Growing up in east Fort Myers‚ (a destitute area with an unsettling amount of violence‚ drug houses‚ and broken down vehicles in the front yard)‚ seemed to be a nice‚ safe place to live as a child; but as an adult‚ it does not seem it was much of a bargain. Living in Cape Coral validates that life in “the Cape” is a world apart its neighboring city‚ Fort Myers. Inundated with strict‚ code enforcement rules‚ family-oriented neighborhoods and minimal crime activity‚ Cape Coral presents a cleaner‚ safer
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After reading the two short stories "Powder" by Tobias Wolff and "If the River was Whiskey" by T.C. Boyle‚ which both feature father-son relationships that are placed under a large amount of stress. There are many similarities and differences between these two relationships that are not apparent upon just a cursory glance. A father can be completely inconsiderate of his sons needs or try his best to meet them and still create turmoil within the relationship. After reading Wolff’s short story "Powder
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killer during the 1950s (citation). In the mid-20th century‚ serial killers were highly publicized‚ with most of them being killers of women. With the high traffic of serial killers in the media‚ there is no surprise as to why Oates’ chose to write a short story not only to take the media image of celebrity away from serial killers‚ but to make the events more realistic to women everywhere‚ therefore spreading awareness and caution. Joyce Carol Oates’ history of writing is mostly limited to stories
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Friends - one word with a very beautiful meaning behind it. To most of us‚ friends are known as our pals‚ buddies or acquaintances. The more the merrier they always say. The more friends you have‚ the wider you horizon. With the ample presence of social networking sites these days such as Facebook and Twitter‚ it is much easier to be connected to people from the other end of the world than it used to be. With just a few clicks of the mouse‚ you will become friends or be connected virtually to other
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Stop the Strays The amount of strays in America is unbelievable. In my own community‚ Hood County‚ the numbers are through the roof. According to the Stray Pet Advocacy 45% of the stray animals in Hood county are dogs‚ and the other 55% are cats. The first step to a better‚ less stray-infested‚ future is to get the shelters going harder at their jobs. More animal control vehicles should be patrolling through the town during the day. More funds are needed to give the animal control vans the equipment
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True love is hard to find Especially when your heart is blind No clock but yet we are still racing time Years after years of looking and now we actually have what we been trying to find Tension and emotions take a dive into a big world pool Trying to save each other but someone always ends up being a fool Baby I love you.... Like you said you only love me...... Well the exact thing goes for you We been down this road before and I refuse to turn back Life has been hard on both of us.... All
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What does friend true meaning? A friend is a person who is attached to another with feelings of affection. In the essay called “Friends‚ Good Friends - and Such Good Friends” by Judith Viorst talks about many different types of friendship that women have. The women have various kinds of friendship bonds than what the men do. Viorst tells us a point she would have said a friend is a friend all the way. However‚ the truth is that friendship with a person can be different with another person. But‚
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My Best Friend The year was a strange one‚ one that was beyond anything I had ever experienced before in my short 12 years on planet Earth. The Y2K scare had everyone running for water‚ food and power supplies in the beginning. I was leaving elementary school and life couldn’t be happier. Between the “summer Olympics”‚ my friends and I developed‚ the beautiful scents of the local woods‚ the ma and pa ice cream shop we went to in downtown Crete‚ Illinois‚ or the new addition of all of us reading
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Sam Miller holds the theory that “same body is correlated with same soul” and claims that “the two are intimately related but not identical” (Perry‚ 371). One is material‚ it has shape and size‚ it could be seen‚ touched and perceived – that is the body; and the other one is immaterial‚ it has no shape‚ size or color‚ it cannot be perceived – that is the soul. He thinks that survival after death is possible. According to him‚ after the body dies‚ the soul that belongs to the death body‚ its consciousness
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DD goes for window shopping at a shopping complex. She sees the health carnival at the ground floor. She goes around the carnival site and suddenly she being approach by one of the health care personnel (HCP). HCP : Hello madam. Hi. DD : Hi. HCP : are you interested to join our health carnival? We have many simple medical checkup here for free. DD : ohh its ok. Im rushing for other matters. HCP : ohh I see. How about if you try the body fat monitoring? Its only take a little time besides
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