Max Vasquez February 25‚ 2014 Tough Guys/Tough Towns Elements of a “Tough Guy” Novel Being a tough guy is not an easy job. There are unique and brute characteristics that are expected to come with any “tough guy” image. A tough guy needs to be daring and adventurous‚ have a mysterious persona‚ and of course have the ability to not only start fights‚ but also finish them. Aside from the tough guy’s visceral features‚ not all of them are heroes‚ or even good people at all. However‚ there is one
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Max‚ and the narrator) that are trying to be tough on a camping trip. It the beginning‚ the boys are assigned to go on a camping trip to get their scout badge. Before they go they lie to their parents about having an adult chaperone with them throughout the trip. Soon‚ they they go throughout their journey on the bridge‚ into the subway‚ and the woods. In the end they were in the woods and agreed to go back home‚ because they all were scared. Being tough is a lot more than just wanting to be the “cool”
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In the short story ‘Birthday Box’ by Jane Yolen the theme is life can be tough. Two reasons why my theme is life can be tough are that she had to live in the hospital and she had to live with her dad. My theme life is tough is because when her mom got sick‚ she had to live in the hospital. For instance‚ Katie had lived in the hospital so long that she knew every nurse. For example‚ V. Louise‚ Patty ‚ Tracey-Lynn‚ Lily‚ Mary Margaret‚ and many more. Also‚ another example is that even though she was
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Renaissance‚ enlightenment‚ and post-modern psychology: A Jamesian view In these paragraphs‚ I submit a Jamesian analysis of what might be understood as the Renaissance and Enlightenment zeitgeists. The two competing forces in post-modern psychology‚ depth-oriented humanism vs. scientific positivism‚ may be understood as the what William James termed the “tender-minded” vs. “the touch-minded‚” a legacy of unreconciled modernity. The rediscovery of classical texts is commonly associated with
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intimidation factor can get you what you want by simply taking it. After the intimidation factor is discovered‚ the so called “tough guy” is created. Not every boy that learns the intimidation factor is a tough guy‚ such as Staples. He was shy but managed to survive that way. Some might think this the coward way to go about life‚ but to Staples surviving is more important than being the tough guy. Staples talks about his situations and encounters with people avoiding him or mistaking him for something he
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Accordingly‚ Tough elaborates on the coding speed- test‚ which was conducted by Carmit Segal‚ a professor at the University of Zurich. He presents an overview of the study‚ by which he states‚ “First‚ participants are given an answer key in which a variety of simple words are each assigned a four-digit identifying number … a multiple choice test that offers five four-digit numbers as potential correct answer for each word … All you have to do is find the right number from the key above and then check
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Tough centralizes on the notion that children who receives early parental affection and nurture will be less susceptible to the lasting consequences of stress. He identifies the tribulations of Monisha and Mush as a byproduct of an environment that lacks positive childhood nurturing. Subsequently‚ Tough elaborates on a study conducted by McGill University researcher‚ Michael Meaney‚ to demonstrate the effects from an environment with a positive or negative behavior in nurturing. He presents an overview
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traumatic events in your childhood‚ it doesn’t matter. You’re held to the same standards as everyone else‚ even if things were tough for you. On one hand‚ this is kind of horrible. Grief and hardship shouldn’t be the sort of thing you have to handle on your own. Everyone needs help. But really‚ you can’t expect the world to wait for you to get better. Everyone else has tough times coming their way or things they’ve had to deal with before. Some have it much worse than others‚ but you’re dealt the hand
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proving that Ponyboy who is the main character of the story‚ is more sensitive than tough. Ponyboy is raised by his brothers who are pretty tough so he is expected to be the same. The quote up above shows that Ponyboy is sensitive because he was shaking and that is a sign of sensitivity and fear. With all of the evidence from the book‚ it has proved that Ponyboy is more sensitive than tough. Being more sensitive than tough isn’t such a bad thing. ¨ He isn’t dead. And this time my dreaming worked. I
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Thank You‚ M’AM by Langston Hughes I learned that even tho ms.Jones seems rough on the outside in the inside she is empathetic. My reasons are ms.Jones understands the boy‚ also ms.jones is caring for the boy‚ and my last reason is ms.Jones acts tough. Furthermore Ms.Jones understands the boy. My first piece of evidence is when she said “I believe you’re hungry-or been hungry”then she kept going on and on about her pocket book. This shows she understands the boy because she understood how he
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