In the third section of the book‚ Stephen King describes his love of writing and offers advice on how to succeed as a writer. King’s first point about writing is that constantly reading and writing will help someone become a better writer. Reading can provide a writer with an extended vocabulary‚ as well as a taste of many different writers’ styles. Writing often will help a writer practice‚ and the writer can experiment with what works. This is important because King explains that success as a writer
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Malcolm’s agenda in having this book published was to expose the white people of the cruel and unfair treatment towards blacks and minorities. After he found the truth about the history of whites and blacks‚ he decided to make it a life goal to share the truth he found. In prison‚ he found that the teachings of Eljiah Muhammad were what he wanted to follow. He believed the white men were devils and he eventually began to share the teachings of Muhammad to people around America. Malcolm X genuinely
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Jean Valjean is an ex-convict who leaves behind a life of hatred and deceit. He makes a fortune with innovative industrial techniques. Valjean finds happiness in loving his adopted daughter Cosette‚ and helping people who are in difficult situations‚ even if it is risking his own life and welfare. Valjean later in his life falls in love with a woman‚ who goes by the name of Fantine. Fantine is a working-class girl who leaves her hometown of Montreuil-sur-mer to find her fortune in Paris. She is the
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[pic] I consider The Fountain an epic because first‚ it has gods: Mayan and Christian; it’s got a hero‚ Hugh Jackman‚ other wise known as; Tommy‚ and the quested tree of life from the Garden of Eden. It is a life-altering journey also because Tommy finally sees all of the things in life that he has done wrong‚ like choosing work over his wife‚ and he also changes the way he treats people. This movie makes the way people think change because they can compare their cultures from today’s culture
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Through out the story‚ the loons and their cries symbolize the aboriginal people and their attitudes towards the white settlers and their treatment not only towards native culture but‚ the stereotypical mentality pressed upon them. These feelings of ‘“despair‚ the unprootedness‚ the loss of the land”’ (Stovel 219) where caused by many generations of mistreatment‚ stereotypical‚ and racist mentality. The ethnocentric attitudes of the time‚ are none better portrayed than by the character of Vanessa
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Teenagers sentenced to death all because of violence and murder. No Choirboy is all about teens that try to find the easy way out; and along the way their path went wrong causing them to murder and violence. This book change my point of view on life by that easy and fast is not always the best way. This book has inspired me to further my education‚ because even though it is not easy to always go past of high school the effort is still there its better than a life of crime. The teenagers in this
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Dan Chaon’s Ill Will One of the darkest books of the year‚ Ill Will is a story you will never forget; it’s dark subplots are intertwined to unveil difficulties all humans face. “People can find patterns in all kinds of random events. It’s called apophenia. It’s the tendency we humans have to find meaning in disconnected information.” -Dan Chaon. Examining something as intricate as the human brain takes great meaning and caution; but when handled right‚ can be a powerful message. Writing with the
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Indigènes‚ or the forgotten heroes: Perhaps‚ the movie that provides a deeper representation of North Africans in the French context is Rachid Bouchareb’s Indigènes. The movie explores the experience of soldiers from North Africa and other French colonies in the continent. The story focuses exclusively on a group of North African soldiers who are fighting to liberate France from the German occupation during World War Two‚ but the nature of their patrimony is excruciatingly ambiguous. The characters’
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The story of Zenzele: A Letter to My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire along with The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros and Motherland by Vineeta Vijayaraghavan all encompass the idea of freedom‚ a liberated country‚ an escape from a neighborhood weighing down. The idea of freedom fosters a home for creation and exploration‚ opening up a world of possibilities full of balance between self-care and community. Motherland by Vineeta Vijayaraghavan shows this idea through Maya’s journey of self discovery
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"Bernie" is an outrageous dark comedy that you must see to believe. Based on a true story‚ “Bernie” tells the tale of a small town’s beloved mortician who almost gets away with murder. The film takes place in Carthage‚ Texas‚ where Bernie Tiede is hired on as a funeral director at the local funeral home. Bernie is popular with all the locals‚ especially the recently widowed. After the passing of her husband‚ millionaire Marjorie Nugent takes to Bernie’s kindness. An odd friendship blossoms and the
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