Goldfish

grew up her relationship with animals only got stronger. She learned how to pet a guinea pig without killing it, her family fostered their cousin's dog for a summer and was told by her father to not hurt the domestic animal. At the age of seven her goldfish past away, her father then flushed the dead fish in front of his disunited grieving daughter only made her relationship with animals stronger. The girl goes through many trigger moments that follow a recurring behavior. The one that…

had Phil now so the bills would probably get paid, there would be food in the refrigerator, gas in her car, and someone to call when she got lost, but still...” (Meyers, 4).”I call my mom in Georgia to check on her...she has the attention span of a goldfish...She worries me...I hope that Bob – her relatively new but much older husband – is keeping an eye on her now that I’m no longer there” (James, 19). These quotes show the parallels between Bella and Ana’s lives. It shows…

Shwickerath Autistic V. Artistic Now I know the title seems offensive, but full disclosure, I did ask the permission of both parties prior to the title and they both agree that they have higher than average Aspie scores.(One of the top Asperger’s test that helps define whether or not a person has said disease or not.) So basically I have two very near and dear friends of mine who are so stupidly similar it is terrifying. For the sake of anonymity, I am only going to use their first names.…

Aris Folley Professor Schweizer Non-West. Literature 2 November 2014 Raise the Red Lantern: Comparison Paper of Literary to Film Despite the novella’s publish in 1990, one of Su Tong’s most notable literary oeuvres, as critics would acclaim, Wives and Concubines, speaks volumes to a socialist reality in its cinematic representation of 1920s China. Abandoning the country’s heavily political influenced rule of creative expression, Tong stripped his work of traditional Chinese custom, seeking to…

The place that I am interning at is Rehabilitation Institute of Orange (RIO). At RIO they have classes for older adults, children, and have classes for disabled persons as well. They work with anyone and services are provided without regard to age, race, gender, and sexual orientation. They work with everyone whether its occupational therapy, speech therapy, and with fine and gross motor skills. They help everyone in whatever they need help in the most. For disabled persons they help them how to…

Death. One of the most powerful five letter words in the entire English language. This one little word can cause even the most physically and emotionally strong people to tremble at the sound of it. But why? It is because the word death means an end to life, existence, and everything that we know. Death is like a wrecking ball that tears through the homes of all the friends and family that it affects. However, is there a positive side to this monster that breaks apart loved ones and family…

A person’s ethnicity is often defined by their belonging in a social group that share the same cultural traditions, e.g. language, religion and customs that are passed down through time, from one generation to the next. Ethnic groups can span both a broad and narrow aggregation, an example would be that, people living in the United Kingdom are coined as British, however, they can also be more accurately presented as Scottish, Welsh, Irish or English. This is not to be mistaken for race, the…

Eyre lose interest when the description is too long because they know that the message of the story is portrayed through the plot and not the minor details. In 2013 the attention span of the average individual was eight seconds, less than that of a goldfish (Microsoft). This means that an author has eight seconds to prove to the reader that what they are reading is worth…

She threw a terrified glance over her shoulder and raced toward her convertible standing beside the curb. She leaped into it, slammed the door, and I heard the car start and then it started to move away But thanks to my speed I got to its side. I grabbed the side of the windshield and pulled my shelf on the hood. I jumped up over the windshield and landed in the passenger seat. In almost the same movement, I reached down and yanked the emergency brake. The girl had pulled a gun on me. I grabbed…

Animal neglect is disgustingly abundant nowadays simply because people buy an animal from the pet store that they find appealing, maybe even a parent getting his child a simple fish as an “easy” pet to keep. Let’s say they bought a goldfish and just plopped it into a fishbowl, a few years later they lose interest in it and begin to stop feeding it and cleaning its fishbowl. Some people may also buy an exotic animal like a wolf because they’re “cool” they will just end up caging it or restraining…