Part one of term paper
Christmas 1996 promised to be one of the best times of my eighteen-year life. I was on my own in Florida! My parents had moved to Indiana earlier in the year and I managed to stay in my tropical paradise. I had a nice job, a nice apartment and best of all a boyfriend. I had everything I needed. The malls were decorated for Christmas an ...

Part two of term paper
... Christmas, this is Jennifer. How may I help you?" It became automatic. Thirty- forty calls a day answered the same way. At the end of the day I drove to my apartment, actually it was a room I rented with little kitchen privileges. I would set a bag of fast- food down on my dresser or bed and turn on the TV or radio. My small ceramic Christmas tree blinked on and off all night. I could hear other people in the house milling around or talking but I felt like an intruder if I joined in. M ...