Tightrope walking Essays

  • Is Your Dream Worth Dying For?

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    the article Niagara by Tightrope, Blondin puts his manager’s life on the line just for entertainment. Blondin tells Harry while he is on the rope, "Look up, Harry... You are no longer Colcord you are Blondin... be a part of me, mind, body, and soul. If I sway, sway with me. Do not attempt to do any balancing by yourself. If you do we will both go to our death (Roger Hudson, page 1)". Blondin thought his passion would only be better if he performed stunts that no other tightrope walker would attempt

  • Brief Summary Of The Documentary 'Men On Wire'

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    “Men on Wire” is a documentary which show us a story about a French guy named Philippe Petit. He was a famous Wire Walker who at the 70’s used to put his life on risk walking on wire, principally in spot tourism around the world, like The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, and the Sidney Harbour Bridge in Australia. His master piece and unbelievable feat was to walk between the World Trade Center twin towers in New York. Is a general agreement that to walk on a wire in high places the person must be

  • Let The Great World Spin Sparknotes

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    Colum McCann’s 2009 novel, Let the Great World Spin is a riveting novel about love, death, and the ability of the human spirit to prevail in the midst of extreme tragedy and loss. The book opens as the citizens of Manhattan gaze into the sky with disbelief and awe as they view the Twin Towers tight rope walker, Philippe Petit, a French acrobat who is one hundred and ten feet in the air in August, 1974. Although Petit opens the introduction of the book, the actual true main characters are the ordinary

  • Draymond's Run, By Toni Cad Baramba

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    he is not normal he is handicapped. This shows that Squeaky is very protective of him. Furthermore towards the beginning Squeaky states “,and i’ve got Raymond on the inside walking on the inside close to the buildings, cause he’s subject to fits of fantasy and starts thinking he is a circus performer and that curb is a tightrope strung high in the air. This evidence suggests that squeaky is afraid if he walks on the curb he may fall then get hit by a car which very well may happen. In addition in the

  • Saving a Friend from Suicide

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    Saving a Life My stomach weakens with a thought that something is wrong, what would be the answer I could have never been ready for. I call my best friend late one night, for some reason she is the only person’s voice I wanted to hear, the only person who I wanted to tell me that everything will be okay. She answer’s the phone and tells me she loves me, as I hear the tears leak through, I ask her what is wrong. The flood gates open with only the horrid words “I can’t do this anymore”. My heart races

  • The First Job

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    be doing and who I would be working with. The closer I got to the factory the more nervous I got. Once I pulled into the parking lot and was shutting my car off, I realized that this isn’t a place I would like to work at all of my life. Then I was walking into the factory and got clocked in and realized what I was in for. The presses were pounding away on the big coils of steel; the air had a humid musty smell that was going to get to me over time. I went into the break room and put my lunch box in

  • Summary of Pirates of the Caribbean

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    This story is about a boy named Jim Hawkins who lives at an inn that his mother and father run and watch over. So one normal day, a pirate looking man walked into the door for somewhere to stay in for a couple of nights. This pirate looking man was called the captain {Bill}, because he never told the Hawkins family what his real name was. So every day the inn family would provide him with food and shelter and Rum. He would always drink to much rum and he would become every drunk and inconsiderate

  • Hot Import Nights

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    Car shows and race events are probably the largest forms of gatherings in America. People will spend all their money and drive long distances to show off their precious vehicle. Countless hours are spent cleaning, waxing, and prepping for a show quality finish. Hot Import Nights (HIN) is the largest car meet in the United States. Its flashy set-up and eye catching themes keep car enthusiasts craving for more all year long. This show is mainly for the younger group because they are the biggest spenders

  • Choosing A Car

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    Choosing the Right Vehicle Choosing a car these days can be a hassle. There are so many advertisements in the automobile industry trying to get you to but their vehicle. You end up choosing a vehicle with a catchy advertising jingle or phrase. Then later come to realize you are not satisfied with your decision, because of your lack of patience and lack to do any type of research on the vehicles of interest. Many times you end up limiting yourself to only a few selections. Then make your decision

  • A Car in the Woods

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    XI A CAR IN THE WOODS Nate trudged up the incline through thick underbrush. The wild growth looked cool from the house, but hiking in them became a chore. The sound of a creek that ran parallel to the road acted as his compact. He couldn't always see the creek, but the gurgling shallow water rushing across the rock bottom would help him find his way back to the farm. According to Hannah, it was common long ago for large estates to have a private cemetery. They agreed that Nathan Freedman was

  • The Game at the Arena

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    Standing here, in this arena that is one hundred times larger than my home, I feel like a needle in a haystack. So many people surrounding me it’s like I’m one grain of sand in a whole ocean. The people around the arena form a black and yellow checker board. Their clothing meshes together and looks like a throw. Smelling the concession stand makes me feel like a starving child. The aroma of hotdogs and Italian sausage reminds me of a back yard grill. The smell of melted cheese on nachos makes my

  • Parking Policies on Campus

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    As a non-traditional student of the University Mary Hardin Baylor, I can say parking policies could use some changes. I understand the need for parking policies for safety and security reasons, but some parking rules are just ridiculous. My family has four vehicles, only one of them has a UMHB parking sticker. This sticker was issued at registration; it is one of the many hidden fees that are added into tuition. I sometimes drive different vehicles to campus. When I drive different vehicles, I have

  • Helping Children with Cerebral Palsy: Locomotor Treadmill Training or Strength Training

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    different cases of CP so the effects of these methods vary between the children. A disadvantage for locomotor treadmill training is that it is less effective on children with CP less than 4 years old (Mattern-Baxter, 2010). Strength training may improve walking function to some patients but may cause no change or undesired outcomes to others (Damiano, Arnold, Steele & Delp, 2010). It is important to look at the best method that can help improve ambulation in children with CP since the number of children

  • I Was Mugged

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    I was mugged tonight. It was about 11pm, and I was walking home from the gym, and for some reason I decided to the Other Route. I walked down Valencia to 15th instead of 14th, and headed down the block that's supposed to be one of the worst in the city, along the side of the Valencia Street Projects. It was a beautiful, warm night, and tons of people were hanging out outside. It looked like a few drug deals were being had, but usually no one hassles me. I was wearing my torn up jeans jacket

  • A Feminist Perspective of John Updike's A&P

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    A Feminist Perspective of Updike’s A&P Two Works Cited    John Updike’s story, "A&P," starts off: "In walks three girls in nothing but bathing suits," and that pretty much sums it all up (Updike 1026). In the story, not only are the girls in bathing suits looked upon as sex objects, but other women are negatively viewed as witches, farm animals, or slaves. This story is about how a young man in the early 1960’s viewed women as a whole, including his own mother. At the beginning of the story Sammy

  • Working At Starbucks

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    I was making a grande vanilla bean frappiccino while other customers were waiting in line to have their order taken. Business was slow that day, but heck, everyday at my job was a slow one. I would think to myself, Why the hell am I still working here? when this place gets no business at all. Of course, I work at Starbucks, not the ones that you see on the corner of the streets, but I worked at the one in Target. At my Starbucks, we would have one person working each shift. We had three shifts

  • Analysis of Load Carriage and Incline on Human Walking

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    chest straps affect a walker's step length and post-exercise heartrate. The degree of increase of the post-exercise heartrate from the resting heartrate was used as a measure for fatigue in the subjects. Sixteen college students underwent eight walking trials on a treadmill on which the speed and distance traveled was fixed. Our data indicates that load carriage decreases average step length when the walker is on an inclined surface, but not on a flat surface. In addition, we found that load carrying

  • The Assassin - Short Story

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    cigarette butts and put them into his brief case, along with the cartridge case. He walked around to the back of the house to where he had parked his van. He gave off an air of calmness and peace although he was cold and drenched. He carried on walking slowly to his van, carefully missing the muddy puddles. The hood of his coat was pushed over his head, covering his eyes. When he got to the van, he opened the doors at the back and went in to change his clothes, putting the old ones into a black

  • The Assassin

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    It was a dark and stormy night. The rain came down in torrents, soaking the solitary man to the skin. He stood alone, silent, still enveloped by the black of the night; he stood at the top of his drive which led to his mansion. Had the sun been glowing, this lonely man would have seen the car parked up about half a mile from him, with its engine and lights off, there was no cover for the car either as the man and his mansion was surrounded by lots of fields and meandering roads. Unaware

  • Taking Chances

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    Taking Chances "Being adventurous is betting on the unknown, willing to jump when you don't know if someone is there to catch you."--Unknown. This is one of my favorite quotes. It says that if you want to be adventurous you have to take chances. This quote reminds me of a night I had last summer. I was meeting up with some friends to go bowling, an exciting night planned out by Matt, my boyfriend at the time. It was already eleven o'clock when we got there. It was summer time and we lost track