Erick Macedas Chap 7. 1. Why are personal stories important? Personal stories are important because they allow us to revel in our common humanity from an entirely unique perspective - the point of view of the individual storyteller. 3. What is the function of the phrase “from that day on...” in creating a story” Sayings like “from that day on... is an easy way to move from an experience‚ then add what changed as a result of the experience. Other phrases include “after that I never...”‚ “After
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LALALALALALLALALALLALA Story-story” is a circle game for all ages. The group of performers sit and a moderator (us) stands in the middle and provides a setting for the story. Then we point to a person in the circle and they begin telling a story (says 2 sentences). After the first storyteller has described the beginning of the story‚ the moderator points to another person‚ the story continues on; the new person picks up from the last word and tries to continue the narrative. Every performer should
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the middle of the journey of our life‚ I came to myself‚ in a dark wood‚ where the direct way was lost. It is a hard thing to speak of‚ how wild‚ harsh and impenetrable that wood was‚ so that thinking of it recreates the fear. It is scarcely less bitter than death: but‚ in order to tell of the good that I found there‚ I must tell of the other things I saw there. I cannot rightly say how I entered it. I was so full of sleep‚ at that point where I abandoned the true way. But when I reached the foot
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How could people be so bad! Argh! Why do I get all the problems? Why me? Those guys made fun of me for no reason. I was trying hard enough. I was feeling so bad about it that wasted my evening thinking all over things that happened by the pool. Well actually I have been attending the Recreation Centre these days. I go there every evening for swimming. Not that I can’t swim but I can’t do some of the swimming styles. And learning these styles had become so frustrating that I would feel mentally exhausted
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Conflicts in Everyday Use The main conflict in the story Everyday Use is that Dee wants the quilt to show off with her friends‚ but her mother to give the quilt to Maggie‚ because she thinks Maggie will “use” it every day‚ and not just to show off their heritage every day. Another conflict was that Dee considered herself to be more worldly and educated and that the everyday things should be hanged up and admired as antiques. The basic conflict is based on the difference of values between Dee and
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match the meaning of this story. After reading this story‚ I could not believe how much I related to this in my personal life. A Brothers Murder talks about waking up to a phone call‚ and finding out your brother has been killed. It takes you back through the memory of how it came about. This really hit home for me and sparked the memory of the night I experienced the same thing (talk about your story about your brother). It is crazy to think that by reading one short story‚ you could be reading about
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Conflicts Are Important Worksheet Part 1: The Five Conflict Types Describe each of the five conflict types using paragraph form. 1. Pseudo conflicts: Pseudo conflicts are not technically conflicts‚ but they are perceived a conflicts resulting from false assumptions and dilemmas. Assumptions are the most common cause of pseudo conflicts because one person might be right in their assumption‚ but they may only be right in part to the situation. Dilemmas also cause many pseudo conflicts by
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Award in Effective Management M3.14 Managing Conflict in the Workplace Cause and effects of conflict There are many causes of conflict in the work place‚ below are eight I have briefly described. 1. Conflicting Resources- We all need access to certain resources – whether these are office supplies‚ help from colleagues‚ or even a meeting room – to do our jobs well. When more than one person or group needs access to a particular resource‚ conflict can occur. 2. Conflicting Style- Everyone
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A Picture of Conflict Conflict is the driving force of a narrative. It shows and structures the flow of events. In James Alexander Thom’s essay‚ “The Perfect Pictures” he is torn between two thoughts ‘to take the picture’ or ‘to not take the picture’. He is sharing a personal experience about how the media has made “human sufferings ... a spectator sport” (Thom 460). Thom has an opportunity to take “the perfect picture” that would have gained him a prize winning photograph‚ but he decides
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A PERSONAL APPROACH TO COUNSELING USING A SHORT STORY A Personal Approach to Counseling Using a Short Story Being a counselor and working with people‚ things are not always as easy as they seem to be. People are not as simple as they seem. In one minute they are happy‚ then sad the next moment. This complexity of the human person made me realize that one form of solution will never be enough in achieving goals and self-actualization. And so‚ as a therapist‚ I created my personal style in counseling
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