McGraw’s song‚ "Live Like You Were Dying" relates to William Bryant’s poem‚ "Thanatopsis" because they both focus on living life to the fullest‚ so that when death strikes it will be welcomed and not feared. McGraw speaks of a friend who was told recently that he had cancer. Afterwards‚ instead of becoming fearful of the‚ "breathless darkness" (Bryant line 12)‚ the man decided to go and accomplish everything he always wanted to do. Unfortunately the man realized that if he were to die then he would
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Period 2 Mrs. Allen Someone like You Book Report Sarah Dessen is a remarkable young adult author who has written many outstanding books such as This Lullaby and Keeping the Moon. A movie called How to Deal was also made based on her books That Summer and Someone like You. She is thirty-eight years old‚ however somehow‚ she seems to have unique gift where she reads and comes into teenager’s minds. Sarah can understand and feel what teenagers are going through most of the time‚ giving the story the effect
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Sit By and Watch The poems When You Forget to Feed Your Gerbil and Flash Cards both display the themes of responsibility and‚ they differ through the context of the speakers in each poem obtaining different feelings from their required tasks. The two poems are similar through the portrayed theme of responsibility. In When You Forget to Feed Your Gerbils‚ responsibility is shown throughout the poem‚ but is really given away in the last two lines. The speaker of the poem is a girl‚ and describes
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Make Someone like You You may wonder why someone is always able to turn the spotlight on themselves and make others under their charm. Are they born to be attractive? Or do they have magic power to remain popular? Actually‚ attention can be shifted to the word “LIKE” itself. It consists of four parts‚ “L” representing “listener”‚ “I” coming to “interaction”‚ “K” referring to “kindness” and “E” standing for “excuse”‚ which are qualities of great significance to make someone fond of you. To make someone
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A time in your life when something changed (reasons for it‚ your feelings before and after…) A turning point is an event which changed my life and attitude. There were few turning points in my life that are worthy of mention. The first decisive moment in my life was my birth‚ when I have started breathing with my lungs. Psychologists consider the moment of birth the most stressful event in human life as it is a kind of a shock. When I started my school‚ I spent some hours a day without parents
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In response‚ William Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy “As You Like It” asserts that one must not compromise their identity for acceptance. Similarly Theodore Roethke’s poem‚ “In a Dark time”‚ accentuates the need for an individual to first establish their own identity and shape their own sense of belonging to attain freedom and happiness away from the constricting mores of society. A holistic sense of belonging is one built on the
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courage‚ and open-mindedness. First‚ like jugglers in the circus all of us require balance. Though‚ also like jugglers some of us are better at balancing the different aspects of our lives than others. We can all improve on this skill‚ though. One way we can improve is combining activities. For example‚ when you’re watching T.V. with your family you can also be doing math homework or writing a paper and getting help from the people around you. Another way you can become more balanced is creating
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Besides the general principle that you should not try to be too specific‚ there are three other principles that should be followed when designing a state constitution. 1) The constitution must maintain long lasting traditions of the state. If the rules are to work‚ they must meet the standard of what’s best for everyone. 2) The constitution must be amendable. It is important to be able to make changes as the state of society changes. Although the temptation to protect the long-processed document
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Many schools have partnerships with companies that allow students to explore certain occupations through internships‚ and shadowing opportunities to discover whether they are interested in pursuing that type of employment. In this case Apple would be the occupation of choice. Apple says there is a customer service job that has opened up. I have the skills necessary for an apprenticeship at Apple. I think I can take this job because I have technology knowledge‚ I have helped people in the past‚ and
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zodiac is Virgo‚ and people who were born in the period from 23 August to 23 September are usually fastidious and try to improve themselves and their surroundings as they place great pride in tangible achievements. Virgo has a constant drive to perfect and this can lead to extreme pickiness and finickiest. My inner world corresponds greatly with this description. My mother rarely makes me clean something. On the contrary‚ sometimes she suggests not doing housework when there are more important things
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