communicates his main points by organizing them in a list. Although it begins with the routine and stale rules of kindergarten‚ it progresses to be more specific and comical‚ and in turn keeps the reader engaged in the material. For example‚ he writes “Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup- they all die. So do we‚” which makes us stop to think and reminisce and desire to read on (2). Though the presentation is simple‚ it allows the reader to focus on the context
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Dressed in a plaid flannel shirt‚ which he insisted on wearing with suspenders‚ he was a unique sight in the middle of New York City. And there I was‚ a teenage boy in my jeans and t-shirt‚ armed with an iPod‚ magazines‚ and a deck of cards for playing goldfish. His aged but still clear light brown eyes were taking in the scene as I wondered how I was going to get through the next two days. Why did I ever agree to attend my cranky grandpa on a train ride from New York to Georgia? No one else
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soggy pill away. 4. Take new pill from foil wrap‚ cradle cat in left arm holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten. 5. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse. 6. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees‚ hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth
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her body behind a wall‚ lying to authorities‚ and committing animal abuse. This unnamed man was once “noted for the docility and humanity of his disposition.” He lived with his wife and various pets such as rabbits‚ monkeys‚ cats‚ birds‚ dogs‚ and goldfish. This man was living a happy life before his insanity. As his lawyer‚ I would like to that this man had committed these actions because of his mental irrationality. Had he been in a stable mind condition‚ these events would not have happened and
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I wanted to burst into tears‚but if I did everyone would think I am even more of a crybaby than I already am. I was wondering why can’t everything last forever even if it is a fish? When coming back from meijer‚the grocery store‚I was not expecting to see this. Not at all. I knew it would come someday but not this early. It may have not looked like I liked that fish but I sort of secretly did. Sometimes I would just stare at it. Sometimes I felt like talking to it. I never did but sometimes I thought
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As an only child who lived a good distance away from her best friends‚ I spent many of my early years creating playmates for myself. However‚ the Christmas after I turned five‚ my grandmother brought me Cricket. Cricket wasn’t a puppy‚ or a goldfish‚ or anything alive. She was simply a doll. Dolls like Cricket aren’t made anymore. She was nearly as tall as I (the box she came in was even bigger)‚ with blonde hair and blue eyes. Her hair was neatly pulled up with pink yarn bows into pigtails of what
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information at your fingertips very quickly. Getting information‚ for a research project in the past could take days of reading books and journals. Reading books has become almost obsolete. The attention span of a person reading a book is that of a goldfish‚ two seconds. “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” author Nicholas Carr said “Immersing myself in a book used to be easy. Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages”(Carr‚ n.pag). Reading short stories‚ headlines‚ and blogs on
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Ever wonder exactly what fish you could own for a household pet that would be the best suited for you? Well you could consider getting a gold fish or a guppy but those fish are mind-numbingly boring compared to the breath taking and electrifying betta fish. Betta fish are the best fish to have as pets because of their characteristics‚ habitat and diet. The characteristics of a betta fish make them one of the best household pets. Betta fish only grow to 3 inches‚ so they do not need very much room
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treatments and what they’ve done with primates they may be proud of because it had let to many thousands of people improvemnts in their lives not just with Parkinsons disease but some wotj that they’ve done in Whether it’s a dog cat rabbit hamster goldfish ‚ or lizard Experiments on living animals arose in the early 17century. The history of animal testing is interesting aspects of what remains a controversial subject today. Animal testing has a major
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powers grant him the gift of clairvoyance. Whatever poem he writes or whichever one pops into his notebook‚ always manages to help him and his sister. Whether it be turning them into lions‚ turning their enemies against each other‚ or making them into goldfish so they can escape a prison through the toilet. Whit’s powers also go beyond that‚ as he whips up an entire holiday meal for a family who took them in and helped them out. Whit is also dealing with a constant internal struggle after realizing that
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