Growing up, I had dreams of winning championships. Lying in bed, I had dreams that I had won baseball, football, and basketball championships. I dreamt that I became a pro-athlete, and that I made millions of dollars. Over time, my dreams have changed. Instead of hitting a three-pointer to win the final game, I now dream about how I want my life to unravel. I find myself dreaming that I become a good person, and I dream about what my career will be. I search inside myself for my purpose in life, and I yearn to find the one thing that sets me apart from others. I know I will never be the MVP of the NBA and that I will never win the Cy-Young, and yet I still play the sports that I love.
Over the last year I have been through many experiences in sports, and I have reflected on why I play them. I have decided that the underlying reason I play them is to have fun. The best part of basketball is that I get to play with my friends and try to win with them. We have been playing together for a very long time, and I love the bond that we share with each other. We have been many places and played in many games together, and that is the reason why I want to play.
Everyone has heard people talk about how sports better a person. They say that sports teach good work ethic and how to be a team player. I believe both, but I find that the work and practice is the hardest part of the schedule for me. My laid-back personality and easy-going attitude have made it hard for me to get excited about practicing, and I know this a weakness that I have on the court. This year, I have come to realize that my attitude is one of my favorite things about myself, making it hard for me to change. My easy-going attitude is both good and bad in basketball, and I just have to find when to change.
I have found many new hobbies and activities that I have begun to love in the last year, and I have kept the old activities that I love in mind.
This is where I found my wonderful painting that caught my eye. ... I chose this gallery because it was very easy to find and a friend recommended it. The artist of this painting is Guy Harvey. ... My favorite rendition of Guy Harvey's tile art is "El Viejo". This piece of artwork shows what seems to be a village fisherman on his way out looking for the big catch. ...
The two women are Mildred "Millie" Montag, Guy's wife, and a teenager who Guy met named Clarisse McClellan. ... " Her lack of interest in this activity shows her tendency to creatively think: "I rarely watch the 'parlor walls' or go to races or Fun Parks. ... This passage represents Clarisse's opinion on life and how she prefers to wonder rather than watch the parlor walls. ... Clarisse wanted to stop Guy Montag's book burning ways, but Guy's wife Mildred was intent on this role continuing. ... This quote expresses how unwilling Mildred was to...
In the book, Guy Montag, the main character, begins to question the things around him when he meets a local girl. ... Guy stays and tried to talk her out of it, but is unsuccessful. This experience haunts him all night and into the next day. ... Beatty comes to Guys" house and tells him the "truth" about the origin of firemen. ... This book was written in protest to the latter. ...
In Guy de Maupassant's short story, "The Christening, " we are given an intriguing account of the deadly nature of alcohol, which is referred to as "the seductive murderer and the delightful destroyer, " by the old ship's surgeon. ... The "tribe of savages " is further identified, and perhaps even denigrated, when the doctor calls them a "little kingdom of negroes. " Shortly after being exposed to this new and foreign drink, these "savages, " all mysteriously perish from their abuse of alcohol. From this early passage the doctor perceives the tribal people as being more primitive tha...
This essay will talk about guy's struggles that he went trough on the most important day of his life. ... Well that's the reality Guy was faced with. ... Guy says "it hurt for me to go through this at such an early age ". ... It hurts bad guy says even till this day when I think back about it, it upsets me. ... As guy would go on to say. ...
Reading this book made me think of a recent comparison to many of the world's Arab countries. ... Guy has a wife named Mildred with whom he lives. ... This was one of the reasons they outlawed book reading. ... Guy's boss or the fire chief is named Beatty. ... I suppose that this is because the temperature of a fire is 451 degrees Fahrenheit. ...
The firemen know this because they work with burning books everyday. The "Book People" dread this temperature because it destroys the one thing they"re trying to save. ... [Guy Montag thought]". ... Guy just accepted his job as a part of his fate. ... This question made Guy seriously wonder and after that, he began to notice the personalities of others. ...
There are many memorable characters in this book. ... Guy is the most changed character in this story. ... These conflicts are realistic, but not in this day and time. ... "Do you know why books such as this are so important? ... This book has pores."" ...
Delineate how Guy de Maupassant creates moral dilemmas in his short stories. ... Does Guy de Maupassant create moral issues because it is based on the truth of his past? ... This creates moral confusion. ... Maupassant does this deliberately for our entertainment. ... As I have said, how Guy de Maupassant created moral dilemma's is very clever. ...
In this case, Guy is fairly confused about the word "happy", and thinks it is nonsense because he believes that he is happy all the time. ... However, when Guy saw an old woman burn herself with all her books, he finds out something really special about this woman. ... Guy starts to think about this question. This is a biggest turning point in Guy's life, Guy tells Mildred after the conversation with Beatty: "Happiness is important. ... Guy keeps a book and read secretly, Faber, an English professor, helps Guy understand how to read and what is going on in the books: "...
