Essays on Holidays

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A Comprehensive Review of The Cinco De Mayo: La Batalla

3 pages / 1201 words

Cinco de Mayo: La Batalla (May 5: The Battle) is a historically significant Mexican film that vividly portrays the events surrounding the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. This iconic battle marked a pivotal moment in Mexican history when the Mexican Liberal army, under...

Cinco De Mayo

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Cinco De Mayo: History, Significance, and Celebrations

-2 pages / 443 words

Essay 1: Cinco de Mayo: History, Significance, and Celebrations Historical Background Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Battle of Puebla, a significant event during the French intervention in Mexico in the mid-19th century. In 1861, Mexico faced financial difficulties and suspended debt payments to European countries,...

Cinco De Mayo

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The Chinese New Year and The Effects of Changing Cultures

6 pages / 2725 words

The ringing of children’s voices, high and clear, happy to catch up with cousins; massive tables that display myriad foods; strong, dignified corporate men whispering business in closed quarters, hoping not to get caught by their wives. Chinese New Year’s is no place for business....

Chinese New Year New Year

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Finding a Date for Valentine's Day

2 pages / 718 words

If you are scanning for a date for Valentine’s Day, you can rest ensured that you are not alone. People far and wide value watching Valentine’s Day with some individual they venerate. For the people who are in committed associations, this is regularly extremely straightforward....

Valentines Day

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Celebrating Valentine's Day-a Day Late

1 page / 605 words

Celebrating Valentine’s Day a Day Late There are many couples who enjoy celebrating Valentine’s Day but are often annoyed or stressed out when they try to celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14th. This is because one of the most popular ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day...

Valentines Day

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Fun Ideas for Single Girls on Valentine's Day

2 pages / 689 words

For most people, being alone on Valentine’s Day is simply no fun. Women especially find being alone on Valentine’s Day to be depressing and lonely. However, just because you are not in a relationship does not mean you can’t have a good time on Valentine’s...

Valentines Day

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Valentine's Day Gift Ideas 

2 pages / 688 words

Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas Valentine’s Day is a champion among the most phenomenal days of the year for a few couples. Despite the way that there are various who will battle that Valentine’s Day is an advertised event made to influence people to buy cards,...

Valentines Day

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Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

1 page / 649 words

Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas Valentine’s Day is one of the most special days of the year for many couples. Although there are many who will argue that Valentine’s Day is a commercialized holiday created for the purpose of making people buy cards, flowers and candy....

Valentines Day

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My Plans for The Winter Break as a College Student

2 pages / 689 words

Winter Break As a college student, winter break is the longest time that I will be able to get away from school, with the exception of summer. About a month away from school is not something that I plan to take for granted, since time...

Winter Break

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A Birthday Present from My Great-aunt Melon

7 pages / 3148 words

With reference to the following: Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hughes’ Birthday Letters, and McEwan’s Atonement, compare and contrast the ways in which ideas relating to the breakdown of relationships are presented Hamlet, Birthday Letters, and Atonement although diverse in terms of their form and narrative structure, are...

Birthday

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American Family at a Christmas Eve Dinner in Amy Tan's Fish Cheeks

2 pages / 833 words

Amy’s Fish Cheek A young teenage girl goes through a rough Christmas Eve dinner with her Chinese family and an American family as their guests in “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan. The main character, Amy, has fallen in love with the son in the American...

Christmas Fish Cheeks

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Understanding Indian Culture for Visitors

4 pages / 1827 words

Indian culture is the mother of all cultures. Indian culture is 5,000 years older than any other culture. Even though India has accepted modern living styles, people still follow traditional lifestyles. Visitors to India should be aware of the traditions, beliefs, and the family orientations...

Holi Festival

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The Story of My Curious Cat, Milo

1 page / 445 words

Christmas seems to be a very popular holiday for everyone. It is always bursting with sounds of music, family, and tons of gifts surrounding us. It is a holiday that makes us full of curiosity and it tends to make us want to take a...

Christmas

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A Comparison of Church Going by Philip Larkin and Christmas by John Betjeman

4 pages / 1612 words

Compare and contrast Church Going John Betjeman and Philip Larkin were contemporaries, though Larkin was an atheist and John Betjeman an Anglican. Although both contemporary poets Philip Larkin and John Betjeman differ in their religious beliefs, this is reflected in the two poems, Church Going...

Christmas

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Understanding The Story of The First Thanksgiving

1 page / 425 words

During my elementary school, I was not able to fully understand the story of the first Thanksgiving. I was a foreigner with little skill in reading, writing, listening, and understanding English. However, I do remember reading a book about it in Korean in third grade....

Thanksgiving

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An Analysis of The Use of Tone in a Christmas Carol, a Book by Charles Dickens

4 pages / 1649 words

Charles Dickens’ successful control of the narrator’s and characters’ tones in A Christmas Carol evokes a variety of responses from readers. The literary devices used in A Christmas Carol work together to create a certain emotional atmosphere through the narrator’s tone. The first tone that...

A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens Christmas

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The Importance of Celebrating Thanksgiving with Family

1 page / 580 words

Usually over Thanksgiving break it is just me, my mother, and aunt at the dinner table. And that “dinner table” is actually the coffee table in the living room. It seems quite different from the generic thanksgiving dinner setting, with the whole family congregated around...

Thanksgiving

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Society Under Total Surveillance in White Christmas, a Black Mirror Episode

5 pages / 2186 words

Introduction The film Black Mirror begins with two men Matt and Joe who are living at a remote station in the middle of the snow filled wilderness. To pass some time, they tell each other about their lives. Matt is preparing Christmas dinner and talk...

Christmas

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A Reflection on Attending The Diwali Festival

2 pages / 763 words

For this project, I decided to attend the Diwali festival celebration during the night at the Hindu Temple of Virginia in Sterling on November 11th, 2015. I come from a family that is extremely pious. Both of my parents were born in Pakistan and were...

Diwali