Christina Piccininni Professor Cody English 122 February 28 2013 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: The Breakthrough Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)‚ otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s‚ slowly terminates motor neutrons in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurons are an important part of the body’s neuromuscular system; the neuromuscular system is what aids our body’s movement. It is made up of the brain‚ muscles‚ and nerves. Upper motor neurons send messages from the brain to the spinal cord‚ while
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While reading section five‚ it occurred to me that I believe Station Eleven will always be favored by most people‚ but it will never be someone’s favorite novel. Personally‚ my three favorite books include Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom‚ The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls‚ and Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. I have just realized all the books mentioned are non-fiction texts. Anyway‚ I enjoy Albom’s memoir because I gained an abundant amount of knowledge and life lessons after reading it.
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horrible news that can change one’s life and change it forever but acceptance through detachment will make you see the news in a different light. Tuesday with Morrie is a memoir written by Mitch Albom. Acceptance through detachment is being able to accept the situation because of being able to detach from the horrible news. Being able to detach is something Morrie did quite often because it helped him accept what was going on in his life. To be happy and content when you’re entering a certain point of
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Matthew Mann TWM Essay Outline Ms. Parkes Nov. 12‚ 14 Introduction: “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” ― Albert Camus A good life is a happy life. Thesis statement: A life worth living consists of love‚ focus and a will to move forward. Body Paragraphs 1 Love family Love neighbours Love yourself Love the world Body Paragraphs 2 Focus on your goals Focus on what’s important Balance
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is more important as to how one deals with the problem. Adversity of all different types and sizes reveals one’s character. One type of adversity‚ physical adversity‚ happens in various ways. In Mitch Albom’s book‚ Tuesdays with Morrie‚ Albom shares about how his old professor‚ Morrie Schwartz‚ dealt with his physical adversity‚ after being told that he had ALS‚ a fatal disease that would slowly render every muscle in Schwartz’s body useless. Schwartz decides that “[h]e would not wither. He would
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Juliet says‚ “My grave is like to be my wedding bed”. She ends up falling in love and they both die‚ which in some sense her “wedding bed” was her grave. Flashbacks provide actual information that has already occurred. For example‚ in the book “Tuesdays with Morrie”‚ the narrator recalls important past events with his college professor. This gave the readers more details of the connection between the two main characters. Both of these elements of writing are similar in the sense that they give stories
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“jealousy is the devil that always secretly and quietly destroys the good things on the earth.” By that he meant that the jealousy is a negative and we get it harmful emotion which result from shame‚ anger‚ and resentment. In the book Tuesday with Morrie‚ Morrie‚ who was a professor from Brandeis University‚ was told that love and forgiveness can make people engage in a strong relationship. On the other hand‚ jealousy leads to anger‚ betrayal‚ and envy which destroys relationships established between
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Basic description: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis‚ or ALS‚ is a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or motor neurone disease in some British Commonwealth countries. It is a debilitating disease with rapidly progressive weakness‚ breaking down of the muscles‚ muscle spasticity‚ difficulty speaking‚ difficulty swallowing‚ and decline in breathing ability. ALS is
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The Funeral‚ by: Gordon Parks “Death ends a life‚ not a relationship.” ― Mitch Albom‚ Tuesdays with Morrie. In “The Funeral‚” a poem by Gordon Parks‚ it talks about his father’s own funeral. Gordon Parks was a photographer‚ director‚ poet‚ and a screenwriter. He worked at Life Magazine and he also composed music. He was born in Chicago in 1912. In 1942 he won a photography contest. I chose this poem because of the title and the picture next to the poem. “The Funeral” is a descriptive poem that talks
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After all‚ he is a fool with talents. It is the society‚ or more specifically‚ the culture‚ that determines whether you are an idiot or not. You are a fool if you don’t do things others do or against so-called “common sense”. In the book Tuesdays with Morrie‚ Morrie always says that the culture shouldn’t control us‚ so we should not buy it. Sometimes the fact that most people follow doesn’t make everything right.
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