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times , armed with the judge ’ s shotgun , I dared beard the terrors of the terrace ” ( 96 ). When I awoke in the morning “ I never failed to discover … something unlocked , unlatched , a little loose , a little ajar , something sly and suspicious-looking ” ( 97 ). I would often feel something unlatched or a little loose within my own mind as well . Like a “ sensation of odd instability as if parts of the everyday , smoothly running world had got unscrewed , and you became aware that one of your tires was rolling beside you , or that your steering wheel had come off ” ( 166 ). Do I need a steering wheel for today ’ s match ? If so I ’ ll need run home to “ the Institute for the Criminal Insane , ici , good dog ” ( 295 ). Did you see that dog ? I want the gold dog .
Team Transitory Nature : Good evening ladies and gentlemen . Slow and steady always wins the race in life , and that is what will secure the spot of first for me in this tournament . My name is John Shade and I will be reading excerpts to you from a poem broken into four cantos ( boyhood , adolescence , married life , and old age ). In canto one line five I said “ and from the inside , too , I ’ d duplicate myself ” ( 33 ). This refers to changes and stages of life as duplications of yourself . One person morphing into various forms of themselves . This is also true of our subconscious as “ I once overheard myself awakening while half of me still slept in bed . I tore my spirit free , and caught up with myself – upon the lawn where clover leaves cupped the topaz of dawn , and where Shade stood in nightshirt and one shoe ” ( 65 ). The spirit or soul is something that grows and changes over
times , armed with the judge ’ s shotgun , I dared beard the terrors of the terrace ” ( 96 ). When I awoke in the morning “ I never failed to discover … something unlocked , unlatched , a little loose , a little ajar , something sly and suspicious-looking ” ( 97 ). I would often feel something unlatched or a little loose within my own mind as well . Like a “ sensation of odd instability as if parts of the everyday , smoothly running world had got unscrewed , and you became aware that one of your tires was rolling beside you , or that your steering wheel had come off ” ( 166 ). Do I need a steering wheel for today ’ s match ? If so I ’ ll need run home to “ the Institute for the Criminal Insane , ici , good dog ” ( 295 ). Did you see that dog ? I want the gold dog .
Team Transitory Nature : Good evening ladies and gentlemen . Slow and steady always wins the race in life , and that is what will secure the spot of first for me in this tournament . My name is John Shade and I will be reading excerpts to you from a poem broken into four cantos ( boyhood , adolescence , married life , and old age ). In canto one line five I said “ and from the inside , too , I ’ d duplicate myself ” ( 33 ). This refers to changes and stages of life as duplications of yourself . One person morphing into various forms of themselves . This is also true of our subconscious as “ I once overheard myself awakening while half of me still slept in bed . I tore my spirit free , and caught up with myself – upon the lawn where clover leaves cupped the topaz of dawn , and where Shade stood in nightshirt and one shoe ” ( 65 ). The spirit or soul is something that grows and changes over