collect data and information from various girls between the ages of 14-19‚ I will issue a survey to collect data on their opinion of lung capacity between swimmers and non-swimmers. In order to carry out the experiment‚ 10 swimmers between the ages of 14-19 and 10 non- swimmers between the ages of 14-19 will be used. All will be female. The non swimmers will do sports such as hockey‚ netball‚ rowing and athletics. 1. Each female will answer a survey to voice their opinion on the possibility of different
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In reading the story “The Swimmer”‚ the main character Neddy Merrill‚ takes his journey home through swimming pools of his neighborhood‚ which then progresses into a journey through the years of his life. This is showing that the passage of time is inevitable‚ and no matter how much one might ignore it‚ it still passes. It is shown in this story that Neddy has been in denial of reality the entire time as well. At the beginning of this story it states that Neddy is “far from young‚” but he does his
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the yellow wallpaper‚ Charlotte Gilman demonstrates the oppression of women by society while showing the struggle to be set free. Alternatively‚ John Cheever conveys the ignorance of a man’s downfall through time. However‚ the yellow paper and the swimmer both show gradual loss of reality as the characters oppress their problems while they strive to fit in with the norms of society. The yellow wallpaper takes the readers on a journey that captures the mind through the powerful and vivid imagination
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Is He Swimming or Is he Drowning? In the short story “The Swimmer”‚ the author John Cheever uses various symbols and many forms of imagery to describe the changes in life which Neddy‚ the main character of the story‚ is going through. Cheever implies in the story that aging is something that can not be avoided and one often denies its coming. Using Neddy’s journey through his neighbors pools‚ he shows that it is difficult to accept the changing results when one experiences life altering events
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Throughout the short story “The Swimmer”‚ the author makes it sound as if the main character Neddy Merrill is swimming home through pools. But‚ these pools are metaphors for different chapters of his life. In the beginning Neddy is portrayed as youthful and energetic‚ he is able to dive into the pool and he can lift himself out of the pool effortlessly. As the story goes on as Neddy goes through more pools we see that he’s getting older‚ he uses the ladder to get out of the pool and he is cold
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The social status of Neddy in “The Swimmer” changes drastically as we move on in the story. The story at first starts reasonably enough‚ with Neddy the protagonist lounging about the swimming pool at the home of his friends the Westerhazys‚ which was fed by an artesian well when a thought occurs to him: there were many swimming pools between his current location and his home‚ so he could literally swim through them towards home. That’s when he starts his journey. His first stop is at the
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Cuban Migration to the United States Considering the close proximity of Cuba to the United States‚ it indicates that there has always been migration between United States and Cuba. During the 1800’s‚ immigration had become very popular amongst Cuba and the United States. In the 1800’s Cuban merchants and businessmen generally conducted business‚ and casually visited United States on vacations‚ and vice-versa. But all that changed when Fidel Castro took over Cuba in 1959‚ hence‚ having a significant
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Cuban food is a combination of Native American‚ Spanish‚ Caribbean‚ and African food. When Spain inhabited Cuba they had African slaves‚ Those factors along with where Cuba is located‚ provided the Cuban food we know today. Because Cuba is an island there is a lot of seafood in Cuban dishes. Cuba is in the Caribbean so it is only natural that Cuban dishes involve things that grow in their Caribbean environments‚ plantains‚ coconut‚ yucca and other tropical fruits and root vegetables are a big part
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constraints and fluidity of the United States embargo against Cuba as it’s laws and policies alter intermittently to fit the specific needs of the eleven presidents whom have held office in the White House since the embargo has been imposed. The Cuban embargo remains to be the oldest and most comprehensive set of United States economic sanctions against any country in the world and its initial purpose to force the Castro regime out of power or at the very least‚ change the communist regime’s mindset
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that stood out to me the most is Cubans. Cubans have been migrating to the United States for many years now. All immigrant groups that migrate to the United States have their unique reasoning of why they leave their home country. The island of Cuba was a decent place to live on‚ until the politics‚ economy‚ and freedom came crashing down causing waves of immigrants of Cuba to appear in the United States The push factors that contribute to female and male Cuban migrating to the United States are
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