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    During the reading of the short story “How I My Husband” by Alice Munro‚ the reader is introduced to a character named Chris Watters who literally flies into the plot told by the protagonist Edie. Chris‚ a pilot who learned to fly airplanes during the war came across to the reader as a carefree young man who flew from town to town selling rides in his plane to make an honest living. Only later during the short story did the reader understand the true identity of Chris Watters; though he was a young

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    the 1930’s the time when this story takes place‚ men are usually the ones working for the money‚ and performing all the hard labor‚ while women are supposed to do all the house work‚ and behave in a polite manner. In the story "Boys and girls" by Alice Munro the protagonist struggles with societies ideas of how a girl should be. This story is about a girl who prefers helping her father with chores on the field as opposed to helping her mother in the kitchen. As the story progresses her mentality changes

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    1) Describe how one’s position in the system of stratification affects one’s life chances. Life chances refers to the chances throughout one’s life cycle to live and experience the good things in life. Life chances show how well stabled people have access to a good education‚ good medical care‚ a comfortable home‚ vacations‚ and a stable occupation. People at the lower end of the stratification hierarchy have inadequate health care‚ shelter‚ and diets. People also at this lower end have a more

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    Taking Chances How do you feel about sharing secrets with someone you’ve technically never met? Or saying how your life is to someone that you haven’t even seen face-to-face? What about…going to the extent of falling in love with that anonymous stranger? For some people‚ these things seem out of reach but actually‚ making a friend from the internet is quite thrilling. I know that most people would immediately say‚ “That’s so dangerous‚ I’d better not ever do that.”‚ but actually

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    story “The Interlopers” by H.H Munro exemplifies that individuals never know what life has in store‚ so it is important to let go of grudges and make peace before it’s too late. Primarily‚ life goes up and down‚ and you will never know what the future holds. For instance‚ in the beginning of the story the narrator reveals that Ulrich Von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym have bad blood‚ “If there was a man in the world whom he detested and wished ill to it was Georg Znaeym”(Munro 34).However‚ later on because

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    Sometimes I walk right to her face and she stares right throw me‚ as if I am nothing but glass. I’ve tried talking‚ pleading‚ and even yelling at her to get her attention‚ but that doesn’t even work. If I had the chance to take all of it back I would. My mother knew what she was talking about but I just chose not to listen. I followed her up stairs and noticed that she was turning right‚ the exact same direction where my room was. My mom opened the door and at once you could feel the intense heat

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    A second chance is something everyone dreams of‚ everyone wishes they could have. I know myself that there are many things I would like to have a second chance at. If I could choose one though‚ it would be what many people would call a game changer‚ I would go through my freshman‚ sophomore and junior years of high school again. Why‚ because I look back on it now‚ and I believe I could have done much much better then what I had done. When I say I could have done better‚ I mean I could have gotten

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    Second Chance at Second Education Over the years‚ the amount of people attending colleges has been increasing significantly‚ and the appeal of wanting to go to a college has been increasing also. The idea of education after high school has been commonly‚ in the past few years‚ I was blessed with many opportunities that made me reconsider overcoming my problems and finally end up wanting to attend a college. In the early years of my life‚ there were many obstacles that pushed me away from wanting

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    I believe most people deserve a second chance. But‚ in order to get this second chance one has to take full responsibility for their actions and go through all of the consequences needed to make them a better person. Once one learns from their mistake and accepts what they did was wrong‚ then I believe they deserve a second chance to create a positive outcome from the situation. This can be a very hard task for many people to overcome. Especially‚ when they have it built into their mind that they

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    really like to accomplish? They take chances. If somebody just wanted to play it safe all the time‚ it would take forever to reach their goals. People will see this and realize that they are much better off when they take chances. When you take chances‚ you get the results you want most of the time. People cannot be afraid to fail. If we are afraid to fail‚ we will not accomplish the goals we set for ourselves. In fact‚ we cannot set goals at all. Taking chances adds some spice to life. When we

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