Wanderlust: Curiosity at its Finest An Extended Definition Essay Rochelle Rizza Yuzon De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde Wanderlust: Curiosity at its Finest Thesis Statement: Wanderlust is necessary for the creative mind. “Curious thoughts lead to curious places.” – Lee Jeans Philippines Alice‚ drowsily reading a book‚ catches sight of a White Rabbit in a waistcoat. The White Rabbit brings out a pocket watch and blurts out he was running late. Out of curiosity‚ Alice follows the White
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The Smurfette Principle The Smurfette principle is a controversy on how TV shows and movies have all men/boys as characters with zero to one girl. A writer by the name Katha Pollitt writes an article in the New York Times talking about this principle. She defines her principle as‚ “…a group of male buddies will be accented by a lone female‚ stereotypically defined” (Pollitt). She uses her daughter to explain to us that there is just not enough shows for little girls to watch. She mentions how
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Submitted by: Alaine Krystle S. Sia 3rd Year Submitted to: Teacher Chiqui I. List of characters Guido Orefice A Jewish-Italian bookstore. Who sacrifices his life to save his son and very optimistic person. Dora Orefice Guido’s wife. She insists on going to the camp even though she is not Jewish and survive with his son. Giosue/Joshua Orefice Guido and Dora’s son. His father convinced him that they are joining a game that the winner will receive a real tank. Eliseo Orefice Guido’s
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is clearly presented throughout Equus due to the work of Peter Shaffer. The main action within Equus takes part in the ‘Rokesby Psychiatric Hospital’. Equus is set in the later stages of the 20th century‚ approximately between the years of 1970-80. Dora and Frank Strang are pivotal to the plot of Equus‚ as they care for and also enforce strict parenting skills on their deranged son Alan Strang who had blinded six horses with a metal spike. The following passage within Equus‚ demonstrates Frank Strang’s work
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different scenarios. The first scenario revolves a woman named “ Dora” in the Brazilian film “ Central Station” is given a lucrative proposition: convince a homeless boy to follow an address to supposedly get adopted. In return‚ Dora would receive one thousand dollars in which she used to buy a nice Tv. Unknowingly‚ the homeless boy was too old for the family that wanted to adopt him‚ and the dealer wanted to sell the boy’s organs. Dora decides to rescue the boy knowing that the money she received
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In Peter Singer’s “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”‚ Singer claims that the rich taste of people with money is starving children around the world. He also believes that if human beings have it to give‚ why don’t we give more to the people who have less. So‚ according to Singer‚ a possible solution to world poverty is for Americans to donate all extra income‚ which is not necessary for everyday living‚ to organizations that provide aid to other poor areas of the world. If more people donated
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Beautiful‚ directed by Roberto Benigini‚ was‚ a comedy. In this movie you will find yourself happy‚ sad‚ and angry all in one sitting. Guido‚ the father in this movie is a funny and charming Jewish man‚ married to the gorgeous local school teacher in Italy Dora. Soon after getting married they have a son‚ Joshua. Who is as the story progresses is a five year old with a powerful imagination. This film is an absolute pass to me due to the fact that although Bengini places a sugar-coat over one the worst events
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The WSPU’s founder was born in Manchester 1882; she was Emmeline Pankhurst‟s second daughter. This militant suffragette was detained many times more than any other member for her demonstrations. She worked with the group on equal rights in voting. However‚ the labor’s party was her fully concern. She disapproved the group‟s direction so; in 1913 she formed the east London federation of suffragettes. Also‚ she recommended her followers to not involve in war issue. Sylvia was graphic designer and a
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Swiper Go Swiping “Okay find your launcher and car and then set it up behind the blue line‚” the event supervisor instructed‚ pointing us to a small closet. It was State for Science Olympiad‚ and my partner and I were placed on the event Scrambler. Scrambler was a physics based event where you had an Egg Transport Vehicle (ETV)‚ and a launcher. To put it simply‚ an uncooked egg would be tapped onto the front of the ETV and then launched at a wall anywhere from nine to twelve meters away. The
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sadistic pleasure in beating his students‚ everybody likes him. His personal charm and good nature won for him the affection of those who happened to meet him–nurse Peggotty‚ Steerforth‚ Pegotty‚ Ham‚ Emily‚ Wickfield‚ the Micawbers‚ Traddles‚ Agnes‚ Dora‚ Bestsy and Dick. After David’s mother had married Murdstone‚ he was lonely‚ and was forced ot pass his time alone. He naturally grew fond of reading books. Instead of going to play he used to sit and read the books in the little room upstairs. This
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