...wild-hearted man. We would start in Boston, and he’s toss the whole family into the wagon, and then he’s drive the team right across the country; through Ohio, and Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and all the Western states. And we’d stop in the town and sell the flutes that he’d made on the way. Great inventor, Father. With one gadget he made more in a week than a man like you could make in a lifetime.” _This quote is from a conversation between Willy and his brother Ben. They are talking about their father, what he was in person, what did he do… _ I think this quote is important because Willy does not know anything about his father and he does not know how his father started his business. Maybe it is the point that Willy cannot get a fine job for him or he does not have any experiences to teach Biff and it led him to no where. _ Their father left and Willy was a baby and Ben was the only one who looking for him. Their father was a wild-heart man, he can make more gadgets in a week than Willy can make in lifetime. _ I think this quote is connects to “A character’s growth or change” because it tells about how Willy’s dad was doing on his business life. Question: Why do you think his father left away? Assignment 5: Gee, as you can see, I did it all only for the boys. But now I am almost seventy and I am getting exhausted. The only wish that I want is to see my two boys success in their life, get a good job and born me kids. But sometimes...
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...five men. Aquinas: Hello my dear friend Courtney gives Aquinas a hug. Courtney: It’s so nice to see you again Aquinas. (Looks at the other four men) Hello everyone, I’m Courtney; I am a friend of Aquinas. Sorry for interrupting your meal, but I have a serious matter to discuss with Aquinas in hopes that he can help me. Aquinas: That is why I invited you here. When you called and said you had a dilemma I thought it would be a good idea to have you come here and get the advice and opinions of these great philosophers. As long as your okay with opening up to them about your problem? Courtney: I don’t mind at all, especially because I could use all the advice I can get right now and have very little time to make a decision. Courtney grabs a chair and brings it back to the table to sit in. Aquinas: Whatever the dilemma, there is always a right and wrong thing that can be done. So let us figure it out and start by you letting us know what this troublesome dilemma is. Courtney: Well it all began on Tuesday morning at my work. I work for a company as a secretary and have for two years. After divorcing my husband two years ago for having an affair, I decided to get a job to support my two children. Luckily, my good friend Karen got her husband, Jerry, to hire me as his secretary at his firm. The job is fairly easy and pays well and also allows me to have time for my children. Aquinas: It seems to me that your husband was not a good Christian and that you are...
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...can only be 250 words, so I tried to keep it short. Is it cliche/cheesy? As an omnipresent force, my Dad symbolizes more than just a man who has brought me into this world. He is instead an emotion or energy that I can feel inside of me always. He is the constant reminder of my duty to uphold the morals of my family, and he is the motivation for accomplishment in my life. Though not with me in the physical sense, his contributions as an emotional force in the sharpening of my character has helped me grow as a confident young man. He is a man I can admire and a man I can wish to be, but more than anything else, he is a man that I can forever know will support me in all my endeavors. As I look forward towards the future I see him as a part of the greater meaning of my life; he will always be another influence in my decisions and a sign that I have chosen the right path. While others may pass through my life, the firm hand with which he guides me will be present always. | | Reply | 10-12-2004, 07:06 AM | #2 | marite Senior MemberJoin Date: Aug 2004Posts: 13,792 | Ilcapo: The response is far too vague; it does not even mention that your father is dead so that what you think is his inspiration is what you believe he would have told you to do, were he alive; this is unless you have been told specific things about him and are being influenced by what others say about him. I think, however, that you need to provide specific examples of the guidance you have received--whether...
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...Alice Author anonymous Copyright © 1971 by Simon & Schuster Inc. Simon Pulse An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Also available in a Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers hardcover edition. Printed and bound in the United States of America 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Library of Congress Catalog Card Number-. 74-159446 Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html ISBN 0-671-66458-1 (hc) ISBN 0-60-81785-1 (Pulse pbk.) Go Ask Alice is based on the actual diary of a fifteen-year-old drug user. It is not a definitive statement on the middle-class, teenage drug world. It does not offer any solutions. It is, however, a highly personal and specific chronicle. As such, we hope it will provide insights into the increasingly complicated world in which we live. Names, dates, places and certain events have been changed in accordance with the wishes of those concerned. The Editors. September 16 Yesterday I remember thinking I was the happiest person in the whole earth, in the whole galaxy, in all of God's creation. Could that only have been...
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...that I feel is not just American, but truly human. I’m not gonna go on some rant on how things should have been but on how we can still make them. I want to make you wonder about another field of thought, of another way to guide your life and it may even improve it. It’s the thought of true Independence and Freedom. Most of all, I want you to start thinking. For quite a few years now I have been reading the works of Lysander Spooner, Murray Rothbard, Benjamin Tucker, and Henry Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson and the lesser known William Buppert. All of these men have helped to shape my thinking and shape my beliefs (might be a bad thing, but I’m liking the freedom it’s given my mind). It’s given me a power I never truly felt before, the power to live a free life and the power to question. I always felt I lived a rather free life, I mean, we live in a free country right? Freedom to speak, to write, to get a job, to fail? I even felt I fought for these freedoms; I served four years as an Infantryman in the US Army, I swore an oath, I should be free. It was not until a couple years after I got out of the Army that I really started to feel enslaved, betrayed, and disgusted. I knew that there had to be something more to life. It was during this time that a friend of mine who was feeling the same as I, showed me an essay...
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...It is my opinion that over the centuries, spiritual and moral thinkers have prescribed ways of living that lead to greater happiness over the course of a lifetime, and the best of them from Socrates to Buddha, from Jesus to Maimonides, have powerfully lived out what they taught. The goal of a good life, they have all agreed, is a deep happiness consistent with simplicity, integrity, and a profound generosity. The great thinkers have never thought of happiness as primarily rooted in the hedonic indulgence of the senses, but rather they have described a sense of well-being and satisfaction that comes from a higher purpose pursued over time. Opinion has differed as to how happy we can expect to become in this mixed up world, and as to what goals and purposes in life really deliver on happiness. I wish to say that I have not always been a happy person, despite my ability to seem to make those around me happy. The key spiritual secret of any happier and healthier life is the deeper kindness that can be captured with the term "Gift-love," a term borrowed from C.S. Lewis. We are all too often obsessed in life with what Lewis termed "Need-love," loving and seeking the things we need, from good food to a decent coat for the winter. We certainly all need and seek to be loved, for if we do not receive love we will not be able to give it away. Yet even when we pursue the things we need, it is often not just for ourselves, but for the nearest and dearest who depend on us. This points...
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...To describe my Moeller experience in the past four years is like a roller coaster ride where there were ups and downs and it sure did go fast. I feel like high school is one of your biggest times where you mature. First you start out as a little fourteen year old and end up being a legal adult at the age of eighteen when you graduate. I feel like I matured so much from my freshman year until now. I learned a lot from Moeller and I feel like they teach you more than academics they teach you about life. I think three things changed me while I was at Moeller would be football, the Crusader Cavalry, especially my senior year, and being in yearbook. It was not just these three specifically my classes and teachers had an impact on me as well. Walking...
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...perfect.” All my life this has stuck in my head. Why regret something when you will never have the chance to change the past? Since I was big enough to pick up a ball, I fell in love with football. My household since I was only a toddler has revolved around me playing any sport that ends in -ball. This summer I made a decision that would take football away from my life. Since I was only a small child, I can recall always having a toy ball in my hands. Growing up I was involved in every little league sport my parents would put me in. There was just something about the fresh cut grass in football...
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...lives. In the story, we are told about a man named Tobias who used to be a history and Spanish teacher, but because the number of students went down, he was fired. After that, he just kept getting fired from every job he got, and now he has given up on everything. “I’ve had a life” line 19, he has given up on his relationship with Miriam, given up on finding a new job and given up on life itself. Tobias has grown careless and is blaming everything and everybody else for the way he is. On line 20 Tobias says “It’s not exactly my fault that I’m not working.” which implicates that he does not want to realize, that he might be doing something wrong himself. Tobias has a girlfriend named Miriam, their relationship used to be good and Miriam used to smile a lot. Now her smile has disappeared, “Your depression is making me depressed. I wish you were busy. You know: with some kind of life.” Line 17-18, seeing Tobias like this, seeing him not care about himself or his life, is hurting Miriam. She cannot see a future in Tobias and definitely not a future with him. Miriam works as a nurse, and is the supporter of the two of them. Since Tobias was fired, he has been living in her apartment. Miriam and Tobias live in a normal average middle class society in Michigan, with a high unemployment rate. “Those people aren’t getting jobs in Michigan”, line 29. Hundreds of other people might as well be in Tobias’ situation. Being fired from every job he found, losing his financial independence...
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...lot greater, than popularity.” Julius Erving Hello, my name is Riley Oliver, many of you won't know me few will, but we can get to that later. Today was the first day of my senior year, and for my journalism class we have to keep a journal of our final years in high school. So here we go. September 15th The year is 20fucking80 and in less than 4 days I will be 18, all my shit years behind me; 2 more months of high school and I’m finally off to college. My high school years flew by, after winning the world tournament for chess my freshman year it’s like everyone suddenly needed to know me, not like they wanted to know me the first 14 years of my life, but now I was different since I was always on television and sponsoring the newest watch or the next coming up brand and how could I forget about all the new gadgets, basically what I’m saying is whoever was my friend got all the shit I didn’t want which to be honest was 90%. Because of my sudden fame I always had some sort of plans, one lame ass thing after another, shopping, movies, dinner, bowling, sleepovers and really all I wanted to do was spend some time with my crush, too bad she never even noticed me before. Sometimes I wish I was invisible to everyone like I was to her. Cynthia, hair that didn’t quite meet up the popular short standards of today, a bright blonde, almost white flowing like a waterfall as it falls off her shoulders as she walked passes me without even blinking. Her eyes were so blue you’d almost...
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...will discuss what my core values are, how people acquire and change their values, what values do for and to us and explaining the nature and importance of human values in the workplace. Core Values The first values I can remember were given to me by my parents. My parent raised me to help people when they are in need. As the old saying goes, I would give the shirt off my back even in the middle of winter. I still believe in this value and want my daughter to see the importance of it as well. I was also taught not to look for trouble but, if it comes around deal with it. This value was a main reason for me joining the military. It also goes a long with the last major value I was taught, do not let anyone hurt your family or friends. As I have grown into a man, I have added a few values that make me a better employee and friend. I believe while at work you must put 110% while you are on the clock and that your raise is the reward for this hard work. I also believe if you are a true friend you should be there in their time of need, for example if they are become hurt or sick you do their chores for them until that are well enough to do them again, not just wish them well. The last value I have gained as an adult is to give to those less fortunate instead of buying the latest or most expensive thing. How People Acquire and Change Values I believe that people acquire there values from their family, school and friends throughout their life. If a person is raised...
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...streets of distant cities until the day he kills a man to stay alive. He learns how to play baseball in jail, rises to prominence in the Negro leagues, but is barred from playing in the major leagues because of the color of his skin. The race prejudices operating in the American society are described through the comparison that Wilson offers between Troy and Babe Ruth at the beginning of the play. Troy doesn't want Cory to play...
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...The last eight months of school were amazing. My eighth-grade year would have to be my favorite year at this school. The year went by as quick as a blink of an eye. Bad things had happened this year like losing friends and having rumors spread around, but not everything was bad this year, there were good things that happen. The good things that happen this year were becoming closer with friends and having nice teachers. Also, I have learned some much and experience new things. My favorite part in English class would have to be the debates. It was so fun listen to others point of view in real life situations or their how they see things. What I least like about English class would have to be the fishbowl. Fishbowl was fun, but I like it better...
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...Categorie(s): Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Detective, Short Stories, Thrillers Source: Feedbooks 1 About Connell: Richard Edward Connell, Jr. (October 28, 1893 – November 23, 1949) was an American author and journalist, best known for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game." Connell was one of the best-known American short story writers of his time and his stories appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's Weekly. Connell had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter. He was nominated for an Academy Award for best original story for 1941's Meet John Doe. He died of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California on November 22, 1949 at the age of fifty-six. Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. Note: This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http://www.feedbooks.com Strictly for personal use, do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 "Off there to the right—somewhere—is a large island," said Whitney." It's rather a mystery—" "What island is it?" Rainsford asked. "The old charts call it `Ship-Trap Island,"' Whitney replied." A suggestive name, isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition—" "Can't see it," remarked Rainsford, trying to peer through the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht. "You've good eyes," said Whitney, with a laugh," and I've seen you pick off a moose moving in the brown fall bush at four...
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...Tell me about your self | Good morning sir. It’s my pleasure to introduce myself. My name is Ganesh; I was born and brought up in Bhimavaram. I did my MCA from BIET COLLEGE in 2011, I completed my B. Sc graduation in KGRL Degree & PG college . I completed my +2 and schooling in Bhimavaram; Coming to my family, My father is a business man my mother is passed away I have only one brother, He has got marriedMy hobbies are playing chess, reading books and listening music. My strength is positive thinking and weakness is getting angry in short time. My goal is to attain respectable position that company wants to never lose me. | | Good morning. First of all I would like to thank you for giving such a golden opportunity to introduce about my self and its my pleasure to introduce about myself my name is Anand I was born and brought up in gadag. I completed my graduation from N.E.T. College in hubli and I completed under graduation from N.V. College in hubli and I finished my schooling from S.B. College in raichur. And my family consists of five members my father is business man and my mother is house wife and I have two brother both are studying. Finally I have a experience of one year. Thank you sir that's all about me. Very good morning to one and all present here/sir/madam. Its my pleasure to introduce myself. My name is Swetha N, born and brought up in Bangalore. Recently I have completed my B. COM from Bishop Cotton Women's christian...
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