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    Creative Writing: Silence

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    There is silence. Silence everywhere‚ such silence that the soft sounds created by swift movements happening around me are amplified. The water droplets explode into tiny particles as they hit my hot skin and flow down my body and you can even hear the water gushing into the drain. Correction: swirling into the drain. Gushing has negative connotations‚ but swirling has an optimistic twist to it. I look down and open my eyes‚ allowing the water to pour over my head down to my face. All I can see

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    The silence of the lamb is a very interesting movie. This movie was published in the year 1991. Thomas Harris who learned about Ted Bundy‚ Gary M. Heidnick and Ed Gein‚ shaped the character of Buffalo Bill. Ed Gein was the most influential for the silence of the lamb. One significant tie between Gein and Bill was that Gein decided to become a woman after his mother’s passing in hopes to collecting body parts to build a “woman’s suit”‚ like Bill did. I enjoyed the entire movie and I was really anxious

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    The film Hidden in Silence is based on a true story. During WWII‚ while Jews are sent to ghettos‚ Catholic teenager Stefania Podgorska (called Fusia in the movie) helps 13 Jews to save their life while raising her little sister. Every day‚ she risks execution by given food and water to the silent individuals living above her. The film is not very explicit in the violence against the Jews; instead‚ it conveys a message of hope for mankind‚ despite the horror humanity shows itself in sensitive ways

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    Silence is the complete absence of sound. Many people experience silence as a consequence‚ or for a lesson learned. In The Chosen‚ Danny Saunders is raised in silence‚ and the only way he communicates with his father is through Reuven Malter‚ the buffer of the father-son relationship. I’ve also experienced silence in the class Silence Walk. While frustrating‚ silence can make you open up and listen to not only your surroundings but also yourself. In having a day of silence‚ my mind wandered off.

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    Right To Silence Reforms

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    ‘Victoria should adopt reforms enacted in England which allow the jury to draw a strong adverse inference from a suspect’s exercise of the right to silence when questioned by police and permit the trial judge to direct the jury accordingly.’ Critically discuss. The right to silence is a fundamental right that should not be curtailed in Victoria. The right itself consists of a collection of a complex set of rights‚ which involve a variety of procedural rules‚ seen as stemming from the protection

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    Elie Wiesel Silence

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    Wiesel introduces his tragic memoir Night with the fact that silence was not the answer for victims of atrocities. This memoir depicts Elie Wiesel’s experiences at Auschwitz‚ one of the cruelest concentration camps during the Holocaust. Through the pain and seemingly eternal silence that fell upon the victims‚ a voice needed arise to shed light on the broken actions in the world. Elie Wiesel‚ in his memoir Night‚ reminds the world that “silence” or “indifference” to atrocities committed anywhere is an

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    Nathan "Songs of Silence"

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    The chapters of Songs of Silence hold together as a chorus of songs from one community‚ but shaped by the recollections of a narrator whose perspective ranges from the innocence of childhood to the maturity of a young adult who emerges unbroken from a failed relationship. One such chapters is ‘Nathan’ and here the narrator is the reflective adult with a sophisticated notion of the wide range if meanings ‘silence’ holds. Through the character of Nation she is able to present some aspects of this

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    Caitlin Park English 10H Summer Reading The Chosen Symbol: Silence Silence serves as a symbol‚ signifying many things in The Chosen‚ by Chaim Potok. Throughout the book‚ Reb Saunders rarely converses with his Danny unless it is about Talmud or their religion. In chapter 18‚ he says that he did this to teach his son to understand and feel pain and suffering. In addition‚ he does this because this was the way he was raised by his own father. Reb Saunders wanted his son to grow up with the

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    Yubraj Budhathoki Shannon Vails ENGL 1302 March 8‚ 2011 Lack of communication: An analysis of “The Sound of Silence” “Sounds of Silence is an album by Simon and Garfunkel‚ released on January 17‚ 1966” [ (wikipedia) ].This is a beautiful song composed with wonderful choices of words. Behind this beautiful song with melodious rhythm‚ there is a big message in the lyrics. In this poem‚ Simon presents the speaker who speaks about communication. The idea of lack of communication builds up throughout

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    Spiral of Silence Theory

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    Spiral of Silence Theory Explanation of Theory: The Spiral of Silence theory explains why people often feel the need to conceal their opinions/preference/views/etc. when they fall within the minority of a group. Theorist: Elizabeth Noelle-Neumann Date:  1984 Primary Article:       Noelle-Neumann‚ E. (1984). The Spiral of Silence.  University of Chicago‚ Chicago. Metatheoretical Assumptions: Ontological Assumption: In this sense‚ the theory is extremely scientific.  Spiral of Silence believes

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