...Christina Diaz Due Monday 24, 2013 Rough Draft People spend their lives searching for happiness. Some find happiness in the company of family or friends. Other people find happiness in material possesions. And many others consider finding true love the ultimate happiness. Everyone is on their spiritual quest to find it, and sometimes, when they find happiness they do not know how to handle it. In Anton Chekov’s short story “The Lady with the Pet Dog,” Chekov let’s us into the mind of the character Dmitry Gurov as he seeks to compensate his unhappy life in his many affairs with women. In one of his many affairs with Anna Sergeyevna we see how Dmitry changes his views and attitude as he falls in love. In the beginning of “The Lady with the Pet Dog,” the character Dmitry Gurov is an unhappy narcissistic and a misogynist who is easily bored with women and his lover Anna Sergeyevna. By the end of the story, however, he changes his views of Anna when he realizes he loves her. Before meeting Anna, Dmitry is displayed in an unflattering manner. He is very unhappy with his life and marriage even though his wife was described as “a tall, erect woman with dark eyebrows, stately and dignified and, as she said of herself, intellectual” (156). She seemed like a great woman with beauty and intelligence, yet, he was still dissatisfied, “he privately considered her of limited intelligence, narrow-minded, dowdy, was afraid of her, and did not like to be home” (156). Dmitry is very critical...
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...or she does, nature versus nurture. When it comes down to it people automatically see nature as being what environmentally influences them, and nurture as the way they are taught to feel and think about things. In the battle between nature and nurture “It is nature that wins”. The short story “The lady with the Pet dog” by Joyce Carol Oates illiterates it. The short story starts with a woman named Anna, who is at an event with her husband when she sees a man in the crowd and suddenly is anxious and in distress about it. She goes home her mind passes over him while she is with her husband and it is made apparent that the man she saw was at one time her lover. The author describes Anna and her husband laying there when she closes her eyes and thinks about the other man. “always this hot flashing of shame between them, the shame of her husband’s near failure, the clumsiness of his love” (771) she is unhappy in the marriage as she feels nothing towards the husband as he caresses her .the story then flashes back to several months prior. This time Anna is in Nantucket Were she met her lover at the beach. She was always alone until the man with the blind son and the dog came and started a conversation with her, the nature of a man seeing a lonely woman is to go and talk to her and this is what the lover...
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...As a pet owner, you need to be responsible and caring for your pet, whether it may be a dog, cat, fish or any exotic kind of animal. Make sure that before acquiring the certain type of animal that you want, you already know all that there is to know about them. You will need to provide them with the essential liquid vitamins and minerals that they need to ensure proper health and growth. You are going to need to research pet health help on the Internet for such things as insurance, toys, and pet grooming products to insure proper pet hygiene. If you have a dog as a pet, you need to provide him pet dog insurance. This will help ensure that whenever he is ill due to any disease or accidents, you can cover the cost. Pet dog insurance can include...
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...I have a pet dog. I named it Doggie. Doggie is a white coloured shepherd dog. it is very lovely and It always licks my cheek. Doggie had been trained before ehile it is in the pet dog. So, it knows how to go back home, sit, stand and stay. Doggie is special to me because it is just like my best friend. everytime when I come back from school, it will run out quickly to welcome me. it will jump onto my arm and lick my cheek. when I am free, I will play with Doggie in the garden. it will lie down on my feet, roll over and squirm around me until I give it a stomach rub. I am happy to have a friend who is never busy and can always play with me when I am lonely. Besides, Doggie is just like my family safety guard. it will always help us to take care of our house. I remember that once there was a thief who tried to steal something valuable from my house. On that night, all of us were asleep. None of us noticed that the thief had broken into out house. Luckily, we have Doggie. Doggie barked at the thief fiercely when it noticed the thief. It helped us to chase away the thief. All of us were as happy as a lark because nothing had been stolen by the thief. I am very happy to have a pet dog like Doggie. I believe that caring for animals is important. So, I promised that I will take good care of Doggie forever. I have a pet dog. I named it Doggie. Doggie is a white coloured shepherd dog. it is very lovely and It always licks my cheek. Doggie had been trained before ehile...
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...A tale of a love affair, a secret romance between two adulterous spouses and secret meetings, both the original and retelling of “The Lady with the Pet Dog” demonstrate the decisions and actions of two unhappily married persons who meet haphazardly and immediately fall in love.The plot and resolution of the two versions are identical:the love affair between the two lovers resulting in the couple discovering their love for one another, but the emotions and tone of the stories contrast solely based on the point of view perceived. In Chekhov’s version, Gurov is a man who can no longer relate to his wife and loses interest and faith in his marriage.He consistently belittles his wife and condemns her as “of limited intelligence,narrow-minded,...
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...Dogs Make the Best Pets Dogs come in all shapes and sizes. From tea cup size to giant size, from long hair to short hair and even hairless. With all the different breeds of dogs there is a variety of behavior and personalities and a variety of looks. But with all this variety there is one thing that stays constant – the love and companionship a dog gives. Regardless of the type of dog you chose your little furry friend will become your best friend, your family and if you let them will become part of your heart. There is no other animal that would make a better pet than a dog, no other pet provides more unconditional love and affection, and provides more social interaction and companionship than a dog. A dog expresses love and affection in so many ways, from the affectionate licks on our face, the intimate wagging of their tails, to their hugs when you come home. I cannot think of another species in the universe other than a dog that is capable of expressing their unconditional love and unwavering loyalty. When you think of a pet the two obvious choices that come to mind are a dog or a cat. Some people may try to argue that a cat is a better pet, but a cat does not greet you at the door like a dog, nor is a cat as affectionate as a dog. A cat is more independent than a dog, they tend to come around when they need something where a dog actually identifies with their owners mood. My dog can actually sense my mood and react accordingly; when I am sick or sad my dogs lie...
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...Absolutely, love is a very needed and beautiful feeling. But social life imposes on human sort of limitations and restrictions, especially in Russia, at the time when the story “Lady with a Pet Dog’ was created by a famous Russian author A.P. Chekhov in 1899, were very strong patriarchal ideas of love and marriage. It used to be normal to marry and marry not for love but for any "reasonable price" or by agreement between the parents. The composition takes place at the resort called Yalta, and the romance between two Chekhov’s protagonists seems to be just a regular short affair during the holiday, where married people find each other on the one purpose: for a few minutes to forget everyday worries and feel a bit happier....
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...Dogs make better pets than cats? 1. You can train a dog better than a cat. Have you ever seen a cat sit on command? Roll over on command? Stay? Neither have I. 2. 2. Dogs are smarter. Have you ever seen a dog fall into a fish tank? I haven’t either. 3. A dog can protect your home much better than a cat. 4. 4. Dogs are better suited to lead you to a more active lifestyle. Have you ever seen anyone walk their cat? 5. 5. There are a lot of things cats will jump up on that dogs won’t. The cat I had for a month would NOT get off my computer keyboard. Dogs won’t do that. I’ve also seen cats up on kitchen counters. Your dog also won’t climb a tree. 6. 6. Dogs are much more fun to play with than cats. 7. 7. A dog knows when you’re sad. And he’ll try to comfort you. Cats don’t care how you feel, as long as you remember where the can opener is. 8. 8. Dogs will wake you up if the house is on fire. Cats will quietly sneak out the back door. 9. 9. Dogs are Happy. Dogs think you’re the best person in the world even if you are grumpy, when you come home from school or work your Dogs will be there licking your face and jumping around and they can’t wait to see you, while cats don’t notice if you are there or not as long as they get their food. 10. 10. Dogs Listen. When you talk to dogs they will make faces and tilt there head and try to work out what you’re saying while cats just meow and walk away. Counterargument 1. Cats treat your guests politely. Better manners. When friends...
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...Frequently we see a struggle for control within relationships as in relationships there are both subtle and overt ways in which partners seek to exercise control.According to Kate Chopin, relationships reduced to one person’s will controlling another, or sometimes the internal struggle is internal between one person’s conflicting desires.As such it is my intention to examine [Chekhov's] “ The lady with the pet dog” and [Faulkner’s] “A Rose for Emily” and to highlight how control is exercised by the protagonist in both pieces. Anton Chekhov wrote a short story in 1899, entitled "The Lady with the Pet Dog." It depicts an affair involving Anna and Gurov. The story occurs in a Russian town called Yalta. At the beginning of the story, Gurov is "pushed" into having affairs; just as he was pushed...
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...353 Listening Log Name: Joanne Wu Total time: 399 mins (Please delete this example when creating your own log.) Date: 5/11Time:20:5920:5920:5920:59Level:2 | Title: Source/Link: Source Time: | Vocabulary:NonverbalPowerfulPowerlessHormone | | Notes:The speaker talked about two different body languages, one is high power posed and the other one is low power posed. They showed totally different. For example, when we won the match, we automatically high our hands to show that we are happy. This posed is universal. On the other hand, when people felt sad, they will look at the low position. However, she also mentioned that the body language could change our mind. We can fake it and then become real through body language. She said it is because our hormone. Because I am a tennis player, you can easily see people’s body language during the match and my body language is really bad. Even though I am nervous, I should fake, at least, my body language should be really confidence. | | Date:5/12Time:18:2918:2918:2918:29Level:2 | Title: How to make peace? Get angrySource/Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/kailash_satyarthi_how_to_make_peace_get_angry#t-422112Source Time: 18:29 | Vocabulary:Untouchable | | Notes:Kailash Satyarth is an Indian. He talked about that many teachers, parents always told people not or be angry, or told me how to control our emotion. However, he said that sometimes angry is good thing. After I listened this talk, I was thinking about this question: it...
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...Did your mom ever tell you to not pet stray dogs? Well mine did of course, and I listened just as well as any 4 year old would. I was a very hard headed kid at that age, and I never listened to what I was told. We lived in a small town 200 miles west of Middlin, Texas; it was a quiet town with a population around 1,000 people. If you’ve ever been to Texas then you know that it’s about 90% desert, it’s a dry and dusty place. Stray dogs are everywhere be aware and whatever you do don’t pet stray dogs. It was the summer of 1991 in Middlen, Texas the temperature was around 100 degrees. I was soaked from head to toe with sweat from ridding my dirt bike all day. I had gotten a 50cc Suzuki dirt bike from my dad just a year prior and I was loving it. I rode my dirt bike all summer long that year. There was a pit not too far from my house that I could ride in that had some whoop-de-woops, and some jumps. This pit was huge, I mean it was a giant pit, it looked like a comet had struck the earth it was so big. I spent what seemed to be all day at the pit riding my dirt bike. When I finally got home I decided to cool off in the sprinklers, I ran into the house as fast as I possibly could to change clothes. As I got into the house I yelled Mom! Can I go outside and play in the sprinkler, she said yes but I had to eat supper first Dang it, I said under my breath as I continued down the long hallway. When I got to my room I looked everywhere for my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles swimming...
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...adopt other pets, and never opt to go a pet-dog. Many have associated their preference to the easiness in training the pet as well as the difficulties experienced when outsourcing for the same. Personally I feel that a dog would make an excellent pet on my side. In fact, dogs are indeed the best pets one would wish to have as they provide the desired companionship and support to the owner. Adopting a dog is in itself fulfilling since I will deliberately take care of the pet while providing the necessary care and amenities. Majority of dogs up for adoption are pure breeds, thus possess excellent agility and obedience levels (Banks, 2006). Dogs are beneficial pets especially because of the endless options which a dog can undertake. There are competitions available for the pet dogs for instance they can be useful for therapy purposes or even security services. Such competition avenues are not available to other pets like cats and lizards. As long as the dogs are spayed and neutered on regular basis, most illnesses which affect them will be put at-bay. Thus expensive medications due to illnesses like hip dysplasia, cancer or chronic seizures will not be undertaken translating to a lot of savings. Other dogs are already trained on commands and obedience thus bonding becomes easy. This is not the case with other pets like bird or even lizard where the adopter has to engage in serious training prior to familiarizing with the pets behavior. More often than not, you adopt a dog is probably...
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...Show Pet Foods, Inc. BUAD 6300 Strategic Marketing and Analysis Dr. Michael L. Mallin Spring 2011 Meagan Frances Ayers • Anthony Fischer • Christopher Bomer Issue First in Show Pet Foods, Inc. has been a major producer of dog food for show dogs within the dog show circuit for several years. They create high-quality and high-priced products for show dogs and now see an opportunity to enter into new retail channels with their product due to changing attitudes and perceptions within the dog food industry, regarding dog food consumers. Their greatest concerns are how they should go about breaking into the retail channel, who to target, how to promote their product, how much to allot to this initiative, and where to start selling their product. First in Show Pet Food, Inc. executives are carefully considering how to launch their Show Circuit brand dog food into the greater Boston market. Background Industry In 2009, dog food sales will total about $10 billion at manufacturers’ prices. However, fewer than half of US dogs are regularly fed prepared dog food. This indicates there may be untapped potential within the dog food industry with regards to the prepared dog foods segment. As of 2008, the dog food industry share was broken down by category: Dry (65%), Canned (15%), and Treats (20%). Interestingly, frozen/prepared dog foods were not on the list, leaving a huge potential market for First in Show Pet Foods...
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...Show Pet Foods, Inc. BUAD 6300 Strategic Marketing and Analysis Dr. Michael L. Mallin Spring 2011 Meagan Frances Ayers • Anthony Fischer • Christopher Bomer Issue First in Show Pet Foods, Inc. has been a major producer of dog food for show dogs within the dog show circuit for several years. They create high-quality and high-priced products for show dogs and now see an opportunity to enter into new retail channels with their product due to changing attitudes and perceptions within the dog food industry, regarding dog food consumers. Their greatest concerns are how they should go about breaking into the retail channel, who to target, how to promote their product, how much to allot to this initiative, and where to start selling their product. First in Show Pet Food, Inc. executives are carefully considering how to launch their Show Circuit brand dog food into the greater Boston market. Background Industry In 2009, dog food sales will total about $10 billion at manufacturers’ prices. However, fewer than half of US dogs are regularly fed prepared dog food. This indicates there may be untapped potential within the dog food industry with regards to the prepared dog foods segment. As of 2008, the dog food industry share was broken down by category: Dry (65%), Canned (15%), and Treats (20%). Interestingly, frozen/prepared dog foods were not on the list, leaving a huge potential market for First in Show Pet Foods...
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...A pet is any animal that is domesticated and valued or cared for. In 2012, there were 146 million household pets in the United States. (Pets by Numbers, 2014) The most popular type of pets in the United States is cats and dogs. They make up about sixty-seven percent of all household pets across the United States (U.S Pet Owners Statistics, 2015). In result, creates the biggest controversy that has long divided pet owners: who makes the better companion. A dogs love and loyalty to their owner makes this pet a better companion, for dogs can keep their owners fit and healthy, can be trained, and can help owners with special needs. A pet owner definitely should own a dog and become more informed on each pet. Dogs have been known to keep their...
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