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    opportunist and a realist. Realist defined as: one who is inclined to literal truth and pragmatism (dictionary.com). Opportunist being the opposite of that as someone who is inclined to take advantage of opportunities with no regard towards consequences. In John Updike’s “A & P” Sammy the main character is greatly different from his co-worker Stoskie‚ how do these characters compare to one another as well as why is Sammy an opportunist while Stoskie is a realist? Sammy is an opportunist because he loves

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    After looking at the title of the poem “Ex-Basketball Player‚” I assume it is about a former basketball player and his life now. After I read the poem‚ I find out that John Updike‚ the author‚ starts the first paragraph by describing a town. He tells about the trolley tracks and some of the stores‚ including a plaza and a garage. Then‚ the author goes on to introduce a character in the poem‚ Flick Webb‚ who helps in the garage in town. In the second paragraph‚ the author explains that Webb used to

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    In the poem “Marching Through a Novel” by John Updike‚ the novelists conveys the submissive nature of his characters in the trusting relationship they have with the novelist. Through the metaphor of war‚ the soldiers -characters- show obedience towards their general -the novelist. The general starts of by illustrating the characters with “misty faces” which gives the reader the impression that they cannot be seen clearly. This could be literal seeing as the novelist goes on to talk about landscape

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    In this emotional novel Rabbit‚ Run‚ John Updike takes the main character‚ Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom‚ on a roller coaster ride through the ups and downs of life. The once great basketball star runs into a mental crisis in his mid-twenties and decides to up and leave his son‚ Nelson‚ and pregnant wife Janice to escape to the easier life. Rabbit may have had a better relationship with the people in his life if he were not constantly running. His immaturities and insecurities hurt his family‚ especially

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    John Updikes A & P is a Coming of Age Story John Updikes short story‚ A & P is about a 19-year-old boy‚ Sammy‚ and his short but decisive transformation from a carefree teenager to a grown man with the consequences of his actions weighing heavy on him in the end. On an otherwise ordinary day‚ the course of Sammys life is changed by an out of the ordinary experience which challenges him and compels him to make a rash decision that is based on what he knows in his heart is right for him. Sammy

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    “Ex-Basketball Player‚” by John Updike is the poem that struck me this week. It is about a man who once had great potential but never followed through with it. Flick Webb is the focus of this poem; he was a basketball star in high school quite some time ago‚ but nowadays he merely pumps gas at a local station. The first stanza provides the readers with geographical information about the location of the gas station. “Pearl Avenue runs past the high school lot‚ bends with the trolley tracks‚

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    enough to cause evacuations‚ but it kicked up the surf to the point where it wiped out most of the beach. The lifeguards were still keeping watch‚ ready to blow their whistles and call for back-up through their radios and long-distance flag language. If rip currents pulled someone out beyond the break‚ they were ready to come to the rescue. People made assumptions about the lifeguard with the homemade tattoos on his arms. With his shirt on‚ they figured his lazy demeanor and sun bleached hair

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    over the summer I got a job as a lifeguard at the Stratford Richardson YMCA. getting this job has changed every aspect of my life from emotionally to physically and much more. these life changes have been both positive and negative effects that have taught very valuable lessons that I will use later in life and others that most likely will fade to the back of my mind. overall I will say that getting this job has been the best thing in my life. Being a lifeguard there are things that of course you

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    of my life. What started as a typical summer day’s work for me at Charlotte Country Club would soon turn into a nightmare that i’ll be forced to think about for eternity. It all started off When I was changing guard stands with two of my fellow lifeguards on duty. Nothing appeared to be out of order at first as I briefly scanned the pool while climbing the five steps to the top of the guard stand‚ upon reaching the top of the stand I saw a shadow that appeared to be on the bottom of the pool. I called

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    The Lifeguard‚ a low budget drama from writer and director Liz W Garcia‚ premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2013 where it competed for Best Dramatic Film and had limited release. Garcia was “inspired” by Andrea Arnold’s film ‘Fish Tank’ “where the performances are so naturalistic…she’s able to be gritty and lyrical” (Garcia‚ 2013). ‘Cinema screen is interested in representation’ (McClements‚ 2016)‚ and the drama genre adheres to this idea as Jule Selbo (a professor in the Radio Television and Film)

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