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mother?’...’It’s not that, it’s just so obvious.’...’Embarrass you be my daughter?’ Her voice cracking with anger.” (Tan, 101) This conversation supposedly shows how Lindo and Waverly did not share similar character and therefore the mother did not pass on their strength of character to the daughter. They were misinterpreting each other and didn’t see what the other saw. The language and generation barrier seemingly did not significantly demonstrate how Lindo passed on her character traits to…

I was in hell. Try outs were a pain in the ass. I had never ever been through so much in one day. I loved basketball so much, I just love it. We warmed up and introduced ourselves to each other. Then the pain began, we started with the basic drills that everyone should know. We did lay ups, passes, and then we ran! Running will always be a natural thing, but me a person who hates running? I rather get a burn then have to run, but it’s part of the game. There was about 20 of us trying out. Our…

CNarrative Before, I used to think death was an awful thing to go through, and that I would never be able to deal with a death in my family. That death means forever gone never coming back, almost as if the world was ending coming to a collapse, and there would be no feelings left but a empty hollow shell after someone passing. From, what I used to think and perceive of death and how I feel about death during the process but how I view everything now has completely changed. When, I was…

“In Praise of the F word” readers may get the wrong idea of what the “F word” could be. When readers think about the “F word,” they generally gravitate towards the vulgar word that has innumerable amount of meanings. In this case the author is talking about the word failing. To many people the word failing has no meaning, but to others failing has a lot of meaning. “In Praise of the F word,” the author introduces readers about how people are floating through life doing the bare minimum. The…

However, when the clients are in the classroom, they receive two breaks. One in the morning and one in the afternoon. During the break, two CYC’s cook food and send the left overs with anyone who is homeless. The last program that they offer is the PASS program which mainly helps with personal development. In…

caused my insides quake. I held my hand to my boney figure as if to comfort myself, and waited for the gurgling to stop. People passed me without a second glance, too busy with their lives to pay attention to someone like me. I understood, these people pass the homeless everyday and they have things to do, and they don’t want to waste their lunch caring for someone who they don’t even know.…

love. Margaux’s skin now dangled from her skeleton, while the sun only provided motivation for the overwhelming migraines. The darkness inside the apartment now mimed the aura of the room, welcoming the impending passing; only to have the dark angel pass by, leaving behind a trail of suffering. Tom held himself to the same captivity, never leaving her…

It was a cold and windy night in Big Timber Montana while Dakota was at his favorite bar watching the football game. Dakota is 31 years old and was born and raised in Montana. He grew up learning how to hunt and fish from his father when he was younger. Dakota's mother and father passed away a couple years ago, now Dakota lives by himself in a small ranch just outside the small city of Big Timber about 6 miles away from the bar. Dakota drives a beat up and rusted Ford pickup truck and works at…

influences our identity, and about how racial passing still occurs today really spoke to me and allowed me to see more how we live in an ever changing world. She began the talk by discussing racial passing and what it is. How people of color would pass as white individuals in the past to have better opportunities in life. She then went on to discuss how she initially became interested in passing, and the story about how her cousin passed as a white woman for the entirety of her life.…

In the article “In Praise of the F Word”, by Mary Sherry, she explains how flunking a student is for the wellbeing of students than to pass them if they absolutely do not understand the materials of that class. Mary Sherry speaks of this, due to the fact that she is an adult literacy educator, and also a writer.…