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    Save as Many as You Ruin

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    Safe as many as you ruin. The short story is written by Simon Van Booy and a part of my analysis is focusing on the mood and the use of contrasts in the short story. In the text Gerard is mentioned as the main character‚ Gerard is the type of person who is afraid to be like anyone else‚ and he tries to make his life unusual because he does not want to blend in. Gerard is described in the text as handsome and he has slept with lots of women‚ he has a special relationship with to different women

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    satirical novella‚ “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions ” is a two-dimensional creature‚ A Square‚ who visits one-dimensional Lineland and three-dimensional Spaceland. A Square tries to convince the king of Lineland of the existence of dimensions beyond the one he knows. A Square is helpless in imagining a three-dimensional world before he is pulled out of Flatland and experiences Spaceland. Although A Square is trying to explain to others of higher dimensional worlds‚ he himself has trouble understanding

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    The driving age should be raised to a higher age for safety reasons.   The reason I say this is because teens text and drive and put themselves and other people in danger. Teens are increasing car wrecks. They are also increasing their injuries. Teens don’t know much of the consequences that come with driving. They party and drink‚ and when they drive drunk‚ that’s another wreck and death waiting to happen. A lot of teens just want a car to drive‚ they don’t really drive the proper way . The driving

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    Are We Headed To A Brave New World? In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ he shows us what he thinks the future holds for the human race. The story takes place in the future‚ where the World State is simply an extreme version of today’s world‚ but is it too extreme? In society today‚ knowledge is no longer as appreciated as it has been in the past. Could we be headed towards a brave new world in our world just as in the story? My answer is yes‚ and there is much supporting evidence from Neil Postman’s

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    We Live We Die

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    this turned out to be desrtuctive to Hearst and Welles.That what was called "The Battle over Citizen Kane"‚ Charles Foster Kane was the characater of all the contreversy is all about. Another theme that the film adresses is wealth and power. Here we will be able to see the profound acting and filming script that is used in this film.Citizen Kane stresses in the fact that money alone don’t bring happiness and joy to it’s owener‚ it just expresses his taste and preferences for materialistic thing

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    Why We Are Who We Are

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    nation? Why We Are Who We Are Heritage is our history‚ our different knowledge‚ the values and traditions that we have developed with a combination of genes and culture over time. Heritage‚ whether it be cultural‚ national‚ or just in our families is an endowment of legacies; but foremost‚ heritage is our history. It is responsible for how we came to be‚ it is a very large part of who and what we are‚ and it can determine what we will become. As humans‚ we possess free agency; we can determine

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    How Many Miles to Babylon

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    theme of the journey? The novel how many miles to Babylon by Jennifer Johnson highlights Alec Moore’s tragic journey. We see his journey true childhood to adulthood. Interestingly‚ the novel begins at the end of Alec’s journey as he waits execution “because I am no officer & a gentlemen they have given me my notebook‚ ink‚ pen‚ paper” and comes full circle. Immediately we wonder how Alec someone so high up in the war is being executed‚ then as we read on we begin to realise how his journey through

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    Choose one text (How Many Miles to Babylon or A Doll’s House) and describe how one character feels isolated from others and from the world. At the beginning of A Doll’s House‚ Nora seems completely happy. She responds affectionately to Torvalds teasing‚ speaks with excitement and takes pleasure in the company of her children and friends. As the play goes on‚ Nora realizes that she is not a “silly girl’’ as Torvald refers to her. She is well aware of the business details related to the debt she took

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    Save as Many as You Ruin

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    Save as Many as You Ruin Save as many as you ruin is a short story by Simon Van Booy. The short story I characterized by the story line is focused on a short period of time for example is save as many as you ruin only focused on one single day with the exceptions of the flashbacks. Is also mainly focused on a little amount of people‚ which also is the coincidence in this short story. The location of the story and the main character is cold winter day in Manhattan. Our main character is Gerard and

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    Cinematic images can only work if there is a connection between story and style. These qualities are important based on how a director presents them. This presentation creates a style that is identifiable. For example‚ Wes Anderson’s symmetry‚ Tim Burton’s gothicness‚ and Michael Bay’s extravagant explosions are very distinct. This attention creates long lasting films that are memorable. Furthermore‚ images should add to plot and impact the viewer. In film‚ The possibilities of communicating are

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