Courage I remember the sinking feeling and the tears that filled my eyes. I tried desperately to keep them from spilling onto my rosy cheeks, but it was no use, so I let them come. Through the tears I could see my mother and siblings gathered on the living room floor, crying as well. The darkness and dreariness outside reflected my feelings inside. As I’ve grown, there have been many attributes I have lost and gained through experiences. All of these experiences have defined the person that
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Jonathan Safran Foer, an American writer, once wrote, “She was like a drowning person, flailing, reaching for anything that might save her. Her life was an urgent, desperate struggle to justify her life.” Foer illustrates a young girl who is struggling to find meaning in her life. When one faces obstacles and constant trials at home, in school, or in life, they often seek to find answers for help. The steps that a person takes towards success often involves failure, heartbreak, and conflict. On the
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2002 my little sister Tameka was born. I loved her oh so much, because she was my first and only sister. I looked after her when my mom went out. I changed her diapers, and made her bottle even though I was young myself. I always held her sitting down, because my mother didn’t trust me holding her standing up. In my mind I knew for a fact I could hold her, because she was little and I was strong. I will never forget when I dropped her on her head on my grandmother’s crooked stairs. One day my mother
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Pride and Prejudice JANE AUSTEN Level 5 Retold by Evelyn Attwood Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE, England and Associated Companies throughout the world. ISBN-13: 978-0-582-41935-3 ISBN-10: 0-582-41935-2 First published in the Longman Simplified English Series 1945 First published in Longman Fiction 1993 This adaptation first published in 1996 This edition first published 1999 10 NEW EDITION Contents page Introduction
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in the town I grew up in, and if you played well, you were indestructible, or so we thought. During my eighth grade year, I was having a wonderful game and I too thought I was capable of anything. It was a high pass that required a massive leap into the air. The pass was caught, but I hadn’t thought about my landing yet. But oh, I would be fine; I always was, until this landing. I came down on my arm as though it would have still broken had it been made of steel. The popping of the bone alone
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in the town I grew up in, and if you played well, you were indestructible, or so we thought. During my eighth grade year, I was having a wonderful game and I too thought I was capable of anything. It was a high pass that required a massive leap into the air. The pass was caught, but I hadn’t thought about my landing yet. But oh, I would be fine; I always was, until this landing. I came down on my arm as though it would have still broken had it been made of steel. The popping of the bone alone
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neighborhood where cops couldn't even get the drug dealers off the street. Growing up my family members used and sold illegal drugs. When I turned eleven years old I started smoking cigarettes. All of my older sisters and friends were doing it so why couldn't I? A couple of months later my sister came to me and introduced weed to me. I remember her telling me that it was better than cigarettes and that it would remove stress from my life.
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easy to define it 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;
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these strangers needed to know so much about me, my family and our whereabouts. Shortly the questions were over and we were now making progress. We got our fingerprints and documentation done all in this room, and since we were coming with a Visa that would allowed us to live here, they took care of what they called our “green cards”. When this was all set and done we had people right outside of the airport waiting to pick us up and take us to my grandmother’s. I don’t even recall falling asleep
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of his parents to many people. His mother lived in Chicago. She was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. His mother was surprised of her diagnosis because she hadn’t smoked in fifteen years. Reverend Horton’s mother had been diagnosed with lupus, which is a medical condition that affects many African American women. She had several medical issues including diabetes. His father was an alcoholic. The Struggle of Parent’s Troubles Rev. Horton: “My mother did not want to get any chemotherapy
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