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    English 111 17 September 2013 Journal 5: “Arm Wrestling with My Father” Brad Manning always lost the arm wrestling matches against his father when he was young. Their communication was mainly physical. His father never showed up at his musical concerts‚ helped him with school work‚ or wrote him letters or cards‚ but he always critical of him at his sporting events. His dad showed the love for his son through hand-shakes and pats on the back instead of hugs. The word love was never spoken between

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    Arm Wrestling with My Father In this essay written for his freshman composition course‚ Manning explores his physical contact with his father over the years‚ perceiving gradual changes that are‚ he realizes‚ inevitable. For Manning‚ description provides a way to express his feelings about his father and to comment on relations between sons and fathers. In the essay after Manning’s‚ Itabari Njeri uses description for similar ends‚ but her subject is a daughter and her father. “Now you say

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    Summary Brad Manning Arm Wrestling with My Father In reading the essay one can summarize that the overall plot is the relationship between the main character and his father through an unprecedented method. Manning starts out the story when he was younger‚ where he and father would constantly engage in arm wrestling where no matter how much he tried he couldn’t win “Dad would always win”. It also states that his dad was boaster where he took pride in the fact that his son could not beat him. As

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    Comparative Essay 2 In the short stories “Arm Wrestling with My father” by Brad Manning and “Shooting Dad” by Sarah Vowell‚ both authors depict scenes communicating their individual relationships with their fathers. Manning uses description and narrative to depict his relationship with his father‚ he explains that he carries a competitive nature along with his father and he feels oppressed by him. Manning show that within his struggle with his father he grows a physical relationship with him and

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    Everybody has or had a father at some point in their life. Some people may take their fathers for granted and others will not. My father is someone who I can always look up to and know that if I follow his lead I will end up being as great as a person he is. Fathers are your biggest fans and supporters. Whether you can tell it or not‚ they will always be there for you even if you are opposites. In Brad Manning and Sarah Vowell’s narrations about their fathers‚ they both have unique relationships

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    usual wrestling trip. This time‚ not only was I wrestling in a tournament‚ but I got invited to tour the #1 wrestling team in the country as well as one of the top academic prep communities in world. This school is one of the best‚ due to how well they bring in students and wrestlers. This includes North America go here‚ Nigerians‚ Russians‚ Koreans‚ Cambodians‚ and even some Middle Eastern Groups. This Preparatory school thrives in three sports‚ field hockey‚ rowing‚ and of course wrestling. So as

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    Wrestling

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    A wrestling match is a test of strength‚ speed‚ agility‚ endurance and above all‚ the ability to combine these things. A match can go as long as seven and a half minutes without stopping‚ but that is not the hardest part of being a member of a good wrestling team. Becoming a family is one of the hardest parts of wrestling. Learning to trust people that you don’t even know that well‚ but it is also what makes a strong‚ functional‚ winning team. Wrestlers compete individually to earn points for their

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    my father

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    growing in the arms of our father. I love my father best and no one can replace his in my heart. My father is 57 years old. He is a famer. He tall and thin. His hair cut short and he is grizzle-haired.his clothes is very simple. With me every thing in dad is special‚he way he moves‚ the way he speaks‚ the way he behaves. He is a person that dose not show his feeling a lot‚ he might not kisses and hugs me every single day buts when i do a good thing‚ he smiles. It make me happy. My father likes going

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    My Life Before Wrestling

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    themselves. Being a wrestler on the scholastic level I can say that this sport has made me proud of all my accomplishments. The public opinion of wrestling includes the judgement that is merely a brolic sport that only requires muscle. In my eyes‚ wrestling is much more than just a muscular sport‚ it’s become my life. It has inspired me to become someone who strives for a brighter future. Wrestling has created a path leading to a good work ethic along with a sense of accomplishment in a place where

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    My Father

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    In my opinion‚ my father is the busiest person in my family. He is working as a clerk for a beverage company. Besides‚ he has did most of the housework. Almost everyday he has a full schedule and can’t afford much leisure. But‚ he’s both a hard - working man and a devoted father. My father is such a hard – working person that I admire him so much. Yesterday‚ for example‚ he had to get up very early. He did some shopping‚ prepared our breakfast and went to work in a hurry because he had to go to

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