits of Mr. Garbo’s employing Amber? Discuss. Mr. Garbo should not have been pressured by Mr. Davis to hire his daughter‚ Amber. The employment of a “friend’s” son or daughter may or may not be a good business practice. If Amber had been competent‚ mature‚ ambitious‚ energetic‚ and wanted to learn the business‚ then Mr. Garbo would have made a good decision. However‚ Amber did not possess these characteristics‚ and so Mr. Garbo’s decision was based
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Song: Go and catch a falling star The poem “Song: Go and catch a falling star” was written by the cherished poet‚ John Donne. In this satirical poem‚ through a series of images‚ he conveys his belief on the faithfulness‚ or rather the unfaithfulness of women. Donne’s use of diction‚ allusion‚ imagery‚ sound effects‚ and tone create a unique richness in the language of the poem‚ which make it enjoyable to read. The denotations and connotations of this poem create more depth and richness. In
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CONSUMPTION DIARY : THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY NEEDS AND WANTS IN A WEEK In today’s society‚ it is noticeable that the economics is acknowledging and describing the difference between needs and wants. What people need to realize is that‚ do we want them or do we really need them? People nowadays buy things everyday and often tend to get their wants more than needs compare to people in the 1800s‚ who survived without wanting or desire towards something. Those days it is common to have the needs
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