Islands‚ the Universe‚ Home by Gretel Ehrlich begins and ends at her ranch in Wyoming‚ but goes beyond‚ to the Islands off the California coast and to the mountains of Shinto temples in Japan‚ where Ehrlich made a pilgrimage. It was at the Sowell Collection here at Texas Tech where I would be able to do research on a successful author who has archived her work and journeys. Place and people play such a large role in these collections of essays. For Ehrlich‚ the many places she travels becomes her
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Bombs Away: Different Reactions to the Vietnam War in Across the Universe In the 1960s and 1970s‚ the Vietnam War claimed approximately 60‚000 lives and sparked intense division of Americans who either supported or opposed the war. Others were indifferent but no one went un-affected by the conflict. Julie Taymor’s 2007 film Across the Universe demonstrates the reactions of two Vietnam-era characters and the distress it caused within their relationship and their lives. These two characters‚ Jude
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Julie Taymor’s film ’Across the Universe’ demonstrates a time of turbulence and conflict; it is a reflection of American society‚ during the 1960’s through the eyes of the youth. The film portrays events such as: the civil rights movement‚ the war in Vietnam‚ the peace movement and the challenging of traditional values all accompanied by Beatles music. This helps to create a sense of the era and to express the feelings of the main six characters. The momentum of significant social and cultural change
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by the magic‚ not science. As a result‚ ‘Marble Cinematic Universe’ is established and the Hogwarts is build in each countries. Like this‚ the view of the world forms one prologue through the Story telling : it is a compound word of ‘story’ and ‘telling’ and means delivering through the word‚ image and musics. In the past‚ it was focused on the story‚ bit recently it composes the cultural contents in areas where
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November 9th‚ 2005 THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE! "There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here‚ it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another which states that this has already happened." Douglas Adams The opening line: "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded
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Talk to anyone in the African American community over the age of 40 about seeking treatment for anxiety and over 50% will say‚ "I’ll be okay‚ I just need to get some sleep‚ or "All I need to do is get this no good man out of my life and I’ll be fine‚" or I am not crazy‚ I don’t need no shrink asking me a lot of personal questions!" Or the classic‚ "Are you kidding me‚ I am not telling those white folks my business!" After the infamous postal worker killings in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s‚ human
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retaliation‚ he shook fiercely and soaked Hayden. The apprentice was too thrilled to perceive it. That only added to the wolf’s bitterness. “What makes men superior to animals? Why wouldn’t it be the other way around? Suppose that I’m a wolf with universe intelligence instead of human?”‚ Theodore said snotty‚ aiming to provoke Hayden. It sparked a quarrel‚ just as he pleased. The apprentice’s premise was that men were dominant because they can communicate with each other‚ and that the wolf’s ability
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The United States in the mid-1960s was a period of revolution. Julie Taymor’s Across the Universe is set in this era‚ in the midst of the Vietnam War‚ the black civil rights movement‚ gay liberation‚ and the LSD movement. It was a time of radical change‚ chaos‚ as well as social and political instability. In three significant scenes‚ through the use of angles and lighting‚ Taymor illustrates the burdens of the Vietnam war‚ and how these burdens cause necessary transitions in Lucy‚ Jude‚ and Max
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Truthfulness is the ninth of the ten attributes of ‘dharma’. Normally‚ this attribute is linked with the faculty of speech; i.e. to strictly speak what one has seen‚ heard or understood. This could do as a broad general definition. But it does not capture the essence of truthfulness which can only be defined as upholding the intrinsic core of righteousness. If the objective is noble then circumstances may warrant deliberate deviation from the literal definition. For‚ instance‚ if a patient is struggling
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Ophelia relates to Holding Up the Universe because the song talks about how you can’t help who you fall in love with. Jack experiences this when he falls in love with Libby. His friends think he’s crazy for loving the girl who used to be America’s fattest teen‚ but Jack loves her anyway. Try relates to Holding Up the Universe because regardless of everything that happened to Libby she never gave up. She kept trying even if she didn’t think she was worth it. She wanted to do it so her dad didn’t have
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