The narrator of “By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept” refuses to answer the questions of the border guards for a few reasons while at the same time providing the reader with answers to the questions they ask. A reason for this denial to cooperate with the border guards is that they were very demanding and abrupt with the narrator which never tends to work well on any person. It is proven that people are less likely to cooperate with demands than requests. Another reason for her refusal is
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“Everything you want is on the other side of fear” (Jack Canfield). Throughout the novel By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho‚ the theme of fear is illustrated through the main character‚ Pilar. The novel‚ which is narrated in first person‚ follows Pilar through her journey towards accepting love‚ letting go of fear/the Other‚ and not allowing it to control her life and keep her from doing the things she desires. Pilar is a cautious girl‚ she lets fear rule her live and in doing
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Buying a car is an important decision to make life. Some might choose to get the more expensive and extravagant car which would put them in a financial disability but they don’t care because they want to be known and seen as having this car. But some might use ther conscience and know that the better decision is to buy the more normal and less extravagant car in order to make sure their financial disability is stable even though they want that other crazy expensive car. Many people in this world
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Applicants’ SAT Scores “Why did they reject me? I thought I could get in since I have lots of awards and projects related to my major. I just did not do well in my SAT test. But how could they reject me simply because SAT score was not high? That’s so unfair!” As a tutor working in New Oriental‚ an agency that provides SAT test preparation services‚ I hear this sort of complain all the time. I have seen tons and tons of my students cannot get into their dream schools simply because of their SAT score
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Although modern enhancements have made our lives easier‚ they have not improved the quality of our lives‚ especially in the field of technology. With the influx of new technology that’s claiming to make our lives "better" it isn’t too difficult to see that those claims are false. From smart phones to new gadgets that claim to make our lives "better"‚ evidence to this claim is closer to home than one might think. Recently‚ I read a Reader’s Digest article that showed the lack of communication between
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“Listening to One’s Heart in Paulo Coelho’s By the River Piedra‚ I Sat Down and Wept” A person’s action is always influenced by several factors. One thinks about the option one really wants; after that‚ is the time in which he thinks about how it will affect his surroundings‚ whether it will soil his reputation‚ and whether it goes against his morals and beliefs. Every action has to have a reason‚ because an action from instinct is perceived as foolish. Society taught people to control
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Do people put too much emphasis on learning practical skills? From the day some one is born‚ they are taught new concepts everyday. Some skills may be useful later on in life and others are just plain nonsense. Although many people disregard what others have taught them‚ it is necessary to obtain such basic skills in order to live life to its full potential. Our world‚ and its people would not be where they are today without the practical skills that have been used. Franklin D. Roosevelt exemplified
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Prompt 8 “A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like‚ but he is not a man of action. It is as if a tennis player before returning the ball stopped to think about his views of the physical and mental advantages of tennis. You must act as you breathe.” – Georges Clemenceau Is it true that acting quickly and instinctively is the best response to a crisis? Or are there times when an urgent situation requires a more careful consideration and a slower response? Differentiating
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Eveline SHE sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue. Her head was leaned against the window curtains and in her nostrils was the odour of dusty cretonne. She was tired. Few people passed. The man out of the last house passed on his way home; she heard his footsteps clacking along the concrete pavement and afterwards crunching on the cinder path before the new red houses. One time there used to be a field there in which they used to play every evening with other people’s children
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In a large town there was an old woman who sat in the evening alone in her room thinking how she had lost first her husband‚ then both her children‚ then one by one all her relations‚ and at length‚ that very day‚ her last friend‚ and now she was quite alone and desolate. She was very sad at heart‚ and heaviest of all her losses to her was that of her sons; and in her pain she blamed God for it. She was still sitting lost in thought‚ when all at once she heard the bells ringing for early prayer.
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