Oct.4th How does “good luck” affect our daily life? It’s hard to confirm that luck really exists. However it’s obvious that nobody wants to be unlucky. Therefore‚ we do all kinds of stuff to make ourselves luckier. Some believes in astrology‚ others are fascinated in fengshui or crystal power. As proof‚ our English teacher once took dozens of pictures‚ they were quite similar: a student with a big smile was touching the foot of the bronze statue of John Harvard. Believe it or not‚ they were all
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named Gene who decides to visit his old school Devon years after the war and recollects his memories of his friend‚ Phineas. Most of the story is a flashback about the hardships Gene and Phineas had to face growing up in high school during a war. During this flashback‚ Gene grows through the phase where he must let go of his childhood and mature to adulthood. Throughout the book‚ Phineas symbolizes childhood and innocence‚ revealing the main theme of the book: innocence versus maturity. Gene’s journey
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and has yet to discover who he really is. But Gene forms an incredibly close relationship with his best friend Phineas‚ and together they make new discoveries about themselves. Their close‚ sometimes complicated relationship teaches Gene a lot about himself. He also learns from Phineas; basing a bit of his personality off of him. Gene grows as a person during this time‚ and finds Phineas is still a part of him long after high school. Phineas’s way of living teaches Gene about himself and helps him
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to economic rationality. In the first set of studies we find that Taiwanese consumers are relatively more likely to purchase a product with positive superstitious associations based on its “lucky” color‚ and are more likely to purchase and are willing to pay more money for a product with a smaller but “lucky” number of units contained in the package (e.g.‚ eight tennis balls compared to ten). In contrast‚ consumers who do not hold such superstitious beliefs adhere to the more rational choice paradigm
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to go. The last chapter that I read was Chapter six‚ this chapter is about a birthday dinner that Forney the library guy had for her. This book is very interesting‚ I am enjoying a lot. It is so be superticious about the number seven‚ but still be lucky enough to live at a Walmart for so long and not get cought‚ not only that but she has met many different kind of folks around that town‚ many people that seem to be a sign to her life. I think after all that she has been trough so far I am thinking
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his friend and roommate Phineas. Phineas was the best athlete in the entire school. From then on the story moves back to 1942 at the school named Devon. Phineas’ athleticism inspires Gene to become one of the smartest kids in the school. He starts to do well in school until he failed a test because of a trip to the beach with Phineas. When this happens‚ he blames Phineas for him failing. He begins to get angry with Phineas and tries to stay focused until one day when Phineas persuades Gene to go and
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by whispering: “There must be more money!” (Lawrence‚ page#). His mother attributes the family’s lack of money to their tendency to be unlucky – his father is unlucky at making money and she is unlucky for marrying him – rather than recognizing it is her own spendthrift ways which have put the family in their financial crisis. Paul asserts that he‚ however‚ is lucky because God‚ speaking to him through his rocking horse‚ has told him so. He
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changes from being insecure to confident because of how his relationship with Phineas affected him during high school days at Devon. Knowles vividly portrays Gene in the beginning as insecure because he is constantly pointing out how Phineas excels at everything and how all he has are books through his way of telling the story from his experience and his relationship with Phineas. Gene interprets his relationship with Phineas as a friendly rivalry‚ but realizes that it’s one sided. “I couldn’t help
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I absolutely agree with her views on achieving success in that hard work‚ dedication and maintaining a positive attitude are all vital components in becoming successful. Often time’s people who have experienced failures and are believed to be unlucky by others have not been consistent with their efforts‚ which in turn diminish their motivation and drive to succeed. I believe we are able to make our own luck by preparing and training ourselves as best as possible‚ so that when future opportunities
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us‚ it has the tendency to turn everything sour. Jealousy is a blinding and powerful emotion. Gene had several moments of jealousy in the novel‚ A Separate Peace. Gene never dislikes Phineas‚ Gene is just simply jealous of Phineas. Gene is in a way “obsessed” with Phineas‚ if you will. The way Gene speaks of Phineas and everything he says and does always leads straight back to Finny. One example that conveys this is when Gene says‚ “I was
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