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GONE, BUT ALREADY FORGOTTEN.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II from the perspective of a Jamaican. -Dominic Ramsay The death of H.M Queen Elizabeth II is neither shocking nor untimely. At 96 years old, months before the Queen’s passing she had decided to withdraw from the public, openly admitting that it was due to health concerns that she had…
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The Late Queen Elizabeth II
Miska G.’s reaction to the death of the former Queen of the United Kingdom My dad informed me of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. I was briefly surprised but not shocked since news reports of her poor health had been circulating. The death of Queen Elizabeth II had no effect on my life, except…
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Queen Elizabeth she died last night…
by Kandice Thompson Queen Elizabeth II of England died. The world is shaken. I am a rock in the sea, jutting out above the crashing waves…unmoved. As the rock would be wet from the splashing of turbulent waters, I too am not unaffected, just not moved. Not moved to tears, sorrow, or any particularly passionate…
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Reaction to the Queen’s Death by Domenic L.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II devastated many nations and I can understand why. The Queen reigned for 7 decades and was loved tremendously by her people. Somehow, I find myself unattached to the whole news on the subject. She was head of state of Jamaica (which made her heir Charles III king now), a…
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Queen Elizabeth’s Death Song
I thought I did not have a reaction to Queen Elizabeth’s death but when I first heard the news I started singing this jingle that was popular amongst the children especially in primary school. It starts like this, “Queen Elizabeth died last night, she died from a fever, she died from a cold, she died…
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THE FRAGILITY OF THE HUMAN MIND
“It was not the erasure that mattered so much as the act of trying to recover what we no longer can identify.” M.D. Coverley, 2004
Sylvia Wynter's Dream 