The Carnival Dog‚ the Buyer of Diamonds by Ethan Canin What’s the one thing you should never do? Quit? Depends on who you talk to. Steal? Cheat? Eat food from a dented can? Myron Lufkin’s father‚ Abe‚ once told him never get your temperature taken at the hospital. Bring your own thermometer‚ he said; you should see how they wash theirs. He ought to have known; when he was at Yeshiva University he worked as an orderly in the hospital‚ slid patients around on gurneys‚ cleaned steelware. Myron knows
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Dogs as Pets It has been 33‚000 years since the dog became the first animal to be domesticated. It has been the most widely kept working‚ hunting‚ and pet animal in human history. There are over 490 breeds of dogs in the world. Many of these dogs can be great loyal companions for your family. In my family‚ we have a Greyhound and an Akita. Greyhounds are medium size dogs with very short‚ easy to maintain hair. They have a long-head‚ an elongated snout‚ and are muscular built. They have a large
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Swing Kids Before and during World War II was a tough time to live in Nazi Germany. The new laws and way of life during this period affected society of all ages in numerous different ways. New political and social groups were formed both to support and oppose the Nazi and the Gestapo leaders. One of these groups was known as the Swing Kids who listened to Jewish and black swing music and danced at illegal clubs against the Nazis. The movie‚ “Swing Kids”‚ explains this group of teenagers. The
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are a lot of dogs out there today that are confused. And it’s because we don’t give clear guidance with good leadership. We tend to have a lack of consistency when it comes to training‚ and we give to much affection which creates unstable energy. All this can cause your dog to become leash pullers‚ fearful‚ have anxiety‚ become aggressive‚ jumping on people etc. Do you want your dog to stop barking constantly and being over reactive to things like people coming in your house or dogs walking down
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Title: Red Dog Response type: Film Directed by Kriv Stenders Response written by Jesse Bird The film Red Dog‚ directed by Kriv Stenders is an inspiring story about a stray dog that brought together the small community of Dampier and is based on a true story. Red Dog explores the ideas of loyalty‚ friendship‚ isolation‚ community‚ love and hardship. Stenders uses a human-like approach through his representation of Red Dog. This can be seen when the character Jack‚ begins to explain Red Dog to Thomas
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University of Phoenix Pets are an important part of most households and most consider them part of their families. There are many different kinds of pets; some you can cuddle‚ like cats and dogs‚ and others just cool to have‚ like tarantulas‚ fish and snakes. Almost every household has either a cat or a dog‚ but most people do not realize the similarities and the differences between the two. Our pets are like humans‚ they all need to eat‚ drink‚ sleep and bathe. With every member of a family‚
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peacefully take my dog for a walk‚ but I should have known better. This was not going to be a very long walk. I only made it to the end of the driveway before i was interrupted by the dog watcher. I stood at the road waiting for a car to pass. As car passed the man in the black beanie hat and sweatshirt appeared from behind the car. I have seen this man before. He passed by my house often and usually he stopped at my yard and pet my dogs when they were outside in there fence‚ my dad had recently
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Swing Kids 1. Hamburg‚ Germany. 1939. The main character‚ a young‚ German man named Peter Muller‚ was very traumatized by what the Nazi’s and Gestapo (the terrorist political police of the Nazi regime founded by Hermann Göring‚ whose purpose was to persecute all political opponents of the Nazi regime) did to his father. Over the course of the movie‚ Peter went through a change; he saw his father in a new light‚ and realized what really mattered in the world around him. Peter’s father was a violinist
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Although the movie Wag the Dog is a comedy about a completly fake war‚ written and produced by a top Hollywood producer and a presidential Mr. Fix-It in order to take the focus off of a presidential sex scandel 11 days before the election‚ it does have a serious message to impart - Don’t believe everything you see on TV. Sure‚ parents tell their kids that the man on TV isn’t really dead‚ it’s all fake‚ and we all know that movies and sitcoms and dramas aren’t real‚ they’re written and acted. But
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Wag The Dog The movie starts with the President hit with the claim he had sexual relations with a firefly girl during a tour of the white house‚ and all this happens two weeks before the election. I’m not sure if this movie was actually based upon the Lewinsky scandal that our current president is facing‚ but it seems this movie came at the right time. The story is similar‚ as far as the sex charges‚ and a war to cover it up. Clinton did declare attacks on Iraq‚ which was after this
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