9/7/2012 English 101 On a scale from 1 to 10 "The Pain Scale" by Eula Biss is a very controversial and interesting piece of writing in which Bliss attempts to determine a scale to measure her pain. However‚ the writer begins to realize that the duty of associating pain with a number and measurement is much harder than it appears due to the fact that she is unsure what it truly means to "measure things". The practice of giving pain a set of numbers was introduced by the hospice movement in
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moved to do an act of charity‚ whereas one who is feeling a large summation of anger will be moved to injure or put down another. The levity that emotions and feelings have on human action is such a horrifically understood concept that most people really have no understanding of such a thing. Of all such emotions‚ pain is a combatant of positive and negative change. To look at happiness‚ you see acts of kindness and good‚ whereas anger more often then not causes nothing but trouble. However‚ pain does
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heard the phrase "no pain‚ no gain." Well‚ what does it really mean? To some men‚ it means that if you don’t suffer‚ then you’re not going to get anything or get anywhere. Well‚ this is partly true. My own interpretation is this: The Pain If you are the type of guy who stuff’s his feelings and pain of any kind‚ emotional or otherwise‚ then you are a "pain-avoider" and the "no pain‚ no gain" approach doesn’t really work for you. You’re saying might be "No pain‚ No pain‚ No pain." But unfortunately
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This is a well-known proverb already about related life-style. A period of pain in exchange of a period of enjoyment in future‚ supported by what is gained‚ life seems like a constant repitition of exchanging‚ or investing‚ to put it in other ways. No wonder there has been prevailing idea that people would labour hard in their youth and leave themselves smelling the flowers when they’ve accumulted enough wealth or get old.Nevertheless‚ success depend a little bit too much on money and origins. There´s
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Animals die in shelters every day. There are approximately 7.5 million animals added to shelters each year and of those‚ 2.5 million are euthanized. Society needs to be aware that fostering is a vital part of animal rescue. Each time an animal is featured on social media‚ people respond from all over the country to adopt it. For that one animal‚ the outlook is fantastic; however‚ for those left behind the outlook is much bleaker. If all of the potential adopters for that one animal fostered or adopted
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Jonas gets to experience pain in his sled-ride memory. The sledge knocked in the hill and Jonas was jarred loose and thrown violently into the air. He fell with his leg twisted under him while he could hear the crack of his bone. His face scraped along sharp edges of ice when he lay shocked with fear. Then he felt the first wave of pain. It was like a hatchet lay lodged in his leg‚ cutting through each nerve with a hot blade. He tried to move but couldn’t because the pain grew. He screamed and turned
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Lance Sataraka Period 2 12-13-12 No Pain‚ No Gain No pain no gain How much of you have had to sacrifice your time or change your plans to go and do something else like go practice or work on something? What is pain? What is gain? In my family my mom‚ dad‚ and sister had to constantly had to sacrifice their time to get to their goal. It took them a lot of time‚ blood‚ and sweat to reach where they are right now. I am the only one in my family that hasn’t worked hard
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„No pain‚ no gain” It’s completely true that you can’t accomplish anything without going through some sort of pain. Life is brutal. If we dream to be successful and victorious in something that we want to achieve‚ we have to prepare for a lot of hard work and some ups and downs‚ which will bring us some thoughts to give up. Who said that life is going to be easy? No pain‚ no gain. Is this statement totally true? To start with‚ we have to endure much during life nowadays‚ in order to achieve
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Ingenious Pain by Andrew Miller takes place during The Enlightenment of the 18th century. This dramatic novel portrays James Dyer‚ the main character‚ is born in 1739 without the feeling of pain. In the eight parts of the story‚ the structure begins near the end in which an autopsy is taken place of James dyer‚ who died in 1772. The climax of the story is not of his death‚ but rather the metamorphosis of his human suffering. This change connects with Friedrich Nietzsche theory of pain. "In pain there
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to the pain he caused her. Medea is one that was like no other in Corinth she feels no remorse. Media is not a Greek and in order to be with Jason‚ the one she loves‚ she had to give up her title of a princess. Jason then turns on her to marry the princess of Corinth in order to give their two kids a name and a place in Corinth‚ instead of being an outsider. This resulted in Medea showing her fierce uncontrollable anger. Unlike other women in Corinth‚ Medea would not just cry out her pain‚ but externalize
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