...sounds of hooves beating against the trail. I lay their stretched out along the back of my horse. Feeling the rhythmic sway of his hips lulling me to a light sleep. My legs hanging on either sides of his neck, my shoulder and head resting against the top of his rump. All proper etiquette long forgotten, only focusing on the sounds of the forest, the rhythm of my horse, and the feeling of the suns warmth on my skin. I lay...
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...mom and her friends to horse shows. In horse shows you show you show your horse to a judge and the judge judges you on how well you present yourself, present your horse, showmanship, and you show them your skills by riding your horse around the perimeter of this oval shape rink filled with well treated dirt. I always remember this one horseshow was better than all the rest, we would normally stay in our small trailer during the horse shows, but this one was special, we would go to this one once a year. It would be really big and a lot of people would show up to it. We normally showed up put all of our tack in one stall, our horses in the others, and head off to the practice arena to lunge the horses then get on and practice and get use to the dirt and such. This show was different because instead of going to our trailer afterwards we actually got to stay in a hotel. This was at the expo in Topeka with a hotel right next to it so we stayed there, it had a pool, it was as fun to be at the hotel as it was to be out riding horses. The next morning I went downstairs to the ground floor thinking there was just going to be a continental breakfast nothing fancy, but I got down there and they had the whole thing! They had pancakes, bacon, eggs, French toast, you name it, and they had it. They...
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...I pulled my sleigh to a stop in the middle of the deeply rutted road. I watched as the snow slowly and silently drifted into the woods. The beautiful snow and ice on the trees was brightened by the light of the large moon. Even though me and my horse are freezing cold in the night we have no choice but to stop away from a farmhouse or stable . The sled in the night shines with snow and my horse shakes his bells questioning my decision to stop....
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...People seem to find riding horses as a calming activity, which is baffling to me after my last traumatizing experience on this terrifyingly large animal. Galloping on a horse in an open field is what some look forward to, where I scream at the thought. This fear all started one day after basketball camp in the summer heat with a few of my horse-riding friends. The day started with an exhausting few hours in the heat at basketball camp, but I was smiling knowing it was over and I was going to hang out with my friends Macy and Stigall. Little did I know, that smile would soon turn to a frown because of them using the lame excuse that it will be “fun” for all of us to ride horses together. Me being the one that does not ride horses often, I joined Macy on her...
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...It is the middle of 2016, a hot,dry Thursday morning. We arrive at the ranch, in the pasture, lots of horses in the pasture eating dry hay. We wear jeans,shirts,shoes. We sign in on the computer. We get our name tags,pet the cats and sweet dogs and we go to the stable and go and say hello to all the horses in the stalls. We help walk the horses out to where they belong. After that , we go get buckets to sit on so we can watch the cute horses. After a few minutes, Sophie's car shows up with her mom driving because Sophie is not old enough to drive yet. As Sophie gets out of her car she goes inside the barn to say hi to the other animals and she gets Dawn’s grooming bucket. While Sophie is doing that I go and get Dawn. Sophie sees Dawn and a...
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...Fat lot of good that did him. The responsibility card went out the gate when I bailed on him while he was talking to his friends. I was like Houdini except everybody had seen me leave and I had sought refuge at the top corner of the grandstands in the horse dressage arena. There was no way I was hanging out even on the sidelines with his friends. All douchebags. Every. Single. One of them. I waited to receive a text message from Mikey of when he was ready to leave and after that night it had cemented our no fuss friendship. He didn’t tell on his mother about me leaving and I didn’t tell his mother about the black eye he had received from one of his “mates” or how he was concealing it with one Tessa’s foundations. The Andalusian horse had placed in all tests and awarded best overall. It had inspired me the next day with Mikey to set up a little jump at the farm. However, like most of my brainier idea it didn’t work out. My horse that I had named “Tic-Tac” due to her white and grey colouring was a work horse and decided on her own accord that she had no time or the temperament for it....
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...The first time I showed a love for horses was when I first saw the movie Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. Every birthday and christmas list had horse at the top of the list. Finally when I was the age of 6 I had my first riding lesson; After that I was completely hooked. Every other week I would get taken for my 45 minute lesson and i thought ‘this is the life’. After a few months of riding, my parents found me another trainer closer to home and Ibegan riding english. As an incentive to my riding time, my parents required me to do well in school; This was not very difficult for me, but still i tried as hard as I could to continue doing what I loved. After about a year of riding with my trainer I was brought with some saddening news, my trainer...
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...When I was born I almost died two times, cold, purple, sick, no oxygen, stayed in the hospital for weeks until i started to breathe and was able to leave and go home, so close to death, no one believed that i would make it alive, but i did. Years later my parents got divorced and my dad remarried and my dream came too. I got a horse from my step mom and my dad, I always loved horses and always wanted one. My step mom and my dad live on a farm and i got to come over every other weekend, and learn to ride and it changed my life. The experience of horses has influenced my life by many different ways. I am more thankful because of god saving my life. When i was over at my dad’s and my step mom’s house , i rode every min...
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...APA Thesis Statement / Outline Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery’ and D.H. Lawrence‘s ‘The Rocking Horse Winner’ use personification, characterization, and symbolism, to develop the different themes contained in their short stories. I. Introduction a. A brief summary of the “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson b. A brief summary of the “The Rocking Horse Winner”, by D.H. Lawrence II. Overview of the use of, Personification, Characterization and Symbolism a. “The Rocking Horse Winner”, by D.H. Lawrence i. The personification employed in ‘The Rocking Horse Winner’ has a profound effect on the readers 1. The whispering house is the focus of the theme and plot i. Characterization of Paul and his obsession to gain his Mother’s love and fulfill her wish for more money that eventually leads to his death 1. The money hungry character traits that is passed down from Mother to child 2. Paul’s obsession has sexual overtones between him and his Mother i. Symbolism in developing the plot in “The Rocking-Horse Winner’ 1. The Mother’s insatiable need for wealth symbolizes superiority 2. Materialism replaces Love a. “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson i. Personification is omitted from this story ii. The Characters in “The Lottery” is developed through description 1. Every day people conducting life...
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...Frederick Douglass' memoir "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" has long been noted for its demonstration of Douglass' superior skill with rhetoric. Distributed in 1845, two decades before slavery was abolished, the book is a brutally honest illustration of slavery's dehumanizing impact. By unmistakably establishing his ethos and connecting with his audience, Douglass uses many rhetorical devices to argue for the immorality of slavery. Douglass' narrative weaves multiple anecdotes together, each illustrating a different aspect of slavery's immorality. For example, in chapter eight, Douglass' crippling grandmother is expelled from the plantation because she is too old to work further. Despite her faithful service, even caring for...
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...Horse Play I was in my house peacefully in bed when my mom came up stairs in my room. My Mom yelled, “ Wake up, it’s time to go to Linda’s house!!“ Linda is my older friend. My Mom, sister, and I go there from 9:00A.M. to 12:00 in the afternoon. We were so excited to get to get to Linda’s. She’s awesome, and we love going to her house. We were ready to go. My mom almost forgot to get her car keys, but don’t worry she got them. My sister and I wanted to hurry to get in the car and go, but my mom had to lock the house doors. Then, she had to get in the car, turn it on, and then we could go. Next, we got out of the car at Linda’s. When we got out of the car at Linda’s we met her and our horse instructor Alisha. We also met the animals. The horses names are Analee, Jay, and Jay’s mother ( I forget her name ). We also met Milo the fuzzy orange cat...
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...Sue Monk Kidd’s novel The Invention of Wings describes both the life of a slave, Handful, and her master’s daughter, Sarah, as well as their relationships with each other, family, and outsiders. They fervently fight to alter society’s view on slavery. Sue Monk Kidd conveys the convention of narrative voice to communicate the messages of the novel to the audience. Kidd utilizes Handful, a slave, and Sarah Grimke, the daughter of a rich plantation owner, as assertive and engaging narrators in order to influence the emotions of the readers. Sue Monk Kidd uses first person point of view to assist the reader in noticing the protagonists’ strong personalities and ideas throughout the novel. The story alternates narrators each chapter. Frequently...
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...Emotional Appeal in the Narrative of Frederick Douglass In the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass adopts a critical tone as he openly discusses his journey to freedom in an attempt to deconstruct the positive view of slavery through the realities he experiences as a slave. Douglass, an educated slave, wrote the memoir after escaping to freedom as a means of informing the public about slavery as an abolitionist. Douglass utilizes emotional by detailing events that occurred during his time as a slave in order to evoke pity, anger, and fear in order to compel his audiences to regard the institution of slavery as deplorable. Douglass tends to highlight instances in which slave’s personal relationships are destroyed in order...
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...distinction of facts and truth within the nature of the mind is of a Southern decaying family’s attempt to bring their mother home for burial. Faulkner narrates each character’s singular point of view to show the result of the multitude of subjective interpretations as each character deals with their emotions engendered by the events. The reader is unsure as to which imitated perspective is objective towards the truth. Faulkner’s narration of imitating events from a different stand point develops an arguing conflict of what is thought to be an established nature of mind. As I Lay Dying is a conflict of the conceptual idea of truth. It can be interpreted that the conflict of the narrative is a conflict of our beings – whether or not there is such a thing as unprejudiced truth. Within the beginning narratives, the characters reveal their corruptions that will obscure their interpretations: including adultery, pregnancy, abortion, hatred, and insanity. Using multiple views promotes the isolation each family member’s internal conflicts in relation to their response to their mother’s death, relationships, and own seemingly selfish concerns. The reader begins to see the instability of their isolation when the Faulkner establishes no character to provide objectivity. The extremities in the elusiveness of the truth can be followed through the issues associated with each character and how the novel’s multiple perspectives interpret their issues, obscuring the line of accuracy. For instance...
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...Postmodern Approach to Social Constructivism Laura Romine Liberty University Abstract As the world looks at the reality of communal exchange, thumbing back to historical debates of empirical and rational schools of thought, delineations from dualism to social interchange and collaboration refine hypothesis’ of undisputable truth. Reminiscent of the psychoanalytic movement with greats such as Freud, Jung and Adler, therapy, more of an art than science, and current day philosophies drive which models influence today’s truth. Reality is fashioned by language, how we feel, act and think, revealing “stories” we tell the self as contextual meanings. These beliefs now evolve one’s creation and truth. The therapist, joining in recognition of new perspectives, empowers and helps the client see that forward progress is strength within oneself. In a social constructivist point of view, the therapist detaches from the expert status of defining the problem. From family therapy and the multicultural lens, therapists now challenge cultural factors that, in turn, shape the client’s perceptions in the format of brief therapies. Keywords: brief therapies, collaborative, family therapy, social constructionism Postmodern Approach to Social Constructivism In the 21st century a paradigm shift motivated the field of psychology to unlock a fresh world view revealing the objet d'art of collective exchange. Referring to the modernistic creation of self, it is said that the anthropological...
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