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    Casey Martin is an example of brute luck, he was born unintentionally with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome. Dworkin would agree and accept Casey’s proposal because he believe those affected by brute luck should be compensated for their disadvantages. I believe that Casey should be able to compete in competitions because everybody should be able to compete; however, by letting him use carts will create inequality and unfairness to other competitors. Rules should also be respected by competitors and…

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    “We will never have to work again. “ “How is that possible?” “Well I have a bottle of whiskey and it’s full to the brim“ “And beers? “ “Yeah man what you think I am“ “A low achiever drunk” and he laughed deeply. “Fuck you and cheers to me. “ Sips his first dram of whiskey and makes a grin “It’s been a fuck long time man.” “Damn right! it does feel good and some kind of weird and familiar. Are we just doing the same shit again? “ “Well no, yeah fuck I do not care. That’s what I want to do.…

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    "The Bazaar of Bad Dreams" is a collection of short horror stories. Before each story there's a little note from Stephen King, explaining why, how, and when he created the story. There are twenty short stories and two poems{I counted}, the first story is a highway rest stop where an abandoned car sits, good people, come to the cars aid, thinking something bad has happened to someone, only when they touch the car with anything touching them the car eats them. The next story is about a couple who…

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    just state that the cultures are different, however, when thinking of death in terms of being good or bad the different cultures add insight to the discussion. How one group of people can celebrate something that others fear and believe to be the worst thing in the world highlights the difference in opinions and how focusing on different aspects…

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    Reading question on "Good Country People" by Flannery O 'Connor 1) In the Good Country People’s short story, Joy-Hulga is also a college educated person, but the bad is she has a bad view about Christian religious faith. She thinks the Christian religious faith is a fairly common view. The Christian religious faith needs a strong btrust about the concepts like a divine is walking the earth in a human form, rebirth from the dead and virgin birth. People that have an intelligent mind in education…

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    said good for you. Bill the team's quarterback finds out that I am taking steroids and he tells coach. The next day I was called down to the office and I see coach and three police officers there. I get so nervous that my arms are shaking really bad. The cops ask me where I have been in the last 48 hours and I say “at the gym and football practice.” The cops order me to go live with…

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    much death and murder in the world, it’s easy to look at the world we live in now as hopeless. We always have a tendency of letting the bad outweigh the good. News telecasts usually open with the bad news and end with good stories. Whenever a celebrity is having a "meltdown" its front-page news and all over the magazine stands. We put so much emphasis on the bad things that happen we tend to forget that there are so many good things happening in this world we live in.…

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    “Are you okay?” He asked, worriedly. “You look a little...” “I’m fine.” Her voice sounded shaky even to her own ears. He must have noticed her flushed face. “I skipped breakfast this morning,” she lied. “I’m just hungry.” “Okay.” He didn’t buy her lie. “Maybe you should sit down,” he suggested, rubbing her back comfortingly. His touch could not have been more unwanted in that moment. The only hands she wanted on her belonged to a man that was probably only half aware of her existence. Bella and…

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    Dream Catchers Symbolism

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    My Symbol Dream catchers were used by Indians to ensure good, peaceful dreams. They hang above the bed and the sweet dreams would find their way through the webbing and slip down the feather to the dreamer. On the other hand, the bad dreams would get caught and tangled in the web and melt away with the first light of day. They are mysterious and are renown for the wonder and joy they bring. Everyone has a symbol for what they want, chiefly to represent the standards of everyday life. "All human…

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    Dreaming for Better In The Outsiders there is so much anger and hate. There is the anger Dally has at the world. The anger Bob has at his parent’s for not giving him any rules. And most prevalent, the animosity between the Socs and the greasers. One person is trapped between these two gangs and that person is Cherry Valance. Like any teenager, she feels the pull of wanting to be socially accepted by the group she was originally in, the Socs. But yet she feels that the way the greasers are…

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