A True Beauty Sam Mendes’ ‘American Beauty’ is a daring‚ startling and gut-wrenching film that explores a seemingly typical mid-life crisis of a middle-aged office drone‚ which quickly turns into an unbelievably dysfunctional dimension of self-discovery. The drone in question is none other than Lester Burnham (played by the terrific Kevin Spacey) - a 42 year old who has reached the lowest point in his unexciting‚ boxed in‚ suburban life. However this all changes when Lester meets a friend of his
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This social issue has been present for hundreds of years; the standard belief that one must be ‘pretty’ to be accepted in society. Through the past decades we can see a trend in this. Women are required to have a certain body shape‚ their faces must be a certain way‚ they must weigh this amount only‚ and makeup is the best way to make someone ‘beautiful’. This is an unhealthy obsession created by a society that does not even know what it means to be realistically beautiful. They make up these outrageous
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Germany 1 The Beauty of Glass Using works of art the National Liberty Museum aims to combat bigotry by putting a spotlight on our nation’s rich tradition of freedom and diversity. Galleries celebrate outstanding artists from around the world. “Glass art is the centerpiece of National Liberty Museum. It’s the medium we use in our mission to promote non-violence and acceptance of others by showing visitors that freedom is “fragile”…”(Online ). The expressions the artists make
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Zibran Hafiz January 22nd‚ 2013 Sa’eed K. Abdul-Khabeer GSTD 180-002 Imperfection is Beauty Nobody is perfect. We all have flaws and imperfections. While it is worthwhile to overcome these inabilities or habits‚ in some cases it might be more efficient to work with it instead of completely trying to give it up. It is never easy to quit cold turkey and inability to do so can only cause us dissatisfaction or trauma. If we are able to honestly identify our strengths and weaknesses‚ we can analyze
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Journal‚ 55(5)‚ 100. Radford‚ B. (2011). Tracking the Chupacabra: the Vampire Beast in Folklore. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. Robson‚ D. (2011). Encounters with Vampires. San Diego‚ Calif.: ReferencePoint Press. Roman‚ R. (2008). Governing Spirits: Religion‚ Miracles‚ and Spectacles in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Journal of Law and Religion‚ 24(2)‚ 735-738. Tapper‚ J. (2011). Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact‚ Fiction‚ and Folklore. Library Journal‚ 136(4)‚ 86.
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Beauty in simplicity: The fabric of society in supposedly civilized societies has become frayed – stretched‚ strained and subjected to innumerable pressures. Many of these frayings were imposed in the interest of adding value to life by increasing choices for people. This has actually diminished our quality of life and induced a mental paralysis‚ the result of having too many options‚ and too many decisions to make. I believe in the innate power and virtue of simplicity. History’s most tragic errors
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The Powerful Beauty Women may have many desires‚ but the one that satisfies them the most is beauty and power. In the tale‚ The Wife of Bath by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ two themes are developed‚ power and appearance. The women‚ having power‚ gave the knight a punishment for his crime. Appearance is another theme developed because the knight did not love the women for being poor‚ old‚ and ugly until she became beautiful. The tone that the author develops in this tale is straightforward. An example is
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The Beauty of American Sign Language One ordinary day‚ as I watched television slumped on my couch‚ I received a phone call from my dearest cousin. She was utterly excited about some free sign language classes they were offering at a community center that day‚ and so she invited me along. It was the greatest choice I ever made! As I came out that community center‚ I had a new profound passion towards American Sign Language. In learning about the deaf culture‚ it brought me to a new understanding
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Over the course of cinematic history‚ many filmmakers have attempted to recreate the chilling‚ unprecedented world of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Arguably very few have succeeded‚ for the majority of directors tend to avoid the pervasive sexuality inherent in the novel. It is a difficult task to achieve‚ considering the blatant imagery surrounding sex and vampirism‚ such as the reproduction following a vampiric encounter and the phallocentric nature of the violence committed both by and against these
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I would be very hard on myself for not knowing what everyone else already knew. I could not get past the hardships with literacy. However‚ I had a great support system that influenced me to look beyond the struggles and focus on trying to find the beauty of literacy. I could not have asked for a better support system then the one I have. Starting with my father in giving me the motivation to keep on working hard to achieve my goals. The teachers that did not give up on me because they saw the
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