...A Birthday Remembered The story takes place at Ellen’s a year after Jackie passed away. The situation is that when Jackie died, Tobie’s father got the custody of her, but because he has a problem in dealing with the fact that Tobie’s mother was a lesbian, he won’t let Tobie see Ellen, who’s the woman Jackie had been in a relationship with. After a year living at her fathers, Tobie calls Ellen at her birthday to congratulate, and invites herself and a friend for a cup of cocoa. Following they talk about Jackie and love. In the story, a third person narrator appears, and it is seen from Ellen’s point of view. Ellen is a lesbian, and she had had a relationship with Jackie, who passed away about a year earlier. She is born on Valentine’s Day and she had become editor of the food section and had written a cookbook. At the time, when Jackie passed away, and Tobie were to live with her father, she was very sad. She did not get a chance to say goodbye to Jackie during the last rituals, because of the father, and that has made a deep wound inside of her. She does not feel like Tobie belongs to her – them - anymore, and she miss both of them very much. Now she has moved on a bit, and can look back and recall without too much pain, but there is many things about Tobie, that reminds her of Jackie and the past. Tobie is a girl with blond hair, which is cut short, and physically she looks like her father with the sharp, angular face. She looks like her mother in the warmth and quickness...
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...11-11-2013 A Birthday Remembered Homosexuality is not always looked at nicely most men thinks that it is wrong and they don´t know why they just think it is gross and when a woman leaves a man for another woman he thinks that it is wrong and that they are insane. But we are all just people and we have the right to choose who we love. These themes can be seen in the text “A Birthday Remembered” by Ann Allen Shockley from 1980. The story takes place in Ellen´s home over an afternoon until late afternoon, she is in the upper middle class because of her work as an editor for the food section. There isn´t much description of the house, we only read about the living room the kitchen which is spacious and the cellphone. It is where the story begins and ends. Ellen is a strong confident woman who has raised a child “Tobie” with Jackie. She is sad for the loss of Jackie, she is the only mother figurer for Tobie who have lost her mother “Jackie” (“ may I come over?” why shouldn´t she? Then again, why should she really want to? Tobie no longer belonged to her- them. When Jackie died a year ago, Tobie had to go to her father.)ll 7-9. She is a caring woman who is full of love for Tobie. Tobie is like a daughter to her, she is happy that Tobie remembers her birthday and that Tobie is coming over to her place. Her relationship with Jackie is good they love each other and have raised a child together “Tobie” she gets sad when her and Tobie talks about Jackie because she has died of an...
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...”A Birthday Remembered”(1980) Love is a very complicated and uncontrollable matter. It cannot be defined. And age, race and religion don’t matter when you are in love with another person. Love has no limit. It is unconditional. Love is not always a walk on the sunny side, but when it is, it is the most beautiful thing in the world. The American short story “A Birthday Remembered” is about how a family is handling the loss of a mother, a girlfriend, and an ex-wife. It is also about homosexuality and about all kinds of love. The story portrayed in a middle class society where money is not easy to find, especially for Roger who is the father and late husband in the story. We start in Ellen Simms house, which are the narrator of the story. It is Ellen’s birthday, which also happens to fall on Valentine’s Day. Ellen is a woman in her late thirties. She is a very sufficient woman, who lives by herself in a small house. She has been living ever since her partner Jackie died, which was life ruining for her. Ellen tries to still be in touch with Jackie’s child. She knows that Jackie wanted her to take care of Tobie. Ellen is a nice and non-judgmental. “Come in and take off your coats. Would you like some hot cocoa to warm you up? I Know its cold outside” She tends to cry very easily, and tends to drink when she is grieving. She misses her partner. Ellen is a lesbian, and Roger is not happy about it. And very sad for Ellen, because she cannot bury her loved one because Jackie...
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...Childhood is human's most precious part of life. A part that passes quite unknowingly and we started missing it from the time we understand it’s lost. One precious memory of my childhood is visiting grandparents during summer vacations. As they lived in small village far away from the busy life of Dhaka city. I used to go there with my parents and sometimes with my uncle and stayed for some days. I liked the journey very much. The journey was actually in two parts. First part was a bus journey and second part was launch journey. The views of roadside were welcoming. It was like a symbol of vacation I would be able to enjoy. The sunlight is the crop field, the rood side markets, the crowd in the middle stopages was looked cheery to me. Then the launch terminal came where bus usually stopped. The launches were not very big there. My parents wished that I sat with them but I liked to stand by the side of river and watched the wave goes by. Sometimes small fisherman's boats went by and I could get a glimpse of their fishing. When we reached there I found my grandfather waiting for us. We went to my grandparent’s house then. There my grandmother was waiting with lots of food. The building was one stored with tinned roof. There was lots of space around. So that I could play in a wide space with my cousins. When I stayed there sometimes I went to crop fields to visit. I saw the farmers working hard for their crops. There was a bank of river not very far. My uncle used to take me there...
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...one day I was 4 years old. I saw a game of 10 year olds of soccer i saw them playing i just wanted to play jump on the field and play i was cavorted i asked my mom and dad to sign me up for soccer. They said its fine. We went to register me i was so excited like wen . But then they said i'm too little i felt offended. But then he explained why. He said because it's only five years and up. I tried everyday after school to practice i got a soccer ball some new cleats. I. Am. Ready. Next day i went to the park again, just to play with my friends, and then i saw a guy he looked familiar but he was holding something it said happy birthday i could not see more of it and then i started thinking “ why is there like 20 people staring at me like if...
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...Short Story The Birthday Rose is an obedient daughter, belongs to a family set by God on the top of happiness and peace even without positions. She helped their family together with her two brothers. They chopped, peeled, dried and divided the pieces of wood and sell into the market to buy foods. Her mother goes down daily and seeks somebody who will let her wash their clothes, to have something for Rose requirements in school. After delivering firewood to their regular customer, her father goes directly to the bus station hoping somebody to let him carry baggage in exchange for a small amount of money. “Mother, mother”, called Rose when arrived home. “What is it Rose?” asked her mother. Mifa, Rose’s mother cried in happiness when Rose told her that she was chosen to be the class representative of the Science contest. But Rose’s happiness faded away when she remembered that it will be held one week later and the preceding day will be their final exam for the second semester of her second year in college. “Don’t worry Rose, your father delivered all the fire woods they gathered almost a month to the establishment selling lechon and it will be enough for your remaining fees”, assured her mother. As minutes passed, their conversation was interrupted by Tony, their neighbor and co-worker of Rose’s father. “What? Tell me that you are just kidding, Tony.” cried Rose’s mother. At the hospital, they saw Rose’s father lying without life. According to the witnesses, he was stabbed...
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...a beautiful morning; the rhythm of the morning roosters’ songs swiftly alarmed everyone at home to rise. The trees gladly doing the hula and the scent of the mohokoi’s aroma woke me to meet the morning rays. Hi Paulo! Gladly good morning from the neighbour, good morning Mrs Hansen! I replied. What’s with the happy face? Don’t you remember it’s your birthday? She said, there was no word from myself but replied with a facial question mark on my forehead, meaning how on earth she know and remembered my birth date but not my parents?. I turned around and entered the house with full surprise when everyone hugged and cuddled me with a loud tone of happy birthday. I started to cry but somehow felt weird because there was something else that stuck in my mind that stopped me from showing everyone else how grateful I am. Come on buddy, cheer up because today will be remembered, dads said hurry up and pack your stuff because we are going to Mounu Island in few minutes. I packed my stuff while my brother and sisters helped Fiona my mom in the kitchen. Five minutes before we leave, the lady from the neighbour called mom where to put the birthday cake. In no minute, I rushed to the kitchen to ask mom why the lady is here but I couldn’t because she was already there. After a while, dad started to load our stuff into the van and we went to the wharf. On our way to the island, I and dad sat at the back of the boat fishing. In the middle was my brother and my sisters playing cards while mom and...
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...Remembering A Fallen Dallas Firefighter Being a firefighter is difficult as it takes a lot of courage and pride to go out and save people life. My uncle, Chris Pham, was a Dallas firefighter who risked his life every day saving people from the fire. He was very passionate about his job and I could never forget the things he has done for the family and the Dallas community. During my 13th birthday party, my uncle came over to my house and gave me my own personal laptop. “Happy Birthday Kenny!, here is your own personal laptop that you always wanted”, he said, that was the last time I ever saw him before he died. Five days after my birthday, my family received news that my uncle had passed away from a heart attack. His death shook the whole...
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...responsibility dilemma. I promised my friend to go to her birthday party on Friday evening, but I had completely forgotten to do my Economics102 weekly quiz, which was due Friday night. When I was about to leave the dormitory to go to her birthday party, I suddenly remembered that I had a quiz to do, so I had a dilemma between my relationship and my responsibility. I could not miss my best friend’s birthday party, but also I could not miss my quiz, which would affect my grade very negatively. Indeed, my five core values, which guide my decisions, are Responsibility, Relationship, Integrity, Passion, and Happiness. In particular, responsibility helped me to solve this dilemma. Although it was my best friend’s birthday and I did not want to mess up my relationship with her, I also did not want to disappoint myself by being irresponsible. When I first came to University I promised myself to concentrate on my work such as homework and classes because I value responsibility the most as my core value. Also, there were rules of responsibilities and relationships that helped me to make decision. For example, the syllabus of Economics102 indicates that missing more than two quizzes will affect the grade negatively. Also the commitment that I made with my friend was the big rule of my relationship with her. Therefore, I decided to go to birthday party after doing the online weekly quiz. I felt sorry for my friend so I bought a birthday cake after I finished my homework. Fortunately, she understood...
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...Kanye West's, inspiring way of life, and follows the 36 Guidelines of Kanyism, which is known by heart by every single Kanyism. A snippet of the 36 Guidelines of Kanyism sound like this: #1 People shall not think they are anything special #2 People shall not think they will be remembered #3 People shall share power equally #4 People shall not be controlled by the society around them #5 People shall treat the persons around them equally These guidelines can be found in the Holy Tweets, an embroidered collection of the greatest quotes said or written by Kanye West himself, and are Kanyism's base. It's obligatory for every Kanyist to attend one of Kanyism's religious festivies, also known as tours, at least once in their lifetime. In addition to the religious festivities, it is also obligatory for every single Kanyist to own a piece of clothing from the incredibly overpriced Yeezy collection designed by Kanye West himself....
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...ever, and the ships were beginning to come into the port with their regular stock of goods3. The sound of birds chirping and distant waves of the ocean meant that it was daybreak here in my hometown of Pompeii. I was on my way to the marketplace, taking the shortcut through the city courtyard as I do every week on my commute. Though, this morning was different. It was the morning of my sixteenth birthday. When I finally arrived at the marketplace, my friends Irene and Clara were gathered underneath the...
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...July 14, 2013 is the day that will be remembered and recognized by my family as one of the most trying times in our lives. On this day, my grandmother made the most challenging decision of her life as she discontinued the life support on her companion of over 15 years, Homer Mittelstadt. Growing up, Homer and I shared every birthday celebration together since I was born on his 60th birthday. Having that connection with Homer is what led to our strong strong relationship even as non-biological Grandfather and Granddaughter. Only 16 years old at the time of Homer’s passing I couldn’t quite wrap my head around Homer’s situation. Between my grandmother’s sobs and the comforting words of the supportive community, I came to understand that Homer...
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...Phenomenally Me, Maya Angelou was one the greatest poets of all times, she was wise and unique. Maya Angelou was a public figure, which she was awarded Honorary Doctorates by more than fifty major universities and colleges around the world. One of Maya Angelou principal message was one of inclusiveness; that despite our ethnic, religious and cultural differences, we are more alike than unalike. During the celebration of the great Maya Angelou birthday, her daughter said: “she saw all our differences in language, orientation and perspective as an indication of the richness of our imagination and creativity, and as elements of our nature that we should celebrate “. The year of 1981 Ms. Angelou was nominated for several important awards and read...
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...March 16th, 1915, was my 17th birthday. The past couple years my family had been terrifyingly broke, barely affording food, diapers, and let alone a birthday present or two. The depression had hit my family hard, but in the past couple months my father’s jewelry business had made a turn-around. I spent my birthday morning with him working in his story, Charlie’s Fine Jewels and Jewelry, when a tall, thin, beautiful blonde woman wearing shoes with tall heels that I’d never seen before and a long fur coat. The girl’s aura spoke class before she even opened her mouth. She greeted my father with a smile before walking around and observing the display cases. She stopped and admired a diamond necklace for a few minutes before waving my father...
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...Shaday Goodin Professor Jones SOCV01 26 February 2015 Positive Acts of Deviance We live in a world where every day we are caught up in our own lives, we sometimes forget about others. Or we may even find it out of the norm to go that extra mile to help someone or take that opportunity to do something positive for someone else. This may be because we’re shy, scared of what others will think, or simply because we don’t see everyone doing it so it wouldn’t necessarily be “cool” or the “normal” thing to do. I was given the assignment of performing two positive acts of deviance. The term deviance means any behavior, belief, or condition that violates significant social norms in the society or group in which it occurs. The first part of my assignment was performing a positive act of deviance with a stranger. So just the other day at work, an elderly couple came into my store possibly in their eighties or so. The man came in pushing his wife in a wheel chair and as I approached them, they asked me if we had heavier coats. And they were in luck! We were having a promotion on all of our winter apparel and picked out a couple I thought his wife might have liked. As I showed both of the coats to her and her husband, they loved them and she wanted to try them on. Her husband helped her to stand out of her wheelchair but struggled to get the jacket on both arms as well as hold his wife up, as her balance wasn’t that good. For a second I stood close by in case they had anymore questions, but...
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