Response 3 English 201 December 19‚ 2000 In The World of Wrestling by Roland Barthes‚ he takes the sport of wrestling and turns it into a modern day myth. He talks of the French wrestling scene describing the spectacle‚ the venues‚ and the wrestlers themselves. It is well known that wrestling itself isn’t real‚ just acting but it is still fancied by many people. The wrestler personalities are typically categorized the bastards and the good guys often having good fighting evil. The role a
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Apollo 13 directed by Ron Howard is the story of the real space mission that took place in 1969. The three astronauts had always dreamed of landing on the moon but not long after the astronauts launched into space did they realize that the task would be near impossible due to an explosion of an oxygen tank. Getting home safe became their next mission. A character in this film from whom I learned something is Gene Kranz played by Ed Harris. I learned that thinking calmly helps you and people around
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About 86% of all the citizens who watch Olympic Wrestling or have heard of it do not want wrestling to be taken away. Wrestling is one of the oldest sports known to man that is admirable‚ it creates deposition and teaches men‚ women‚ and children how to work hard for something that they want to achieve and be the best at it. One out of the many viewers who think this is true‚ he proclaims‚ “It creates character! It teaches how to work hard for something that you want to achieve and to be the best
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Role Model- My Father A role model is someone you look up to‚ who can have a major impact in your life. My father‚ Monish Inani‚ is my role model. My father possesses certain qualities that I admire. He is loving‚ caring‚ selfless‚ hard-working‚ a devote Hinduism‚ he displays good moral values‚ and he has taught me important life lessons. My father has been very patient with me; he has never given up on me and encouraged me to be a good model citizen. Throughout the years where I have been growing
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At every point of my life‚ I have two types of education. Schools offer me the basic knowledge of how to make a living‚ and the other is my father who teaches me how to live. I once questioned myself about the importance of education in school‚ five minutes later there were a list of things on my mind ..having new friends‚ learn how to do the Maths‚ learn Thai history‚ learn English and .well‚ learn how to sing national anthem correctly. I totally agree that those things as mentioned are important
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perspective ’My father‚ my role model’ By Jem Finch At first‚ I thought Atticus was just a feeble‚ old man. He never took part in anything interesting; he didn’t play poker‚ stayed in an office‚ and didn’t go hunting or fishing like all the other men in town. He was never too tired to play keep-away‚ but when I asked if we could play tackle‚ he’d tell me: “I’m too old for that‚ son. ” Whenever there was a football competition‚ he always told me he was too old for that too. All the other fathers went
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Justin Todd Mr. Linker ENG III Honors March 20‚ 2013 Wrestling in the Olympics Recently‚ the decision has been made to remove wrestling from the Olympics in the year 2020. This heavily debated decision was made because it is said that wrestling does not produce enough ticket sales and is not popular enough on the global scale. Therefore‚ it has been proposed that it be replaced with karate or rock climbing. With this major change in the Olympics‚ many people are going to suffer‚ such as returning
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Wrestling is a contact sport which includes two competitors fighting against each other by holding the rival in special positions and throwing them to the ground. Wrestling has been around for thousands of years. Wrestling is considered the oldest competitive sport by many and made its first appearance in 708 B.C at the Ancient Olympic Games. Today there are more than 1000 different styles of wrestling. There are unique forms of wrestling that are found in various countries throughout the world (Lancaster
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we are sweaty‚ ready to go home and relax but then all of us realize that we have to wrestle for a varsity spot. I was in the circle waiting for my partner to be ready‚ I started off a little nervous because it still was my first time wrestling. I lined up‚ shook my partner’s hand and once I heard that whistle going off my instincts kick. I wrestled my butt off to win‚ not feeling any pain as he dropped me to the ground. Fighting to win that match‚ there’s 30 seconds left and I was down by one point
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During my sophomore year I was wrestling and I was on track to qualify for state I was beating many good people; in December‚ at one tournament I was wrestling and I ended up breaking my thumb. After I broke my thumb I was out for about three months so that hurt me really bad. It was hard for me to train while I had my cast off‚ but after I got it off I had a week before regionals to get ready and I had about ten pounds to lose and it would be hard for me to qualify for state. Once I got to regionals
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