Owning a pet has many positive effects on a person’s emotional well-being. pets can be there for you in ways that people can’t. they can offer unconditional love and companionship. they are excellent snugglers and secret keepers. they might also be the best antidote to loneliness. in fact, research shows that nursing home residents reported less loneliness when visited by dogs than when they spent time with other people! all these benefits can reduce the amount of stress people experience in response to feelings of social isolation and lack of social support from people. a. problem and solution b. narrative c. comparison and contrast d. sequence

even though there may be variations in human emotions over time, the poem “ a contribution to statistics” by wislawa symborska suggests that the only unchangeable characteristic is mortality.

the author poses a distinction between the approximate and non-approximate numbers which correspond to our need for certainty in life and the difficulty of achieving it. our efforts to measure the exact often fail because the world is not always clearly structured .the poem seems to imply   that the only thing that is certain and has an exact number is death.  

i wish your neck was broken, i just wish she was sitting there on this saddle, and could not get off it, instead of my having to drag it along on my back, and his third wish be that she should be quit of the saddle, and able to get off it.