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“What you wish for?” asks Eric, “to make it with Andy.” Smirks Troy as he throws a penny down the well. Suddenly the coin flies back up the well and into the air. “Hey! Who’s down there?” yells Troy. A huge response from many voices emerges from the well. “That sounds like Andy!” laughs Jeb. After a heated argument, the boys agree to bring down the bucket to lift them to safety, Troy, Eric and Jeb decide to slide down the well and meet the goonies at the bottom. Once the boys get down, the…

California California has lots of beaches and fun boardwalks to walk down. It is a great place to vacation or live. It is a tourist destination making it very packed full of people in most cities. According to Don DeLillo “California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of lifestyle. This alone warrants their doom.” This quote pretty much sums up California. Some even consider California a lifestyle, because of the adventure you’ll find, and the dreams you deem impossible…

an artistic light in “Everyday Use.” Dee goes off to college and comes home a very different person. She expects to take her mother’s quilts and hang them in her own home as art; she even requested the churn top to use as table décor and the churn paddle to use as a prop for umbrellas to place at her front door. Dee obviously chose to forget where she comes from, but mother and Maggie remained humble. Walker’s moral of the story is never to forget where you come from. “Maggie smiled; maybe at…

GOA 1) White Water Rafting at Mandovi river : Well, Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) recently introduced white river rafting in Goa on the Mhadei River, at a small village called Ustem in Valpoi, Sattari. People who love adventure sports will find this place no less than a heaven, as it is surrounded by beautiful trees and plant vegetation. Foreign travelers love this place and visit it in large numbers every year. The best time to try river rafting in Goa is during monsoon season,…

The first day was mainly for some serious relaxation. When we got there we set up camp of course, but then immediately put the lawn chairs out and made our own little cabana. Us kids spent the day playing volleyball, swimming, paddle boarding, and getting into an intense game of cornhole. Once the sun set and the adults started making their eminent dinners, we went for a night swim. We brought out some glowsticks and, of course, ended up having extreme chicken fights in which…

Into the Wild is a significant example of rhetorical appeals because of how successful Jon Krakauer wrote Chris McCandless’s adventures and relationships to catch the attention of his audience. Krakauer used many rhetorical appeals such as ethos, logos and pathos in order to get this story across to his audience. Krakauer appeals ethically to his audience by using tools to effectively make comparisons of Chris McCandless, as well as being able to show McCandless was not insane. Krakauer saw…

What is Poverty? Poverty by definition is the general scarcity, dearth, or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money, Most people would describe it as being broke or poor but it is much much deeper than any one definition. In the essay what is poverty I read just how damaging poverty can be , it create hopelessness and despair that seems nearly impossible to escape from. Poverty creates a detestable way of life for those who suffer from it , poverty affects one…

Boyden 98). This exemplifies Boyden’s use of three as a symbol of his character’s conscious efforts to cope with the incredible trauma he suffers. On a subtler level, the majority events of the novel unfold primarily on Xavier and Niska’s “three-day paddle home” (Boyden 8). All of the reader’s knowledge of Xavier’s struggle with…

The word grit has so many different definitions because it changes depending on people’s backgrounds, cultures, families and even societies. But, there is one indisputable definition for grit. Grit is the ability to overcome all types of mental, physical, and metaphysical challenges whether they are self-driven or forced upon you. In all of these types of challenges, humans are pushed to their limits. Angela Lee Duckworth stated in her article about grit, “People with grit are not always the…

easy and comfortable on a raft.” (Twain P. no 256) The two escapes for continue their restart life on the river. Few days ago some incidents are happened in the raft; simply they are lived happy in that place. One morning Huck found a canoe and paddles, at that time encounters chased to two by dog and horsemen. Huck helps to them escape from the encounters; he gave his raft for escaped from the encounters. In that place the humanism should be exposed way of Huck’s activities. In the…