Birthdays

adolescence to adulthood affect the relationships with the people around you? The four texts that show how growing up affects your relationships are, Hugo's birthday by Kate Llewellyn, Twelfth birthday by Rachel Hadas, Ursula at Parakakariki by Fiona Farel, and the Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. At the start of the poem, Twelfth birthday, the mother is pregnant with her daughter, she is lying down wondering whether she could could read her daughter's mind, “I could…

Cypress College has been helping the community for years, and this year, it is going to have its 50th birthday. In order to acknowledge Cypress College’s existence in our community and show the appreciation for it, we are going to celebrate it’s birthday by inviting the alumni to be our guest speaker, having autograph sessions, and having a carnival. This event’s purpose is to address Cypress College for producing students with outstandings outcomes. For this event to occur, we are going to…

In Katharine Brush’s story, “Birthday Party,” the writer illustrates how differently people take surprises. She uses imagery, diction, metaphor and tone to portray that it is not everyone that takes surprises happily; some take is as an embarrassment. First, the writer uses imagery and metaphor to reveal that they are a couple. With the use of imagery, the writer describes the physical features of the man’s face , as it is “round,self-satisfied with glasses.” The man’s physical features,…

was my birthday and the day before my mother told me she had a fun surprise for me the next day. I woke up early around eight o'clock and hurried to get dressed. I went down stairs in our cabin that we were staying in to see if breakfast was ready and find out what my birthday surprise was. I got down stairs and I could smell the waffles my mother made. I sat down and she fixed my plate and handed it to me and said "Happy birthday Hartley, were going to have a fun day". I opened my birthday…

Hello this is and I want to recap on everything that has happened from our fifth birthday to our awesome birthday, our meaning my twin James and myself, which recently passed. We were born late in the day on September 25, 1760.Enough about James and I let’s talk about the rest of our family there six of us including James and I:Ma, Pa, Lydia(age 8), and George(age 6).Well a little while after our fifth birthday Parliament passed The Stamp Act which I later learned meant that all paper documents…

My fourteenth birthday was a landmark day for more reasons than I can count. Besides being a day of receiving blessings from elders, gifts from family and friends; sitting in at the ‘havan’ whose sacred fire would purify my soul; protect me, 7th of April of 2010 is etched in my mind and heart. That day I visited Kanya Ashram, a shelter for orphaned girl children, in my neighborhood. Being a teenager, friends and sports took center stage in my life, which were interspersed with bouts of teenage…

The big fifty! My grandparents have been married for fifty years, and we were celebrating their anniversary. Family and friends from all over came to help celebrate this special day. Even my cousins from Louisiana were there. I saw the broad smiles on the faces of my family. I knew it was going to be a good weekend. The large room that the reception was in was located at my grandparent’s church in Omaha. The Saturday morning of the reception, we all scrambled to set up round tables covered…

Sookan starts out the book being very unaware of her surroundings, throughout the book she becomes more and more aware of the world around her. The things that helped her realize this were Haiwon's 16th birthday party, going to school, and Grandfather's death. Haiwon's 16th birthday party was definitely a huge eye opener for Sookan. This helped her realize that life isn't always gonna be nice and dandy. When the Imperial Police came Sookan saw a lot of different emotions from her family…

A Birthday Gift Mr. Sen glanced towards the wall, the hands of the clock indicated that it was three in the afternoon. He would have to leave office right away for his appointment with the doctor. He looked up at his assistant Sayantini, sitting in front of him, and conveyed his intention of leaving early. “Please finish the pending work before you leave Ms. Paul”, he added, looking at Sayantini, as he rose from his chair and prepared to leave. Mr Sen’s words made Sayantini look up and for a…

father, her deteriorating relationship with her husband, and her struggle to continue her existence. “A Birthday Present” is a poem that has been widely analyzed as it provides a straightforward telling of Plath’s desire for death. In “A Birthday Present”, Plath describes what she truly wishes for on her birthday a year after her most recent suicide attempt. The poem describes her wanting her birthday present to be death. She states, “If it were death/ I would admire the deep gravity of it,/its…