Journal #6 – 23 Skidoo We’ve recently watched the movie 23 Skidoo both in class and on our own time at home. When I first saw it in class‚ I was a bit confused and I didn’t really understand what was happening in the film. After re-watching it‚ I understood that it is a film about a post-nuclear bomb explosion. What’s different about this movie is that there is no narrative‚ or actors‚ but there is music. I find that it makes you concentrate more on what’s happening in the film because no one’s
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The narrator should be able to forgive himself for not being able to save K. Because even though K was one of his best friends and was always there. Sometimes things happen for a reason. In the moment I am sure that the narrator felt absolutely horrid. As the years went on he should have tried to let go of that berdin. He should have just been able to come to the fact that K is gone and K will not be coming back anytime soon. Because I am sure that there is no day that goes by the narrator does
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Shoun Jacob Mrs. Mason ENG3U 04.11.13 Kite Runner Journal Entry # 4 Around the time of his 13th birthday‚ Amir decided to do something that would change his life forever; he decided to betray his loyal friend and servant‚ Hassan. His actions caused Hassan and Ali to leave Baba and him forever. Soon after that happened‚ Baba and Amir were forced to leave the Wazir Akbar district due to several dangers. They ended up in Fremont‚ California. Although Baba didn’t like his life in America‚ Amir seemed
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laws and liberties improved their lives‚ the romantics‚ emotion driven people interpreted things differently. The Romantic era was a reaction to the Enlightenment and had many differences to it. Enlightenment thinkers and romantics agreed on the ideas of individuality and man’s limitations‚ but disagreed on how science should have been used‚ how society should have been run‚ and how a person should base their opinions. Both the Enlightenment and Romantic thinkers believed that the individual self
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Entry 1 The book starts off with Monsieur Meursault’s mothers’ death and he received a telegram from the home he put her in saying‚ “Mother deceased. Funeral tomorrow. Faithfully yours.” (3) He responds to the telegram saying‚ “That doesn’t mean anything.” (3) This makes the reader think that he doesn’t really care for his mother and maybe he didn’t like her especially since when he asked his boss for a couple days off and his boss looked angry he said “it wasn’t my fault” (3) and “I didn’t have
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you are a flower‚ I am a flower‚ inserted into the collective the flower bed..." Yes‚ the collective power of the infinite. Unity‚ all difficulties can be solved. Unity‚ any enemy can be overcome. The results of unity are many. People can enjoy a tension free life living united in the society. It is said that ‘united we stand‚ divide we fall’. It is true that we can break a single stick easily. On the other hand‚ to break a bundle of stick is really difficult or impossible. Thus‚ we can realize
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If you’re up-to-date with pop-culture‚ you’ve probably seen the TV show Stranger Things and that episode where Eleven was subjected to a sensory deprivation tank. Additionally‚ Joe Rogan is trying it‚ all the hippies are trying it‚ and now I took a jab at it and now reporting back to you! Sensory deprivation tank (also known as isolation tank) was initially invented to promote deep-meditative state‚ out-of-body experience‚ and a pain-relief treatment. These tanks contain about 280 gallons of water
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an apprehensive tension. Troubling thoughts suddenly emerged‚ my imagination running with a tumultuous delirium. I envisioned wolves would appear from the woods behind the house and hunt me down. My rampant thoughts soon incited me to hurry and quickly get back inside the house. Rushing to the trash cans I opened one with great haste. I dropped the bag into it‚ shutting it just as quickly as I had opened it. Promptly‚ I started
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Area of study 1: Reading and responding Set texts: novels Life of Pi (Yann Martel) Overview Piscine Molitor Patel is the narrator and main character of this unusual story that begins in Pondicherry‚ India. The son of a zoo keeper‚ Pi‚ as he comes to be known‚ has an extensive knowledge of the animals that inhabit his own backyard‚ as well as an interest in stories of all kinds and a fascination with the spiritual. He practices not only his native Hinduism‚ but also Christianity and Islam
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commitment between two social equals for the mutual exchange of affection and companionship (Croome). Less research is available‚ however‚ about how couples themselves reconcile the inherited constructions of romantic love as selfless and unending‚ with trends that clearly indicate that romantic love is not forever‚ ideal or exclusive. Civil marriage ceremonies provide one source of data about representations of love. Civil unions constituted almost 70 per cent of all marriages in Australia in 2010
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