"Arm Wrestling with My Father" by Brad Manning and "Shooting Dad" by Sarah Vowell

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As he gets older, Manning finally achieved what he has always wanted, which is to defeat his dad in their activity of arm wrestling. Although it may have been something that he had always wanted to achieve, Manning’s achievement was nothing but a pyrrhic victory...
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He tells readers that he felt guilty for winning instead of embracing his victory because he realizes that during the whole event some part of him was rooting on his dad to win. Having the motive of ‘keeping the legend alive’, Manning actually felt sorry after seeing his dad losing for the first time...
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