Essays on Holidays

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Memories of Diwali of an Indian in Canada

2 pages / 752 words

As innocent as I was back in 2006, I didn’t even know that how or why Diwali was significant to me. I was just celebrating it thinking its fun. I was strange to the feeling Diwali holiday seemed to bring in families. The news was...

Diwali

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An Overview of The Popular Festival of India, Diwali

3 pages / 1519 words

India is a country of festivals. People, in India, celebrate festivals from all religions such as Hindu, Muslim, Christian, and Sikh. Therefore, it is like there is at least one festival to celebrate every month. Each festival is celebrated with exhibition and happiness, and each...

Diwali

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The Christmas Season, The Christmas Tree, and The New Year in a Doll's House, a Play by Henrik Ibsen

2 pages / 1162 words

The importance of A Doll’s House being set during the Christmas season is because the Christmas season is easily relatable and this can help the reader to make inferences about what is going on through familiarization. In A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, Ibsen uses...

A Doll’s House Christmas New Year

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The Birth of Haiti on New Years' Day in 1804

7 pages / 3846 words

On New Years’ Day in 1804, a group of former slaves gathered in Saint Domingue to unequivocally declare independence and mark the establishment of a new nation. They named their new country Haiti. Fifteen years earlier, most of these men were subjugated and destitute in...

New Year

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My New Year's Resolution, The Divorce of My Parents, and My Passionate Anger

3 pages / 1590 words

In 2015, thirty seven percent of people surveyed reported that their New Year’s Resolution was to stay fit and healthy. Among the other top choices were: lose weight, travel more and spend more time with family and friends (“This Year’s Top New Year’s Resolution?”). With...

New Year

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What I Did Over Spring Break: a Reflective Narrative

1 page / 657 words

The serene allure of spring break beckons students to indulge in diverse experiences, forging lasting memories. As the anticipation of relaxation and adventure intertwined, my spring break of 2015 unfolded into an unforgettable odyssey. What I did over spring break transcended the ordinary, encompassing moments...

Adventure Spring Break

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The Cruise to Honduras, Belize, and Mexico During Spring Break with My Family

1 page / 479 words

Spring break has finally arrived! For Spring Break, my family decided to take a cruise. The cruised sailed to Roatan, Honduras; Belize; Cozumel, Mexico; and Costa Maya, Mexico for the following week. My sister and I were very excited to go on our first cruise....

Spring Break

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Finding The Definition of Halloween in Different Works of Literature

3 pages / 1897 words

The crisp autumn air rustles the leaves on the ground, just before a group of excited children trample over them, rushing to the next house to ring the doorbell. Their parents stopped trying to keep up about a block and a half into the journey...

Halloween

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The Issue of Gender Roles During Halloween

2 pages / 984 words

Every year, many Americans look forward to celebrating Halloween, and dressing up in costume is usually a part of that. I personally love Halloween, but I hate that it seems to amplify the way our culture “does gender,” as Judith Lorber might say. One recent...

Halloween

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An Experience with Holi, a Hindu Festivity

1 page / 465 words

An Introduction to Holi Holi is a Hindu spring festival celebrated in India and Nepal, also known as the festival of colors. It brings together hundreds of people, dressed in white, to share in music, love, dance, and visual euphoria. The essence of Holi is...

Holi Festival

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The Origin and Development of The Halloween Tradition

1 page / 634 words

I’m sure that (most of you) recognize this song. It is finally fall, and what does that mean? Halloween, which is my favorite time of the year. From the candy to the costumes and the ghost stories, Halloween is a day of being somebody you...

Halloween

183

A History of Hinduism

3 pages / 1543 words

Hinduism is the name given to one of the most ancient religion practices in India. Vedanta is the true name of this religion. When British rule began to populate India this ancient religion evolved into what is known today as Hinduism. Hinduism constitutes an extremely...

Holi Festival

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"A Time of Togetherness": How Alexie Sherman and Velma Wallis Use Christmas to Present Contemporary Native American Issues

4 pages / 1840 words

The difficulty for most contemporary Native American authors is how to present their work to a populace who is not entirely familiar with the modern Indian situation and lifestyle. One way that Alexie Sherman and Velma Wallis achieve this in their books The Absolutely True...

Christmas Novel Sherman Alexie

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The Importance of Good Christmas Memories

1 page / 495 words

I look forward to seeing bright and various hues of presents wrapped in red and green. I enjoy the sweet yet spicy scent of pine. Most of all, I cannot help but mimic the gleaming smiles from happy children on Christmas morning. For me, the...

Christmas

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Discussion of Rossetti’s Poetry: ‘remember’, ‘a Birthday’, and ‘amor Mundi’

2 pages / 1032 words

Christina Rossetti’s poem ‘Remember’ is a 14-line sonnet that explores the ideas of loss, grief, and separation. As often observed in her poetry, strong visual imagery alluding to the concepts of life, death, beginning and end, is elicited through her use of linguistic and structural...

Birthday Christina Rossetti Poetry

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Explicating Longfellow’s "Christmas Bells"

2 pages / 1051 words

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a committed abolitionist who viewed slavery as an abomination and the Civil War as a just cause for the Union, as long as it resulted in an end to slavery and subsequent reconciliation between the North and South. “Christmas Bells” references...

Christmas Poetry

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Sexuality and Mortality in "The Round Tower at Jhansi," "A Birthday," and Other Poems

4 pages / 1663 words

Most of Rossetti’s poetry has links to the concerns of love and passion, with some displaying it as enjoyable if not exciting. However, on the other hand much of her writing condemns passion, making links to religious texts such as in “Soeur Louise de la...

Birthday Christina Rossetti Poetry

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The Transformation of Scrooge as Highlighted in "A Christmas Carol"

2 pages / 959 words

The Hero’s Journey: A Framework for Scrooge’s Transformation When a man’s name is synonymous with greed and misery, most readers would not associate him with the shining image of a hero. The hero’s journey is a classic literary pattern in which a character goes on...

A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens Christmas

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How Religion and Secular Practises Became Part of Christmas

4 pages / 1799 words

While in Christianity Christmas maintains certain religious icons that help school boys and girls remember the story of the birth of Christ, had Tiny Tim attempted to recite the Christian myth he likely would have earned a swift stroke of the hickory stick for his...

A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens Christmas