my best birthday essay

In the short story, "Eleven," by Sandra Cisnernos, Cisneros describes the birthday of Rachel, an eleven year-old who was humiliated on her birthday. Her teacher, Mrs. Price, claimed that an old sweater belonged to her, when in reality, it was Sylvia Saldivar's who ironically claimed it belonged to Rachel. Rachel was left crying and depressed the rest of the day, when she was commanded to wear it. Cisneros best characterizes Rachel through her well use of her diction,imagery, and repetition.

of my life birthday was here. On October 1st, it would be my mom’s birthday. For the past few years, I haven't had enough money to buy my mom a gift. So, At the start of a preparing for her birthday, I didn’t really plan to do anything for her birthday. All I was going to do was buy her a present and write a card and give it to her. This time, with my younger sister’s help, I did even more. On Thursday, My auntie and my sister invited me to come along to the mall so they could go buy my mom

1994 Renee Marquez English Mrs. Melban February 19, 2013 1994 I thought my birth year was special all because of my birthday? After all these years I’ve never realized other important events that had happened on my birth year. There are so many interesting events that had happened on my birthday. It was very hard to choose from many interesting subjects such as sports, movies, and actors/actress. My decision that I chose was to do a combination and pick 3 of the most interesting subjects

surprise even though you don’t want it” was a quote that reminded me of my petty little self on my 10th birthday. We were visiting the striking city of Miami, Florida. The day starting at 9:45 ready for the best day of my life not knowing the challenges ahead of my road to double digits. We were staying at an Airbnb 6 bedroom 5-bathroom house with my Uncles family. Looking out of my window at the beautiful beach put me in awe. My Brother in the bed next to me mumbled “oh yay it’s the worst day of the

Where do you go to for your birthday? I usually stay home, but this birthday was special. For my 12th birthday, my family and I went to Ocean City. I was in Ocean City for three days. Going to Ocean City is one of my favorite places to go for vacation. We went before when I was little, but now it had been five years since I have gone to Ocean City. When I found out we were going to Ocean City I was overjoyed. We left on Friday, September 2nd. This was one of the best birthdays ever! The worst part of

¨day¨ of my life.Before I could even get myself together, I was hit with a smell that seemed like pancakes and bacon which use to be my favorite breakfast foods.I checked my phone to see that it was filled with happy birthday messages.After I ate, I started getting ready for school while dancing to my favorite songs.I tried to put lots of effort into my outfit since it was my birthday, so I wore my favorite pair of dark blue jeans that always looked good on me, then I put on a red blouse with my usual

Eagle with my family and celebrate my now 18 year old brother’s birthday or go with one of my best friends, Jack, to Ludington. I had been making a pros and cons list of this in my head for the last week, and it was just tearing me apart, one brain cell at a time. This would be possibly the very highlight of my summer and I wanted to make the right choice. Now it was early in August and my brother Devin’s birthday was coming up, but it wasn't just another birthday, it was his 18th birthday! In celebration

chose being healthier as my topic because I have a birthday coming up and I have been trying to get more fit. As a woman, we tend to pressure ourselves around holidays to look our best. I have been changing a few things in my daily routine to meet my goal of loosing ten pounds by my birthday, and I am down four so far. If I were to make a five step plan, which is a great idea, it would be to start off with my diet. In order for me to achieve this I will need to tether my confluence when I am cooking

January 22 was my birthday. I got some pretty great gifts, but it wasn’t the most ideal birthday ever. My dog ended up running away early that morning. It was the saddest birthday ever. He’s my best friend and I didn’t even get to spend my birthday with him. He’s a hunting dog, so whenever he smells something, he takes off after it and never turns around. The past times he’s ran away, he has come back. All I did was pray that he would come back. He’s my best friend and I couldn’t imagine my life without

and line up for lunch. When we get in the lunch room I get my food and sit down at a table where no one is sitting. All of a sudden, that stupid Phillis Lopez sits down across from me with that ugly red sweater in her hand. “You know that I knew the sweater was mine the whole time. Right?” I didnt say anything at first, but then she put the red sweater right in front of my plate and says, “Hey! Im talking to you.” So I get real mad and my face turns red and so I say “well… but… if…” and then i finally