You Bet Your Life

me think so much. Sure, you can watch the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at face value, have a few laughs until it stops being funny, and then go on with your life. But you aren’t getting out of it all that Tom Stoppard intended. This play is so much more than just an accompanying work to Hamlet. It fleshes out the characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in a way that makes you consider your own life! And if you really want to take anything from this play, you need to understand the

“Something smells incredible,” he called out before walking past my daughter. He walked over to me and laid several yards of cerulean coloured fabric over the carpet. “For your new burqa,” he said then smiled curtly, “you like blue, right?” Actually, I like yellow, but who was I to argue. Growing up in my family we didn’t wear burqas but my in-laws didn’t care for women to be seen in public. I don’t like wearing them. I get headaches and can never see where I’m going. Of course, this gesture was

out, but she locks all the doors, a dirty ass trick because both the button and the manual lock were broken on my door. ‘About that favor.’ She crawled over the center console, eyes filled with a flirtatious gleam, and stroked the side of my face. ‘You have two options. One, impregnate me. Or two, help carry one of those boxes I have in the back seat to the classroom.’ I thought she was doing a good deed and wasn’t expecting anything in return, but I guess it was best to repay the favor. Besides

The Hunt for Identity An American poet, A. R. Ammons, once said “You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can’t keep your mind off.” Our identities are a composition of our interests and when we find the interests in which we never want to abandon, we create passions that will begin shaping us into who we are. When I reflect on my passions my mind immediately lands on nature. From running cross-country, to fishing, hiking, or gardening, nature has

Street symbolizes her Mexican culture. For so long she has wanted to leave it. She envisions a different type of life than what she is used to - moving from house to house. “this house is going to be different / my life is going to be different”. One can look at all the things she envisions - the "trappings of the good life" such as the running water, the garden etc. as symbols for the new life. In the beginning of the story Esperana is told that her new house on Mango Street will be the answer

ended this old guy named Rick came up to him and said you have some talent Softy said “What beating people up?” “noo” Rick said boxing I bet you would be a great boxer why don’t you come by my gym “I’m good” said Softy as Rick walked off he handed him his phone number and gym address and said “think about it could always use another fighter”. Softy walked home to his trailer in the bad part of Philly and that night he got motivated to turn his life around and to get a job

introduced myself as a Dream Interpreter and asked for permission to talk about the subject, which they gave. I told them that a dream dictionary was a good basic reference, but dream interpretation was a lot more complicated. The mother responded, “I’ll bet.” I used the example of dog that it could mean loyalty and unconditional love; although, it could have

“Alice came to a fork in the road. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked. ‘Where do you what to go?’ responded the Cheshire cat. ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘It doesn’t matter.” Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland. This is a quote from Alice and Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, as said before. Basically what happens in the quote was Alice started walking and then came to a fork in the road. Now, she does not know her way around Wonderland, so she sees this cat and says to herself

Summary of the learning points (ranked by importance to you) Today's class discussed the mental accounting for money management. 1. Prospect theory. The theory can be represented by a value function, as shown below. The value function starts from a reference point, and is normally concave for gains, and convex for losses. It is also steeper for losses than for gains. The theory intends to explain why people behave irrationally when making choices. 2. Framing effect. It refers

“The twists and turns of your life can be so unexpected, and that's a good thing to learn.” Whale talk is a story of a kid named T.J and some of his friends that go through a life of a teenager. In the story Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher, people who have been through traumatic events cope with challenges in their lives by overcoming, forgetting, or learning. Forgetting is how some people cope with their traumatic events in life. Something that would be hard to unsee is this traumatic because it would