In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” the famous hunter‚ Sanger Rainsford‚ is sailing in unfamiliar territory in the middle of the ocean. As Rainsford is on the ship’s deck‚ he falls and is left behind in the water after hearing gunshots. He then swims to a nearby island discovers a sign of human life. He wanders until he stumbles upon a castle. He is then greeted by the owner of the island‚ General Zaroff. Rainsford learns that Zaroff was a Russian noble who loved to hunt‚ but became bored with
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I had a strange dream in my life. It happened two years ago. "Ring! Ring!" I was abruptly jerked awake. I was in a room‚ alone! Where on earth is my family? I tried to turn on the lights‚ but they didn’t light up. I was startin’ to get a bit nervous. I opened the door slightly and peeked out from behind the door. There was not a single soul in the corridor. I’m becomin’ more scared by the minute. I longed aimlessly on the bed and flicked through the in-house television channels. Rumblin’ noises
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My most pleasant and successful team experience The company that I work for uses a processes improvement tool called PPI (Practical Process Improvement)‚ its similar to six sigma and lean manufacturing‚ etc. The steering committee had chosen me to facilitate one of those projects. It was related to reducing the number of days required to solve customer complaints‚ something that was well outside of my scope. Fortunately‚ facilitating does not require the facilitator to be familiar with the
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Most Memorable Experience Everyday there are a lot of things that tends to be our most memorable experience. A number of experiences in our daily lives and we may choose a few things that is most important and it is not forgettable. In my life‚ though I have a lot of experience‚ I may choose those things that I may treasure for the rest of my life. When my baby came into my life‚ when I got married and competing in a competition are the most memorable experience in my life that I may
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My Most Unforgettable Experience Whenever somebody ask me to relate an experience that I can never forget‚ millions of different experiences comes to my mind. But there is only one experience which I would consider memorable and unforgettable. It was the first time I went to Enchanted Kingdom in Laguna where I rode a roller coaster. Why? The fear‚ excitement and anxiety that I felt‚ is beyond one’s imagination. Let me recall the whole incident. It happened in 2007 where I started my career in
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and evil. The imagery causes the reader to feel as if they are actually inside the story and on the boat. They can actually feel the darkness “pressing into them”‚ just as the author has written. For example‚ by reading the phrases put in the story‚ I can suddenly feel a cold chill and imagine the sound of animals and the sea at night. The Caribbean is also well known for its mysteries‚ and by having the second phrase the author can insert more fear and curiosity into the readers. The reader’s thoughts
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Two jobs you have had When I was young‚ my mother usually asked me that “what job do you want to do in future?” and my answer is always “I would like to be a good teacher”. However‚ my enthusiasm for teaching has gradually changed during the passing time because I recognize myself from business. In my opinion‚ there are three different points between teaching and business as mentioned below. The first significant difference between business and teaching is personality. People say that “teaching
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Have you ever been to a college class? Did that class only consist of two exams‚ a midterm and a final throughout the entire semester? How much stress did you feel around the time those exams came around? These are the types of problems that Patrick O’Malley argues against in his essay “More Testing‚ More Learning”. In this essay‚ O’Malley takes the stand presenting the fact that there are courses in college that provide infrequent testing. He lets it be known that this is not the most effective
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We must have heard the clichés that money is not everything and money cannot buy everything. Imagine yourself to live without money‚ how are you going to be happy when you cannot even make a life? Perhaps‚ money is not everything and we cannot buy everything with money‚ but money increases our life chances. I wish I had a lot of money so that I have the chance to help my family‚ build an orphanage and help in saving the mother earth. My family especially my parents‚ had been my backbone. They worked
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It was a Saturday evening and my best friend Ria had come over to my place for a sleep over. After dinner the two of us went to my room to watch a new show that was being aired - ‘The Haunted’. The show was about some of the most famous haunted houses which were visited by their crew. In their first episode they visited a haunted house where every night the inhabitants could hear the sounds of people walking around‚ things
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