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    and “On My First Son” by Ben Jonson has given rise to one controversial issue: whether love should be labeled as uncertainty. In fact, some argue that the poem “Love’s Alchemy” expresses the cynical love, whereas, the poem “On My First Son” focuses more on pious love. These contrasting views have also been articulately conveyed through words, such as, “Alchemy” and “Farewell” in the individual poetic works of both Donne and Jonson, respectively, with one conclusion: to alter men by first enticing

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    Lord Byron’s “When We Two Parted” details the experiences of a man who has just been heartbroken by someone who he thought would love him forever, but seemingly never loved him. He in that moment realizes that nothing will be the same, as any time he hears the name of his former lover, he will be struck with grief and regret, basking in the shame that he allowed them to hurt him so. Although “When We Two Parted” can be used as a lens to glimpse inside the mind of someone who has just been heartbroken

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    Loung Ung 's First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers follows her struggles as a child during the Angkar rule. Children in Cambodia directly suffered from trauma, which obviously dismisses the myth that children experience less pain than adults. The importance of Ung 's book is the emotional impact she has on the reader because she gives a voice to the victims and to the dead. As Americans, this topic, the Cambodian genocide does not get taught commonly in education. It shows

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    the evacuation. Desensitization played a huge role in the loss of innocence that took place during this biography. In the biography “First They Killed My Father” written by Loung Ung, Loungs loss of innocence is destroyed due to the harsh rule of the Khmer Rouge. Loung is thrown into the midst of the war almost instantly. “Yesterday I was playing hopscotch with my friends. Today we are running from soldiers with guns (Loung 27).” Not only is Loung ripped out of her everyday life instantly, but now

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    had to keep going” (Ty). This is from a survivor of the tragic Cambodian genocide that is explained by Loung Ung in her novel First They Killed My Father. The story goes in depth of her struggles during the genocide being only the age of 5. She puts on a display of strength and perseverance during her journey as a victim of the Khmer Rouge. In the book, First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung, Ung explores the idea of composure to develop the theme that composure in tense situations will help all

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    The Pain of First Love First love is something amazing, but it can be a source of unbearable misery. Love was this amazing new experience that was brought into my life. I knew it would be hard, but I was not prepared for how hard it actually would be. The tears shed, the anger that filled my entire body with hate, the depression, the anxiety of not hearing from him, the panic attacks that would build from these events almost caused me to give up. I did not know what I got myself into until it

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    the Cycle Growing up, I had a very poor example of a mother. She was abusive and always in and out of my life for one reason or another. Growing up like that left me feeling like I would never amount to a mother of any worth and, in turn, I never wanted to have children. My essay is about unexpectedly finding out I was having a baby, and how that baby turned my whole world around. I walked into my doctor’s office on December 13, 2007 terrified. I had been having some health issues and that day I

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    built up with the songs “Love Like a Sunset Pt. 1” at the end of this “Pt. 1” is where he’s punched and “Love Like a Sunset Pt.2” beings and Clementine is holding him dying on the street right by where they met and singing to him “Visible horizon, Right where it starts and ends/ Oh, when did we start the end?” (Phoenix, Love Like a Sunset Pt.2”) then she looks at the audience and sings to them “visible illusion. Oh, where it starts it ends. Love like a sunset” (Phoenix, Love Like a Sunset Pt.2”) breaking

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    question that many often struggle to answer, but for me it allows me to differentiate from my constituents and express who I really am. What makes me such a unique individual is my ability to identify with 5 strong strengths. I love the fact that I am futuristic and I have the ability to relate, I am responsible, I am a developer and last but not least I am disciplined. Each one these themes shape and generate my personality. Born on February 22nd 2000 I am the only daughter to Rob and Theresa Jones

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    Sacrifice. The famous play is an autobiography of an American Negro man who loses his dreams for the people he loves. Fences demonstrates us what sacrifice looks like and how egocentricity still exist today. Fences takes place with a family in Pittsburgh from 1957 to 1965. The characters are Troy, Bono, Rose, Lyons, Gabriel, Cory, and Raynell. Fs important because it teaches us Love, respect, responsibility, dignity, and also about discrimination and how it still endured the black population

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