“The Last Hippie” is a short chapter from Oliver Sacks’ An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales. The chapter is centered around Greg‚ one of Dr. Sacks’ patients‚ and how his troubling teenager years subsequently led to him become an amnesiac who‚ “seemed bland‚ placid‚ and emptied of all feeling‚” (Sacks‚ 1996‚ p.46). Although Greg’s story was very interesting to read‚ I did find it relatively difficult to follow along‚ and encountered many challenges while reading the chapter. All of
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Hackin’ the Sack. If you are a slow runner or can’t jump to save your life foot bag is the game for you. Foot bag‚ known today as hacky sack‚ was invented in 1972 by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall of Oregon City‚ Oregon. Recovering from knee surgery‚ John Stalberger decided he wanted to find a fun way to rehabilitate his knee. Mike Marshall is the one who actually created the first hacky sack. He created a hand-made bean bag and was kicking it around. During the time of John Stalberger’s recovery
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A Farewell Speech for a Boss Who Is Moving To A Multinational Company Welcome‚ everyone‚ to this very special occasion. And a bitter-sweet occasion it is to us. It’s very sad to be saying goodbye to Mr. Boss who is closing ten years of service with our company. I just want to say a few words to express the company’s appreciation for the time Mr. Boss has spent with us. Mr. Boss has spent ten years with us‚ and in that time Mr. Boss has distinguished himself with his diligence humor drive in
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"You are all a lost generation" -Gertrude Stein This quotation’s importance on author Earnest Hemmingway is reflected in his modern Romeo and Juliet novel entitled A Farewell to Arms. The recurring tone of the novel suggests that the only reality is the harsh truth which is anything but romantic and proves that in the end‚ all is futile. This generation in which Stein spoke of to Hemingway is the generation of romantic war times. This idea is symbolized in the character Catherine Barkley’s vision
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Bayou Farewell The story is told by Mike Tidwell‚ a man who chooses to hitchhike down the Bayou‚ catching rides on stranger’s boats who he has never met before. He started on his exciting journey‚ not knowing what would become of him. Relying on strangers kindness‚ and a great deal of luck. Throughout the book the author travels down the ’Baya’‚ as the Cajun people call it‚ and meets many people of Cajun background who call this place their home. The Author’s main purpose in writing this book is
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Worthy principle respected teacher and my dear fellow student a.s.a. I am Alizeh Eman from class 9 girls. Today we all have gathered here to bid the matric class of our school our farewell. This academic year is about to come to an end. We all might say that we don’t like school or we want to get out of it as soon as we can but when it all really comes to an end we know we will really miss it.And I bet that all the matric class students understand this perfectly well since its really the end of school
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Oliver Sacks From the outside‚ we all look roughly the same‚ but if you delve into the world of our minds some people stand out as subtly different. Oliver Sacks was a Neurologist and Author. He wrote several books including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat‚ Migraine and An Anthropologist on Mars. My favourite cases are some of the weirdest ones. For example‚ who would… or COULD mistake their wife for a hat. Dr P was a professor of music at a university. He frequently makes silly mistakes
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Farewell Speech by our Std XII Students Isha Desai-XII B Good Evening! For the better part of my life‚ this school has been my second home‚ and it’s really hard to talk about 14 years of memories in one short speech. Now that we’re all here today‚ officially saying Goodbye to this school‚ our teachers & to each other‚ it finally dawns upon me what a big piece of my life I’m leaving behind.. Some of you‚ I’ve known since forever and some of you‚ just a couple of years. You guys are some of
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A Farewell to Arms [If The Sun Also Rises was one of the best books I have ever read‚ then A Farewell to Arms is Truth. I simply cannot believe that these books existed so long without my knowledge of how grand they are. I consider myself to read constantly‚ more than almost anyone I know‚ literature and simple‚ and here in less than a month I read two books that are undoubtedly among the best I have encountered. How many other good books exist that I have yet to read? Am I really a reader? Will
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dealing with the pain of war is Ernest Hemingway’s "Farewell to Arms." This novel depicts the physical and mental breakdowns and pains of people involved in wars. The main character of the novel‚ Lieutenant Frederic Henry‚ is a soldier - an ambulance driver in the Italian army during World War I. As a soldier who is entrusted with the transportation of the wounded from the war front‚ Henry is constantly at the threat of injury or death‚ and in fact‚ gets his leg wounded during the battle. This is a representative
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