/ Gang oft aglay.” That last phrase‚ written in Scottish dialect‚ translates as “often go wrong.” As will become clear‚ the quotation relates directly to our two protagonists‚ who do indeed have a “scheme” to get out of the cycle of poverty and alienation that is the migrant worker’s lot: they plan to purchase a farm of their own and work on it themselves. Lennie visualizes this future possibility as near to heaven – he can imagine nothing better than life with “the rabbits.” Their action in the
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The Fate of Ichabod Crane Ichabod Crane‚ a very frail‚ gullible man that had just moved from his hometown of Connecticut to a very petite and eerie village called Sleepy Hollow‚ New York. There in the town he had heard rumors of mysterious creatures roaming the streets and a very popular legend‚ the Headless Horseman. Being the gullible man Ichabod was‚ he believed all of these stories and feared of one day meeting the Headless Horseman. While living in this small town‚ he acquired the job of
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When reading this section‚ learned that the section was from chapter 3 of Now You See It: How Technology and Brain Science Will Transform Schools and Business for the 21st Century by Cathy Davidson. On chapter 3‚ “Project Classroom Makeover”‚ the main issue was on technology in the classroom. Luckily‚ I had the chance to read this book in high school once‚ see when I read this‚ Duke University was chosen to participate in “Apple Digital Campus”‚ where each school was chosen to pick a product from
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Van Gogh painted this piece in 1889 while he was in Saint Rémy seeking treatment in a mental asylum. Interestingly enough‚ he painted this piece from his memory and it was supposed to have been based on a constellation arrangement he had seen earlier on in the night sky of Provence. Starry Night is perhaps one of his most famous and yet most elusive works. The first thing that I noticed was the overwhelming night sky‚ which takes up most of the background. Its swirling‚ flowing lines appear to
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Behind The Thoughts of Tim Burton’s Murky Literatures When one contemplates the feelings of Tim Burton‚ one normally thinks that his books and movies are dark‚ cruel‚ and spine-chilling‚ but nevertheless‚ almost everyone has found themselves sitting at home watching one of his movies‚ or nose deep into one of his many books. What is it that makes Tim Burton’s books so pleasing to the eye? Where do the dark‚ cruel and spin-chilling thoughts come from? Tim Burton was born on August 25‚ 1985 in
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Edward Scissorhand‚ is a comedy‚ romance‚ sci-fi‚ which revolves around a love story between Kim‚ a messed up teenager‚ and Edward‚ a freakish mixture of childlike humanity and shear destructiveness‚ doomed never to grow up or share a home with other creatures. The film is an odd mixture‚ and at some points may become confusing. It is partly a gothic fairytale with the castle on the hill‚ but mainly it is a story of a normal community and how it is challenged by an outsider‚ and how difficult it
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which causes a sense of suspense since it usually takes place in the dark streets of Halloween Town. In Edward Scissorhands when Edward sees Kim’s picture for the first time‚ the non-diegetic music is slow and soft to imply that he likes her. In Sleepy Hollow‚ the music is shrill and eerie as Icabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is riding his horse in the woods to try to lure the Headless Horseman out. An unearthly horse-like shrill is heard sending chills up my spine. The music quickly turns deafening and without
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Most people will go see a movie they’ve heard was good or seems like it will be entertaining. However‚ how many people will see a movie just because a certain actors in it or a certain director? As said by Stanley Kubrick‚ “A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme‚ what’s behind the emotion‚ the meaning‚ all that comes later‚” in which I agree. Movies should share a story that flows through you carrying emotion and life
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American Gothic Fiction From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gothic_Fiction American Gothic Fiction is a subgenre of Gothic Fiction. Elements specific to American Gothic include: rational vs irrational‚ puritanism‚ guilt‚ Das Unheimliche (strangeness within the familiar as defined by Sigmund Freud)‚ abhumans‚ ghosts‚ monsters‚ and domestic abjection. The roots of these concepts lay in a past riddled with slavery‚ a fear of racial mixing (miscegenation)
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certain things just like a father would do to his child. George’s complaint – “Life would be so easy without Lennie” – and Lennie’s counter-complaint – “I could just live in a cave and leave George alone” – are not really sincere. They are staged‚ hollow threats‚ like the threats of parents and children (“I’ll pull this car over right now‚ mister!”). Similarly‚ George’s story about how “things are going to be‚” with rabbits and a vegetable garden and the fat of the land‚ also has a formulaic quality
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