...It was a bubbling event for freshers on friday,15th 2011. Everyone was dancing and happy to be in the university and I was over joyous because I was one of the few people who always dreamt about the university......Following the instructions my parents left me before I resumed school,i quickly left for my hostel immediately before my dad start calling and asking where I was.And trust me,that is sa question I dont want to answer....Around 10:00pm on that same day,i was in my room preparing to go to bed when some girls knocked on my door.I stood up to open the door and to my suprise,i saw seven beautiful and classy ladies who were dazzling from head to toe.I couldnt help but stare at them for over 40secs before I asked them to come in. Their names were :fatty,beebah,motun,rashy, stella,moyo and kenny.Even when they were introducing themselves,i just kept staring at their shoe,dress and hair. Then there was this short girl among them,she said her name was kenny.she was so short that I almost thought she was a younger sister to one of them not until they mentioned that she is the leader of the clique....mehn! I was dazed. They came in different sizes and shapes but they were beautiful.Motun and beebah were big and fierce,i almost thought they sent them to beat me up....lol....fatty and rashy on the other hand looked friendly but they were the talkatives,stella was the one who carried their bags for them.Everything was just weird to me,and with the way the short babe was...
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...Richie Burner ENWR-106 How to Tell a True War Story 26 February, 2013 If you don’t know how to analyze writing and don’t understand metaphoric speaking then this is not a story for you. O’Brien constantly goes against every Americans thoughts of a war story; he tells the reader that they’re all fake. O’Brien believes war stories don’t actually have to do with people do with heroic things, because every solider is a hero. The average person who was not in combat would not get a true war story because no one has experienced what soldier’s experience. They have seen things and felt things emotionally that no other person will ever see or feel. A ex soldier out look on life is completely different than your average person because they are use to different life style. So all this boils down to one thing, no one will ever understand soldier’s and O’Brien uses “How to Tell a True War Story” to prove this. Through out the story O’Brien talks to the reader as if they don’t know anything. Although he has to approach the reader like this so he can thoroughly explain his point. Since no one understands a soldier’s life he has to write this way, the misunderstanding of soldiers is proven within the first page of the story when rat explains his friend to his sister in a letter that he sent her. “ Stainless steel balls, Rat tells her. The guy was a little crazy, for sure, but crazy in a good way, a real daredevil, because he liked the challenge of it, he liked testing him self, just...
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...In the short story “Winter Dreams” by F. Scott Fitzgerald a major theme that can be drawn from the description of the upper-class is a falseness of it all. Many of the feeling in which Dexter believed he could achieve by infiltrating the upper class and posing as an “old money” member is proven false once he finally achieves it. The main focus of this story is that in the true upper-class there is an idea that one cannot gain his way into the society, one must be born into it the same way their father was before them. The point that is learned through this is that one cannot achieve happiness through the sole acquirement of money alone, this is going off of the well-known idea that “money can’t buy you happiness”. The view from the bottom is not always what it’s cracked up to be, this is true in the sense that the feeling of completion one believes he’ll have once they make it is not true. There is a certain fog of fakeness amongst the people who live in the upper classes that through success, no matter how much harder one may have worked to achieve it they are not true to...
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...It is senior year in high school and everyone starts to wonder what they will do as soon as they graduate. Some people are thinking of going away to college, others are planning on taking a break before doing anything with their life, but most of the people are thinking of joining the army. Some of them do not know what a war really is or which consequences you may face when joining the army. There are two stories that help to explain what exactly you do in the army and the effects it has on you. One of the stories is "Soldier's Home" by Ernest Hemingway and the other one is "How to Tell a True War Story" by Tim O'Brien. Both stories have similarities and differences. They are told from different points of view and different situations. “Soldier’s Home” is mainly about a boy named Krebs. Krebs is a boy who enlisted in the Marines in 1917 and did not went back home until summer 1919. I think that Krebs is the way he is because he went away to war without being fully mature. He ended up growing up while in the war, away from his family and everyone he loved. He came home from war so much later because he did not want to face the changes that have happened in his town. I think he was scare to come home because war also changed his way of thinking. Krebs does not get involved with women once he's home because he does not want to work to get a girl. He thinks that American girls are too complicated and that he needs to go through many things to get one of them. He got used to the...
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...A memoir a memory written in the form of a story, fictional story is not always true, but aren’t all stories not true. Everyone who reads loves a good story the juicy but maybe fake details that add emotion and tone to a once dull story, captivate all readers. Fictional stories are just that, stories. A princess banished to a tower lets her long hair down for Prince Charming to climb up and they fall in love and get married. Fairytale stories don’t happen in real life. Disney movies are based off of gruesome tales that they made happy and filled with love stories with lots of augmented details. Memoirs are usually written about a soldier’s war experience or a life changing moment. Memories of these events become embellished over time, details...
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...101 The life of pie Based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, this remarkable film is an adventure set in the land of magical realism, and centers on an Indian boy named Pi Patel, the son of a cautious zoo keeper. The family decides to move from India to Canada, bringing many of the animals with them. When the vessel carrying the family hits a storm, Pi is left adrift on a lifeboat, lost in the Pacific Ocean, in the company of a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker – all striving in a ugly competition for survival. Some of the animals kill and eat each other, and Pi himself goes from being a vegetarian to eating meat in desperation. At the end, Pi and the tiger are the only survivors and they both go their own way to living life. Pi is later questioned by Japanese investigators and when he gives them the animal story, they don’t quite take it as realistic. The boy then gives them alternative story, without the tiger and the other animals; instead…with a sailor with a broken leg, a French cook, Pi, and Pi’s mother. This story seem to be unsatisfying but acceptable to the investigators as they leave Pi alone. Later in life Pi is visited by an author who wants to write about Pi’s journey in the ocean. Pi shares with him both stories and then simply asks the author, “Which story do you prefer?” The author clearly chooses the story with the tiger, and Pi’s response to that is “And so it goes with God.” The true meaning of...
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...English this means word or story. In an academic context, a myth is a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation. A myth is any invented story. Myths are ideas or stories believed by many people but is not true, also stories told in an ancient culture to explain a practice, natural occurrence, or some belief. A myth is used a lot in short stories or folktales that have been told through so many generations that are sometimes not so true. These stories are told in a way that the people listening to them actually believe parts of it to be true. I believe there are so so many common mythological themes across different cultures. They are so many that you would take all day to list them. I know I have learned in school that the Thais, Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans share the myth about the rabbit in the moon. The Thais believe it is dehusking rice. The Chinese believe it is pounding medicine. The Japanese and the Koreans believe it is making rice cakes. They all differ by what the rabbit is doing. These places are not far from each other but differ in these ways they believe. Belief, knowledge, mythology, and religion all go together in a way that people think or go by. Belief is what someone thinks is true and they know no other way to think. Knowledge is having that belief and knowing what you think is true. Mythology is stories you believe are somewhat true but might really exist...
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...The epic story of “Beowulf” is a story about Beowulf, the man who is the true definition of bravery and heroism. This story recaptures Beowulf's quest as he destroys monsters that terrorize the kingdom of Herot and the people who subside within it. Throughout the story vivid imagery and detailed monologue help upholds the story to an epic quality. But, for for it to truly to be an epic it must have a few needed elements such as references to god and battles between good and evil. A moment in Beowulf that truly captures this epic mentality can be found near the end of the story. Beowulf is out of his youth and is living in his old age as king. He along with some of his geats are set up outside the cave, where a diabolical dragon awaits to destroy anyone in sight. Beowulf stands up and begins his great final speech to his geats, unweary what there future holds.(2510-2510) This moment adds so much momentum to the story and so the way it embodies Beowulf as a story and a character. This moment shines above the rest and fully demonstrates the elements of bravery, self-sacrifice, and overall heroism. Of all the things Beowulf is, Beowulf is the true definition of bravery. He demonstrates this in many different ways through the text but it is the most apparent in his...
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...True Women of the West To see a women’s true worth is deeper then beauty. If she does not document her story, then who will tell it in its full truth? Throughout history a woman’s story was lost. As a society we have glamorized history of women who were called, Red Light Women, Soiled Doves, and Painted ladies. History books leave out many details of what these women lives were really like. Today’s equal rights activist, Roma Thompson, takes a different approach in bringing awareness about todays current equal rights issues. Roma has spent the last three decades designing costumes and doing research on important women in Colorado history, to present to groups, all over the western United States. Thompson’s passion of the rough life of a working girl in the Wild West, opened her eyes to the ugly true of the battle of equal right’s that women have endured throughout history. Every women in history had a story, from the parlor women, to the Madam’s, and history’s leading women activist. Even though, women still struggle to be equal in today’s society, Roma feels that educating on the women in the past, will bring awareness to the true worth and importance of women in the world. Thompson creatively transports her audience back in time to the early 1900s, starting with the painted ladies and madams, and leads into women who inspired her the most. Brothels could be found in all different areas—mining towns, cow towns, logging camps, large cities, cattle-shipping centers, end-of-track...
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...CWV-101: Bible Story Worksheet and Journal #1 Module 1 - Part 1 – Bible Story Worksheet For Part 1 of this assignment, you will complete this worksheet by reviewing the "The Story of the Bible" "flags" and fulfill each writing requirement. http://lc.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/cwv101_biblical-timeline-v1.1.php Please keep your answers brief. Solid academic writing is expected. Refer to the GCU Academic Writing Guidelines in the Student Success Center. Briefly answer each section from "The Story of the Bible": ------------------------------------------------- Write 2-3 sentences explaining why the Creation account is so significant to the Christian worldview. ------------------------------------------------- The Creation account is so significant to the Christian worldview because it puts a strong belief of how this world was made of beauty in the eyes of our creator God. This is also a great just of how man was born into this world filled with love and the day deemed a very good day when man was brought into it. We are able to understand why we as man work during days of the week and then be sure to rest ourselves on the seventh day. ------------------------------------------------- Write 2-3 sentences explaining what the Fall reveals about humanity and human morality. ------------------------------------------------- The Fall reveals about humanity and human morality that God has given man the freedom to find ourselves for what we feel...
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...The Light in the Forest Throughout the story, True son was in the middle between the two worlds he came from, a white life with a white family to whom he was born into and an Indian life to which he was raised by. True Sons acts he committed have caused him to face the consequences as an adult. True Son is betrayed in the story by his white family because of racism. True Sons realizes who his real father is between the whites and Indians. True Sons Indian family betrays him, because of his action that he committed during an ambush where the Indians were to kill the white people. True Son warned the white people on the boat that they were about to get ambushed: “Take him back! It’s an ambush!” (Richter 113). “Why don’t you go back with your friends” Half Arrow said scornfully” (Richter 114). This shows that his own closest Indian cousin didn’t even want him around anymore. This proves that his Indian family is willing to push him away and not claim him...
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...“The Cranes” by Peter Meinke appears to be a simple love story about an old couple reminiscing about their life, but with a closer look the story reveals a darker component of love. The story follows an old couple’s stop at the Gulf to watch some birds. While they are watching the birds they spot two whooping cranes. Throughout their conversation and observation of the birds Meinke reveals details that the couples and the cranes share in common. Thus, the pair of whooping cranes viewed by the couple in story symbolizes both their rarity, eternal love, and their last moments together. The couple in the story is a couple that has been together a long time and persevered through life together. When they first see the whooping cranes the husband says “they are rare, not many left” (196). This is the point in the story where the first connection between the couple and the cranes are made. The rarity of the cranes symbolizes the rarity of the couple’s relationship. Although they have started developing anomalies in their health, with the husband he “can’t smoke, can’t drink martinis, no coffee, no candy” (197) ¬—they are still able to laugh with each other and appreciate nature’s beauty. Their relationship is a true oddity; filled with lasting love. However this lasting love for whooping cranes has caused some problems for the species. The whooping cranes are “almost extinct”; this reveals a problem of the couple. The rare love that they have is almost extinct as well. The wife worries...
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...not new concepts; they can be traced back to the early days of human life. These concepts developed throughout history as a result of the development of human thought. In literature, the idea of heroism appears on a large scale. It has been dealt with by different writers in different periods. As far as terminology is concerned, the terms of heroism and sacrifice are interchangeable. The hero must be a sacrificer and the one who sacrifices himself must be a hero, for this reason these two terms (hero and sacrificer) cannot be separated. Thus, both of them go hand in hand in so many works of literature. Heroism and sacrifice are not confined to human beings only. Some writers present their heroes as gods as in mythology, and some of them present animals as in fables. 809 0202 / مجلة ديالى العدد الرابع و االربعون The idea of having an animal as a sacrificial hero is shown in many of Oscar Wilde’s short stories. He developed this theme as a reaction towards his age which lacked, in his view, moral as well as human values. For this reason, he chooses a bird to be his tragic hero. He epitomizes this idea in such short stories like “The Nightingale and the Rose” and “The Happy Prince”. The heroes in these two short stories are birds: a swallow in “The Happy prince” and a nightingale in “The Nightingale and the Rose”. These creatures are usually known of their delicacy and frailty. But in these stories they function as sacrificial heroes for the sake of others and tolerate...
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...“Let Your Life Speak,” Parker J. Palmer offers insight into the meaning of vocation, and through his personal stories and life experiences, offers lessons in listening to and following our inner voice. Palmer uses poetry to draw the reader into finding deeper understanding. The first four chapters of Palmer’s book, calls us deeper into a world of discovering the gift that we were given at birth. Palmer challenges us to listen to life, explore how to find our true self, examine the principle of opportunity: when a door closes behind us a window opens in front, and review the idea that we must hit bottom before one is able to progress in a spiritual way. When Palmer was in his early thirties he felt his life should have more meaning. Palmer (2000) states, that he was inspired by the words, “Let your life speak,” which was an old Quaker phrase (p. 2). He thought the words meant to live a life guided by high principles, so he attempted to emulate his heroes. Palmer realizes after years of making mistakes that he was forcing a vocation upon himself instead of listening to his true voice. He explains from a young age we are taught by the parents, teachers, and other adults in our lives to listen to them, and not taught to listen to ourselves. Palmer (2000) states that “before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you. Before you tell your life what truths and values you have decided to live up to, let your life tell you...
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...It is true that people should believe above all whatever they see but, if they just sit to ponder over all the things that they believe in and accept as truth and have never seen, the list would be never ending. Fiction and non fiction both play an important role in a reader's life, but the line between the two can sometimes be blurred. Defining the genre of book can greatly effect the reader's experience and interpretation of that book, especially when it comes to Yann Martel's Life of Pi. The novel is presented in interview style which may suggest it is a true story, but there is solid evidence behind the fact that it is a work of fiction. For example, the main character manages to stay alive for 227 days with little to no food supply, when in reality no human could go that long. Also, he is accompanied by a dangerous Bengal tiger who would have most likely ate him alive the first chance he got. On top of that, there are places mentioned in the book such as a man eating floating island made out of algae that are completely non existent. Despite any disagreeing evidence, Life of Pi is purely a fiction novel. Not only is this book fiction, it is also highly unrealistic. Pi Patel, the main character, is able to survive 227 with very sparse food and water. At one point in the book, a wave takes away the majority of his food that he was saving and he leaves him with little to nothing. Research shows that humans can only last a maximum of 40 days with no food, and maximum 7 days...
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