I was born and raised in a small city of Viet Nam. My dad was hoping I would be a boy rather than a girl because of my two older sisters. To his dismay, I am the third and youngest daughter in my family. Though my dad’s intensions were for me to be a boy, therefore he raised me to be a strong person. He taught me how to fixed things around the house, maintain my motorcycle when it broke down, took me to all types of sporting events, and bought me a lot of boy type clothing when I was growing up.
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Ryan Dunphy Creative Writing Assignment Lost Footsteps Standing 6 feet 8 inches tall and doofy as a clown, Mike had always found it tough to fit through the door way let alone fit in at school. With long arms that resembled pool noodles and a face that only a mother could love, he never really felt like he belonged. Ever since a young age Mike tried really hard to impress the guys but often times was clumsy and wound up making a fool of himself. His tall stature naturally gave him
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One of my closest friends from high school is the most unique person I have met in my 18 years of life. My friend Andrew, who I have been a good friend with since the sixth grade has many different beliefs and values in his life. Compared to mine at least. When it comes to family, college, and a career there are a lot of things that we have different ideas and beliefs on. I knew he would be a great subject to sit down with and discuss these specific topics. Not only does Andrew have a lot of his
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My Perfect Mate My perfect mate would be a girl that has the same interests as me. She would be into watching movies, athletics, and trying to help out others. The girl I would want would probably be much different than any that my parents would chose for me. My parents would want me to be with a girl that is educated, well off financially, and friendly. I don’t think I would let my parents chose a girl for me though, since that would be the girl that they would want, not the one that I am looking
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I do not think Charlie Gordon was a hero. It was other scientists that made him intelligent. He became very smart and he added his own formaler as well as mathematical analysis to the medicine, but the results did not make him a hero. He was a guinea pig and his parents allowed scientist to experiment with his body. Charlie thought he was best friends with Joe Carp and Frank Reily, but they just played around with him. When Charlie became intelligent he understood that they were not his friends
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Rainbow Rowell’s debut novel, Eleanor and Park (2013) brings readers in the minds of two sixteen-year-olds who meet on a bus during the first day of school. Park is a half-Korean boy who lives in a loving family. On the other hand, Eleanor lives with her abusive stepfather, mom, and four younger siblings. The novel has received positive reviews and has received numerous awards, which includes Amazon's Teen Book of the Year and Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Book of the Year. Two misfits
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Would you sacrifice something special or important for someone? Would you give your life for someone? Darry gave up his college and athletics for Ponyboy to go to school, get to college and get a scholarship.In the book The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, it shows that true friends sacrifice for each other and would risk their lives for each other. When The Outsiders first starts, it shows how Ponyboy, Darry, and Soda are brothers. They don’t get along that well, but when something bad happens to one
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Gene, to show how betrayal can ruin friendships, using many techniques including: foreshadowing, figurative language, and symbolism. Foreshadowing is a technique that is used throughout the book. Gene is always in his own competition with his friend Phineas. For example, Gene states, “There was no harm in envying your best friend a little,” (Knowles 25). In most cases, envying what your friend has or can do is very damaging and can completely ruin a friendship. This shows that their relationship
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In the novel, A Separate Peace, I think the connection between Gene and Finny is based on the fact that Gene is in love with Finny. Gene can’t come out and just say it, so he does a bunch of obscure things to show Finny. I think Gene loves Finny because he only goes 2 places 15 years later. He also feels like he died when Finny died Finny died. Gene even apologizes when he jounces Finny out of the tree. When Gene went back to Devon School 15 years later, he only went 2 places; the marble staircase
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Friendship between Finny and Gene Throughout the book A Separate Peace, Gene is put into situations, time and again where he thinks that he is not adequate enough to live up Finny’s standards. Gene does not believe in himself and he will never start. Even though Gene and Finny seem to be best of friends they are unfit to be together. In this paper I will show how Gene is too envious of Finny and he ultimately causes the downfall of this friendship. The definition of friendship is thrown out of the
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