Write 250-300 words about your Christmas break (or your ideal break). Please check your final draft for usage and mechanics. Just like the first day of school‚ I’m going to write a small narrative on what I did over Christmas break. I had a great Christmas break where I did many different exciting things. I spend a lot of time with my family and helped them with several things such as housework‚ carwash‚ doing the laundry‚ make dinner‚ helping my mom with house cleaning‚ buying groceries and etc
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Civil War was the bloodiest American War‚ which placed brother against brother and tested the will of the Union. There were many causes to the breakup of the Union in 1860 to1861‚ but there are three that stood out the most. Many people believe that the Civil War was a war fought solely over slavery‚ but the reality was it was fought on several fronts. The three main causes were: the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ the decision of the Dred Scott case‚ and the South’s cultural influenced fanaticism
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Friendship in Sula In Sula‚ Toni Morrison questions what true friendship is by putting Nel Wright and Sula Peace’s friendship to the test. Morrison tests the phrase “opposites attract” in this novel. Nel and Sula have two different personalities yet they are able to compliment each other. They are opposites in the way that they relate to other people‚ and to the world around them. Nel is rational and balanced; she gets married and gives in to conformity and the town’s expectations. Sula
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Cody Miller English 1106 Combiths 11 February 2015 Friendship in Pritchard Coming to college‚ I was terrified. I had no idea what to expect. I was about to be thrown into a brand new situation with people I did not know‚ and classes that I was not prepared for so I was worried about making new friends‚ but I eventually met many great people. Through friendship and the living environment in the freshman dorms such as Pritchard Hall at Virginia Tech‚ my group of friends has found a sense of place
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definition of friendship is a state of being friends; friendly relation‚ or attachment‚ to a person‚ or between persons; affection arising from mutual esteem and good will; friendliness; amity; good will. That all sounds nice‚ but it doesn’t cover the fact that a true friendship is a relationship that can survive the test of time and remain unconditional. Friendship for most people is a combination of affection‚ loyalty‚ love‚ respect‚ and trust. The general traits of a friendship include similar
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Fast Break The most exciting play in basketball is the fast break. This poem outlines every detail of the fast break and does a great job using the words to create a fantastic visual for the reader. The title of the poem‚ "Fast Break‚" is actually what the whole poem is describing. The visual that is created is one of the reasons this poem is so appealing. My love for the game of basketball‚ more specifically at the collegiate level is another reason why this poem catches my attention. The
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and some may be our enemies. But do we really have levels of friendship? If so‚ then we also have levels for our enemies‚ right? I am pretty sure that in the middle of both kinds of relationship comes Nothingness. Friendship‚ I can say‚ is not just a matter of label nor of status. People who have been friends a long time ago who have now no communication may not be friends at all. There are lots of factors which could bring up such case. It could be the distance or the places where they really
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Angela Kacarka Eng Comp 1113 JKYC March 23‚ 2013 A True Friendship Many people may ask‚ “How do I know if a person is a true friend?” A true friend is hard to come by because she is a person that you will cherish for the rest of your life. Being able to enjoy time spent together with a person is an obvious reason to consider them a friend; however‚ just spending time with someone is not good reason to consider them a true friend. A true friend is not just a sidekick to have fun with‚
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Importance of Friendship Friendship is one of the most important elements in the books of Aristotle’s ethical principles. Aristotle takes the idea of friendship to a serious degree by saying: “For without friends no one would choose to live‚ though he had all other goods” (1155a5). It is really an understatement saying that Aristotle cares about friendship. He categorizes into three different types of friendships. The first friendship is based on utility‚ the second pleasure‚ and the third is the
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In a friendship relationship honesty is the most important trait one should have. Although many traits such as respectfulness‚ trustworthiness and caring are also important to have one believes that honesty is the number one trait. Honesty means telling the truth‚ having good intentions and being sincere. To establish a friendship relationship one should be able to believe in each other. An example of this is believing in each other is when a friend borrows money and they say they will return it
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