Pool Essays

  • The Pool Monologue

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    Hello, and welcome to the pool. No, you can 't run around it. Just get in it. I don 't understand why kids love running around the pool. You can run on concrete at school. But you don 't have a pool at school. Just swim in the pool and be happy. Hey, don 't push her Because I said so. I 'm the lifeguard, and what I say goes. God damn kids, they never listen. I guess I didn 't listen when I was a kid either. I want to believe that their ears are filled with water, and that 's why they can 't hear

  • Narrative Essay Pool

    565 Words  | 3 Pages

    locker room, got changed, grabbed my water bottle, and lethargically made my way to the pool deck; the usual routine. I plunged myself into the pool and started warm up. My legs lazily pushed my body off of the wall to begin this dreaded practice. My legs felt like Jello as I kicked, my arms moved like wet noodles, my sprints didn’t come with speed, and I didn’t even try to hold my underwaters across the pool. Same thing, every single day, never seeming to improve, never seeming to change. “I’m

  • Bestway Pool Review

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    Steel Pro Frame Pool Review It is never too soon to start planning family fun for next summer. If you have a swimming pool that has seen better days or you are hoping to beat next year’s summer heat with a new pool, now is the time. There is a new above ground pool available that promises to be easy to setup and fun to use. Simply read the Bestway Steel Pro fame pool review to learn how good a deal it may be for you. Features of the Bestway Steel Fame Pro Pool This 15ft pool is available in smaller

  • Memory Laps At The Pool Sedaris Analysis

    1483 Words  | 6 Pages

    “Memory Laps at the Pool” a person essay written by David Sedaris to show the reader a experience from when he was a child. Sedaris uses first person and multiple forms of writing. The main writing forms were literary and expressive. In his essay, Sedaris makes the reader imagine the story he is telling by using description and emotion throughout his whole story. David Sedaris begins his story telling the reader that when he turns fifty he told himself that he would discover opera but sooner to

  • Swimming Pool Case Study

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    A swimming pool is a place where you can have fun during your leisure time. It is a place where you can swim with friends and your relatives. However, these swimming pools need to clean it from time to time. A swimming pool requires proper cleaning, servicing and maintenance. A slight negligence in maintenance can be detrimental. Removing the debris and maintaining a balance of water is not enough. Equipment such as the pool pump, filter among others require servicing from time to time. There are

  • Harlem Billiards Hall In Jacob Lawrence's Pool Parlor

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    an everyday normal occurrence (going to a pool house) that most people will pass off is captured in a light that puts a new perception on the normal. I’d say that this is to me the most “artistic” piece because it seems so real, and so gritty and stripped back. It seems like someone who had professional training for painting decided to break every rule that he needed to just to make something he saw with his artistic eye the way we saw it. The painting “Pool Parlor” by Jacob Lawrence, done in 1942

  • Swimmer: Why Pools And Their Implications On 1960's Culture

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    The Swimmer: Why pools and their implications on 1960’s culture The use of a swimming pool in the summertime can be seen as a mundane and everyday task, but John Cheever’s The Swimmer portrays, in a very brilliant way, the way on how a swimming pool can mean so much more than meets the eyes. In the story, Neddy Marill is a man depicted with vigor and youth with every stride, and one day, Neddy decides that he wants to make his way to his house through the existing pool system of the local resident

  • Pool Builder Persuasive Essay

    568 Words  | 3 Pages

    Should Hire Professional Brisbane Pool Builders A pool is an elegant addition to your home or business compound, yet a big investment in Brisbane, Queensland. However, it is important that whenever you want to have one set up in your property, you consider hiring only the expert Pool Builders for a number of reasons. Apart from the cost, reliability and efficiency perspective of it, here are 4 solid reasons you should hire professional Brisbane pool builders. Pool Safety Is Crucial One of the most

  • The Great Gatsby Pool Analysis

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    In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby’s pool is typically mentioned in conjunction with displays of his fortune. Gatsby’s pool represents the temptations of excess and luxury that accompany a life of wealth. Initially, Gatsby is able to distance himself from this lavishness—while he enjoys a privileged lifestyle, he acknowledges the need to distance himself from excess. However, as the summer continues, he fails to maintain this internal restraint, leading him to lose the morals that

  • Pros And Cons Of A Pool Liner

    875 Words  | 4 Pages

    Without a doubt getting a pool home is not that simple a choice. When you at last settle on that choice, you need to spend the minimum sum conceivable on looking after it. In any case, such reductions if there should be an occurrence of the liner could cost you colossal later on. The sooner, the better is the thing that you ought to comprehend with over the ground pool liner. In the event that you are as yet asking why you have to supplant the vinyl liners, let us clarify. The main real reason

  • Dwayne Johnson: The Rock

    336 Words  | 2 Pages

    the Labor Day weekend. It was a pair of French bulldogs named Brutus and Hobbs. But the tragedy started as soon as they entered their new abode which was Dwayne Johnson’s house. They also did exactly what any other human being would do on seeing a pool. Immediately on entering

  • Argumentative Essay On Riviera Maya

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    adults and two children and has two bathrooms. All rooms and suites have and LCD TV and a Jacuzzi tub and a terrace with a view. The one-bedroom suite has two TVs and a kitchen and dining room. The two-bedroom suite has three TVs and a private plunge pool as well as the kitchen and dining room. You will find all the amenities you would expect in this gorgeous, luxury accommodation.

  • The Killer In The Pool

    430 Words  | 2 Pages

    “Autism’s First Child”, “The Killer in the Pool”, and “The Distant Executioner” are my three favorite, in that order, of the articles I read. When I skim through a piece, three things catch my eye; the title, author, and topic. I ranked my top three choice based on the previous concepts. First, the title should be unique and spark an interest. “Autism’s First Child” and “The Killer in the Pool” both encourage the reader to find out more. Who was the first person to be diagnosed with autism? Did a

  • Ocean Descriptive Essay

    1298 Words  | 6 Pages

    The ocean… The sound of the waves applauding and hugging the shore.The internal sounds of the body out in the world’s biggest swimming pool. The echo of my sister’s laughter. The salty smell so strong that one can taste it dancing on ones taste buds. The ocean looked like an enormous pool of wonder. It was exceptionally blue that day with a slight green undertone. The surface looked as though it was covered with millions of diamonds crashing with the waves and kissing the sand. I remember the sand

  • Poem Analysis Of We Real Cool By Gwendolyn Brooks

    912 Words  | 4 Pages

    meter and verse to add to the story she's conveying. The pool players in this poem are rogue youths and Brooks attempts to understand their lives. The tone conveyed in the poem adds a slightly ominous tint to the picture of the pool players. Brooks uses this poem to convey the plight of the pool player’s existence and urge the reader to see the fun the pool players have and also the looming consequences. The speakers of this poem are all pool players gathering at a bar to indulge their rebellious side

  • Stereotypes In Little Man Tate

    1892 Words  | 8 Pages

    Introduction Have you ever seen a person who can do math in their head super-fast? Have you seen a child who can draw or play a musical instrument like a professional? The movie “Little Man Tate” has to do with talented people like these. This movie was directed by Jodie Foster, who was also an actress in the film. It was written by Scott Frank. Little Man Tate was filmed in 1991, which could turn people off, because it is not a modern movie. Let talk a little about what the movie is about. Summary

  • Personal Narrative: Summer Swim

    809 Words  | 4 Pages

    Team that ends during the summer. Throughout the summer, we were in the Southern Division Championship for Summer Swim League. At that time, I didn’t really have a choice but to swim with different coaches at the Southwest pool because I didn’t have a ride to the Rainier Beach pool. I regretted choosing these events to swim. “Why didn’t I choose something else?!” I thought, both

  • Persuasive Essay About Swimming

    1946 Words  | 8 Pages

    “Legs kicking, arms spinning. As I push off the end of the pool, the water rushes out of my way. I glide through the water straight as a pencil. My legs go up and down, over and over. My arms go round and round like a windmill. I turn my head up and take a breath.” That is how Jenna Ward (November 8, 2016) described the feeling of swimming. Everyone should be able to feel the thrill of accomplishing something so important as swimming. Swimming is a life saving skill all people should learn to do

  • Chamberlin Pines: A Short Story

    647 Words  | 3 Pages

    lifeguard pack and my whistle I greet my fellow lifeguards and ask “how is it down at the pool.” Both of them reply “the kids are getting pretty crazy.” I begin to walk down to the pool through the clubhouse, I think to myself “I expected that these kids are acting insane it 's summer and it 's boiling hot out here.” As I exit the clubhouse I put my sunglasses on and begin to walk down the walkway toward the pool. Now

  • Personal Narrative-My Family Trip To Florida

    337 Words  | 2 Pages

    tell you the most memorable events from my miraculous trip to Florida with my family! To begin with, one of the best things about warm weather is swimming, so I will tell you all about my experience at the pool. Amazingly, the beach house was as cool as a mansion, it even had a fantastic pool in the backyard, right next to the Gulf of Mexico. It was the best to just swim all day with family and close friends (even though I got a ginormous sunburn). It was amusing to be swimming in weather as warm