Even though the book never specifically specifies that Elroy Berdahl knows why Tim O'Brien has come to his lodge, it is evident to the reader that Elroy is a sharp and intelligent man and realizes that O'Brien is a young man trying to make a decision that will affect him the rest of his life. Elroy realized that O'Brien was contemplating deserting his country and running to Canada and that whatever direction he chose to head in it must be his decision. This quality of Elroy's, his ability to give O'Brien the right to make his decision for himself, makes him a good person. Ultimately being a good person is decided by one's actions. One action that Elroy Berdahl takes in the story "On the Rainy River" is when he takes Tim O'Brien out on his boat to cross the river into Canada.
Here he was named a two-time All-American NJCAA wrestler and in his second year he won the championship. While wrestling at Bismarck State he was being watched by the University of Minnesota. They gave him a scholarship as well. (Cohen 2) In his first year he lost the championship match by a 3-2 decision over Stephen Neal. By next season already he was just throwing guys across the mat like rag dolls.
Rhetorical Analysis: John Legend John Legend, a man of many musical talents, was chosen to give the commencement speech to Kean University’s class of 2011. He did not rely on his musical accomplishments to win over the audience of the graduates and family members, but used his knowledge of problems in the education system to show everyone how lucky they are to receive this gift of tools to succeed in life. Within his speech he effectively encouraged the audience to use their knowledge to make a change by comprising his speech mainly of pathos, to shed light with the troubles in the education system. He used logos to show how these problems happening are real rather than just theories, but stayed away from the appeal of ethos because his message was not to point out all of his achievements. Throughout the speech John Legend did not try to create his ethos through all of his own personal accomplishments in the music world to significantly establish his credibility to the audience.
Rebellion and Immaturity Christopher McCandless is the main character of Into the Wild, a book written by Jon Krakauer, based on the true history of Christopher Johnson McCandless. McCandless is an intelligent, extremely intense young man with a streak of stubborn idealism. He grows up in a wealthy suburb of Washington, D.C., where he succeeds both academically and athletically. He graduates from Emory University with honors in 1990, and soon afterwards gives all of his savings to a charity organization to start going by the name of "Alex Super tramp”, abandons almost all of his possessions, and spends two years hitchhiking and traveling around the west. He then hitchhikes to Alaska, where he walks alone into the wilderness north of Mt.
O’Brien says, “The man who opened the door that day is the hero of my life”(143). Elroy Berdahl, the owner of the Tip Top Lodge, is a sort of silent company. He does not ask questions despite Tim’s underlying suspicion that he knows exactly what is going on. Tim says “What I remember more than anything is the man’s willfull, almost ferocious silence. In all that time together, all those hours, he never asked the obvious questions:... My hunch, though, is that he already knew.
They do not present a threat to anyone. Nor do they present an excitement factor. These guys never really give a lot of effort it comes natural and they are perfectly content with nice solid runs all trip long. Jumps, slaloms, parks, and trees don’t typically present a challenge. The spark of a goal isn’t present in these riders either.
Whitney describes the idea that guns do not kill people, but in all reality people kill people. If I had to put money on the horse named Humanity, I would bet for it to win by personal attack. The whole idea he proposes in gun control isn’t to abolish the firearms completely, but to abolish the right of some questionable souls to own them legally. In general, the idea of controlling every gun is ludicrous considering that it would have to go much further than just our simple city streets. Total control of guns would have to push as far as the military fronts, the same people protecting that implied and often interpreted right in our Constitution, would be sent with a knife to a
By February of this year, "Black and Yellow" was the No. 1 song in the country. This week, as Wiz comes to the Triangle to perform at the Raleigh Amphitheater, he also releases the much anticipated Rolling Papers, his third album and arguably the first major-label rap album of any consequence to come out this year. Ergo, the biggest rapper in the country is a giggling, tatted-up, skinny-as-shit stoner from Pittsburgh. Wiz Khalifa's scrappy approach to success—unfazed by setbacks or an arrest, steadfastly affable, an unaffected party rapper who's become a bona fide rap superstar—is pretty much unprecedented.
I think the documentary would be better if he pinpointed a reason. The section of the documentary when he took the two young males who were victims of the Columbine shooting to the CEO’s of Kmart was a good argument. When he interviewed Charlton Hesston, the head of the NRA, he really pushed his buttons and even made Charlton walk away. The Columbine Shooting was un-debatably a tragic event. But in my opinion, it could have been prevented.
Terry Fox could be considered one of the biggest and most inspiring Canadian hero of the 20th century. Instead of crumbling in self pity after he had his right leg amputated when diagnosed with bone cancer, march 1st 1977 ("The 10 Most Inspiring Canadians" 8), Terry decided to run from coast to coast across Canada to raise money and awareness for cancer research. He began by dipping his leg in the Atlantic ocean at St.John's Newfoundland on April 12,1980, with the goal of dipping it in the Pacific in Vancouver, BC, months later (TheStar. web.). He ran an average of 42 kilometres a day with a hop/skip running style.