Podcast Paul Ellie a catholic author talks about Flannery O’Connor and other prominent catholic fiction writers . The others are Dorothy Day‚ Thomas Merton‚ and Walker Percy. He says among them only O’connor was born Catholic. Although they never met they used to correspond with each other. “Flannery O’Connor had a breakthrough as a young writer of fiction when she realized the stories of the Old Testament threw a special light on the rural South where she was living.” Ellie says In O’Connor’s
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Deadly Blessing (1981) – William Gluntz - Martha’s husband just died in a strange tractor accident. The pregnant widow soon encounters the disturbing religious sect‚ the Hittites‚ of which her deceased husband was once a member prior to marrying Martha. The Hittites are similar to the Amish‚ but appear to be much more sinister and believe Martha is evil. She feels that the sect has sinister intentions for her. William Gluntz‚ portrayed by Michael Berryman is a Hittite who is charged with the
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describes what most people in the world do they place a label on something until it’s not there does they. Belonging in movie is really forced to the characters weather they realise it or not. Stuart Beattie use a flashback at the start of the movie of Ellie filming herself talking about what they as a friend had to go through and the struggles of what they had o do to survive and the realisation of what
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True Meaning “Everything about her had two sides to it‚ one for home and one for anywhere that was not home”(1369)‚ this character‚ Connie‚ in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is depicted as a self-centered‚ condescending‚ insecure fifteen year old girl growing into a woman. Connie comes off as a troubled young girl who consistently uses her sexuality for attention but at the same time is afraid of intimacy. This is said be due to her fractured relationships with
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TOMORROW WHEN THE WAR BEGAN USEFUL QUOTES THEME: “Writing it down is important to us…recording what we’ve done‚ in words‚ on paper‚ it’s got to be our way of telling ourselves that we mean something‚ that we matter. That the things we’ve done have made a difference.” “We’d thought that we were among the first humans to invade this basin‚ but humans had invaded everything‚ everywhere. They didn’t have to walk into a place to invade it. Even Hell was not immune.” “Hell wasn’t anything to do with
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Mrs. Dalloway It is apparent throughout the Virgina Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway that the character development and complexity of the female characters of the story are concentrated on far more than their male counterparts. It is my feelings that the magnitude of this character development comes about because of the observations and feelings of the main character Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway. From the beginning we get this description that she has a feeling of having an extremely good sense of character yet
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Through out the story‚ Arnold used riming and used phrases used in songs of the time. As in when he called Connie “My sweet little blue-eyed girl‚” making reference to Bob Dylan’s song. The character Ellie Oscar‚ Arnold’s companion‚ makes reference to the rise in importance of the pop-culture. The name Ellie signifies the popular singer Elvis Presley‚ and Oscar a connection to the highest award possible in the pop-culture world. The sexual context of the story suggests the negative criticism of Oates
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hurt you‚” his voice is calm and soothing‚ like a father’s‚ to a frighten child. “Then why am I here?” I yell‚ giving up on the chain again. “Great question‚ both of you are here because we need your help.” Both? Oh no‚ how could I forget. Ellie. My Ellie. She was with me. She’s the last thing I can remember. I squeeze my eyes shut and try to remember. All I can see is her emerald green eyes shimmering back at me. Wait! Why isn’t she here with me? My eyes fly back open and I look up to the ceiling
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Vijay Dorasami English 1102-002 Professor Bruce 09/30/2014 Joyce Carol Oates wrote a short story called “where are you going‚ where have you been?” One of the main character in the short story is a fifteen year old girl whose name is Connie. Connie was self-absorbed by her beauty‚ and would not listen when her mom try to council her. She rejects the role of daughter to develop her sexual persona‚ which increase when she is away from her family and home. Connie concerns were to become a young adult
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night that Homer sat us all down for another one of his meetings and Robyn had suggested that we start writing down everything that has happened to us. Amongst all the argument‚ I vaguely remember Ellie saying something about me being the best writer in the group‚ and that I should do it. But I think Ellie got the job of recording all our ‘history’ cause she was here from the beginning. I only came in later. But it doesn’t matter. I have my own story to tell. The day before it all began‚ Mum
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