“The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a mystery story, was more interesting than its movie version because it has more details of the characters and places, that give you a better understanding of the story. In the book there are more details about the places that the characters go, so that helps you to get a better picture of what is going on. For example in the book It describes Stoke Moran as a decrepit ,old ,rundown estate, but in the movie the mansion is in pretty good condition the grounds are beautiful. Whereas in comparison the grounds in the book are dying and brown, so clearly the book has more detail about the places then the movie simply because it's longer and you can really picture what it looks like…
In part 2 of They Say/I Say, authors Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein begin the process of teaching how to present the writer’s counter-argument, the “I say.” The “I say” segment is where you discuss and offer your own argument to what they have said or wrote. The three most common ways of using “I Say” are agreement, disagreement, and a combination of the two. Graff and Birkenstein goes on to explain that when you agree, disagree, or even both, you should not mildly or incompetently do either. Be clear and concise, offer some explanation for your view. The authors present several examples of ways to effectively explain your stance, but it is crucial that you explain why you feel the way you do. Even if you agree with another’s point of view,…
Distinctive voices are created in texts through the use of the protagonists, antagonists and setting. Contemporary composers manipulate characteristics of texts to portray its distinctive voice. This is evident in Marele Day’s novel the Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender, by the giving the protagonist Claudia Valentine - a hard boiled detective, the antagonist Harry Lavender – A major crime boss and Sydney each a distinctive voice. John Badham also incorporates this into the film The Hard way with the use of the protagonist John Moss – a hardboiled NYC Cop, the antagonist The Party Crasher – a serial killer and NYC. Emphasis on their voices increases readers’ identification with the text.…
James Petersen (2007) uses five parts to describe the talking and listening to help us process a better way of communicating and understanding each other. They are provided to help us connect in our relationships with others. According to Petersen, most of us think we listen well, but we don’t. Not really hearing what others have to say, can be costly to relationships and how people feel toward one another.…
I like the movie a christmas carol more than the book. The story a christmas carol has been a very famous story for a long time. The move was better because you could see the actions the charters was taking. Every time the charters mood would change in the movie the lighting or the music would change.…
The movie “Radio” is definitely a re-telling of the parable of the Good Samaritan because in the main story line, Radio is found, on the streets with only his mum left but Coach Jones took Radio in, knowing that he was disabled and cared for him, gave him a social life and friends. The main story point with the Good Samaritan story is that a man was brutally bashed and left to die on the streets but a Samaritan, of a completely different religion helps this man and brings him to an inn where he is cared for by the man and is paid fully by him. In the first part of the story, the man was walking down a road to Jerusalem and was brutally bashed and beaten almost to the point of death. In the first part of Radio, when he first met the football…
Beatty explains that the reason why books are banned is to keep everyone happy. Books grew to be considered bad because of “technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure.” People were too impatient to read, no one wanted to be offended by anything or offend anyone else, and the thought and knowledge brought on by books made people different, and no one wanted to think they weren’t intelligent The world began to move quicker. People were impatient, and didn’t want to “waste” time reading; they preferred to have “the gag, the snap ending.” As people began to move quicker, they had less time to think deeply. People began to be more lazy, and didn’t want any more knowledge than they thought they needed. The population of the world grew,…
Peterson’s uses a variety of situation and scenarios to support a theory called the “flat brain theory of emotion.” Basically the author theorizes that emotion, both positive and negative, delay communication thus shaping relationships. According to Peterson we communicate using our stomach, heart, and brain. Each one affects the ability to recognize what is really happening during communication. He gives examples of how emotions outweighing each other and how they affect our vision, responses, and how we listen. To understand “flat brain syndrome” he compares unhealthy communication to a courtroom scenario. Courtroom dialogue is very defensive and attack like in nature, each party trying to win. Peterson believes that if are able to properly express our emotions without attacking and listen without becoming defensive it will benefit us in any relationship.…
* Close relationships can be formed between good friends, the closer the relationship becomes the more thoughts, feelings and hopes are shared…
Johnson, W. B., Ridley, C. R., & Nielsen, S. L. (2000). Religiously sensitive rational emotive behavior therapy: Elegant solutions and ethical risks. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 31(1), 14-20. doi:10.1037/0735-7028.31.1.14…
What can crime statistics tell us about the extent of crime in America today? Explain?…
The movie, The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller in 1952. It is about Salem witch trials that happened near the Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play because of McCarthyism. Before the court trials anyone, he had a lot of hearings before they chose who is guilty of witchcraft. When the court found out who was guilty, they would be hung between February 1692 and May 1693. Even though The Crucible is based on the Salem witch trials, the play and the movie are different in some ways like the relationship between John Proctor and Abigail Williams, and the towns’ reaction to the Putnam’s.…
There are so many problems with our society's health care. Everyone wants to find a…
Language lies at the core of communication. The various forms and function of language generates new awareness and also develops the new understanding of the perception of the world through the written, spoken and visual language in all different kind of texts. Distinctive Voices relate to the use of language affects interpretation and shape meaning within texts, depending on the textual medium. This can relate to register, tone, diction, dialogue, idiom, expression, context and the role played by silence. In Marele Day's "The Life And Crimes Of Harry Lavender", the use of the first person narrative voice. The composer Day immediately indicates that the reader will be seeing the event of the narrator's point of views and hearing about them…
“Half-past Two” and “Piano” both have the theme of childhood. There are some similarities in these two poems.…