entire thrill through a fractured prism of preconceived notions‚ constructed by digital imagery‚ second hand experiences‚ and other’s opinions. I see technology as efficient but it makes us lazy and less intelligent. In his essay‚ “Artificial‚” Mark Doty states that in this society‚ one’s natural state has become obsolete. He believes that new forms of technology (such as music streaming‚ digital beauty‚ the ability to replicate texts and songs) are more detrimental than good. He believes that these
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: MARK DOTY : Life and career Doty was born in Maryville‚ Tennessee‚ earned his Bachelor of Arts from Drake University in Des Moines‚ Iowa‚ and received his Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Goddard College in Vermont. In 1989‚ his partner Wally Roberts tested positive for HIV‚[1] which drastically changed Doty’s writing. Roberts’s death in 1994 inspired Doty to write Atlantis. Heaven’s Coast: A Memoir also deals with this subject and received the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca‚ represents the theme of the poem‚ Golden Retrievals‚ by Mark Doty. The poem displays the relationship between a distracted owner and his exuberant Golden Retriever. As the human contemplates both the past and future‚ the dog attempts to grab his owner’s attention and help him enjoy the moment‚ just as the dog does constantly in his life. While displaying the relationship between the owner and his dog‚ Doty is able to portray the human problem of living in the past and future through
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Working Out to Find the Meaning of Life In the poem “At the Gym” Mark Doty is giving a description of a person at the gym that is about to lift weights. The description uses terms that can be commonly used in describing the gym environment to give a deeper meaning to the life that we lead as human beings. The metaphors that are used to relay the message are a salt-stain spot‚ the vinyl bench‚ the weights being lifted‚ and the actual gym. Taking a closer look at the meaning of the poem can provide
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The Gym What truly defines a man is what he has to show when the weights of life are coming down. The gym is the place where I go to let off steam‚ forget about the world‚ and work towards my dreams. To play football at the next level is my dream and the gym is the gateway to the path that I will travel to get there. Everyone has that one thing they do to keep a sane mind. Whether it’d be painting ‚listening to music‚ or my case going to Anytime fitness . Anytime Fitness is one of the local
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Joey Kuzbiski Period 2 9/8/2013 As I stroll up to the two giant doors I reach out and grasp one of the pairs of handles‚ my fingers smudging its shimmering‚ chrome profile. As I enter the gym‚ the smells of stale sweat and cleaner mingle with my nose‚ creating flashbacks of prior experiences. I flash my ID card to the employee working at the front desk and continue on through until I reach my ultimate destination; the basketball court. When I enter the court the first thing I notice are
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AMA COMPUTER COLLEGE – MANILA COLLEGE OF COMPUTER STUDIES THESIS TOPIC PROPOSAL Name of the Proponents Angeline Casanova Regine Singzon Title of the Thesis Fitness Gym Android App Beneficiary Details Name/s Address Contact Number Key Resource Persons Existing Business Flow Flowchart Description This diagram shows how they can perform exercise with a short period of time. Starting from logging in and validating their account up to choosing what exercise they will do. After choosing
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Teds Hughes and mark doty poems are written in animals point of view ‚ Showing each unique animal character and their point of view about this world from their perspective. The poet uses literary devices in their poems using tones‚ personification ‚ and visual imagery to evoke the reader’s emotions and to make the poems more comprehensible. In this two poems the poets made a unique quality of personifying the hawk and the dog because they cannot articulate their thoughts and emotions into
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03/05/15 WHY STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE A LONGER GYM TIME… . Did you know that there was always a solution for students to improve their bad marks‚ learning abilities and engagement skills? For one thing‚ all of this is important for a student‚ moreover‚ gym has the same amount of importance to it. A student’s physical education can affect their health as
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Gym Target Market Target Market is the market segment that I am hoping to have joined the gym based on the improved advertising by focusing on 3 main target areas. Age‚ gender‚ geography‚ and socio-economic grouping define these markets. With a gym there is more than one target market and you have to market to each one in different ways; but at the same time find marketing that will reach all of them without bringing the cost of your advertising up to an unrealistic level. Targeting is very
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