Monday, 25 May 2015

The short story: Raymond's Run

5. I believe that she is confident about her talent of running. That definitely affects her running performance because our attitude towards life in general determinates everything. For example if you believe that you are the worst you will not be able to win. Attitude is everything. I, myself have multiple talents that I am proud of. But, one talent that I am going to share with you is the talent for sport. A talent is something that was passed on by birth. But to make that talent work you must first like and enjoy the thing that the talent is connected with. I had the privilege of everything that I do being encouraged by my parents. When you have that support it is easier in life.

6. People act like things come easy to them because they want to show you that they are really superior in a certain and that it comes easily to them and harder for you. Those people who don’t make it a secret about their dedication and effort just don’t care what others think about them in the aspect. I have definitely saw people that have said things they do that come easy. I personally do not care about others seeing my commitment because I let my results do the talking.

7. I think that the source of rivalry between the girls is jealousy. Gretchen is jealous of Squeaky because of  Squeaky’s talent for running and domination in that part of athletics. I had rivalries like that in sports like basketball. But, that rivalry stays on the basketball court.


8. Squeaky’s  behavior was more boy like. She didn’t want to dress up in some fancy clothes and attract attention. Her family wants her to change that and make her act more like a girl. That is also the reason that they made her enter a beauty pageant. As I was growing up there were situations in which people told me to act like a boy or in Serbian “budi musko.” They typically said that that when I was scared to do something and was whining if something hurt. Gender definitely defies some expectations and roles in life. 

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