Reflection Paper On Balance

After Robert proposes a swim, everyone is ready to follow him, but he lingers at the rear of the crowd with the two lovers. The Pontelliers and Ratignolles walk ahead, and Mrs. Pontellier wonders why Robert sometimes chooses not to spend every waking minute with her. She misses him whenever he's not there. The walk to the beach provides a lot of sensory stimulation: people are singing; the sea, earth, and flowers each gives off a pungent smell; and the seascape appears calm and mystical. Mrs. Pontellier, who has been trying to learn how to swim the entire summer, suddenly and miraculously begins to swim through the ocean, much to the surprise of her companions. Feeling strong and exuberant, she swims out alone and suddenly panics. When she

In the Constitution of the United States, there exists a system of checks of balances that has kept the three branches of government in check. Through this system, the Constitution is able to limit the powers of government in order to protect the rights of individuals.This system keeps the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of government from trying to gain more power and makes sure that each branch is balanced. The Framers believed that creating separate branches of government would help to limit the powers of the national government and to prevent tyranny in the nation. These three branches and their roles in the government are as follows: the legislative branch, which is run by Congress, includes the Senate and the House of Representatives and has the power, under the Constitution, to make laws ;the executive branch, run by the President, executes or carries out laws; and the Supreme Court, which the Constitution established to head the judicial branch, which interprets and applies the law in federal court cases.

I dove through the cold currents, feeling my hands create an opening through the water. I closed my aching eyes and let the water submerge me, pulling me in. The sun cast shadows on the floor of the pool, shifting every now and then. I could feel the warmth of the sun as I swam further. I sighed, deeply content.

I pulled out of his driveway and got back on the highway. Soon I got to my apartment building and went to my floor, 21. From the glass-enclosed elevator, I could see everything. I could see the magnolia trees, ashes, beeches, and bald cypresses. Far away, I could see the gulf and the fisheries on the water. Florida's economy was growing rapidly, in terms of fish. (Fuson and Norrell; Muller and Irvin). Finally, the elevator warning bell rang and I got off. I walked down the carpeted hallway and I was at my apartment. There, I unlocked the door and walked in. The sun was down and the stars were up. I could see lights everywhere from the other homes and buildings. I walked into my room and fell into the bed. I could tell it was time for bed. I shut my eyes and dreamed sweet dreams. It was early in the evening, yet there I rest, the only peaceful part of the hectic Florida town

Abby sees her family coming up and runs over to them. They buy the tickets and walk in and instantly Marissa (her two year old niece) runs over to the aquarium, filled with the most beautiful dolphins she had ever seen. So after we pry Marissa away from the dolphins, they go to the section of the park with rides.

And later she awakened in a dirty hotel room dazed. Standing at the sink, swooping up a soft, velvety handful of water and staring at the blue and violet crystal droplets. Amazed and unblinking. Thoughtful about how round the droplets were. Mesmerized as they formed into bubbles. Growing, growing, growing, growing. Bubbles that grew until they became her hands. And then her arms. Frightening bubbles now, creating a wild-eyed girl that ran for the bed to gather the covers around her nakedness. Wondering where these extremely intense, insane feelings came from. Was she losing her mind?

Sam looked up to see a whirlpool. He had been planning for this moment for years. He would swim into the whirlpool and hope for the best. But the wirlpool was a good mile off in the distance, at his age he had trouble getting around. He didn't have much time so did the first thing that came to mind. He swam over to a neighboring house and outside was a dolphin, which is mermaids used for transportation. He sliced the tether that was tied to the house to keep the dolphin there. He Hoped on and rode as fast as he could towards the whirlpool. He rode and rode until he was upon the whirlpool. He jumped off the dolphin into the whirlpool swimming as hard as he could towards the surface. Water rushed around him until he felt this weird sensation. It was very warm, He looked up to see the

“The Swimmer” is split into two sections; that is realism and surrealism. The first half of the story is more of a realistic scene for someone of Needy’s social standing. The second half of the story could be Needy’s own psychological fantasy, which he could have been dreaming of his future. (Blythe and Sweet 415) One part of Loren Bell’s dream theory was that perhaps, Needy feel asleep by the pool while drinking with his neighbors and slipped into a dream. Bell states” Debilitated by his hangover and his swim, warmed by the hot sun and cold gin, his deep breathing resonant with heavy snoring sounds.” When Cheever states ,“and now he was breathing deeply, stertorously as if he could gulp into his lungs the components of that moment…seem to flow into his chest.”, suggests that Needy had fell asleep by the pool. (Bell 433) Before Needy decides to go on his journey, he was drinking; the drinking could have caused him to feel tired and blackout. Bell quotes, “Needy slips into the most natural condition given the circumstances: he falls asleep. His pleasure invents a dream of heroic exploration…”Another indicator that Needy is dreaming is, in the beginning of the story it says that Lucida Merrill, his wife, sat at the pool with him on that midsummer Sunday, but that is impossible if he and his wife had split. (Kennedy & Gioia 250) Another indicator that Needy was having a dream, is when the seasons changed

Exploding rainbows composed of nothing but undersea life occupy all my vision. Coral starts to peak from the masses as my mind starts to shift and I am transported to a cold forest. Deciduous trees and knotweed take the place of a once thriving ocean. Singing birds mentally packing for a long journey ahead breath their last of forest air. An old fallen tree provides me with a pillow as a final gesture of kindness on this Earth. I start to drift asleep but I don’t want to close my eyes. The world that awaits away from here is one of sadness and strife. My days fueled only to survive and work until I can return to my sanctuary. If only I could stay in the world of my own creation, I could

Late in the afternoon, The skyline was gorgeous.Starting at dark blue fading into dark purple, then magenta; The sky had a beautiful ombre effect. During this time, the kids who were previously dismissed from school was starting to go home. A lot of kids went to the mall after school or went to each other's houses much like Cage and Vanessa. After school Cage and Vanessa would go to a camera store to the mall and stay there for a few hours until it the sun started to set, then would go to Cage’s house to study. On this particular day after Cage and Vanessa left the mall, instead of going to Cages house Vanessa decided to stay out a little longer.

The Swimmer is of a suburban man, Neddy Merrill, who decides to return home from work by swimming eight miles through all of his neighbors' pools along the way. At each pool he encounters a former mistress, distant and unfriendly neighbours and other symbols of a bitter, frustrated life. To Neddy, this is his epic day's journey. However, when he arrives home, his family has left him. The swimmer has made it home; but too much has changed.

But every so often they would get out of control and she would use one of the most effective methods, her Happy Place. It was a large, open room there was one bed with nothing but shear white sheets. Beside the bed was a single insignificant sandy colored nightstand stand with a book resting crooked on its surface. In her imagination she could never picture the wall behind her, she always assumed that it was merely a vortex of infinite tranquility. She assumed the wall was a swirling doorway to some darker part of her mind. There where two walls, one was behind the bed and the other was across from it. Each wall was covered in a warm snow wallpaper with glimmering pearl Fibonacci swirls spaced out across the surface like falling rain. The floor was a light sandy color, a layer of cool fog always hung just above the surface. When she walked the fog when cling to her ankles and swirl up behind her creating small towers. The most prominent aspect was the of the third wall, or lack there of rather. Instead of an enclosed room the third wall was translucent, instead wall-to-wall ceiling-to-floor window took up the entire space. Outside, the windows where hazed over with morning mist and droplets of dew slid gently down the glass. There was a vague essence of Paris, she could just make out the Eiffel Tower. Everything outside the room was foggy, as if her eyes weren’t meant to focus on any one

The sound of the emerald green ocean water crashing against the shores filled my ears. Children ran along the shore, smiling from ear to ear while laughing amongst each other clearly enjoying their day. Some people were searching contently for sea shells, that were visible for miles. I looked out at the ocean, it stretched out far into the horizon; as far as my eyes could see. There were jetty’s that were perfectly placed within the ocean. I could smell the salt radiating off of the water. I had been waiting for this moment for a long time; I dashed into the ocean I’d been waiting for for the past

In the past, the act of “balancing the books” involved hammering through countless accounting records and ledgers, anticipating that debit entries will equal to credit entries. In current times “balancing the books” is much more complex as we have electronic databases that are housing financial data and computer software that is computing the financial data for multi-national companies, worth billions of dollars. The current state of the global economy makes it possible for an investor in Germany to electronically manage their financial portfolio in California. It also allows an individual in Baltimore to operate a business in Nigeria. While globalization has been beneficial to businesses around the world, it has created opportunities for illegal behaviors to manifest. Specifically, white-collar criminals are exploiting the weaknesses in internal controls of corporations for financial gain.

I take a deep breath, my nostrils are filled with the pleasant aroma of the salty sea air. This is my happy place, this is where I belong. As I sit with my freshly painted pink toes in the sand, I am overwhelmed with all that is happening around me. To my right, there is a family of four; a mother, father, and two little red headed girls that look like twins, laughing and jumping around, taking in the big world around them. The children are in their bright red and purple flowered bathing suits, running and screaming, attempting to get their toes wet in the chilly water that churns back and forth on the shore. After a few attempts they decide to run and jump full force into the crystal clear abyss, unaware of what creatures they could find if they dive deep enough.