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As I grew older, I started to run out of room on this bookshelf, and went through three bookcases, until I could finally fit all of my books on that shelf. Currently, there are three shelves full of books, not including the five books on my nightstand, and the one on my desk. By my mom saving those books, she not only introduced me to Judy Blume, she introduced me to a whole new realm of characters and stories. Knowing how much these characters have inspired me and helped me through
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My intention in saving these books was to someday be able to share them with my children. However, in my junior year of high school, these plans changed, and I was able to feel the joy of sharing my books long before I had any children. As Secretary of Oprah’s Ambassadors, I organized a book drive for Metropolitan Ministries, an organization that helps and accommodates homeless families. While my school is very small, my club still managed to raise over 500 books. The most significant part of the experience however, was the day we brought the books over to Metropolitan Ministries. The minute we walked through the courtyard, children of all ages flocked to us, curios as to what was inside the boxes we were carrying. As soon as the boxes were opened, I could see the pure excitement on their faces, and it was the first time I felt like I had made a true difference in someone else’s life. I could have never anticipated how much these books were appreciated. It reminded again of my twelve-year-old self being introduced to Judy Blume for the first time. The excitement on their faces is something that I will never forget. When my club members and I finally departed from Metropolitan Ministries, I took one last look back, only to notice a little girl with my Judy Blume book in hand.
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Question: Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below (1000 character maximum) With my last summer to make a real difference, before college, I volunteered at a vacation bible school as a Church for one week. Although I am Jewish, it has always been very important to me to be open to all religions. While I was nervous that, I was also excited to work with the kids and learn something new. For that one week, I grew to love those kids that I was a counselor for, and actually learned a lot about not only the Christian religion, but also about myself. First and foremost, I learned to have patience. Second, and most importantly, I learned how accepting people can be, and in turn to be accepting of other people, because even though I am not Christian, they treated me the same as everyone else. Since then, I have continued to volunteer there for number of events.
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‘Mother can do everything but can not replace it.’ She is the most important and important element in our lives. The moment when the girl realizes the growth life, change of the world, attitude change. She learns to love and accept the world from a broader perspective. Her love is as deep as the sea and she flies high into the sky. I always felt through her eyes that she could read our minds. Our worries are not hidden from her, and without her we are nothing.
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” This shows the problem that comes with being a mortician, since he has had to assure people he is only a mortician and not a therapist.. Deaver is very direct in his answer to erase any confusion, the customers may have about his occupation. Then, in Edge’s story he speaks with Lionel Dufour. During this conversation, Dufour demonstrates how hard he works for his customers by stating, “If my customers wanted me to dye the lips green, I’d ask, “What shade??” This shows the length that he will go to make sure that his customers are satisfied and that they will return for more business. Also, Coyne’s story presents the corruption within the prison system by showing how it even profits on Mother’s day. On Mother’s day, children will often go to visit their imprisoned mothers with “pockets full of coins,” to purchase snacks at the vending machines in the visiting center. As a result of these businesses being unusual, fears are created by the customers who partake in the services or product.
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The three stories all share the fact that an average person can understand these fears and may share one or some of them. In Cable’s story, he shares with us his fear of the dead and having to interact with dead bodies by sharing a statement that resonates with the reader. The statement starts with, “The death of a loved one can be very painful, partly because of the sense of loss, but also becuase someone else’s mortality reminds us all too vividly of our own.” People try not to think of death since they either feel immortal or would rather not since it makes them uncomfortable. Also, Edge fears the taste of the pig lip and right as he is about to eat it he shares his thoughts on it, “I stifle a gag that rolls from the back of my throat, swallow hard, and pray the urge to vomit passes.” Edge feels that the pig lips will be disgusting so his body instinctively tries to vomit, which he has to hold back. In addition, after the visit to the prison during Mother’s day in Coyne’s story one of the mother’s worries for their sons sense of right and wrong when the child asks, “Is my mommy a bad guy?” This presents the problem with children who have prisoners for parents since parents are usually role models for their children and this child thinks of her mother as a good person but is confused since she is in prison. The child’s sense of right and wrong is muddled. To move on in their lives these people have to resolve these fears in some way to continue peacefully. The actual message that these stories try to convey are the resolutions that the characters come to at the ends of these stories. Eventually, Cable interacts with a dead body near the end of the story and explains his experience by stating, “I felt glad to have satisfied my curiosity about dead bodies.” The character finally touches the dead body and feels satisfied since his curiosity about the subject is finally gone. Also in Edge’s story, he finally eats the pig lips with some chips mixed in a bag and then ends the story with, “I offer the bag to Jimmy … and turn to eye the pig feet floating in a murky jar by the cash register.” This ending signifies the character thinking about his next challenge since he feels courageous after eating the pig lips. Then in Coyne’s story, the mother seems to be disappointed because of the lack of resolution. While the mother is saying goodbye to the child, he “balls up his fist, and punches her in the face.” The mother is in shock as she watches her son leave and wonders if she will ever be able to connect with her son and be at peace with the fact that she will not be able to raise her son properly. The resolutions of the stories or the lack thereof can be interpreted in different ways by other readers.
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The three stories excellently give insight on certain businesses and this insight shows you how necessary the business is, or highlights the problems associated with it. These stories can also inspire someone to overcome a fear from the story since the first two show a good resolution coming from both of the endings. Cable and Edge end up with a good resolution to their fear; however, Coyne’s story ends with an uncertain resolution. One thing that these stories want to convey to their readers is that overcoming your fear is more satisfying than living with the curiosity.
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Life was great.Laughter flowed freely as the sdcent of a fresh crust for a pie was in the air. My dad, Bart, was at the grill closely watching the hamburgers and hot dogs sizzle, making sure they did not burn. Ilene’s fiance Kevin and Kay’s boyfriend Jake had just returned from the store with buns, sodas and chips. We were all enjoying one another’s company. Kay had just taken the pie crust out of the oven and was taking it out the back door to cool when it slipped from her grasp and fell to the ground.
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My mom told my sisters to be hom eby eleven. Tehy skiied most of they day and ahad a great time. When I got home from work that night, Jakes, new Porsche was not in the driveway so I didn’t think to much about it. I knew that he was letting Jamie drive it home so I just walked in thehouse without a second thought. Since we lived in a very small town, we figured they would be home any minute. My mom work me upa after the ohone call came about 12:30. Tthere had been an accident. Her face was taut with fear and on the verge iof crying. The hospital needed them to come right away. They were both at Wake view Center. In the backgroun!
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opened with two excerpts from The Peaceable Kingdom, an extended work for unaccompanied double chorus by Randall Thompson. From the first cord played, perfectly-in-tune phrases by the men, it was clear that they would make sure it was indeed a “special day.” The choral sound, tone and balance over a wide dynamic range were flawless, as they continued to be. Ave Maria, was successfully adapted into Latin as part of Rachmaninoff’s Russian Orthodox Vespers.
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The text for Rutter’s The Falcon was drawn from the Old and New testaments, ancient chant and a 15th-century poem that provided the falcon imagery. The music is challenging for the singers but is very approachable for listeners. Some 200 musicians, including the children, prepared superbly by Sandra Mathias, were brilliant in this little-known but strong and colorful composition. The final group of four pieces was expertly done and enjoyable, but they were a letdown compared with the rest of the program. Columbus Symphony Orchestra trumpeter Tom Battenberg, was attractive. Two of Copland’s Old American Songs were delightful, but my mind was still hearing Mozart and The Falcon.
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Father’s Day is a well known holiday celebrated all around the world, in recognition towards fathers and father figures. The first celebration of Father’s Day dates back to the early 1900s, June 19, 1910, to be exact. The holiday was introduced by a woman from Spokane, Washington. Her name was Sonora Smart Dodd. According to the website, ArtofManliness.com, she “came up with the idea of honoring and celebrating her father while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon at church in 1909” (McKay, 2008).
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In the 1860s, post-Civil War era, Ann Reeves Jarvis, a women’s activist, was able to get a small West Virginia town to partake in a celebration for all mothers of Confederate and Union soldiers. This gathering was called “Mother’s Work Days.” The idea of Mother’s Day stood for peace and reconciliation. It was not until 1908 when Mother’s Day started to become an observed holiday to many states. According to History.com,“ In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson approved a resolution that made the second Sunday in May a holiday in honor of “that tender, gentle army, the mothers of America” (History.
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Sonora Smart Dodd was raised by her father, Henry Smart Dodd, after her mother passed away after giving birth. Her father raised her and her five siblings by himself, which led Sonora Smart Dodd to believe that even though mothers should receive recognition for everything they do, fathers should know how special they are, because they do a lot for a family, as well. She saw her father as a courageous, loving man who sacrificed a lot for his family. According to The Holiday Spot.com, “Sonora’s father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in Spokane in June.” The campaign that came together to organize the Father’s Day holiday agreed that Father’s Day would be celebrated on the third Sunday of June, giving a reasonable amount of time to prepare for the celebration between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, seeing they are only one month apart.
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The first Father’s Day was celebrated at the YMCA in Spokane, Washington. In an article by Remy Melina on Livescience.com, “Young women handed out red roses to their fathers during a church service, and large baskets full of roses were passed around, with attendees encouraged to pin on a rose in honor of their fathers” (Martin, 2010). The roses that were handed out were either red or white; red stood for the fathers who were living, while white roses commemorated the deceased fathers.
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With the help of Sonora Smart Dodd, Father’s Day began to gain more popularity throughout the nation; many states across the country started celebrating Father’s Day. However, it took many years before the government officially declared Father’s Day a national holiday on the third Sunday of June. With Mother’s Day, the holiday was declared a permanent holiday extremely quick, while Father’s Day took years for the government to declare its permanent status. Even though the past presidents supported the celebration of Father’s Day, a proclamation was still not signed for years to secure the holiday’s date. On the Library of Congress’s website, it talks about the origin of Father’s Day and what each President did while the holiday was still trying to become permanent. For example, in 1924, “President Calvin Coolidge made it a national event to ‘establish more intimate relations between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the full measure of their obligations” (The Library of Congress, 2003). It was not until later, when Americans started to see the transformation of fathers in the US that Father’s Day finally achieved the recognition it deserved. In an article by Ashley Ross of Time Magazine, she stated, “In 1972, Father’s Day was given the recognition of a proclamation from Richard Nixon” (Ross, 2016).
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, South Africa, and Venezuela” (Time and Date AS 1995-2016). These countries adopted the holiday from the customs that originated in America; they just celebrate the holiday on different days. Father’s Day is all about recognizing the contributions that fathers and father figures have made for their children. It is a modern, non religious holiday, where children will make a special effort to show their appreciation for their fathers. They show their appreciation through gifts, dinners, parties, cards, flowers, etc. It is also inclusive to step fathers, grandfathers, father-in-laws, etc. There is no discrimination in what kind of father is celebrated. Father’s Day just shows how male parenting should be recognized alongside the holiday for recognizing mothers and female parenting (Mother’s Day).
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The noises I heard when it happened. Unfamiliar screams that came out of my mouth. The glass of the windows shattered everywhere as if someone splashed a cup of water. My hair swung onto my face, like whips. Papa was sleeping while Mama was driving to the Father’s Day festival in Arvada. It was so hot that day. Momo had his shirt open and , tired from the sleepover he had the day before, was sleeping just like his Papa. Karinna and I goofing off in the back.
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We were laughing and playing with our gum and toothpicks; making miniature blue cotton candy on a stick. “Can I draw a picture of you?” Karinna said taking out her drawing book. “Okay!” I said with a grin. The cream colored car came at us, so fast. We were hit on the side of Momo and Mama’s door. We spun in circles, slamming into another car. Then came another car. Our car met the median, we hit the front of the car, spun and hit the back.
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“Get out!” Papa yelled from the front. I looked over at Momo, he looked dead. Panicking, I shook him, yelling “Wake up!”, tears streaming down my face frightened of my little brothers life. “Are we at the festival?” Momo was clueless! He had been sleeping the whole time. He tried to open his door, but it was caved in because thats where we were hit. “No, just get out of the car Momo.
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Momo still clueless stood there in the road with Karinna and I. Adrenalin still running in my body, I couldn’t think. I turned to see my Dad struggling to get out of the car with a paper bag in his hand. When he managed to get out he handed us the paperbag telling us to sit down. “Eat this, its good for you.” he said walking over to my mom. We all looked down into the bag and saw an apple pie from
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Looking out into the road I saw cars passing by slowly looking at us, the three kids, frantically calling 911. Everything was happening so fast. I blinked and an ambulance was in front of our car. A lady paramedic walked over to us, asking us our names and ages. Her name was Cindy. As we were walking over the ambulance, there was a mexican lady. Hair pulled back in a braid, teeth all gold. She was crying, her face looked devastated after what she had done. The cream colored car was hers. She looked at the three of us, Karinna, Momo and I and cried, cried and cried. I saw Mama, my nice, funny, wonderful Mama on the stretcher, bleeding. “Its going to be okay Dani.” Mama said smiling with lips like Angelina Jolie. I wanted to cry and the paramedic saw it “You can cry, it’s okay.” He kindly said looking at me smiling. I burst out into tears. My eyes were waterfalls, but not the beautiful kind. They were hot and heavy waterfalls. The ones that you don’t want to go in because you are afraid the water will suck you in and drown you.
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Middleton’s “Daddy” starts off stating the apostrophe to the speaker’s father, which continues throughout the poem. The whole poem, it seems, is a letter to his father, answering a letter from his father. The first line, “Concerning your letter in which you plead:” is how the reader realizes what the poem is and the person who it is addressed to, but it also lets the reader in on what his father wrote to him.
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The third couplet, “You’re too late, Daddy Dear, your pied-piping / no longer pipes through my pickled ears,” includes an allusion to the story of the “Pied-piper” who whistled a sweet song so that all the rats would follow him to the river and then he drowned them all. This allusion means that the son looks at his father as the “Pied-piper;” he has always tried to whistle a sweet song so that his son would follow him, but was only planning on (metaphorically) drowning him.
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The first line of this couplet has a bit of sarcasm in it with the “Daddy Dear” direct address. He obviously does not think of his father as a “dear” man, and is bitter about it. He therefore uses sarcasm to let the reader know what he thinks of his “dear” father. Line 10, “a point of view filled with cracks,” is a metaphor explaining his father’s influence over him. The reason his “point-of-view” was “filled with cracks” was that it was his father’s “point-of-view,” not his own. In lines 11 and 12, there is a simile about the son and his adoring attitude towards his father when he was young. “And Iwaited, dumb as stones.” The son “waited” for his father to speak and tell him all about everything, and he listened to him and believed him. Only now does he realize just how dumb he was to listen to his father about everything. The next two couplets (lines 13-16) include two pieces of repetition which emphasize the fact that he blames himself for his father’s neglect and he wants to repent for it. He repeats the words “wrong” and “penance” and also uses “Confession” as a pun. He says that his first “Confession was twelve hours long,” but his “confession” is really the poem.
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Lines 19 and 20 also use repetition and a pun; “I tried” is repeated because he really did try to please his father. Line 19, “Did you think the son would shine?” is a pun because he thinks the sun is brighter than he is. The next poetic device that Middleton uses is an allusion to India and the time period when camels used to carry spices. “A son’s love is no mere camel’s burden of spices.” He thinks that he was a burden to his father, but that he shouldn’t have been a “burden.” Lines 28-30 are a metaphor about how he needed his dad, but his dad wasn’t there, as always. The next four lines are also a metaphor, but these deal with the speaker’s subconscious and how he subconsciously hated his father no matter what he did outwardly. The last couplet, “It doesn’t matter, the flame went out, / and now I am some other guy,” is the conclusion of his thoughts about his father. He is done thinking about it forever.
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Middleton’s poem, “Happy Father’s Day” confesses feelings completely different from the first poem. Lines eight and nine, “I locked the tears in my eyes, / for men in prison aren’t supposed to cry,” tells the reader about how the speaker tries to oppress his feelings, and always has. He has hidden feelings from everyone, particularly his father. The next two lines, ten and eleven, “How I wanted to choke his regrets, / to swat his smile like one does a housefly,” speak of his issues with violence. There is no need to get that violent with someone who made a mistake, but people who come from violent backgrounds tend to get more violent than others do. Maybe the author is suggesting that the speaker came from a violent background. In lines 18 through 24, the speaker confesses to what he would have done if his father had been let in. He says he would “kiss your [his father’s cheek,” and “whisper in your ear, ‘I love you, Dad.” This confession provides the reader with facts that prove that he loves his father and wishes he were there. The next two lines, the last two lines, provide insight into the speaker’s past. “And I cried for the sons and daughters / of the ‘untouchable’ man who turned you away.” His dad must have been “untouchable” also when he was younger and he is crying for children who will grow up to be as psychologically messed up as he is because of their father’s neglect and coldness.
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In Plath’s poem, “Daddy,” there are many allusions made to Hitler and nazi Germany. She speaks of “Dachau, Auschwitz, Belsen,” and his “Luftwaffe” and “Aryan eye,” etc. She is comparing her father to Hitler because he was as oppressive and evil. The first stanza is a metaphor about a “black shoe” which a “foot” (she) has lived inside of, “barely daring to breathe or Achoo.” This metaphor explains how oppressive her father was. If she was scared to breathe, he must have been extremely despotic to live with. The second stanza starts off with a metaphor of “Daddy, I have had to kill you.” She did not really kill him, but she “killed” his memory inside her head. The third line, “Marble-heavy, a bag full of God,” is an
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because her father was not “God”-like at all. He was the opposite: evil. Later on in the poem, she compares him to the Devil. He is closer to that than to God. Lines ten through eleven, “Big as a Frisco seal and a head in the freakish Atlantic,” are a metaphor explaining how huge she thought her father was. He stretched all the way from San Francisco to the Atlantic, that is how huge he was. He was huge because he was imposing and superior.
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The whole poem is an apostrophe to the speaker’s father. She directly addresses him more than once, and he is dead. This apostrophe illustrates power because a person has to be confident to directly address someone, but not in her case. She has power to confront a dead man, which is not really power at all. In line 29, she states “I thought every German was you” which justifies a reader believing that she is really trying to say that all men are the same; they are all evil. She comes back to that idea in line 71, “If I’ve killed one man, I’ve killed two.” It’s all the same because “all men are equal.” In lines 34 through 40, the speaker relates herself to a Jew and a gypsy, two of the most hated groups by the Nazis. If the reader goes back to the metaphor of her father being Hitler, it is evident that she wants to be a Jew or a gypsy so that her father will hate her. She hates him so mush that she wants him to despise her as well. She also wants to rebel as much as possible. If her father were Hitler, and she were a Jewish gypsy, she would be beyond rebellious. Lines 53 through 54, “A cleft in your chin instead of your foot / But no less a devil for that, no not” are an allusion to the supposed fact that cleft hooves are a characteristic of the Devil. His cleft may be in his chin, but he is still evil. Line 67, “And I said I do, I do” is explaining that she is now married and is under the influence of some other man. He may be evil, but he is at least not her father.
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Next comes a metaphor comparing her father and her husband to a vampire. This metaphor is her statement that both of the men in her life were monsters, and all men are equal, so all men must be monsters. The last line, “Daddy, daddy, you bastard, I’m through,” Shows her overall attitude of hatred towards her father. She despises him and is glad he is dead. These three poems, although different, all confessed to the true attitude of the speaker towards his/her father. The first, “Daddy” by Middleton expressed regret and blame on himself instead of his father. “Happy Father’s Day” showed feelings of hidden love and longing. Plath’s “Daddy,” however, exhibited one feeling: Hatred. These poems delved into the brains of three hypothetical people and wrote down the innermost thought of this “person” about their “father.”
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Apart from the religious view of my identity, I was born in a middle-higher class family. I do usually spend my money on brands. I like buying luxurious outfits, watches, and accessories but like other families, we have also faced some ups and downs, whether it was financially or morally. Morally, it made us stronger and gave us the strength to face the worldly difficulties with better and stabled mindset whereas financial crises helped me to learn and understand the value of money, how hard it is to earn and what
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This made me realize that I do feel sometimes I have a better understanding of how people feel than others, realizing which sentence or word would hurt them and which word would make them feel comfortable. It’s just not in our religion but I believe in every religion it is taught to always be nice and respectful to others and never hurt them. If somebody has a pure belief in their religion, they would automatically keep others satisfaction and happiness their priority just like I do. Some people think because I wear branded outfits and have a better car, I would be a spoilt brat but I believe it’s all about the way you’ve been nurtured and how much you practice your religion, just thinking about hurting somebody makes me think about the fire of the hell (as I do believe in the day of Judgement after death).
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Ada Maria Smith born in May 13, 1929 lived with her mother in London. Ada was born with clubfoot and her mother kept her inside of their one-room apartment because she was a cripple. Mam was embarrassed of Ada and did not want people to see her, so she was only allowed to be by the window. Mam was not the same with Jamie because he was born normal, so he could go outside. Ada did not know what she was missing in the outside world since she had been kept inside the apartment since she was born.
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A lady was going to take Jamie but she told the lady that he was a thief and she was the only one able to control him, so the lady left. Mrs. Thorton decided to take them to someone that would take care of them and they were placed with Ms. Susan Smith. Susan did not want any children because she had never taken care of children, but Ms. Thorton still left them there. Ms. Susan became a great support for Ada and Jamie even though she was not considered a nice lady. Ms. Smith took Ada to Dr. Graham who diagnosed her having clubfoot.
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Dr. Graham gave Ada some crutches to be able to move around. Ms. Susan writes to Mam to get an authorization, but she never responds. The doctor recommended for Ada to have surgery to walk better but without her mother’s consent she was not able to get it. She gave them what Mam never did, attention and love. Ada met a horse name Butter who she became very attached to and took care of him. Ada and Butter had the same problem they were not given the attention that they needed. Mam did not take care of Ada and Ms. Susan never payed attention to Butter after Becky died. After several months of living with Susan she helped Ada heal all the abuse she had been through by Mam. Jamie stopped wetting the bed after he found Bovril and would sleep with him. Ada was now able to do many things that Mam had prohibited her to do.
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She would now socialize and was able to become a young member of the VMS. Ada met Margaret the daughter of Lady Thorton who she helped after she fell from riding her brother Jonathan’s horse. Margaret and Ada became friends and she would give Ada clothes since they did not bring anything from London. Lady Thorton offered Ada to go to Mr. Grimes to help her with Butter who wouldn’t jump the walls or run faster. Ada and Mr. Fred Grimes became good friends while she was his helper. She learned how to take care of Butter and learned more about horses. Fred gave Ada a side saddle to have easy access to ride butter it was about 20 years old and it belonged to Lady Thorton’s aunt.
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Ada could not attend school because she was not “educable”, but Jamie was accepted. In school they believed that Jamie was the curse by the devil for being left handed. Ms. Susan goes to school to talk to the teacher and clarify that being left handed was normal. Susan began to teach Ada at home to write and read. When Ada learned to write she wrote a letter to Mam to ask her to please sign a paper approving surgery. Unfortunately, the letter was sent back with a stamp that said wrong address. Although the was not over, some of the children were being taken back by their parents. Ada being a young member of the VMS met Daisy while they were helping with the soldiers that were injured and brought to Kent.
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After several months Jamie kept claiming he wanted to go back to his mother, but Ada was not too sure about it. One day unexpectedly Mam came to pick them up. Mam took them back because the government was asking her to pay 19 shingles weekly while the children were under the care of Susan. Once they were back home, Mam took Ada’s crutches and the leather shoe that Susan had made her. When Ada noticed her things missing, she confronted Mam. Mam never wanted children especially a crippled child. Mam said it was all their father’s fault for wanting children. Ada and Jamie decided to leave to go back to Kent and Mam was not going to pay anything for them to be taken care of.
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While the children were planning their way back to Kent, Susan was coming to London she felt the children belonged to her too. Unfortunately, that night they got bombed and had to stay in a shelter overnight. The next day when they were leaving the shelter they saw a lady that looked like a witch, but it was Susan. They all returned to Kent where they were surprised to see that Susan’s house was bombed as well. There were several people looking for them three since the sirens went on all night and they were not aware about the situation they were going through. Susan felt so happy because if it was not for her going to find the children, she would have been dead. Ada holds Susan hand and through her mind the word “joy” popped up she tells her now we are even.
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In the book, Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, Joseph J. Ellis explores the relationship between the Founding Fathers and their contributions and influences on the new American nation. He does this describing key-moments that established the American nation, following the defeat of the British in the 1776 war of independence, and in addition key-moments in the lives of Founding Fathers. Joseph J. Ellis especially focuses on the lives of Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison. This enables the reader a catch a glimpse into these Founding Fathers lives behind the scenes.
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Through stories, he analyzes the Founding Fathers personality, their flaws, and their strength. This makes the Founding Fathers more relatable to the reader and makes it easier for the reader to understand why they did what they did. Joseph J. Ellis argues that the government built today was rooted by the close relationship that these men have formed. Which is why Ellis calls his book “Founding Brothers”, instead to Founding Fathers which goes to reflects on how intimate they were. Their relationship was held by their united convictions that Union must be preserved.
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Even Hamilton last message, before he passed, was that the nation must not fall apart: “It must hang together as long as it can be made to.”. One of the most distinct friendships in this group of people was Adams’ and Jefferson’. Despite having different political views and argument, their bonds as Founding fathers was undeniable, as Ellis points out. A bond that was created by the strive to become independent and free, which was greater that of different political views. With that Adams and Jefferson were able to overcome their differences on political views and were able to renew their friendship. Jefferson stated “ While I breathe I shall be your friend” to Adams. This demonstrates how their relationship was like that of a brother – that even though they might disagree they cannot change that this person is there brother.
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Ellis points to the fact that the ability of these individuals to compromise has shaped American politics today. Despite the fact that they had a different ideology, they were frequently able to reach a consensus through compromise. This can be seen at a dinner held in 1790, which is “ most famous for averting a political crisis” as described by Joseph Ellis; Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton were able to set aside their political difference in order to reach a compromise on a plan to pay off the national debt and to locate the capital of this new nation. This is reflected in today’s American politics, where compromise has to be made for the good of the nation.
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Founding Fathers has the ability to grasp the reader’s attention and gives a deeper understanding of the lives and the characters of the Founding Fathers. Through their close bond and their shared desire to create this nation, they were able to overcome their flaws and their personal dispute using compromise. This book has very good credentials, it is written from a historian, and uses many different primary sources. It is a good book for anyone who wishes to have a deeper understanding of this extraordinary event in history
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Life presents many challenges, and many of these are almost impossible to overcome alone. In order to best overcome these challenges, it helps to have a brother to lean on. Brotherhood goes beyond just an average friend, it represents a deeper bond. This bond may or may not be through blood. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, Enkidu was specifically created to help guide Gilgamesh through his different trials and to join him in his adventures. In The Bhagavad-Gita, Arjuna looked to Krishna for advice in a time where he had to make very important decisions.
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Enkidu is told by Shamhat the he is “just like him” and that he “will love him like [his] own self”. Because the two are so similar, they fight at first but soon realize they cannot defeat one another. This conclusion leads them to become very close friends and to go on adventures with each other. Enkidu was glad to have Gilgamesh because “he was yearning for one to know his heart, a friend”. It is natural for someone to want to be known, so when they are suffering they have someone who already understand them to go to.
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Gilgamesh and Enkidu went on many adventures together and grew even closer as they went on these adventures. As they traveled, they were “clasping to each other, hand in hand’” as they went to the sublime temple to see Ninsun. Holding hands to them was not a romantic gesture like in modern times, but it showed companionship between the two. The elders who placed Enkidu in Gilgamesh’s life gave him advice when going on adventures. One piece of advice was: Trust not Gilgamesh, in your own strength Let your vision be clear, take care of yourself. Let Enkidu go ahead of you, He has seen the road, has traveled the way. He knows the ways into the forest And all the tricks of Humbaba, He who goes first safeguards his companion, His vision clear, he protects himself.
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The importance of brotherhood is exemplified through this advice from the elders. It would be very dangerous to travel alone, but with a companion the journey can be made safely. Each of them can back the other up. Enkidu also knows the way so Gilgamesh can make his journey safely. They had such a close bond that when Enkidu died, Gilgamesh mourned for seven days. His mourning shows how close the two had become and the impact one person can have and the value of their life. While people are not specifically created for one another, Gilgamesh and Enkidu’s bond can be looked at as an example of what brotherhood should look like today. They trust one another with their own lives. They also are able to receive advice from one another.
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In the Bhagavad-Gita, Arjuna looks to the divine Krishna for advice when he is placed in a troubling circumstance. Arjuna has to make a decision when he is being forced to fight his family. This would be a troubling situation for anybody, and it could be made easier by having someone to look for advice from. Arjuna is able to look to Krishna for advice on a wide variety of topics in order for him to come to terms with the situation that he is in. At the beginning Arjuna is so confused that he “collapsed into his chariot, his bow and arrows chattering, and his mind overcome with grief”. Arjuna was so overwhelmed that he literally collapsed, and without help from Krishna, he may have suffered even more. Krishna is able to give him advice so that he feels confident in what he has to do.
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He exemplifies brotherhood in the sense that people with that bond can go to one another with anything and receive advice to help them overcome whatever challenge they may be facing. Arjuna wants to know how to better himself. He asks Krishna “’how may I know the man steady in his wisdom, who abides in meditation? How should that one sit, speak and move?’” Arjuna knows that meditation is important but does not know how to go about it. Arjuna knows Krishna is knowledgeable on this topic, so he is able to ask with confidence that a good answer will be provided. Arjuna provokes Krishna into appearing into his ultimate form which is too much for Arjuna’s mind to comprehend. Krishna then returns to his normal form and tells Arjuna “with your fears banished and your mind now cheerful, look once upon my form”. Arjuna is relieved to see that Krishna is back to normal.
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Arjuna learns to trust in Krishna and not to push him to become something that he cannot handle. Lots can be learned from the relationship between Krishna and Arjuna, despite Krishna being a supernatural being. Krishna helps Arjuna though the toughest thing that would ever come into his life. He exemplifies the loving advice that one brother gives to another in time of need. In One Thousand and One Nights, the Kings are blood brothers that exemplify having a good bond with one another, although their actions may not be the purest in nature. The brothers were there for the other when he was in a time of sorrow. Each one had a wife who was cheating on them. This allowed the two to have a common misfortune that led to them to better console the other.
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In the beginning, Shahrayar had gone ten years without seeing his brother, Shahzaman, so he sent for his brother to join him in at his castle. Before he left, Shahzaman discovered that his wife was having an affair. This caused him to be very distraught and upset while visiting his brother. Shahrayar saw this and “for a month he gathered gifts for his brother” in an attempt to make him feel better. Nothing could assuage Shahzaman except for finding someone who was in a worse situation than him. While Shahrayar was out hunting, Shahzaman discovered that Shahrayar’s wife was having an affair. This caused Shahzaman to feel better and when Shahrayar came back, he was back to his normal self. Shahrayer wanted to know what led to Shahzaman’s recovery and kept asking what the cause was.
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Shahzaman wanted to protect his brother and kept saying he could not express the reason for his recovery. Shahrayer was persistent and kept insisting until finally Shahzaman told him the true reason, that Shahrayer’s wife was having an affair. This led to Sharayer becoming very upset. They then went on to “find one whose misfortune is greater than [theirs]”. Though they did not react to their misfortunes in the best way, the two brothers leaned on each other in their troubling times. Each wanted to help the other feel better and was willing to do anything for the other. This came in the form of gift giving, trying to withhold information for the better of the other and also being there in person for support.
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If Gilgamesh, Arjuna and Shahzaman did not have a brother to lean on in their time of need, their stories would be extremely different. Enkidu, Krishna and Sharayer all exemplified brotherhood for the readers in modern times. All three of these texts show different aspects that go into what a brotherhood should look like. They can be looked to for examples of how a brother should act, and qualities that a brother has. Going through life without someone to lean on would be extremely difficult. It is just as important in these current times to have a brother to lean on when life presents challenges.
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We are all born and raised in certain ways and brought up to believe certain things under a plethora of circumstances and scenarios. It’s purely reasonable to believe whatever you or told or “trained” as we grow and learn in our lives. We are impacted the most by whom we are raised by in our lives. When we grow up and learn the highways of life, we learn to drive those highways. We realistically achieve this by learning from our instructors and developing increased skills as we experience various driving conditions.
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Take a lemon car for a prime example; a lemon car is typically a car that contains defects and flaws that it can’t indeed serve its purpose. With this as an example, many individuals are under the impression that they have defects affecting their value or utility because of what they believe. In life, we all serve a purpose of some sort and have value no matter what anyone says. We can change, grow and thrive from whom we think we are and who we believe we are supposed to be.
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We uniquely represent all products of whom we want to, and it starts in your head. We are complete when we feel valuable, loved and felt we have a purpose. Unluckily, some are raised being told that they are none of these things and treated a lemon or a black sheep. We are not born a confounded nuisance and not taken as a lemon. Our parents represent the ones who maintain the responsibility to define us. Parents are unperfect, commonly fail to demonstrate or admit that fact merely. Parents’ duties are to show help and prepare their children for their adult lives. Parents are supposed to demonstrate many skills. To name a few ordinary tasks, personal responsibility, accountability, how to express themselves and set foundations for them to become strong assets to society.
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Beloved children look up to their parents as leaders role models and influences of whom they genuinely think they are. All too frequently parents abuse their children and place misleading information into their precious developing minds. When this happens, it establishes impacting possibilities in ultimate indoctrinating them in some cases that they are indeed a lemon. If a parent on a frequent basis is telling and instructing a child that they are not valuable and merely managing them as malfunctioned in some way, then they will believe they represent a lemon. Under these unfortunate circumstances, they are inevitably generating a destructive pattern of making the kiddo falsely think that they are defected.
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This tactic would affect the being that they are and whom they are growing to become. This emotional type of mindset happens typically because of many negative things. It is merely possible it’s just a troubled parent, a mental illness, or they were treated the same way. It is sad that these parents are performing these things and don’t even realize the extensive damage they are recklessly causing. When neglectful parents feed their child severe emotional thoughts, it will cause them to believe inappropriate things about themselves. Emotional abuse such as this can potentially be paralyzing to the child. As the innocent child grows, this is whom they inadvertently become to think who they are as adults aka thinking that they a lemon but are wonderfully fine.
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Children brought up this way will believe these things because they are internalizing this information throughout their lives. However at the end o the days, it’s in their heads, not anything else. Parents carry out a significant role in producing cutting people by the way they are being raised. We are whom we believe we are. Many people grow up thinking they represent things that can be toxic for their well being. Living in this sadness is unfair, and there is no reason in justifying these occurrences or the feeling that you are holding onto if they are bad for you.
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It’s my opinion that learning from these lessons in life is only something that we realize once we begin to gain more knowledge as we go along our journey. I do think that when some people have in their heads that they are not good , or worthy enough for things they need to reform what’s going on in their mind to make that adjustment happen in their life. Its okay as we get more skilled to occupy lives that others don’t have to understand as long as we are satisfied and content with who we are, that’s all that matters. We are not lemons we are all unique and beautiful. Throughout our lives, we will take part in a million battles and still survive and stand tall.
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We will be betrayed, backstabbed, laugh, be fearless, joyful, abandoned, scared love, and live with passion. It’s not about what others think is a functional and appropriate way or how we were raised. It’s ultimately up to us at the end of the day how we want to perceive ourselves and how we want others to view us. Throughout our lives, we will always be put in positions that we didn’t apply for, but in reality, we don’t have to take the job. It’s our choice to generate the energy that you need to for yourself. Accusing your parents is something that doesn’t matter anymore when you’re old enough to decide. Just because your past is apart of you-you don’t have to be stuck in the past.
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Repeating past behaviors, I think this often happens because we have been so comfortable doing so. We get comfortable and settle eventually and have used these patterns whether they were worthy for us or not. We execute this because it’s familiar and humans are creatures of habit. We are not stuck being anyone we don’t want to be. The wondrous power that we all have individual and unique is that nobody is you and nobody is exactly alike. We are all designed differently, and that’s the beauty of who you are. Being unique is the mightiest power that you withhold. You are not a lemon you have to learn how to step into the person that you want to be by understanding that your mind masters your life.
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Jacki was the youngest of five in his family. In 1920, after his father abandoned the family they moved to Pasadena California, to live with his uncle. You could say the Jackie’s childhood was a wild one. He wasn’t a rich kid, so he had to work when he was a little kid so he could help his family. Selling newspapers and vending hot dogs at the Rose Bowl stadium were both normal trades of Jackie making a dollar here and there.