...Greg Mortenson, the main character in the novel Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson shows many different traits. One of the traits Greg possesses is compassionate. In the novel it tells, “Greg was living as cheaply as possible, saving all his money for the school and the trip he hoped to make back to Korphe (29).” Another quote that shows Greg is compassionate is, “Having nearly sold everything he owned, he then set off toward the taxi waiting to take him to the airport, where he would catch a flight to Pakistan (30).” Both quotes show that Greg sacrificed everything for the school, even his own belongings. Greg cares so much for the children of Korphe, that he will do anything for the school. Greg is described as compassionate, for he will...
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...BACK TO SCHOOL 1 Back To School By: Shabu Samuel Eng. 121 MISS. Kim Hunt 5/01/2011 BACK TO SCHOOL 2 Back To School Going back to school is something we all dread doing. In this story I (Shabu Samuel) became one of the minority that takes the extra step to get back to school. Seeing all the distractions in my path, I still manage to get on right path for improving my career. BACK TO SCHOOL 3 Back To School I was a great high school student. Being in the ninth grade at the age...
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...When hearing the quote “All Roads Lead to Rome” what do you think of? This quote to me means of how present day traveling, technology, inventions were all influenced by the Ancient Romans. Have you ever wondered how we get clean water or who made up the fact you have to go to school early? If your history teacher never said anything about Ancient Rome you’re in luck because I will teach you. All the way back in 44 B.C a Roman emperor by the name of Julius Caesar changed what was just Rome to the Great empire we know now as the Roman Empire. Even throughout the Roman era many influences were made that we still use and improved. An important influence from the Romans was engineering such as our water and sewage systems. “The water...
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...depression because of the events that had a huge impact on his life, and struggles to find himself, but by the end of the novel he matures. One of the examples of how Holden matures is how he let’s go of keeping children from adulthood. In addition, he no longer wants to save children from growing up. A quote that Holden says in a very sophisticated manner is one of a couple of supporting reasons to his dream of keeping children from adulthood. On page 211, “The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything.”. Another quote that is said by Holden is also on...
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...transform it into a source of courage, creativity, and compassion.” This quote is powerful in many ways and levels, and has helped many people overcome various forms abuse. Adeline Yen Mah was abused, and this quote sums up how she overcame the physical pain, and mental depression that her family caused. The story Chinese Cinderella is depressing in many ways but the first factor of depression is that she is verbally and physically abused. Adelaine describes this by saying “I realized that Niangs blows must have caused a nosebleed and that my face was probably smeared with a mixture of blood, mucus, and tears” (Yen Mah pg.115). Throughout the course of the story Niang and Father physically punish Adelaine. They hit, punch, slap, push, beat, lash, kick, and starve her, as well as other harming behaviors. Not only did her parents abuse her but so did her siblings. Another quote from the book is “Then I heard her words, loaded with malice, which made my heart jump and the hair stand up on the back of my neck. “Get out!” she snarled in a cold, distinctive voice. “ I shall never forgive you! Never! Never! Never! You’d better watch out from now on! You will pay for your arrogance!”’ (Yen Mah 35) . The story documents 10 years of her life and...
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...after ten kids on her own in a little hut” explain how the war has torn Anh’s family apart and has deeply effected how his father and mother lived throughout their childhood. When Anh’s Father is forced to almost single-handedly take care of his brothers, it builds and changes his personality and makes him far more responsible. When Anh’s uncles are put into a re-education camp, Anh’s father shows the leadership qualities and courage that he built over his childhood to free them from slavery. Chapter 1. From the start of the chapter, we can see the traits of an outsider, namely being a non-evident sense of belonging. When the communist guards were harassing the young lady; she was an outsider as she was being ostracised and segregated from the rest of the group in a nasty and threatening way. This was evidenced in the text from the quote “ ‘Lift up your trousers’ the guard demands. The girl lifts her black cotton pants to her ankles. ‘Lift them higher,’ he leers. ‘In fact take them off.’” From this quote, we can see that this person was an outsider momentarily as she was not safe in the eyes of the reader. There was no-one defending her nor was there anyone who was willing to take on this role. This was quickly rectified and the young woman was no longer an outsider but now had a close group around...
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...professor at schools such as NYU, Boston University, and City University. Wiesel resided in Romania during the Holocaust and was sent to Auschwitz in Poland. Luckily, he and two of his sisters survived this traumatic experience, but, they will forever have the malicious, knavish, and despicable memories forever. Holden Caulfield, the main character of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, does not reveal much information about...
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...“Stay Gold” In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton the Greasers had eachothers back. Greasers are compassionate for one another, because of their loyalty against their enemies, protect each other, and they go to each other for help and advice. “You take for your buddies no what they do. Which in a gang you stick up for your members if you don’t it isn't a gang anymore.”(The Outsiders Loyalty Quotes) This quote inspired me by how well the gang works together through superior and poor situations and it shows that one has to be there for eachother in a gang. The Greasers are very loyal against their enemies. They were determined to win. Most of the time they would work together no matter what it took. The Greasers would physically defend each other. “Some Soc knocked out one of our bunch and was kicking me hard but I had...
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...Michigan, one of the the highpoints of the fall is the state finals for cross country. For high schools across Oakland county Michigan, the cross county state finals took place in the beginning of November and led to one high school winning their first ever state title. Lakeland High School and Milford High School showed up to the cross country state finals to take the title. The article “Lakeland, Milford grab D1 state titles” was written by Marvin Goodwin and printed in the Oakland Press. The article was printed on November 6, just after the state finals took place on November 5. The title was given to the article because the Lakeland boys cross country team and Milford girls cross country team are joined together as Huron Valley schools and both received state titles on the same day. I spoke with Lakeland high school’s boys’ cross country coach Joe Verellen in a phone call interview as the main subject in the article. We talked about his career at Lakeland, his views about the article and his views on...
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...Public Schools for Refugees THM: Bhutanese refugees cannot afford private schools. They need free public schools. Intro: During early 1800s, Bhutan needed more population for economic reasons. At that time, a lot Nepalese migrated to Bhutan for a better life. My ancestors we one of the first one that reached there. After a couple of years, this group of people had their own house and beds of roses. Usually, Nepalese were Hindus back then. After a hundred and sixty years there was a political and religious uprising, Bhutan started having problems with the Nepalese. Almost every Nepalese were kicked out of Bhutan. It was a brutal act that my parents faced. Many were jailed for not agreeing and some were killed. My grandfather was killed during this time for not wanting to leave Bhutan. Their houses were taken and were deported to Nepal, 150 miles from India, in a big forest. Out Of those few breaths left, I was born. They were dropped off in the forest with no food to eat and a place to stay. They built their little bamboo houses there and managed to live. Until this day, there are no public schools in the refugee get camps and young people like me do not go to school because they cannot afford private schools. This is why they need free public schools. TS; Victor Hugo once said, he who opens a school door, closes a prison (n.d.). Schools are good for social skills (Yuting 2010). 1. People can interact 2. Make friends 3. Learn new things TS:...
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...How Did UAB Lose and Get Back Their Football Program Yogi Berra says, “When you’re part of a team, you stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they’d do the same for you.” This quote proves that you should protect your teammates through good or bad times like all the UAB football players did to protect their football program. To understand the recent story of UAB football people need to understand how money was involved, how UAB students and faculty were involved, and how people outside of UAB involved. One huge reason why UAB’s football program was discontinued was all the money involved. The article states, “the statement noted UAB subsidizes $20 million of the roughly $30 million annual athletic department operating budget, which is the fifth largest budget and subsidy in Conference USA” (Gray). This quote is...
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...his will along with his mom as a slave keeping him from being the amazing book and poem writer he aspired to be. Countee set his mind on living a better life, therefore he moved across the country. Countee was born on May 30, 1903 in Louisville, Kentucky but later moved to New York where he was raised by his grandma because his mother had passed away. An excerpt from the novel, Black American poets and dramatists: Before the Harlem...
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...Influence On My LIfe One Tree Hill. It has had a major impact on my life. It has showed me different aspects of life. It´s showed me the beautiful things in life that we overlook daily. The bad stuff and the good, that we should appreciate because it's shaped us and our world. It was a Television Show that ran for nine years. One Tree Hill has some amazing quotes that mean something to me. ¨I think we waste our words and our moments and we don´t take the time to say the things that are in our hearts when we have the chance.¨ This quote has changed my life and made me think about what I say does it have a true meaning, and that our time is limited we should take advantage of that. ¨Love means giving chances when there are no more...
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...real reason why a Filipino dialect would be important to learn. His situation occurred during the 80’s and, since then, the number of Filipino and Filipino Americans not knowing a Filipino dialect increased. There can be many rationalizations as to why, year-by-year, the population amongst young Filipino and Filipina Americans retain from learning a part of their heritage. For example, in the book Homebound, by Yen Le Espiritu, there is a reference as to why some immigrant parents refrain from teaching their children how to speak a Filipino dialect. Similar opinions also occur in the section “Filipino American Identity: Transcending the Crisis,” by Linda A. Revilla, and how Filipino soldiers stationed in Hawaii were called a “disgracia,” or a disgrace, because they did not know a Filipino language. Both books correlate to what my brother went through when he was living in the Philippines for two years. In his early days of living in the Philippines, he was ridiculed for being a foreigner with a New Jersey accent. Ironically, after finally learning how to speak and understand Tagalog fluently, he had to move back to America and he quotes, “It’s like starting over again.” As one can see, language plays an essential role for people to adapt in certain societies. Learning how to speak...
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...the battle school for all to hear. The novel, Ender’s Game portrays a military society united with a common enemy that therefore, the protagonist has a predetermined destiny of which he is to join the army and become a commander. However, along the way the protagonist, Ender, comes into many conflicts and complications as a result of the setting of the novel. The importance of setting in a novel is unexplainable; for example, the time, place, and customs could change the story from being Sci-fi to ancient history. Without setting the novel, could be completely different. In this novel, the battle school is a futuristic space station located in the asteroid belt near Earth where young children are forced to forget their past and become great military commanders. In the story, Ender’s Game, the battle school is in an extremely futuristic space station that is in the Age of Peace and War. To begin with, the novel must be placed in the future. For example, the knowledge of the people in this story is incredible. Evidence of alien life, space stations creating its own gravity, and children at the age...
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