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    Lcpl Potts‚ Robert. O 1st BN 6th Mar A.co 3rd PLT Message to Garcia Synopsis The message to Garcia describes the average human mindset‚ action and reactions toward a given task. Many men and women from past to present want work‚ status‚ money and reputation; but feel work is not needed. It describes not all but many situations pertaining to people having lack of initiative. In this book Elbert Hubbard states people on average will ask one or many question about the task being given to them

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    In Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea‚ we meet the old man Santiago‚ who is a persistent‚ hardy‚ and prideful individual. He exemplifies these character traits in his struggles to earn back the respect and reputation among the local fisherman. To do this‚ he sails out much farther than the other fishermen‚ in hopes if finding a big fish to bring back – bigger than any of the fish they have caught. Overall‚ Santiago exhibited all of the traits of any great fisherman; persistence‚ hardiness‚ and pride

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    As I read “The Enormous Radio‚” my interest was immediately piqued by the author’s use of the word “malevolent” when describing the radio’s green light. The radio has the power to look into other people’s lives and show their secrets to others and judge them for their sins. Irene finds herself judging other people in her building based on what she heard on the radio and she gets drunk on the power it provides her. She wants to see that their problems don’t exist in her own marriage‚ but she can see

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    What is now will soon become what once was. The key is to not allow yourself to develop an unhealthy attachment to what once was and to develop an anxious desire that anticipates what will be. Sharon Old’s poem‚ "My Son The Man‚" features a mother that has unhealthily attached herself to what once was‚ which she admits to having‚ but also longs to adjust her mindset and adapt to what will be. This past and future state of being refers directly to the mother’s son and his natural transition into adulthood

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    Old Man Jenkins’s House In the happy little town of Bradberry‚ everything was absolutely normal; except for old man Jenkins’s house. There was a story in the town‚ that Thomas Jenkins had gone mad in the house and killed his wife and children on October thirty-first‚ 1981. It is still believed that Jenkins lives in the house all alone‚ consequently‚ everyone avoids the house‚ only going near it if it is absolutely necessary. However‚ there was a game between the children of the town and it happened

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    Jaime Omar García was born on July 8‚ 1986 in Reynosa‚ Tamaulipas‚ Mexico as the second of three children to civil engineer Jaime García‚ Sr. and Gloria Rodríguez Flores. García was raised between the border of Reynosa‚ Mexico and McAllen‚ Texas. He attended Sharyland High School in Mission‚ Texas. García was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 30th round of the 2004 MLB Draft. Due to a poorly translated test‚ the Orioles initially chose not to sign García. By the time a new scouting director

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    “On the day they were going to kill him‚ Santiago Nasar got up at five-thirty in the morning to wait for the boat the bishop was coming on” (Márquez‚ 2). In the event that Márquez wrote the book in a random order‚ it was based on retelling Santiago’s Nasar’s murder. Additionally‚ the weakness of the brain’s memory being depicted throughout the novel‚ by the commoners that lived in a small town inside of Colombia. If the order of the book was told in a different way‚ then it would’ve lost its cliffhanger

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    Chlamydia is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) in Canada. When left untreated‚ it can lead to painful physiological problems and sterility defects. Despite being in decline for many years‚ rates of chlamydia infection have risen steadily since 1997. These rising rates show that people are not using safer sex methods on a consistent basis. This STI is transmitted through vaginal‚ anal‚ or oral sex‚ and can also be transmitted from mother to child during childbirth. Chlamydia

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    Relating to the Black Balloon and your own literature circle book‚ in what ways have the authors presented aspects of Going it Alone in two key scenes? The Black Balloon and the Old Man and The Sea are both clear but complex examples of Going it Alone. Going it Alone is represented as a choice we must make with courage in defiance of the pressures of peers and society through some key symbolic scenes and reoccurring motifs in both texts. In the movie Black Balloon‚ Elissa Downs expresses going

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    Hector P. Garcia Hector Garcia was born January 17‚ 1914 in Llera‚ Tamaulipas‚ Mexico. His father‚ a college professor‚ Jose Garcia‚ and his mother‚ a school teacher‚ Faustina Perez Garcia were threatened by the Mexican Revolution. In response of having seven children in the middle of a war for independence the family decided to flee. The Garcias legally settled in Mercedes‚ Texas. At first the family had to satisfy their daily needs by manual labor. Jose later joins his brothers in the dry goods

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