doesn’t matter if my brothers saw me scared‚ I wanted to run… and I did it.” My story start with me saying about …me‚ because this is an autobiography and I will do it like I want‚ first of all‚ I need to tell you about my family‚ my paternal grandparents were Maria de Jesús Torres and Thomas Jaramillo‚ I didn’t meet my grandmother‚ she died along time before I was born on May‚ 11th 1999‚ and my grandparent… I don’t remember a lot of him‚ when I think of him I remember a white house‚ my grandparent is
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quickly‚ a whole family can be on the edge of destruction. This is exactly what Raymond Carver describes in his novel “My Father’s Life” from 1984. In his novel‚ Raymond Carver describes his father’s life‚ starting with his death and continuing with how he met his wife. The story goes on‚ telling about their poor life‚ his alcoholism‚ gambling and his unfaithfulness. The father is named Clevie Raymond Carver and he is roughly described as a drunkard‚ who has a hard time finding work and staying
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itself from the rest. The sport‚ without a doubt‚ is wresting. Wrestling is an outstanding sport because it teaches discipline‚ tenacity‚ and the values of friendship. The only way to succeed in this sport is with discipline. Wrestling far exceeds the practice times and schedules of football‚ which is thought to be the "toughest" sport. Wrestlers must stay in shape‚ have a very low body fat percentage‚ and must be lean and muscular. A wrestling practice can start with a six mile jog followed by a thirty
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With My Father”‚ by Grace Paley‚ is written asa story within a story. The story is told by a reliable first person narrator. The Protagonist in the story is the narrator. While the gender of the narrator is never stated‚ the tone of the story leads me to believe it is a female. The other major character in the story is the narrator’s sick aging father‚ who seems to be on his death bed. Throughout the story‚ Paley plays on the story’s theme of different points of view. Paley shows us the father knows
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My Step-Father When I first met the guy I couldn’t stand him. At the time I didn’t know his name‚ and it didn’t matter. I mean‚ he was just the guy who was helping us move into our apartment. It’s not like I thought that my mom would end up marrying the guy or anything. My mom and I were running late. Not like it was anything new. We were supposed to be in Moulton no later than 5:30‚ and now it was closer to 6:00. We finally pulled into the apartment complex‚ where we were supposed
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Brad Reefer has continuously shown the world his talents as a business man. He has been given the title serial entrepreneur because he constantly is thinking of new ideas and starting new businesses. Not only is he able to start new businesses but his expertise and experience allows them to be successful. In a world where more than 80% of new businesses fail within the first year‚ Brad continues to thrive. Brad Reifler comes from a family of entrepreneurs and businessmen. His grandfather was
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A Conversation with My Father‚ by Grace Paley This is a story about storytelling. The narrator‚ a writer and her aged‚ ill father are discussing the narrator ’s style of story writing. The Protagonist in the story is the narrator. After reading the story‚ no gender is given of the narrator‚ only assuming by the tone of the story to be a female. The other major character in the story is the narrator sick aging antagonist father‚ who seems to be on his death bed. Throughout the story‚ Paley plays on
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Girls and Wrestling Should girls be able to wrestle? I wanted to know the answer to this question and see what other people thought about this topic. I started out by looking for articles on the internet and talking to my wrestling coach Justin Ruiz to see what he thought about women’s wrestling. I am interested in this because a lot of people don’t believe that girls should be able to wrestle. I researched the question‚ I talked with my coach‚ and I did my own reflective thinking in order to disclosure
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living in Cambodia during the Cambodian Genocide was like. Each day‚ instead of growing larger and stronger‚ children were growing weak. As a young girl‚ Loung Ung lived through this war. Years later‚ she wrote a novel called “First They Killed My Father”. In this book‚ Ung records the experiences that she and her family encountered while trying to live through the civil war. If I were to meet any of the individuals mentioned in this novel‚ I would
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Wrestling has always been a huge part of my life. When I was in the seventh grade‚ I decided that if I didn’t make the cheerleading team‚ I would join the wrestling team. I was a cheerleader for four years‚ and two of those four years I also managed the Medomak Middle School wrestling team. My father is the coach for the Medomak Valley High School and Pee-Wee wrestling teams‚ and he has been for quite a number of years. My younger sister Emily has been wrestling since she was 4 years old‚ so it has
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