ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT : "LIVE LIKE A DOG‚ ALONE" 1. Give a summary of "Live Like a Dog‚ Alone" The short story is about two persons‚ who both live alone. Miriam is a middle-aged single woman. She has a great career and no children. But her heart is dysfunctional‚ and therefore she sometimes has to go to the hospital. The story is set inside a taxi‚ which is driving Miriam home after a visit at the hospital. The taxi driver and Miriam talks. Not in the usual polite way of conversations between
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Is it best to live with roommates? Or is it best to live alone? There’s no right or wrong answer to this question -- and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. It’s a personal decision that all apartment dwellers are entitled to make‚ and your answer should depend on what you want at the time you’re looking to rent. If you need help deciding whether to live with a roommate‚ consider the common reasons why people choose one route over the other. Reasons to Have a Roommate There are many good reasons
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Beaten Like Dogs “They went by‚ fallen‚ dragging their packs‚ dragging their lives‚ deserting their childhood‚ cringing like beaten dogs.” This quote stated in the book the Night written by Elie Wiesel. This quote simply sums up the book in a few words. For me it shows the indescribable misery endured by the Jewish people. This quote really has a deep impact on me. It makes me realize how lucky I am‚ to live in a country where there is a freedom to practice whatever religion you want to be a
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pages long.When we had to peer review‚ I was paired up with the class bully. He wrote a paper entitled‚ “ I like dogs.” I remember his opening sentences vividly‚ “I like dogs; Dogs are nice; Dogs are good.” When I read his paper‚ I thought my essay was a masterpiece in comparison. A few days later‚ we received back the grades for our papers. I received a grade of 81 in comparison to “I like dogs” which received
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Place‚ I’d like to live I have lived in Thailand so far. It’s hot‚ sunny‚ beautiful and maybe different from other part of the world. I’m so glad and so proud of my hometown and I think it’s no need to move into somewhere else. But if I really have to do that‚ I will move to Belgium. Belgium is where fascinates me a lot although I’ve never been to there. There’re so many reasons why I love there that I don’t know how to start telling you. For the first reason‚ Belgium has three official languages
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It is better to live alone than in a parental home The meals are hot‚ the fridge is always full and the rent is free. So is it any surprise that more twenty- and thirtysomethings in Britain are living at home with their parents than at any time in the past 20 years? The Office for National Statistics says many young adults in their mid-20s and early 30s‚ and especially men‚ are increasingly postponing the transition to adulthood. One in three "adult-kids" who have not left the parental nest
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The article “Treat People like Dogs” by Karen Oberthaler is absolutely a very interesting article. The author is telling us to treat people like dogs. Not necessarily like dogs‚ but in a similar fashion‚ vets treat their patients. I agree with the author that health care professionals should not base their decisions and judgment with the fear of getting sued. The health care professionals should not perform expensive and unnecessary tests or procedures on patients just to get away with the possibility
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parents began to allow me more freedoms that I had previously been denied. They extended my curfew and reduced oversight over my life. It felt really good to see that while other parents were still controlling every aspect of their children’s lives and my parents were allowing more autonomy. Since they had raised me to be honest and responsible‚ they felt that I could make correct decisions. As a result‚ they trusted me to stay home while they spent a weekend away from home to celebrate
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Has anyone truly been alone? Some children‚ from the ages of 2 to 8‚ ask their parents to play with them‚ but only end up pushed aside. Once the parents make a habit of this‚ the children begin to feel lonely‚ because they are forced to play alone. But as adults‚ they’re enveloped by people daily. In the novel Of Mice and Men‚ there are several characters who feel alone‚ even while with their coworkers. Crooks and Candy are superb examples of lonely people in Of Mice and Men. Crooks being the black
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Home Alone One day the McCallister family prepares to spend Christmas in Paris‚ and gathers up at a friend’s house in Chicago the night before their flight. The burglar’s Marvin pretends to be an officer and come and check on the family because it was the house he wanted to burgers. Marvin and his friend had been breaking in some of the houses on the McCallister’s block and they wanted their house next. He try to get information from the family to see if they are really going out of town so he
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