Many people have a difficult time letting go of their past. When you can’t let go of your past‚ you can’t move forward into the future. In the “Ex-Basketball Player” by John Updike‚ Flick Webb finds himself holding onto the past and not being able to move on. Flick’s disappointment in the present causes him to try and relive the glory days of life that he had in the past. To explore Flick’s disappointment in the present‚ Updike utilizes setting‚ tone‚ and irony. In the first stanza‚ Updike
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Dylan‚ The letter you wrote was very thoughtful and meant a lot to me! Here are my thoughts! The endless thumping of a basketball is an annoying noise to some‚ but a wonderful sound to me. I often heard you playing basketball but frankly was focused on other matters---mowing the lawn‚ cleaning the yard‚ or getting other stuff done. I never really noticed you‚ other than looking at Lulu when you took her for a walk! She had a cute face and I’ve always wanted a dog. With a hectic work schedule
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Basketball is one of the most diverse sports when it comes to having different types of players. The beauty of the sport is that all of the players are needed to win and not just one player. There are countless ways a player can contribute to the team and the game. In fact‚ there are around a dozen skills a player can have. However‚ overall there are three main types of basketball players. First‚ there are pure shooters who excel in scoring from virtually anywhere. Secondly‚ there are highly gifted
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Kevin I Dobson Jr 2/10/13 Descriptive and narrative My lifestyle of basketball part 1 Basketball is not a sport for everyone it takes a lot of dedication‚ strength‚ focus ‚and teamwork. I have been playing basketball since I was seven years old. The love that I have for the game is indescribable‚ if by chance I could never play again‚ my soul would be a hollow lifeless shadow. From the Separating White Line I glance up at the scoreboard; the clock reads 15
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for being a professionally basketball player. While he made a name for himself through the game of basketball‚ the legacy he will leave behind will be much greater than being a phenomenal athlete. Dwyane is a man of many genres. He is a prime example of what being an exceptional parent is. He has made it evident that being a father comes before anything else in his life. Dwyane is also heavily involved in helping out the children in his community. The game of basketball has allowed him the chance to
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How AIDS has Affected Black Communities There has been an alarming increase in HIV/AIDS among African Americans. Blacks constitute only 12% of the U.S. population‚ but they represent 41% of reported AIDS cases from 1996 to now. 55% of women with AIDS are African-American‚ and 58% of pediatric cases are among African-American children. Since 1991‚ AIDS has been the leading causes of death in African American men ages 25-44‚ and in 1994‚ the disease became the number one killer of African-American
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Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time won the the championship really often division championships. In 1982 with scoring the final basket to defeating lots of other teams in the university he was also singled.Out as the college player of the year in 1983 and in 1984 during the summer of 1984 made his first. Appearance at the at doing games as a member of us basketball team the team won the golds that year which were. held in later helped the american bring home the
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Michael Jordan is one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He rose from being cut on his high school team to being the most accomplished player of all time‚ essentially conquering the NBA. Michael Jordan attended UNC after receiving a full ride his senior year. Michael Jordan was drafted 3rd in the nba draft‚ and began his career on the Chicago Bulls. Michael Jordan is the most revolutionary basketball player of all time because of his consistent performance throughout his career‚ his
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National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college basketball players should be paid. This would solve a growing problem as NCAA basketball players quit school after the first year to go pro. If college basketball players were paid they would stay in school longer. Secondly‚ they deserve to be paid if the NCAA is making billions of them. Others say that college basketball players should not be paid because they are already being compensated through education. Adam Silver the current NBA commissioner
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coming my way; as an ex-basketball player‚ deep down I yearned for a handshake or some kind of acknowledgment‚ but I sat there like a fork in the road. Each member parted around me to my left and to my right‚ some giving head nods and some giving nothing at all. I quickly realized that I was clearly not a part of this discourse community. One rainy evening‚ I sat in my house bored as all ever and realized that I had an assignment to observe and analyze a discourse community. So I walked over to Holland
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