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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel is an autobiographical graphic memoir that correlates her coming of age with her discovery of her homosexuality. Bechdel is also battling her inner fears that came along with her upraising but is baffled by the unearthing of her father’s own homosexuality. Her artistic decisions are affected by her homosexuality because she chooses to add stereotypical gender roles. Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic develops a proper story line by…

Many players on the team had a dream to play in the majors, but have to realign their perspective of what was truly important which was the feeling of just playing ball weather it was in front of a couple hundred fans or 100 thousand. The organization that the Mavericks ran broke the rules of baseball, from Bing appointing Lanny Moss to be the first woman general manager in baseball to Jim Swanson, who was a left handed catcher, which was…

Royals a 5-4 lead. Billy Martin was on his way from the dugout before Brett crossed home plate and cited an obscure rule on the excessive use of pine tar on Brett’s Bat. At the time, Major League rules stated that the bat could not be covered with any substance more than 18 inches from the tip of the handle.…

Hiram “Hank” Williams was born on September 17th, 1923, and by the year 1937 Hank had begun his career as one of the early pioneers of blues and country music. Hank was born in a small town in Alabama called, Mt. Olive. Hank was the third child of his family. His dad, Elonzo “Lon” Williams, worked on railroads for a lumber company during the first seven years of Hanks life until his father started having health issues. Elonzo fought for two years in World War 1 and years later he started…

I'd be glad to be your friend.” I turned to her and gave her a big smile. Jeanne grinned in return. We kept walking in a comfortable silence, enjoying the company of each other. A couple houses passed before we knew it; one of use was bound to go home first. “Oh, this is me. I'll see you tomorrow, Scout!” She called out turning and walking into her driveway. I waved goodbye, and kept walking. The light wind was my only company now. I walked in silence as I thought about the new friend I…

(Beryl Stretch, Mary Whitehouse, 2010). Jack is a 26 year old man who lives in a residential care home because he has severe learning disabilities. I am a carer who works in the residential care home that he lives in. One day while we are in the day room looking for something to do his behaviour starts to change. I notice that he is showing behavioural signs of becoming aggressive. He is tense and…

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender. That is strength.” This Was once said by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Wyatt Hoffman’s mentality is like a Emperor penguin no matter how harsh the conditions are he perseveres day in and day out this is the mentality that he has when he goes through any workout or sport. Every day in any conditions. Wyatt Hoffman has to be able to conquer live challenges like school…

played and the teamwork needed to play. It could also be fact that my dad told me I needed to play, which was fine because I wanted to play anyway. This sport is baseball, an All-American sport played by athletes who are not afraid to put themselves in front of a 100 mile per hour ball. Baseball takes a great amount of one specific skill, hand-eye coordination. This skill is very hard to master, but is wonderful once you have a good grip on it. My first year of baseball I was put in…

that manage it all and make a final decision on whether they should or should not be adopted should be more caring and thoughtful since they do not think of the side effects the kids may encounter. “Placements in overcrowded and inadequate foster homes fail to provide for children 's basic needs. Beyond this, some governmental officials have consciously abdicated their obligation to provide remedial protection for foster children even where they have specific knowledge of threatened or actual…

is whose hands are so gnarled by arthritis, she cannot dress or turn the knob on her kitchen stove. She is keenly alert, but she may wind up in a nursing home anyway, at a tab of $60,000 a year, because there is no way she can live alone. The widow and her grown children are shocked to discover that Medicare won't pay for her care in a nursing home. Only when she impoverishes herself,…