Erdrich’s Love Medicine‚ a novel made up of a collection of short stories about a family of Chippewa Indians that reside on a reservation in North Dakota. The stories cover three generations‚ fifty years‚ and several families‚ with the main theme of the novel being the struggle between stability and change and there are eight distinct narrators. The stories seem so loosely related; some critics have questioned whether this novel really stands as a true novel alone. One critic‚ Allan Chavkin‚ describes
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In "Sex‚ Love‚ and Robots" Eva Wiseman paints a narrative that opens the floor to conversations regarding intimacy‚ emotional capabilities‚ and ethical issues while also evaluating the capacity robots have to falter the natural development of a human in a modern society. Each conversation Wiseman introduces is from the perspective of someone from a corner in the robot industry. Cultural Analyst‚ Sherry Turkle introduces our cultural fascination with the nature of robotics. She writes humans "may
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The documentary Dope Sick Love‚ follows around two drug-addicted couples in the streets of New York City. Couples Tracey & Matt and Michelle & Sebastian are prime examples of what it is like to live with the unescapable harm of addiction. As discussed in class‚ addiction is defined as a continued‚ compulsive use that gives temporary relief of please‚ in spite of the awareness of negative consequences. This definition perfectly explains the entire synopsis of the documentary. Both couples understand
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In the 1985 movie “Love is Never Silent” it is set during the great depression and follows the Ryder family‚ Abel and Janice two deaf parents of two hearing children Margaret and Bradley. Abel works for a newspaper company on the printing press‚ Janice is a seamstress. The parents rely on the oldest child Margaret as their link to the hearing world by being their voice. In the beginning tragedy hits the family as the Ryder’s youngest child Bradley falls from their second story apartment and dies
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Class Concepts Rashi K. Shukla’s “Methamphetamine: A Love Story” could be a textbook itself about social problems. Many different concepts discussed in “Social Problems: Community‚ Policy‚ and Social Action” can be observed through the lives of only 33 participants from Oklahoma. Each adult described the world of methamphetamine in necessary‚ but excruciating detail. They told of traumatic childhoods‚ the impact of the drug on their mental well being‚ and the burden it had on those closest to them
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love A character that refuses to dominate anyone and offers himself to any person from his humble nature is a faithful servant of the world and all who belongs to it. I don’t think I have to explain what the historical context was in 1940‚ but is the filming year of The Great Dictator‚ one of the masterpieces of Charles Chaplin. We have seen‚ throughout history‚ that in difficult and tragic times‚ great personalities rise and bring out the best of themselves in order to give a lesson to the most
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The book Nisekoi‚ also known as False Love‚ is about Raku Ichijo‚ his life‚ and the hardships of finding his true love. The story starts out in a field where a small boy and girl is making a promise. The promise is to meet again and get married; the only thing the boy has to remember the girl is a pendant that could be unlocked with a key which the girl kept. Raku Ichijo’s normal day for him becomes a little less normal when a girl named Chitoge Kirisaki lands on him out of nowhere and appears to
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go of the person she loves‚ she seems like a soulless person walking alone. All sort of thoughts went through her mind about her memory with Scrooge and still can’t believe that they both broke up. No tears‚ no pain‚ and no regrets but only numbness from the what she had recently experienced. All she wanted right now was to be left alone‚ especially from a person who replaced her with the golden one. Belle was such a really sweet woman who doesn’t deserve this situation at all‚ no flaws have been
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choice for me and I do want to read something new. Therefore‚ I decided to go for a book which I knew completely nothing about. As a result‚ “Turtles all the way down” became a part of my bookshelf as a recommendation from an article about new worth-reading books on Buzzfeed.com – an interesting but click-bait website to be honest. 2. Plot summary Sixteen-year-old Aza Holmes‚ who was struggling with
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Love can last a lifetime if you are willing to understand that it requires maintenance. Ups and downs‚ meeting in the middle‚ sacrificing.. Just don’t give up. -- Some things just aren’t meant to last. They take up a little space in your heart and leave you a little smarter for next time. -- ------------------------------------------------- You can leave me Take away all that I have You can want me Love me for who I am Choices‚ romance Takin’ me high in the air Flying‚ so scared Afraid
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