The poems‚ "If" and "Mother to Son" are both poems that addresses that the central idea is a life lesson. Both writings are similar because‚ they both have a similar central idea. Both authors convey this idea there are similarities and differences. Although‚ the poems have the same idea‚ there are similarities and differences. The poems come across life edvice. "If" and "Mother to Son" are similar in a way because‚ they are both about teaching a life lesson. In both poems it about teaching their
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Mother Teresa. She was born on 26 August 1910‚ but she considered 27 August the day she was baptized‚ to be her “true birthday” she was born in Skopje‚ now capital of the Republic of Macedonia‚ but at the time part of the Ottoman Empire. –wikipedia.com She came from a wealthy family‚ and could easily have lived a comfortable life‚ but she gave it all up to become a Catholic nun and devote her life to the poor. During her lifetime‚ she had many achievements; here are just some of the awards which
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In the short stories of Mother Tongue by Amy Tan and Public and Private Language by Richard Rodriquez‚ both essays describe an influence on the English language and what impact they had while coping with that language. For Amy tan in Mother Tongue‚ she roots the common source for who had what kind of impact on her learning of that language. In Public and Private Language‚ Richard Rodriguez establishes a view point on why it is important to be given a public identity. Both stories come together to
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in Langston Hughes‚ “ Mother to Son” the mother explains to her son that he should be optimistic‚ which leads to the major theme of‚ no matter how hard the obstacles‚ keep on going. When the mother is talking to her son she explains to him that life isn’t easy and that he should be prepared for the obstacles up ahead. For example‚ it is stated that the mother tells her son that‚ “Don’t you fall now-” “For I’se still goin’‚ honey” (17-18). This demonstrates that the mother wants her boy to understand
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Mother Theresa‚ a Catholic nun who entered the Sisters of Loretto in Ireland to become a teaching nun‚ was sent to India to teach. Later‚ moved with compassion‚ and the love of God‚ she received a "call" from God to help the poorest of the poor. Modern people‚ and most people who call themselves Christians‚ think that going to Church on Sunday‚ saying some things‚ and being nice to people is what it is all about. They are completely missing the mark. Those kind of things are just the tip of the
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scientists alone‚ every individual can join hands in this global mission on "How to save the earth from global warming"‚ and i have listed something below. Unless we understand the effects of global warming it is really going to be tough to save our mother earth. 1.Automobiles stay ahead of everything in the emission of carbon‚ so as for as possible try to avoid using your automobile for short distances. 2.Instead of everybody using their own vehicle if some of you are working in the same area and
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The Blind Side film review The Blind Side directed by John Lee Hancock. Is a family sports drama film. This film is about a young man taken in by the Tuohy family and introduced to the sport of football. I liked the movie because it showed the caring side of a family and it shows how good people can actually be. I am going to comment on the aspects of costumes‚settings and dialogue The Blind Side is a movie about the struggles of Michael Oher and the story of how he is taken in by the Tuohy
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The Dark Side Of Chocolate When I heard the name of the documentary I must say I expected something different to what it really was. The things that I saw presented in this documentary never even crossed my mind before. When purchasing chocolate products‚ who really stops to wonder about the background of the product. I will never look at chocolate the same again. What truly shocked me was the names of the companies that were ignoring what was going on. I could not believe that they would
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Introduction It has been said throughout time that‚ necessity is the mother of invention‚ but what facilitates necessity in today’s modern society has become a vast gray area. As a society‚ we are use to‚ and so dependent on‚ such modern conveniences‚ as high-speed internet‚ cell phones‚ laptops‚ tablets‚ search engines‚ and GPS‚ so much so that we would not know how to function without them. The dependence on modern technology is making way for a whole generation that is incapable of doing anything
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Beth Cooper Professor Barrett Introduction to Drama West Side Story is an American musical with a book by Arthur Laurents‚ music by Leonard Bernstein‚ and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The musical’s plot is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Set in New York in the mid-1950s‚ the musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks‚ two teenage street gangs of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The members of the Sharks are first-generation
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