...we visit we take the memories and experiences that we had there and keep them in our minds and hearts forever. Whereas Bhatt suggests that when we go to a new place we forget who we previously were and change ourselves so that we fit in with the new culture that we are living in. We know this from when she says “And how does it happen/ that after the torture”. This shows the struggle to keep your cultural heritage when you move places. In “A Different History” Bhatt suggests that not only does places change who we are but that we change the places that we go to. She writes “he simply emigrated/ to India” which shows us that you can still be the same person that you were before you moved but now you can get the opportunity to learn new ideas and views on things. In contrast to this Brewster suggests that in some places you will not fit in as it is not the sort of place that you are used to and love to live in. We know this from when she describes the city smell as “smog”. This shows that she feels claustrophobic in the city whereas in her homeland she is used to the “acres of pine woods” which is a metaphor for space to breathe and relax. Elizabeth Brewster writes “Where I come from, people/ carry woods in their minds”. This shows that the people who live there are open-minded and that their homeland has made such a big impact on their lives that they are always thinking about it and will never forget about it. On the contrary Sujata Bhatt writes “the unborn grandchildren/grow...
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...1 I am John. I am a student of St. Andrew’s High School. I am working in Microsoft Corporation. I am doing business. I am looking for a job. I am a housewife. He is my father. She is my mother. He is my elder brother. This is my younger brother. She is my elder sister. She is my younger sister. He is my grandfather. She is my grandmother. He is my neighbour. He is my classmate. He is my colleague. DAY 2 How are you? How is life? How are things? How is your married life? Fine. I am fine. Pretty well. Fantastic. Fit as a fiddle. I am fine. What about you? Fine. How about you? I am fine and you? How is your father? How is your mother? How is your brother? How is your sister? He is fine. Oh, well. He is doing fine. How is everybody? How is everybody at home? Everybody is fine. All are fine. DAY 3 May I know your name? Your name please? Your good name please? What's your name? I am Mary. I am Miss. Catherine. I am Mrs. Obama. What are you? What do you do? Where do you work? Where are you working? I am working in Google. I am working as a Advertising Agent. What is your father? What is he? Where does he work? He is working in MSN – USA. He is working as a software engineer in WIPRO. He is a software engineer in WIPRO. DAY 4 Where do you live? Where are you living? Where is your residence? I live in London. I am living in London. I am residing...
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...Aryan Stock. It was first published in 1913 as a collection of prose translations made by the author from the original Bengali (a language of India) Poems. Evidence does indicate that the poet W.B. Yeats had a hand in editing and publishing it! GITANJALI 1 Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life. This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new. At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable. Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill. 2 When thou commandest me to sing it seems that my heart would break with pride; and I look to thy face, and tears come to my eyes. All that is harsh and dissonant in my life melts into one sweet harmony---and my adoration spreads wings like a glad bird on its flight across the sea. I know thou takest pleasure in my singing. I know that only as a singer I come before thy presence. I touch by the edge of the far-spreading wing of my song thy feet which I could never aspire to reach. Drunk with the joy of singing I forget myself and call thee friend who art my lord. Page 1 3 I know not how thou singest, my master! I ever listen in silent amazement. The light of thy music illumines the world. The life breath of thy music...
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...our choice. However, have you ever stopped to think about where the food you buy at the local supermarket comes from? When we think we are eating healthy are we really making the right choices? What about where does the food from the supermarket comes from? How did it get to the supermarket before it made its way into your shopping cart? These are all questions we want to think about when we make food choices. Not only do we want to make right choices but we also want our choices to have a positive outcome on our community. Supermarkets are usually stocked via grocery suppliers or grocery wholesalers. One of my local chain supermarkets, Shaw’s, has different vendors that they use. Their website does not list the different vendors but it has access to their policies and how they choose their vendors. A Consumers International report from July 2012 says that supermarkets buy from suppliers and then sell to consumers. Supermarkets have both retailer and buyer power which means they have influence on both suppliers and consumers. “The more supermarkets buy, the better terms they get. The better terms they get, the more they sell.” (Nicholson, C. & Young, B., 2012). If I were to purchase all the items for my meal, chicken, lemon, rice, mushrooms, greens, almonds, wheat roll, butter, milk, and apple crisp, from Shaw’s Supermarket I would not know where any of my items were being sourced from. I would not know how long the chicken’s been packaged or the...
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...female (Rita) being driven in a limousine, she realizes that the driver is not going where they need to be going. The limo stops and the driver orders her to get out, and then pulls a gun on her to attempt to murder her. At the same moment the car is hit head on by another car. Rita escapes death and stumbles into an apartment complex where she sneaks into one of the apartments. Later the niece (Betty) of the apartment’s resident comes to stay there, where she finds Rita. It is there where we find out that she has amnesia and does not know who she is. Betty befriends Rita to help her find out who she is. There are other stories that are intertwined as well, there is a scene where there is a man and who appears to be his shrink in a diner. The man tells the other about his dream about a man in the alley that is scary. The doctor takes the man to the spot where they come to the scary individual, and then the man passes out. This scene does not reveal if the man died or not. The way the film was shot, it felt like it was meant to be shot from the earlier times, and not the times when the film was actually shot. There were a lot of extreme close-ups to give a more serious feel to it. Other shots that I felt were used to help the viewer feel more part of the film, was a lot of point of view shots. The view has the chance to see what the character sees, from how they see or feel what is going on. During the opening scene with Rita escaping...
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...ever wonder where you came from? Where your ancestors started. Did they come from England? Ireland? Japan? Nepal? I think at some point everyone has been interested in where they originated. A different part of the world that you never would of imaged that you came from there. Some history goes way back into other eras, which you would never expect. What got me curios about where I came from, was the topic choice of John Edgar Wideman reading “Our Time” ”Page 657”. Which was a topic idea present on Old Habits. John Wideman reading talks about how you might explain your family history. Especially how would you explain where ones habits have come from? Is it something your mother did, that your grandfather has done? How can I take...
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...crook tonight I caught you staring at me and I was thinking clearly Now I'm like a bee and I'm huntin' for the honey And I'm kinda shy but you're super fly yeah I could be your kryptonite Like ohh ohh ohh Light my heart up baby like a match stick Ohh ohh ohh And hit the gas quick Ready or not Here I come Where you at? The night is young In the crowd the music's loud but I will find you Ready or not Here I come I like your face Do you like my song? Just sing it la la la la la la and I'll find you Ready or not (Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh) Ready or not (Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh) Hello my name is... (Bridgit) Nice to meet you I think you're famous Where have I seen you? You'll be my William, I'll be your Kate Livin' like a fairytale We could have a palace right next to Oprah 37 cars and a yacht down in Boca Take me away wherever you say Yeah we could be setting sail Like ohh ohh ohh Light my heart up baby like a matchstick Ohh ohh ohh And hit the gas quick Ready or not Here I come Where you at? The night is young In the crowd the music's loud but I will find you Ready or not Here I come I like your face Do you like my song? Just sing it la la la la la la and I'll find you Ready or not (Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh) Ready or not, not (Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh) Ready or not here I come, here I come You're like a breath of fresh air in my lungs You and me dance from the night to the dawn Ready or not here I come, boy it's on Ready or not here I come, here I come You're like...
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...those items. What we usually don’t do, is think about where those items come from. Some of the items may come from here in the United States and some may come from other counties. There could be good things and not so good things come from items produced inside and outside of the United States. One of the good things is that the items that are produced and used in the U.S. help our struggling economy. An example of this would be milk that is produced from cows and collected at a farm and brought to a pasteurization plant where it is processed. Since milk spoils so quickly it’s usually sent to a plant that is fairly close to the farm. They test the milk for antibiotics and then it’s pumped into holding tanks and processed in 24 to 72 hours of the time it gets to the plant. It is kept under 45 degrees from the time it gets into the transportation truck until the time it’s processed. After it’s processed it is put in cartons and taken to the store still being kept below 45 degrees. Milk is never shipped to other countries because of the fact it needs to be kept refrigerated. (Milk Processing, 2007) One of the not so good things about products produced in other countries is that they may have to add preservatives to food in order to transport them to other countries and those preservatives may lead to obesity. They have to pick fruits and vegetables even before they are ripe to add the preservatives to prevent them from spoiling. Some of the...
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...Abstract Learning and researching about my culture background has given me the purpose of who I am and where I want to go in life. Everything to the Navajo is very sacred and interrelated. Being a Native American of the Navajo tribe, I have identified my clanship; I have a purpose on this beautiful spiritual journey on this corn pollen road. Spiritual Journey In our way of life, the Navajo way of living, we have to know where we come from and where we are going in life. The first time I had ever heard of the Hero Twins story was from a medicine man. Long ago, a woman named changing woman had given birth to twins. During the day, they would play outside of their Hogan, with their mother, changing woman, watching over them to make sure they were safe from the monsters. One day, one of the monsters wanted changing woman for himself because he thought she was childless and went to their home, changing woman quickly hid her twins. When the monster asked “whose footprints are these”? Changing woman lied saying she made them herself, as she made prints with her hand and fingers, saying she is very lonely and wanted to make it look like someone has been coming to visit. As the hero twins got older and wiser, they started asking their mother who their father was. Changing woman kept saying you have no father. Eventually, changing woman finally gave in and told them if you really want to know who your father is, you must travel east to find your father...
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...talks about what she thinks a home is and I do not completely agree with what she thinks a home is. A person could have everything they want in a house, but if there is no love and support, then it is not a home. I do not know what it is like to be homeless, but I do know what it is like for a home to not feel like a home. I agree with Quindlen that home is where the heart is, it is a shame there are so many homeless people in the world, and that a home should be a stable place. It is nice to have a roof over my head and I appreciate everything I have, but all of that does not make a place a home. I do not believe that you are where you live, unlike Quindlen (191). Where you come from does not always make you who you are today. A person can come from a terrible home and may have struggles as a child but that does not mean they will grow up to be a terrible person. Home is where the heart is and if you have a good heart, you will make a good home whether it is when you are young or when you start a family. One of the most common rules of life is to learn from your mistakes. Though how you were raised is not a...
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...open a new business, a craft museum for kids; a place where kids can come and find their creative side, while being taught to learn how to connect and master the arts. We value creativity and encourage kids to express themselves in a way never before done. People will care about my organization because it offers a chance to enhance a side of children that is not always encouraged or have the opportunity to experience. We will be a small company starting out. We offer payment plans, as well as package deals for families of all budgets. The three important services we offer every client, is to work with each child individually, and in group setting with teachers who will bring out the child’s creative side, no child shall ever be turned away due to non-payment, and we teach each child to learn how to express themselves fully through art, and their creative side. My organization will be different from the competition because we are not a babysitting drop off center for parents; we are not a school of fine arts, nor are we a therapist center, My main goal is to see the silly, creative, and goofy side of kids come out and they are able to express those feelings on papers, on the walls, and on the furniture! I foresee this company flourishing within the next 5 years. Once parents see how at ease, and relaxed, and silly their kids become from the experience of my organization, word will spread and will become known from...
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...in so many ways. When I asked my friends what family is, I received four different answers. The first one said “Family is a group of individuals who are connected by blood who love each other.” My next friend replied “family is where you can be yourself, enjoy life and be embraced and not judged by society.” My third friend claimed “A family is a unit of people that range from young and old. It might consist of a couple; a mother, father and children; a single parent and child; grandparent and grandchildren; a sibling group; a circle of friends; or however that family defines itself.” My response to my own question was “Families are the foundation of society. It's where we come into the world, are nurtured and given the tools to go out into the world, capable and healthy but also our Family is a social unit consisting of guardians and the children they raise.” When the idea of family comes about, what exactly comes to mind? Do you think of the ones that you live with? Do you think of the ones who made you the person you are today? Or do you just think about what makes your family different? Well when it comes to the notion of family as a whole. All of these things plus more come into play. I will introduce you to my family and show you what the Williams/Paris family is all about. On July eight 1993 I, Keion Armandes Paris, was brought into this world, and I was introduced to a great family. When I first opened my eyes, the first couple of faces I saw were my parents and...
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...HUM114 Critical thinking is when you stop to analyze any problem or situations and come up with ideas on how you can solve them critically; it is also the ability to use reasoning and logic to unfamiliar ideas and situations. Critical thinking is a form of behavior we can enforce in every moment we need to analyze a certain perspective, situation, problems, and issues. The three most significant things that I have learned about critical thinking during this course are how to identify if it is a problem or an issue, the steps to critically analyze a situation, and finally I learned how to listen, read, and view critically. Learning to identify if a situation is a problem or an issue is imperative. The reason is because they have different approaches to each one. If a situation is a problem, people can all agree that is a problem but may have different ways of mindset when it comes to finding the solution. There may be ideas for solutions that not everybody agrees with, but everybody will agree there is a problem. If the situation is an issue, people will not all agree there may be an issue. Everyone will have their own opinion on the situation to where some may think there is an issue, others may think there is no issue and also others may not agree on how to solve the issue. When you are able to identify if it is an issue or a problem, you can start thinking critically on how to come up with ideas and solutions to solve this problem and any issues that may rise. There...
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...When it comes to nationality, I feel as though there are a few definitions for this term. There are three big variations of this term in my opinion. One is the literal meaning which is basically where you come from or where your native country is. Another one is your newly adopted nationality or the one I am most closely associated with, which in my case is being an American although it isn’t my country of origin. Finally the third one is a smaller subset similar to a community that defines you more so than your newly adopted nationality. The literal definition of nationality basically states that I am Indian and come from Mumbai, India but this doesn’t say anything about me personally or reveal anything about how I express or show my “nationality”. My newly adopted nationality is me being an American because I was born in America and I being raised to follow a certain American standard. This definition of nationality is closer to my own definition of the phrase. My personal definition is similar to that of Benedict Anderson’s where nationality is also closely linked with community and that almost shapes who you are. When someone asks me what my nationality is, the answer is never so simple as just “Indian”. My answer is normally, “Well, I am Indian, but I was born in America… but I am a very typical New Yorker.” After this short explanation someone’s follow up question is usually, “Where are you from in New York?” and then there is another short explanation of how I lived in...
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...the “California Dream” is perfectly displayed throughout Disneyland because it shows a land of opportunity, it exemplifies the glamour that many seek, and it displays the laid back life style that people only dreamed of. Although many may not think of it as a land filled with opportunity, some pursue the “California Dream” within Disneyland. One man believed that there was the land of opportunity in California. That talented man was Walt Disney, his “California Dream” was to create a place where families could come and have fun together. He once said, “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them” (brainyquote.com). His idea of Disneyland has proven to be one of the greatest opportunities that anyone has ever taken in California. Walt Disney is one the role models of the “California Dream” as he has expressed his own idea of what the “California Dream” is, by taking the opportunity to create Disneyland. He has spread the “California Dream” throughout the world from his Disney creation. Many opportunities within Disneyland aren’t just the land itself but what’s inside. Dawn McKay is a blogger and she writes about every experience she has going somewhere and she so happened to go to Disneyland and writes about her opinion of the place, for example, “Disney Cast Members exhibit a level of professionalism that is, unfortunately, not exhibited by employees of many other companies” (careerplanning.about.com). She thinks that the place has a very great opportunity...
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