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    American Reservations by saying how loud and chaotic there are. He describes the loud and chaotic lives of people in the Native American Reservations. He compares the Reservation to that to a quiet and peaceful birds nest. “Sometimes I wake to my mother’s favorite music, like Marvin Gaye or Blood, Sweat, and Tears.” (Face, Alexie). It shows how loud the Reservations can be. These songs are pretty loud and hardcore

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    also went through unspeakable experiences that permanently shaped them as a person. My aunt, Darrean Ziemski, is one of these veterans who sacrificed so much when she felt like she had so little. Always a strong role model to me, she has inspired me throughout my life. I have heard her story about her service in the Army before, but it never grows old because her sacrifice is timeless. On October 28, 1988, my aunt, who had just graduated from high school, joined the United States Army to officially

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    increase across ethnic groups. Cancer affects me directly because I am part African American and studies have shown that African Americans have a higher chance of developing some form of cancer. Although I do not know my biological family health background, it is something I will have to be conscious of in the future. My mother’s side of the family has a history of cancer. My maternal grandmother and great aunt and uncle all died of some form of cancer. My mother, as well as her siblings are at risk

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    forever be engraved in my history. That sunny Friday would soon turn into a treacherous storm that would change my life forever. It began when my mother woke up. She was ready to take me to school as usual, but today she was feeling different. As we got inside the car, she had a hard time walking due to a painful sting she had in her lower abdomen. The car ride turned into a horror show as she began screaming from the pain she was experiencing, as if she were ready go into labor. Me, not knowing what

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    Sholeh Wolpe, I was informed that her poem "I Was Sung Into This World" was written from personal experience. Therefore, following the session, I was able to form connections and draw a contrast between two poems. "I Was Sung into This World" was inspired by personal experience where she contributes her own thoughts about death. However, "She Forgot" is written from third person point of view where she reveals other s’ feelings towards death. Beds often stand as a metaphor or visual aid for events

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    looked to my aunt, uncle, and mother all in battle dress with a grin. I knew I had to fly. The discipline I learned from growing up in a military family has prepared and inspired my pursuit of flight. I was seven when my Uncle Jeff deployed to Afghanistan for the first time. My aunt returned from an assignment in Japan deeply worried for my uncle. Being a vehicle operations specialist, my uncle led a convoy and would be the first affected

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    this inspired me to do my collage. I’m not going to lie, I started my collage later than told because I was having a creative block. I was scrolling through twitter and saw the quote on my timeline. I was motivated by this quote. I was afraid that what I was going to put on my collage would trigger judgement from other people, but this fear faded away once I read the quote. As you may have seen from my collage, I have incorporated just a few of the main objects and people that have shaped my identity

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    this inspired me to do my collage. I’m not going to lie, I started my collage later than told because I was having a creative block. I was scrolling through twitter and saw the quote on my timeline. I was motivated by this quote. I was afraid that what I was going to put on my collage would trigger judgement from other people, but this fear faded away once I read the quote. As you may have seen from my collage, I have incorporated just a few of the main objects and people that have shaped my identity

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    thought about who I am with much care until now. Since I have had the chance to contemplate this question, I would come to the conclusion that my cultural identity is based mostly around my aunt and my parents. During my grandmother’s pregnancy, she found out that her lovely daughter would be diagnosed with Down syndrome (DS). This news released a fear within my family. During this time in India, when children were born special, they were not treated well. They would get hit and abused and would not

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    book takes place in an era where girls were defined by the way they talked, acted, and dressed. A character in this novel, Aunt Alexandra, pushes a young girl to be an ideal exemplification of a proper lady, which was a very common stereotype in that generation. Jem, a young boy, also pushes the character to act more like a girl. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee illustrates how sexism can be damaging to a young girl trying to figure out who she is and who she wants to be. The young

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