The Pleasure of Books William Lyon Phelps William Lyon Phelps was a brilliant writer and teacher who treasured books and understood the significance of how the printed word can affect a person. Phelps co-taught at Harvard‚ and then moved to Yale to teach an English class full time. He was given countless awards for his strong intellect such as Life magazine doing an overview of his whole life‚ founding the Elizabeth club and more. Phelps had given the speech “The Pleasure of Books” on a radio
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BLOOD DIAMOND BLOOD DIAMOND Casey Maas 10.7 English What have you learnt about life in Africa from watching this film? From watching the film Blood Diamond I have learnt that Africa can be a beautiful place when it’s calm‚ but most of the time it’s dictated by violence and mis-understanding. In the film there is some beautiful times‚ like at the start when Solomon and his son Dia go fishing early in the morning and it’s all so peaceful and quiet and near the end when Danny rings up Maddy
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Beyond Big Brother The novel 1984 by George Orwell is a political satire on Communist Russia and the Soviet Union; this concept is explored throughout the book with The Party‚ Oceanians totalitarian government that rules through fear and oppression of its citizens in similar ways as to what was happening in the real world at the time. When Orwell was writing 1984 in 1948 he was influenced by the information coming out about Stalinism and what the Soviet Union had really been doing. Because
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An Argument for Clemency for Edward Snowden Edward Snowden was a hot topic in the news in 2013 after he released classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) to the media. This leak contained information about global surveillance performed by the United States‚ which involved monitoring email‚ tracking cell phones‚ and logging phone calls. Not only did this action force him into asylum overseas to avoid arrest‚ but it ultimately caused an uproar in the media and amongst the American
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one abnormal attribute will make you an outcast. Edward Scissorhands is a perfect example of this. The film “Edward Scissorhands” directed by Tim Burton‚ follows a peculiar man and how he attempts to fit into a judgemental society. At first he earns their acceptance‚ however one toe out of line sends him plummeting to an outcast. This film reflects our current society now‚ how you will also be accepted until they have a reason to hate you. Edward is a creation‚ he was invented with human features
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photographs that copied the style or attitude of paintings or other mediums‚ that the public viewed as works of art. The desire of this movement was to pursue this strategy and it became the definition of Pictorialism. Of course you know I have chosen Edward Steichen as one of the most influential of this movement. His work to me defined the aspirations of the pictorialist‚ meaning he desired‚ along with other experimental practices‚ to recreate his Tonalist effect of painting into his photographs. This
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Politics & Development in Asia‚ Africa & Latin America 3-ASN-1 Regine L. Medenilla Blood Diamond Blood Diamond is a movie that portrays the brutalities experienced by the people in Africa especially those who work in the diamond fields. It was set during the Sierra Leone Civil War in 1999. A fisherman named Solomon Vandy was captured by the rebels and was force to work in a diamond field. While working‚ he found a very rare pink diamond. He decided to hide it but the leader named
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Blood Diamond Reaction Paper One of the greatest ills‚ committed by the United States on the African people‚ was the exploitation of African labor. The slave trade became the most “successful” African commodity until the middle of the 1800’s‚ when westerner’s began to exploit other natural resources of the continent. The expansion of capital in Africa enabled the US and Europe to fund both the scientific and industrial revolutions. In addition‚ when Apartheid began in 1948‚ after WWII to
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Edward Smith‚ age 65‚ a man confined is an asylum for 10 years. A man perceived ludicrous and insane. A man unwelcomed and shunned by his own family. Yet‚ his bone trembling account of a dark‚ enigmatic house‚ has possibly fabricated an obituary for innumerable‚ missing‚ hapless children! However‚ often is the price of curiosity fatal…. You have been warned! Dusk was creeping away in the horizon leaving a fresh wound smeared across the face of the sky. Decayed marshes emanated a sour scent; forming
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Truman Capote’s book “In Cold Blood” was filled with many complex characters who ended up meeting a tragic end. While reading this novel I experienced lots of characters and their experiences throughout the story‚ different emotions in different sections of the book‚ and ideas and opinions throughout the book. The author who wrote “In Cold Blood” is Truman Capote. “In Cold Blood” is a non-fictional novel of a murder of a family by two main characters‚ Perry Smith and Richard Hickcock. Alvin Dewey
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