Girl with a One-Track Mind

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    more than love it, you have to conquer it. It just so happened that my second year of track I experienced more than I knew about myself, with the help of injury. As soon as, the sun was lifting over my hill, I was up and going. I was as jumpy as a grasshopper on a sunny day. It was the first day of track and I could not what. They only bad news about that day was that I had an entire day of school before track. As soon as the last bell of the day rang, I raced out of…

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    color is blue, and my favorite animal is the wolf. The main 3 factors that impact my identity though are all of my friends, my abilities, and my family. My friends impact my life in many different ways that are very important. My friends in one way or another determine my personality. By the way they talk, or by the way they act. They also make me happy, just being around them makes me glad that they are always going to be there for me. We hang out a lot at many different places, so…

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    A One-Way Ticket to Madrid in ‘Hills Like White Elephants.’ Only one option Hills like white elephants must be one of the most interesting stories to analyze as it has so many hidden meanings that only an attentive reader can understand. In his story named Hills Like White Elephants, Ernest Hemmingway writes about an American man and his girlfriend Jig who are waiting for a train to Madrid, and while they are waiting, the couple has a conversation. However, what seems to be a normal dialogue at…

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    my years of high school, there has been one thing that I have learned that will stick with me for good, one bad decision is not the end of your life. When I was in eighth grade, my shyness played a big part in my decision on where I wanted to attend high school. The reason why I choose Queen of Peace was that it shared many comforts with my grammar school. They were both under the same name, Parrish, in my hometown, and other small details that eased my mind of the building anxieties of high…

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    Pocket in London, I decided that I must leave at once to inform Mr. Jaggers of my need to visit Estella back at Ms. Havisham’s house. As I was about to step foot into his office, this young girl wrapped in a scarf with a large floppy hat ran up to me and stopped me in my tracks. She quickly asked me if I wouldn’t mind joining her for tea, and before I had time to reply, she pulled me into a tea shop nearby. As we stepped into the shop, she pulled off her jacket, hat and scarf, revealing her…

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    As listening to one of the best music composers to live, Ludwig Van Beethoven, I realize the music he produced is more powerful than I have ever thought. Listening to Symphony Number Five has changed the passion I have for music. Beethoven is my favorite composer to live. On the first movement called Allegro con brio on symphony Five in C Minor is one of my beloved favorite track. I loved when the violins came in and built suspense towards the trumpets. Let’s be honest, where would the song be…

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    Observing a child is an admirable experience. It is amazing to see how differently children view certain situations compare from adults view. I recently observed three children. A one-year-old girl named Lily, and a three-year-old boy named Alan and a three-year-old girl named Gaby. The two little girls Lily and Gaby are sisters, which had a change in how they interacted with each other. This was a natural observation; the place was a classroom at a family daycare center. The room was decorated…

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    accept the invitation to a frat party at Delta Zeta Kappa with Cordelia. Xander follows the girls to the party, but loses track of them quickly as he is misidentified as a pledge in need of hazing. After a few drinks Buffy begins to feel ill and she stumbles into a room where Cordelia is already unconscious. When the party is over Buffy and Cordelia are chained to a basement wall, along with another girl named Kelly, where they will be sacrificed to Machida, the dark lord the fraternity serves,…

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    Red Scarf Girl The book Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang is about her early life in communist China. The cultural revolution is underway and Ji-Li’s life is starting to fall apart. Throughout the book, Ji-Li's perspective changes as she takes on more and more responsibilities for her family. Red Scarf Girl is voiced by the main character, Ji-Li Jiang, who is 12 years old and lives in Shanghai, China. She is an outstanding student, as well as her family is wealthy. She has everything students want.…

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    forgive them of this burden so they can pick up where they left off. The girl sees the opposite, she is noticing how the hills look like white elephants, suggesting she is thinking about a different future, one that includes "life". At the same time the girl is also noticing on the other side of the tracks the river and field of grain, all resemblances of life. In the end, I think the author suggests that the man changes his mind and the two decide not to terminate the pregnancy. For…

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