In the novel Being There‚ by Jerzy Kosinski the character of Chance Gardner makes the distinction between human behavior and comes from a past that one he encounters would ever know. Chance Gardner is arguably a brilliant character and is arguably considered to be a complex person. I personally think that Chance is not complex what so ever. He doesn’t think into things too much and is actually very blunt. Usually people become smart or brilliant by studying‚ researching‚ and being extremely disciplined
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Being an Outsider in America When I was fifteen years old years old‚ my mom told me that we were going to go to America and asked me if I wanted to go or not. America was always an interesting and strange place to me. Because my family always told me how great America is‚ they said that I can have a whole new life there. The conversation about America did make me feel willing to go. And I started to think about the life afterward. America is a country full of opportunity and it can provide a better
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His new job was at the rock quarry being a loading operator. He worked there for nine months before he decided we should move. “Why are we moving?” I asked him. “Because do you want to drive a hour and forty minutes everyday for nine months.” “But i don’t want to move!” I firmly told him. “Well that is not up to you now is it.” Hearing those words devastated me and i would go on to cry for the rest of the day. I was told not to tell my friends at school about us moving but i couldn’t hold that
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house‚ it would be nothing but baseball. My brother decided for us though. It might sound like the strangest thing‚ but we were going to hit each other(no‚ not with our fists). My brother and I were going to practice turning into a baseball that’s about to hit you. This is pretty much when my brother can get revenge on me for what I do to him. Fortunately for me‚ we use tennis balls‚ not baseballs. Now I’m going back to how this all happened. “Yay! You finally woke
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myself‚”How hard could it possibly be?” So‚ I casted my line into the water and started reeling in slowly. It took me about ten casts until I caught my first fish. My dad was right in telling me the fish fought pretty hard‚ because I had trouble getting it in. Eventually I got it on the shore and had no clue trout were one of the slimiest freshwater fish out there. So‚ I unhooked it from the lure and released it back into the water no problem. As the day went on I didn’t have much luck anymore. I had
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of my life. I originally began it as a way to become stronger‚ and faster‚ to make football more enjoyable‚ but it quickly evolved beyond that. I currently spend about three to four hours a day‚ four days a week weightlifting‚ building my body stronger and faster‚ without such a tangible reason any longer‚ other than what I figured out from my dead lift one rep max failure in fourth quarter of my junior year. It was a Friday‚ in late may‚ when I felt I failed myself the most. I had completed three
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After a few weeks of practice‚ now it gets to the actual fun part. It’s a friday night everyone’s tired from all the practices that week‚ we are sweaty‚ ready to go home and relax but then all of us realize that we have to wrestle for a varsity spot. I was in the circle waiting for my partner to be ready‚ I started off a little nervous because it still was my first time wrestling. I lined up‚ shook my partner’s hand and once I heard that whistle going off my instincts kick. I wrestled my butt off
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Imagine being alive in the 1960’s. Everything you see in today’s world compared to the 1960’s would be dramatically different. What would you do if you saw a black man being beaten to near death? Would you stand there and watch‚ call for help‚ encourage it? Some of the things in the 1960’s haven’t changed in today’s world. They just simply are not as bad as it used to be. Attitudes in race in the past and now have changed dramatically in perspective. Compared to today and the past there are way more
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an example). "Daughter from Danang" is a documentary about Mai Thi Heip. She was taken from her mother at age 7 during the Vietnam War’s "operation Baby Lift". She was adopted by an American family in Tennessee and became 101% Americanized‚ and given the name Heidi Bub. 22 years later she decides to go to Vietnam to reunite with her birth mother and feel the love she didn’t have growing up. This documentary delivers a very non cliché ending no one expects. "Daughter from Danang" takes you through
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teammates. Softball has given me so many great opportunities and I will never be able to thank it. It was given me motivation‚ strength‚ sisters and learning experiences I would have never experienced if it wasn’t for softball. As I start thinking about that‚ I notice I have a little smirk on my face. I shake that grin off my face so that I can focus on what I need to do. Between innings‚
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