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    Everyone was born into this world to be something special. We all have different abilities and vulnerabilities and that’s what makes us unique and special. The innate abilities that we were all born with is based on our destiny. Our destiny is the predetermined things in life that is beyond human control. My personality view is that we as humans are predetermined to be who we are. Our personality, our careers and our view of life is based on our destiny, I call this Life Theorem. Freud…

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    Everyone across many counties and states coon hunting is a very well known ,but if you want to compete in these competitions you need the right dogs to train. One of the most popular coon dogs are the Bluetick Coonhound and the Redbone Coonhound, their breed is very well dependent in Coonhound competitions. Before you compete though you must train your dogs for…

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    out a small, black case from under his sheet covered seats. He opens the case and pulls out a small pistol, then pulls out two small, smooth, gold bullets from the depths of his pocket. I watch him as he loads the gun and walks over to the closest coon. I stay back, but I am able to catch a glimpse of the small creature. Its small body is caked in mud, and more mud latches on as he tries to escape from the foot-hold trap. I used to look away and even sometimes cry, but I don’t anymore. I know…

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    2015). Retrograde amnesia is the memory loss in which the patients cannot remember events that occurred before the injury or trauma. On the other hand, the anterograde amnesia is involved with the difficulty of remembering the events happened recently (Coon and Mitterer, 2016). Anterograde amnesia is the result of damage to the hypothalamus and thalamus. The encoding memories are not able to store due to the disrupting in the connection between the hippocampus and cortex. The hippocampus is the…

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    the problems faced will determine what the future will be. Many personality theorists have different beliefs of how they think we change and grow throughout life. Erik Erikson believes someone will have a dilemma or “crisis” for each stage of life (Coon and Mitterer p.124). To test out his theory I have interviewed three different people from different stages of life to see if they fit into this theory, and I have asked each person a series of three different questions and based my thoughts upon…

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    Showing Why fit in when you can stand out? Fitting in isn't unique, it's blending in with everyone around you. When you fit in you are like a blank page in the showing world. You want you and your animal to look professional and to look like a bright yet dark color on the blank page. Memories “The Paper” One day at school in 4th grade my teacher passed a yellow piece of paper out to everyone in the class. It was a 4H paper, I filled it out and tried to persuade my mom into letting me join.…

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    took on a great responsibility with two dogs and the dogs came with sacrifice and suffering. Billy worked even before he got his dogs, and continued to work even after the death of his dogs. Billy made sacrifices to train his pups, to help them get coons, and made sacrifices for his family. Billy suffered through hard times but worked through it and was strong. Billy matures as he learns to accept suffering and to make sacrifices. Billy made great sacrifices and worked hard to earn his dogs…

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    failure, but rather fear not trying is on pages 20-21, Billy would say to his customers for two years, “would you like to buy some crawfish or minnows? Maybe you'll like some fresh vegetables or roasting ears.” Billy worked constantly trying to get the coon hounds he wanted. That shows determination because he wanted to get the dogs he wanted know matter how long it took.…

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    Where The Red Fern Grows

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    close knit many families in the South are. In addition, this movie demonstrated how many families lived paycheck to paycheck. In the movie, Billy had always wanted a set of coon dogs, however, his family never had the money to get him the dogs. As a result, Billy started selling fruit and bait to fisherman to get a set of coon dogs. I thought this was significant as well because many children in rural towns go to work at a young age. Personally, I started working on our farm as soon as I could…

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    abilities, memory, help with amnesia, pain relief, and with sensory changes. The problem with this is that not everyone is susceptible to hypnosis. “About 75 percent of people can be hypnotized, but only 40 percent will be good hypnotic participants” (Coon & Mitterer, 2016, p. 167). This has a lot to with the person being hypnotized than it would be with the…

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