Most of my poem consists of imagery or figurative language. In the first stanza, I described many features of the garden that I have noticed. These details are rather small details, such as the flower and the bird in the garden. In this stanza, I try to plant a faint image of my grandmother’s garden in the reader’s head. In the second stanza rather than continuing with the vivid imagery of the garden, I chose to describe my grandma using many figurative language. This includes many similes, metaphors
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Media Influences On Developing Stereotypes Most magazines send out a form of impractical gender stereotypes, conveying strong subliminal messages of society of how both men and women should live their lives. The women’s magazine, “In Style” is a monthly fashion magazine, with an array of product advertisement; it focuses on articles about beauty, fashion, home, entertainment, and celebrity lifestyle. In the men’s magazine, “Gentlemen Quarterly” better known as “GQ,” is based on fashion and culture
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2018 A.A.R.P SD Grandparent of the Year Essay. My grandma Ruby Betcher should be the A.A.R.P. grandparent of the year because she is caring to other people, she is a good role model for her grandkid, and she cares for the community. Our grandma Ruby was a big part in our life, we spent almost every day with her. She cares for other people just like she cares for her grandkids. When I go over there we walk to the store to get things other people need other people need. After that we come back and
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My great grandmother Learleen Caputo, as I called Granny influenced me to be the person I am today. She passed away 2 years ago at the age of 81. She was a great christian and always said,” God first, family second.” She was the best role model I could ever ask for. She had three children, and was pregnant with my great aunt when the missile base explosion happened in Arkansas. Her husband was killed in the explosion. She was so strong during those times my “Nana” would tell me. My Nana is the
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To Grandmas I Go My grandma and grandpa are really fun people to hang out with. There both great cooks. I would always ask if we could have something that my grandpa would make because he is a great cook with meat. And when I would get into my grandmas car to go to her house I would smell the air freshener in her car. Then I would get out her car and smell the nature that surrounds her house. Than I would go inside to be greeted by her dog named Doc. I would then eat dinner that my grandpa probably
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the Passing As I close my eyes I’m able to feel the warmth of the joyful moments that now became memories. These memories are left by the woman whom I now view as my role model. Never did I believe that a person could have such a great impact in my teenage life as well as the future. Growing up was like a jigsaw puzzle, but one piece changed my view on life. It was back in the summer of 2011, I can still feel the heat on my skin from the sun and the breeze through my hair. I didn’t feel like
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sitting in my room the night before the competition, with overwhelmed nerves fighting in my stomach, my mother came in to give me some advice. “When you sing, make sure you look straight, don’t slouch, and let nothing but the lyrics go through your mind as you are singing.” Of course I didn’t hear a word she said, as I zoned out thinking about grandma’s story that she had told me about her own singing competition. “The night before the competition, I went to the hospital to visit my mother,” she
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Old Fashioned vs. Modern As I was growing up, my parents weren’t really as financially stable as they hoped they could be, so they were always too busy working and trying to find end meet. As a result of them being at work most, if not all, their time I was pretty much being raised by my grandma. Being raised by my grandma has made me into the women I am today; humble, strong and independent. I enjoyed growing up with my Grandma but I’m not going to lie we had our moments where we didn’t always
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to overcome the grief. In the book The Call of the Wild, Buck had to experience John Thornton dying from being attacked by the Yeehats. As much as Buck had to persevere when John Thornton died, my grandma went through the same thing when her sister died from terminal ovarian cancer. While Buck and my grandma both lost someone in different ways, they both dealt with it and had to persevere. Overall, both humans and dogs have to persevere through loss and hard times. In The Call of the Wild, John Thornton
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nothing to protect them in their own heroic way from anything and everything. Although I lost my grandma Linda at the age of four to cervical cancer, the time I got to know her and spend with her made her my true hero and she will forever be my inspiration. It wasn’t what she stood for that made her my hero or inspiration, but who she was as a person that makes me strive to be like her each and everyday. My grandma was the kind of person who made me feel better when I got in trouble, or when I got sick
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letter to. I chose to write my letter of gratitude to my grandma. My grandma has taught me so much and helped me through some of the most difficult times in my life. Whenever I needed her she was there. She taught me to care for my family no matter what they did or how far of a distance was between us. I thanked her for accepting me, loving me, and teaching me how to deal with adversity. My grandma was always the rock of our family; she never let us fall apart. When my mom broke her ankles I had
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understanding of how they have coped with the obstacles thrown in their way throughout their lifetime. For this project, I chose to interview my entirely Spanish-speaking Grandma, since she means a lot to me and I do not yet know her entire background. Allow me to add that I do not speak Spanish, I just understand it well. Part I: The Interview My Grandma was born number seven into her family on May 15, 1935, in Teocaltiche Jalisco, Mexico. Her parents were restaurant owners and also worked fruit
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down my hall to see if my mom was still sleeping as she always would be since I woke up before seven almost every day. Instead of seeing my mom peacefully sleeping I saw my step dad and grandma panicking around her. My first thoughts were “what’s wrong with my mom, is she going to be okay?!” My mom was 9 months pregnant. She was due in two weeks from today. My mom was crying I just wanted to help her. I was standing in the doorway frightened by everything that was happening around me. My grandma
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observed my grandma, Barbara and my daughter, Brenda, rocking and giggling on the washed out wooden front porch. Brenda was wearing a pink lace chiffon Easter dress with embroidered white flowers, and Grandma had her favorite navy blue sweater on with her Sunday dress underneath. Grandma’s white hair glowed in the daylight like the fluff on a dandelion. Brenda’s sandy brown hair was silky and was caressing Grandma’s cheek as she rests her body upon Grandma’s lap. While I attended church with my sister
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I never really thought anything of it or that my grandma would donate a lot of money towards the church. We walked into the church and talked to people like we usually did and got our seats and prepared for the service. Their chart for the money for Africa was at 60,000. People were worried that they wouldn’t get enough money so they would be able to donate the $100,000 towards the cure for Ebola and to build the school for the Africans. My grandma lives in not a very wealthy area in the North Side
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Nicole Gonzales Dr. Boyle SOCI 101 25 September 2013 Candied Sweet Potatoes I remember looking outside my Grandmother’s window, yellow and orange leaves covered the ground; pumpkins and statues of turkeys were outside every house down the street. The aroma inside the warm house comforted my grumbling stomach. Smells of all kinds of dishes filled the air, turkey, gravy, stuffing, apple and pumpkin pie, but most importantly candied sweet potatoes. It was the Thanksgiving of 1999, also known as
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My two potential audiences are my grandma and my elementary teacher Mrs.Stout. Mrs.Stout lives in Harlingen, TX. My grandma lives in Brownsville, TX. I imagine them as my primary audience because they have influenced me the most. Since they influenced me as a young child. They are meaningful stakeholders because they were both there when I was going through some tough times. As a child, I needed to be influenced the most. During my elementary years my mom was going through treatment,
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decided I wanted my career to be in the health field when I found out my Grandmother was dying. She had stage IV cancer, primarily in her lungs along with her bones and liver. When she was staying in the hospital I was with her almost every night I could be. The nurses were amazing to me, they would make me laugh; make me cry at times but only the way an impacting person could. They doctors and nurses would hug me. They were so reassuring and did everything possible for my Grandma. Their love for
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or above all you can have faith in God. Faith has guided me down many different paths in my life. Some paths were good, and some paths were not so good. But no matter what lay at the end of the path, my faith in God has been strong all the way throughout my life. The first time I really saw or felt God in my life was when I was at the park in my neighborhood in Pensacola, FL playing with my neighbors and my siblings. I do not recall what day it was, but what I do remember was that it was a beautiful
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Marco Salinas 4th Hour Individual Project After talking to my grandma for this project I found out a lot of interesting facts about her. First her full name is Mirthala Moreno Perez very hard for some people to say that name. Also I weird thing I didn’t know is she was born in Durango, Mexico I always assumed she was born in Texas. My grandma was in a lot of sports as a kid and so was my mom which makes sense now. She played volleyball, softball, and basketball and in her little town there basketball
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I was in shock when my mom sprang her news on me. My mother was pregnant. My mother and my dad were divorced and this would change my life. I wanted to just pass out because this was sudden. My brother thought it was an April fools prank, but my mom was dead serious. When the big day arrived, I was going to see my baby sister for the first time. My grandma was taking me and my brother to the hospital where my mom was. The clouds were dull and there was no sun in sight. It took forever to get to
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and were collectible just like baseball cards are today. My Grandma lived in Brazil when she was a child and these cards were a common game there. My grandma was proud of her collection and she enjoyed trading them with her friends. One day my Great-Grandma told my Grandma that they are moving to Israel and that she was jewish. After they packed their things, they boarded a ship and started their journey to israel. On the ship, my grandma decided that if she was going to embrace her judaism she
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agua," she said. " Y todo las fotos, y recuerdos," my mom responded. " Todo Alex, todo se la llevo", said my grandma, " Yo nomas pensando isi iva salir viva, estaba llorando porque yo pensava que no los voy a ver otravez" Both of them began to cry, going through all of that, my mom did not leave her mind. My grandma has made it clear through many times such as that one that in every moment, every step she takes, she always thinks about my mom. She knows that whatever decision she takes, it will
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well I think everyone can do it even the elderly. She’s one of my family members that cares about our family,she works super hard but is still doing good ,she loves to travel and her name is Sandie Dunn she's my grandma befor my dad and his sibling came she didn’t have a very good moments in her life but befor my dad came and after the bad moments she traveled almost all over the world. When my grandma was young she had a hard life. My grandma’s life is very sad because her dad left when she was young
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My Beloved Grandma One of the life lessons I’ve learned is to appreciate the people around me, because sometimes there is no distance between life and death. It is so true that we do not appreciate what we had until we lost them, and we don’t know how confusing it is when love and angry them also. Indeed, I have never understood until my grandmother passed away. My grandmother was 80 years old, who had watched me grow up and taken care of me when I was a little girl. Import and export agricultural
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of obstacles, but one stands out the most, my grandpa was in very healthy condition, but, that all changed when we found out he was diagnosed with dementia. When he started to act a little funny I was 2 years of age, I had know idea only to know that I was 2 at the time. Me and my brother had so much fun with my grandpa and grandma, but, none of that would probably ever happen again. My dad was very dismayed and baffled at the subject dementia, my grandma was very perplexed and distressed, she was
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9:00 pm. My 56 year old grandma jumping when I walked up to her. I hoped in her chevy and went to her house. She got a new pit bull named baby girl and her pug mugs was being stupid. The next day we went to the beach and i caught a lizard. Then we went to the everglades i held a crocodile. On the way back from the everglades it was so hot me and my brother Tommy had to ride in the back of the truck me and my brother were taking turns laying under the tool box. The next day me and my grandpa went
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really wanted. What I wanted was to become a nurse, and help people who really needed it, like my grandmother. She was 88 years old, suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, losing the ability to remember things, and was slowly fading away from us all. Then on March 22, 2009 without realizing, she woke up next to her husband who had died in his sleep. My grandma grew up in a time when she didn’t have to work; my grandpa wouldn’t let her. She didn’t have to finish school, because her parents decided it was
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life was different from the world today? I do this often after listening to my great grandpa talk about his life as a teenager and young adult. For most people his stories were just stories, but for me his stories had meaning because they are part of my family’s past and always taught me a lesson. When I listened to his stories I could really picture how the times were in the 1930’s and 1940’s. One of the first stories my great grandpa ever told me was about growing up on a farm in Minnesota. He
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vacation. I believe that it depends on the eye of the beholder for something to be distinguished as significant. The object that holds significance towards me would be a small gift that I received from my Grandma around a decade ago. This gift is a little wooden sculpture of a crab, and my grandma bought this while she was on vacation in New Orleans, Louisiana. The sculpture of a crab is around an inch in length and two inches in diameter. The sculpture of the crab is well crafted and well painted
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