Groundhog day is a worldwide tradition, it was started by the German. It is about a groundhog telling a superstition to see if another groundhog sees its shadow. Now if the groundhog sees its shadow then there are six more weeks of Winter. If it doesn’t however, there will be an early Spring. There are many things groundhog day is important, the groundhog’s origin, how did the U.S.A celebrated Groundhog’s Day and what we do now/ current. Groundhog day is very interesting. Groundhog day has been around for a hundred and thirty-one years! That is awesome also did you know that if one of the groundhogs die then they will find another/a different one ( groundhog ) and then it will be given the same name as the one who passed before it is the new …show more content…
At first, the Germans started the Hedgehog Day but then when the settled Pennsylvania they could not find hedgehogs but they found groundhogs instead. So they turned it into Groundhog Day instead of Hedgehog Day. In 1886, Punxsutawney spirit Newspaper. Back then Punxsutawney was still famous like now in 2017. Punxsutawney is 130/one hundred and thirty years old! ( That is unbelievable! ) years old supposedly. The editor of declared Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, Phil. There are the famous Phil and descendants 131/ one hundred and thirty-one predictions. An average groundhog is twenty inches long and normally weighs twelve to fifteen pounds. But this groundhog is special (And Fat), Punxsutawney Phil is weighed twenty pounds and is twenty- two inches long. He is really big and fat for a woodchuck! Did you know that Punxsutawney Phil was named after King …show more content…
It is about a groundhog telling a superstition to see if a groundhog sees its shadow then there are six more weeks of Winter. If it doesn’t however, there will be an early Spring. There are many things groundhog day is important, the groundhog’s origin, how did the USA celebrated Groundhog’s Day and what we do now/ current. Groundhog day is very interesting. Groundhog day has been around for a hundred and thirty-one years! (Dang, a lot, right?)Unfortunately, groundhogs only live for eight years. They would have to replace the groundhog every eight years. But there is a belief that if Punxsutawney Phil drinks a special punch called groundhog punch, then he would live seven more years. Did you know that Groundhog Day is even popular across the world plus most of them even celebrate it like us in the United States? Well, it is true. Still, the most famous groundhog is still Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania which is still the groundhog we use to predict how long Winter is going to be. Thousands of people come to see what Punxsutawney predicts. The date them come is February second/Feb. 2. There are lots of fun facts/fun things to learn from all of the famous groundhogs. Some of the other famous groundhogs are called Chuck from Staten Island, Bill from Birmingham, Balzac Billy from Alberta Canada, Buckeye Chuck from Marion Ohio, General Beauregard Lee from the state Georgia, Shubenacadie Sam from Shubenacadie
But what really intrigues me about this poem is the role of the number six. Why is it so important? This poem also informs us of how much he loves his big brother and the importance he thinks he has in this world. He also questions his worth in life. Although I am not sure what this poem is trying to make us feel, I think it can try to make us question certain things like is one truly the loneliest number?
It's about sunlight. It's about the special way that dawn spreads out on a river when you know you must cross the river and march into the mountains and do things you are afraid to do. It's about love and memory. It's about sorrow. It's about sisters who never write back and people who never listen.” -pg. 85
The groundhog's "senseless change" shows the irrational but ordered controlling force of nature as it decays and changes. The authors returning visits embody the change in the groundhog. In Eberhart's four visits the groundhog changes. From a "seething cauldron", becoming a "bony sodden hulk", to only become "bones bleaching", and "only a little hair". The last visit "there is no sign of the groundhog".
What does it mean to have free will when one cannot choose the environment in which they live in? Because the environment in which one lives in shapes their beliefs and practices, how is it they are morally responsible for their actions and decisions when they are not in control of the environment they live in? Causal determinism is a belief that everything that happens is completely caused by whatever happened before it. Furthermore determinism implies if the conditions under which one made a choice were precisely the same, one could not have done otherwise (Kamber). While it is difficult to argue against causal determinism there is still freedom to reflect on possible alternatives before acting. Though, the question is not whether one can choose to do what they want (to follow their desire) but whether one is free enough to be held accountable for their decisions even though one can judge the importance of these desires and their place among other reasons for action (Horton www.oocities.org/emilische/free-will.doc). In the movie Groundhog Day, Phil Connors experiences the same day (Groundhog Day) over and over again. At first Phil uses this to his advantage until he discovers he is forced to stay in the same place with the same people who do the same thing every day. While Phil Connors lives in an identical situation every day and therefore a deterministic setting, does Phil have free will and is he morally responsible for his actions? According to compatibilists Harry Frankfurt, Susan Wolf, and John Martin Fischer in certain events where one “could not do otherwise” one could still have free will and moral responsibility over their actions. With the example of Phil Connors and the ideas of compatibilists Harry Frankfurt, Susan ...
Phil!,Phil!,Phil!,Phil! Dang hearing my name gives me the rush, as you all know i'm Punxsutawney Phil the cutest, fluffiest,and awesomest groundhog you have ever seen i'm for sure you already know who I am. What!? You haven't well pull up a chair and listen to my story on how I became the fabulous Punxsutawney Phil.It was a quiet day, I was getting a nice healthy snack which involved clovers, and bark. All of a sudden a very large dark figure picked me up and loaded me into some big cage. I was then in a new home it was strange were I was at I was really hot, but here the temperature has been just fine, not too hot to cold, I was inkling to see where I was still a little figure came up to see me through some weird shield I was startled due
December 7th, 1941. This was the date of one of the most important attacks on the United States in the history of America. This was the date of the Japanese attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor was the last straw that led to the United States joining World War II as part of the Allied Power. The bombing was in reaction to many economic sanctions that were placed on Japan, so the bombing was not just to make the United States mad. We can see many reasons as to why Japan would bomb Pearl Harbor.
It 's a nice day in July, the third, the day before all of the excitement. Families are out and about standing in lines wrapped around the store buying kerosene for their grills. Of course you can’t forget the Hotdogs, hamburgers, buns, jello, cake, icecream and popsicles. Any kind of food you could ever want and most in the color red white or blue. People are flocking to the firework stands to buy as many of the biggest and baddest fire works they have to offer. Kids spending there allowance on rockets, snakes, poppers, parachutes, and smoke bombs. Fourth of July is almost in full swing just a few more things before the big party. While all of these people are running around like ants in a frenzy swarming to the melted ice cream cone on the hot pavement. My aunt, uncle, and cousins are at their house preparing for the big party an annual fourth of july
essential to the story because of the weather that seems to play a part in the
The movie Groundhog Day tells a great tale about an arrogant, self-centered weather forecaster named Phil who has to be exiled from normal life so he can discover that he is in exile with himself.
By poking him “with an angry stick”(line 12), the speaker personifies the senselessness and Eberhart’s tone changes throughout the story, from denial, anger, bargaining, depression, to ultimately acceptance. Eberhart uses these five different tone shifts to show his reader the process and the time it takes for an individual to accept and overcome someone’s death. Eberhart also uses allusions to portray that even the famous people will eventually die one day. “Of Alexander in his tent; Of Montaigne in his tower; Of Saint Theresa in her wild lament.”(lines 46-49) All three examples of the speaker depict that death was inevitable for all of them and as well as the groundhog. All people, regardless of where they are born, what they have, money or power, will eventually say their farewell and nothing possibly can stop them from it when the time
Through loneliness, viewers can see how Phil transforms from a stoic middle-aged man to a sincerely affable human. The straightforward acknowledgement by the director of loneliness in Groundhog Day allows viewers to sympathize and actually connect with Phil’s character, which is an interesting juxtaposition. Death allows viewers to empathize with Phil’s progression through the “5 stages of grief”, Rubin, the screenwriter’s, interpretation of Phil’s repeated cycle of February 2nd. (49) While Gilbey briefly mentions the screenwriter’s take on Groundhog Day, he fails to expand upon this unique idea and its affect on the film as a whole. The audience sees Phil transition from a frustrated, angry man who loves his static, unchanging life, a life of loneliness and isolation.
All the people around me were excited and were in a very festive mood; and they all were perfectly allowed to do so. After all, it was the Fourth of July, Independence Day, and my birthday. I had a very pleasant feeling as I strolled through the row of tents at the beach with my friends by my side, as I observed countless people enjoying themselves under the summer sun in the commotion of the small festival. The city was quite festive – decorated by splashes of red, white, and blue everywhere. People occasionally wore a plastic Uncle Sam’s hat, wore patriotic boardshorts, or somehow showed off how American they were proud to be. It was a wonderful feeling and it was by far the best birthday that
“Ring, click.” You heard that right, that was the sound of sadness. That alarm means only one thing it is Monday! The first day of the week which means I have five days of school sigh, but wait what is that outside? I can barely see, but I can tell it’s white outside, wait what is that? It's snowing! “We are going to have a snow day!!” I screamed at the top of my lungs as I ran through my house!
But why is it called Labor Day? Labor Day is a day set aside to pay tribute to working men and women. The first Labor Day parade occurred Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City. The workers' unions chose the first Monday in September because it was halfway between Independence Day and Thanksgiving.
Years ago I had the most terrifying, shocking day of my life. I had between seven or eight years when this happened. The day before the accident, all my family was at my grandfather’s house. We all were eating the food my mother and my aunts brought, telling jokes at the dinner table. Meanwhile, I was playing with my cousins in the backyard. Everyone was enjoying the family meeting. As the time passed by and everyone was about to go home, my mother suggested the idea that we all should go at my grandparent’s ranch next day, since everyone was in town we all could have the chance to go. Everyone liked the idea. It was the perfect time to go because it was a weekend. As they all agreed to go, they begun to decide who bring what to the gathering. Who would have thought that thanks to that suggestion, I would lead me to the hospital the day of the reunion.