and the tables that sat in front of them stacked two feet high with steaming hot pancakes. The people‚ who stood in lines waiting to be served‚ were moved quickly and efficiently through by servers. There were city slickers‚ country folks‚ bikers‚ cowboys‚ Indians‚ mothers‚ fathers and children all enjoying their morning breakfast under the vast blue Wyoming sky. By the end of the ten days‚ the Kiwanis club will have made and served around 100‚000 pancakes. It never failed to amaze me how the people
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Art and the Bronco summary O. Henry’s "Art and the Bronco" tells the story of Lonny Briscoe‚ a cowboy who is also an aspiring artist. It follows his quest to sell his first painting to the state legislature; to have it hung in the capital building. Lonny sees the sale of the painting as validation of his talent and worth as a painter. What he ends up learning is that the actual value of the painting turns out to be secondary to what other feel they can gain from it. The story takes place
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Have you ever been to the Rodeo? Have you seen the amazing cowboys riding and catching the stallions and bulls. The crowd sits in awe as the extraordinary cowboy stays on the bull even though the bull bucks and kicks all around. Bulls undergo harsh conditions‚ cruelty‚ and for the riders it can be deadly. People should not participate in bull riding. Cruelty to animals has been very looked down upon‚ but nobody realizes the pain the bull goes through. Bull riding isn’t really a nice ride. It can
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of inescapable jail by the closing of the frontier and the coming of the big corporations. Cowboys are strong men that sense no fear in their eyes and actions. They live a hard life isolated to the rest of the world‚ being only them and the nature that can be very unpredictable‚ you never know when it will be friendly or cruel. The myth of the cowboy describes the cowboy as living a stoic lifestyle. Cowboys depend only on nature‚ which is their only friend except the horse which is their best friend
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My Brother Sam is Dead As you go through the journey of life you begin to realize the many obstacles you have to over come but what charts your growth is home you over come them. This quote resembles the story of My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier. Brothers Christopher and James have been writing historical fiction for young people since the early 1970s and have been known as masters of the genre. This book was named a Newbery Honor Book in 1975 and
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written by Stephen Crane. The story takes place in Nebraska at the Palace (Blue) Hotel. The proprietor of the hotel‚ Scully‚ brings his guests from a train station which is nearby the hotel. One night he gets “The Swede”‚ “The Easterner”‚ and the cowboy. The narrative is about one and only nighttime when these three men are staying at Scully’s hotel. Their staying is not normal‚ they do not get on well with each other and what’s more they start fighting. The edge of the night brings an unexpected
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Globalization and Freedom in India and Mainland China Throughout the novel “The White Tiger” by Indian writer‚ Aravind Adiga and the short story “ After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town” by Chinese writer‚ Han Jin. Both mention about how globalization‚ the process of international integration arising from interchange of worldviews‚ products‚ and other aspects of culture‚ influences India and Mainland China. One of the plots in Adiga’s novel is Ashok and Balram moved to Gurgaon instead of going back
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#6 Holiday Cheer… In a year‚ there are a lot of holidays that are celebrated around the world. These holidays include; Valentine’s Day‚ St. Patrick’s Day‚ Thanksgiving‚ and Christmas. People worldwide celebrate some of these holidays in their own way‚ and always have a good time too. I like to spend a majority of the holidays throughout the year with my family or friends‚ because it tends to be more fun if you spend it with family or friends. My favorite holiday out of all of the holidays in
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An Alternate Perspective on the Mythical West The topic of the American West has intrigued me throughout my life. The tales of cowboys and Indians‚ of the rugged individual and nature‚ has always sparked my interest. A land with such quixotic stories of adventure‚ the West has instilled itself in American history. The yarns and movies of the mythical frontier provide a perception to which I among many others have chosen to adopt at one time or another. This perception has been embedded in many
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