... the ten Loser Laws of Life: (1) You just make it up as you go along. There are no rules you can live by. (2) It's written in the stars. For $4.95 per minute you can hear about your future. (3) The devil made you do it. How to ignore the things that really make you tick. (4) ... it. To solve the mystery of why your role in this life it is. Get the tools to set it up differently by changing the statement you make to the world in everything you do." The author states a lot in the chapter that you must be responsible for the reaction that comes with your choice. "If ... you don't like someth...

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... me? Will he stop to talk? I can now make out his distinguishable features as his long stride brings him closer. His deep blue eyes which, have remained unchanged and unchangeable, but for the laughter lines surrounding them, are still windows to his strong but gentle soul. His features still portray the strength I had so admired ... and begin to bundle them up to take them home I can feel myself smile. There are people far worse off than I. Writers Journal The idea for the story "In the Park" came from Gwen Harwood's poem of the same name. Harwood's poem deals with the issue of single pa...

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"Go for your dreams, my little princess. Nothing is too big that you cannot achieve because Po Po believes in you." These were one of those last words from my late Po Po (which means grandmother in Mandarin) to me. Po Po was very dear to me and she had truly left a deep impression on me ... By evening, she would be able to collect enough money for two plates of rice for herself and her mum. Sometimes, she would be able to collect extra money and she would keep them in her piggy bank. When her piggy bank was full, she would bank in the money. She believed that as long as she persevered ... . Wh...

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... parents about very personal things. Also the mother has troubles with this too. She has a lot of depression in her that she is repressed down because she can't connect with her husband in a way that is healthy for their marriage to last. But on the other end of this spectrum, Ricky is a person who talks ... one that most people can relate to. If you've ever had the feeling that someone is too "close for comfort" or too far to even acknowledge then you know this theory well already. In American Beauty there are a few examples of when people get to close and break their invisible barrier....

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... parents about very personal things. Also the mother has troubles with this too. She has a lot of depression in her that she is repressed down because she can't connect with her husband in a way that is healthy for their marriage to last. But on the other end of this spectrum, Ricky is a person who talks ... one that most people can relate to. If you've ever had the feeling that someone is too "close for comfort" or too far to even acknowledge then you know this theory well already. In American Beauty there are a few examples of when people get to close and break their invisible barrier....

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... then when we get there who knows you might even find yourself a girlfriend here."" It was about 4:30 in the morning when we finally got to my grandparents house, and when we arrived I saw my grandmother waiting for us in the kitchen. "Gracias a Dios quellegaron bien. Ya esta el café y el pan dulce listo para ... name? From which part of the United States do you come from?- I asked her. "No hablo ingles."" So I asked her again for her name and from which part of the U.S. did she come from, but in Spanish this time. "Yo me llamo Imelda y nunca e hido para los Estados Unidos porque yo vivo...

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... executives" (Reynalds, Malvina. "Little Boxes") coming out of the university. These three jobs or careers that she mentioned are typically viewed in our society as successful, high paying jobs that need college level education to obtain. This further emphasizes her idea that higher education automatically guarantees success. A ... become just as wealthy as their parents. Although in the fifth line of the third stanza it states that "The children go to summer camp" (Reynalds, Malvina. "Little Boxes") which adds on another form education to help for later. This can viewed as Malvina saying...

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... the convict ship and obviously it would be awkward to portray a ship on stage. I feel the best way would to have the actors loosely positioned in a triangular shape with the base upstage and a point of maybe just one character downstage. This character could be an officer and be raised standing on ... and it would make the scene even more complicated. I would also have blue light shining across the cyclorama and an occasional flash of yellow to signify a lighthouse when the scene is coming to an end. A pole upstage with the material for the tent on it could act as a sail but then be use...

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... on it so I just try to drag it. I walk straight trying to find out where I am. After walking for what feels like a really long time, I decide to take another look at the map. I pull it out and start to try to figure a way out. I notice random words in different areas of the map. HUNGER, BURN, DROWN and DEATH. I also notice a red dot ... way. I run faster and faster and faster! I just want to get out of there. I find a blue door on the left side and I go in. I slam the door shut and it disappears right in front of me. Hundreds of droplets of water wash away the worry of burning. I am in ...

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... I remember the day I learned how to swim. I had been so afraid of the water before that day. Finally, I had decided I wasn't going to miss out on any more fun. I jumped in the water and swam to where everyone else is. I ponder on that day for a few seconds, taking myself out of reality. My gray cat, Annie, leaps off the ... a few steps, I immediately climb the steps to get into the hot tub. Before I do so, I step back and look at it. It is a lovely blue color and is wrapped in an oak paneling of wood. Pushed against a wall, you have to maneuver yourself just so to get the cover off. When...

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... years of my life. Memories of Jr. High come rushing to my mind. I spent many mornings, through rain and shine waiting for that big, black, and yellow bus to come pick me up and whisk me off to school. When I approach the edge of the sidewalk, I stop and my mind starts to wonder. It ... there before me are carved deep into the trees bark. It was almost as if these couples were claiming it was their tree just like the carvings proclaimed their love for one another. As I sit, I hear a crackling above me. I look up and I can see a squirrel nesting within the trees branches. It jumps up quic...

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... out of his window. Above him, the lights were blank, only sunlight provided for his vision. Through the window he could not see the gray of his old age, instead, he saw the green and blue and red of his youth. The blue in his eyes reflected upon all he gazed. The green of his soul filtered through ... wagons and race them down the hill near the house to our favorite swimming hole. We spent so many days and so many summers in the sun, building houses in the trees, swimming in the cool water. When we heard our mother's call, we trudged up the hill, pushing our carts, and when we came to t...

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... if you could imagine a world where you are forced by society away from your heart's true desire?" There was a funny ring to his voice as he watched Vincent waiting for her answer. Vincent looked down at the blank pages before her, which should have been filled full of notes, "Um, no, no sir I would not," was her ... walked side-by-side chatting. "I was just about to take lunch" Wynne said, her voice was soft like satin. "Um, so was I, um, would you care for company?" Vincent could barely get out the words out. She had lowered her gaze to watch her feet as she walked, shifting her bag on...

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... got out of the car I couldn't believe my eyes. The sun was blazing and there was a crisp feeling in the air. All of the leaves were finally green, but all I could see were bright yellow bodies. The forest was full of kids. Everyone from my grade was there: The president, the star basketball player, ... the honor roll kids, the punks all of the stereotypes. It didn't really matter, because the only people we wanted to see weren't there yet. They were waiting for our call: ... pom pon squad and the cheerleaders were rivals. Money flowed like water in my town. Everyone had nice cars, big ...

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... from one to another. Reception turning from a vivid video to yellow, then in a little while, retro. It stops. Then, Crrrgshh! Crrrgshh! Moving pictures in the big screen are like having a race with a shooting star, impetuously changing scenes as if played in fast forward. Small dots of white, grey, and black begin ... opposite of her. The man's eyes gleam with life's contentment. In his manly face, an appeasing look is framed. His smiles are as pure as water that flows in a riverbank. Regardless the stunning look and attention given to him by people, in humility he abides. The day star i...

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... the city were sparkling all the way, the view was amazing, big buildings full of lights, the moon shinning in its most way to. The night was just perfect for the homecoming proposal. The jumping time was there, Charlie harmed his hand, so he could hold and warm hers. ... letters took shape really fast. The field had inside this proposal: "PROM?" with a ring and a heart. "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!" screamed for 1 minute Ashley, while they were falling. Charlie pulled the Parachute's cord of both backpacks and started downgrading slower. He whispered some cute love words .....

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... people of us. It makes me wonder if my ignorance as a child made me blind to these people's truths. Difficult times are experienced with the lack of water in this particular place. Modest people are seen in simple clothing with non luxurious cars, having as a source of food only what they can cultivate. The most simple education can only be provided. Getting people ... to come and teach to a rural town becomes very expensive and very challenging experience. People are to live in a simple home, with only the basic needs, without water and electricity. One can see people with merely the e...

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It was three o'clock in the morning when Samantha awoke to the sound of screaming from the room across the hall. "Not again,"" she moaned as she cracked open her light blue eyes, rolled out of bed silently, and tip-toed over to her bedroom door. Opening it slightly, she could hear the screaming much louder now, like she had opened the ... out of bed once more, her straight, blonde hair a complete mess. "Yuck,"" she wimpered to herself sleepily, "I feel disgusting. Time for a shower."" With that she walked over to her closet and opened the door. She picked out a pair of faded blue jeans and ...

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... was a never-ending carousel. I arrived home, anxious to go to my room and just drop myself onto my cozy bed and catch some Z's. I bundled myself up in bed with my navy blue comforter that was as fluffy as a rabbit's tail, adjusted my pillows until they felt just right against my head like Cinderella's glass slipper felt on her feet, and then my ... . Will you please tell him that I had to leave unexpectedly and that I am truly very sorry?" "Don't worry, he won't take it too personally," I teased. Sarah smiled and her exotic blue eyes glistened like the night's ocean. She wrapped her arms...

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... on life. The oldest one, Dee, sees life as adventure, a place to learn and go out and get what you want. "Dee wanted the nicer things in life. A yellow organdy dress to wear for her graduation from high school; black pumps to match a green suite that she made from an old suite someone had given her." (2128) She was well educated ... about a man who had lost his wife and the mother of his son, and now he is on a search to find a new mother for his son because he needs one. Zizi is the father in this story and he is determined to get married just so his son will have a mother. The truth is...

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... in this essay. In Dillard's first scene, she comes across a frog who has just had the life sucked out of him by a "Giant water bug". She begins to question the water bug's purpose for being created. We are all like the water bug in a sense. We are constantly looking for food, destroying anything in our path to survive in ... life. But Dillard was attracted first to the frog and felt more compassion for the ... frog when he died. If the tables were turned you have to think that same frog killed probably killed quite a few fly's hour's before. So what the giant water ... while she is sti...

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... views on life. The oldest one, Dee, sees life as adventure, a place to learn and go out and get what you want.Dee wanted the nicer things in life. A yellow organdy dress to wear for her graduation from high school; black pumps to match a green suite that she made from an old suite someone had given her.? (2128) She was well ... about a man who had lost his wife and the mother of his son, and now he is on a search to find a new mother for his son because he needs one. Zizi is the father in this story and he is determined to get married just so his son will have a mother. The truth is tha...

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... almost make you faint from the sudden overload. The excitement one feels on this day can be measured in strides. Secondly, the proposal can show the emotion of excitement as you are embarking on the next chapter in your life with that one person you can finally stand. To be able to look at one person and ... say "I am happy" and to mean that for the rest of your life, goes to show how committed you truly must be ... coaster, the building up to the climax, and the after climax ride. All make you scream and jump for joy with excitement and both also make you fear what is to come. Fear is ...

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... seem to keep his eyes off of her. He was a handsome and strapping young man, with thick, wavy, dark brown hair. Not taking his emerald eyes away for even a second, he watched her every movement. He already knew he wanted to grow old looking at her... that way she looked over her shoulder and smiled! ... He wanted to wake up every day with her smiling at him. Finally, he worked up the courage to ask her for a dance. "May I have this dance?" Nick asked in the deepest, most gentleman-like voice he could get out. "Sure, Nick," Lila replied. A little blushed at the thought ... made him look s...

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... . Forever wouldn't be very long. I promised it wouldn't be very long. The room was bleak but for a single light fixture on the farthest corner. It's pale light illuminating only a small section, leaving everything else in murk. Fingers of shadow clawed silently around the room, a bare wooden tomb with only a small tattered sofa ... who forced his son to steal, to commit crimes, and to beg at street corners. And even then, there was never any money for food, for clothes, for basic necessities, only for alcohol and hookers. God, no matter how hard he tried, he could never get his father's a...

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