The article “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” by Horace Miner‚ was very interesting because it mocks our society as a whole without blatantly stating the similarities. The reader is supposed to view the Nacirema as being quite outrageous in their way of life; the magical beliefs and superstitions. However‚ if you step back and look at the bigger picture of the article‚ is the Nacirema really any different from us? This statement‚ “The focus of this activity is the human body‚ the appearance and
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once my mom made an announcement that she was pregnant. That moment was very important and surprising to everyone. I was happy that I was going to have a little sister or brother. After a while‚ everyone started paying attention to my mom and her tummy and that I wouldn’t get any. One day my uncle said to me that after the baby arrived he or she was going to be the new baby of the family‚ that it was going to take my spot. After I heard that I got sad‚ since I was used of having everyone spoiled
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Doctor Pax bent and stroked the dog. ‘Here‚ put this collar around him. I removed it from the other dog.’ Clemmie fixed the collar in place but froze when she straightened the tag. She rubbed her thumb against the brass. Her dry skin caught on the engraved letters which stood proud of the smooth surface. A choked noise came from her throat as she felt her mind drift to somewhere just out of reach. ‘Can you remember something?’ Doctor Pax’s voice interrupted her thoughts and she shook her head to
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a bit. - 24 hours? - I’m telling you. - Hasie will be here soon‚ then we’ll talk things through. - Hasie’s a bad guy. - We’re all bad guys‚ Chilly. - Are you insane? - He’s watching. - It’s okay. It’s not okay! You’ll start bleeding and your tummy will get worse. - His
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your troubles go away. Fingers and toes are numb‚ but it’s a good feeling. It’s one of the wonderful things about the winter season. Bundled up like a little kid getting ready for bed brings back those thoughts of when your mother and father would tuck you in and say goodnight. The winter season has many perks. The snow is like a white ash that falls covering the land and everything in its path. It’s like magic falling from the sky. The tiny star-shaped pieces of the clouds are mesmerizing. I love
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Walking. You can do this anywhere at almost anytime without any equipment outside of a pair of shoes Interval training. Adding intervals of increased pacing to your cardio workouts will burn more calories‚ and speed weight loss Squats. They exercise numerous groups of muscles at the same time. The correct posture is placing your feet shoulder width apart and keeping your back straight. Bend the knees and lower your butt just like you would to sit on a chair. Lunges. Like squats‚ they
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gravel road‚ when a drunk driving a volunteer fire truck slammed into the side of our van - the side I was sitting in. Our van flipped into a ditch on the side of the road‚ and the truck was hardly damaged‚ I guess the gate openers on the front of the tuck helped. my Mom started getting really scared that the van would blow up. Se pushed herself out of the car‚ and got my sister and I out of the car. My sister had a gashed knee‚ and I had a cut neck
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Stream of consciousness is a special mode of narration that undertakes to capture the full spectrum and the continuous flow of a character’s mental process‚ where sense perception mingle with conscious and half-conscious thoughts and memories‚ experiences‚ feelings and random associates. In literature‚ technique that records the multifarious thoughts and feelings of a character without regard to logical argument or narrative sequence. It is a narrative method where a writer describes the unspoken
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My limbs felt like they had been shattered into a million pieces and the numbness was slowly consuming my entire body. My eyes slowly opened‚ leaving me puzzled at the sudden change of light. ’Where was I?’ I thought. The anguish in my head resulted in my incompetence to move and look around my surroundings. The only thing I remembered was getting hit by a car‚ any events that had happened after that were gone from my memory. Slowly‚ the numbness exited‚ setting free my body and allowing me to
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USA I did not have legal documents. I was a 17-year-old man with a dream; to work hard‚ and help my mother and siblings back in Mexico. As I waited for the right moment to cross into the USA‚ my heart was beating hard‚ my hands were sweating‚ and my tummy was feeling nauseous; nevertheless‚ the hopes‚ dreams‚ and goals gave me the strength to do it‚ so I started to slowly make my way through the border. It was hard at the beginning because I was away from my family‚ and I was living in a house basement
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