Thomas Anders

I had a tough time thinking of a double bind I myself have been in on the spot. I’m sure at one time or another I have been in a double bind in my life a nearly everyone has. The closest I could think of I myself potentially putting someone else in a double bind as of recently. I have a particular coworker who I am not very fond of for a multitude of reasons a main one being that he talk incessantly and most often regarding her negative opinions on other coworkers. Although I’m nice to her and make my best efforts not to disturb the working relationship it has become painfully obvious through my avoidant behavior that I’m not fond of her. We work in a retail environment both of us often closing the store and on the evenings we work together she sticks closely by my side and over the months since she began working she has seemed to grow increasingly fond of me. This coworker has begun to invite me to hang out with her outside of work and I find any excuse as to why I can’t and over time my excuse have grown increasingly transparent. I make a great effort to be kind to her and maintain a civil demeanor to keep thing from becoming awkward or uncomfortable. It seems that she has mistaken this for friendship and as I continually deny her request to hang out outside of work she’ s most likely getting fairly mixed signals. I often feel bad for avoiding being around her when I can help it. Many of my coworkers are my friends and we often get together outside of work most recently…

Switching life styles or even a small change can cause many new traits and you have to desire much perseverance.During The Call Of The Wild Buck was taken out of his lovely home and had to work much harder, he did not have a choice and got hurt physically a lot. In Contrast my dad switched jobs and had to learn how to control his new life and find time for everything, without getting too stressed. While my Dad and Buck are very different, there experience are kinda the same. They had to learn…

Cicadas chirping. The sweltering heat and the sweetness of the tangerines. Her hands find their way across the ocean of blankets and rest on my feet. “What are you doing, weirdo?” She only grins and shrugs. “I dunno. Your feet smell nice, ya know?” “Ewww!” I’m giggling and I pull my feet away shyly. Cicadas chirping. Chloe’s dad brought over an electric fan from the attic. The current of air keeps the sweat off of my face. “You want to go downstairs? You do know that it’s colder down there,…

The Color Purple portrays a lot of different female characters throughout the novel. We see a variety of personalities from all of the different female characters that come in and out of play during this book. Some of women are strong and independent, such as Sofia and Shug. On the other hand, Celie is a very reserved and disrespected to start out, but turn into strong, independent women as the story goes on. This book is an accurate representation of the two typical women you would find…

Stuffed animals are seen as children's toys and they are characterized as tender and warm. To Enzo, though, Zoë’s stuffed zebra signifies something much greater, it represents the evil that lurks inside every individual, something he learns with time. This symbol haunts Enzo throughout much of the book and it helps him understand the world and people better. Enzo is first terrified of this zebra, but, as he witnesses its effects, he learns what this zebra truly represents and that it is an…

only it is like watching a film, but the fact that a dead character can have its last memory describe like he was still alive causes the story to lean on the imaginative side. On page 853, Ander is said to remember the first time he felt roused by two words and how it marked him forever and made him who he was. It brings a sort of hope that he might not have died, because after enlightening that he used to be a gentle boy in his past days, there is a sort of need to believe that all of this was…

We are all Human Throughout life, humans go through an endless journey called life. And in that life span one must overcome several challenges live throws at you. Since we cannot tell the future, the obstacles that we face might end up changing our whole lives. In the memoir, Hodgman shows us that even though we are different in our own way, we can still relate to someone who might face the same challenges as we. Furthermore, one way that I can relate to Mr. Hodgman is that in the way he…

Reading the title of the book reveals one of the main characters, Jakob. The back of the book reveals more information about him. He is a Roma boy living in Austria during World War II. He is trying to run from the Nazi’s persecution of the Roma people within Europe. Colors seem to play an important part in the book as they are in the title and are described in the back of the book. This book is a fictional story written by Lindsay Hawdon. After writing this book, she traveled to seven different…

Do you know anyone who has left their homeland to move to the USA? Looking for a job and better opportunities. This concept can be seen in Randa Jarrar’s book A Map of Home. Bruce Anders thinks and feels a certain way of some particular things of this book. In his presentation on Randa Jarrar’s A Map of Home’s Twelfth Chapter, Anders gives his opinion. Anders starts by quoting, “When I thought living in America, I pictured straw yellow hair, surfboards, snow…I tasted ketchup and mustard and…

Novia was feeling sick to her stomach with such boiling rage and self pity, she was different from everyone else at school and she didn’t need reminded about it. It was a problem she faced every day but back at her old home there was people who accepted it, but now she has to go through the whole process again! Mr and Mrs Stevenson decided to move to Ohio from New York with their three kids Novia, Braxton and their newborn Piper. Novia thought living in New York was hard already especially…