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    I realized that I had stopped‚ finally. After looking around‚ I saw an old‚ shabby building being illuminated by the moonlight. I took the opportunity and sat against it‚ resting my legs for the first time in days. Nobody knew what time it was‚ all of the clocks were broken. Watches were for the rich‚ and if you stole one‚ it was always stolen again. And again and again and again and again and again until someone dies‚ as this world is a cruel reality for us. We are human‚ are we not? Even though

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    tongue it falls apart. The kind that as soon as you take that first bite you taste an array of flavors; chocolate‚ sugar‚ vanilla‚ cinnamon. Ding‚ they are ready. This is one of the few things that you get out of the movie Stranger than Fiction. Stranger Than Fiction is a movie directed by Marc Forster. Harold Crick‚ a man who lives alone in an apartment in a city‚ is an

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    Julie Fallows 6423747 Sean Moreland November 27‚ 2012 Ambiguity of American Gothic Anxieties Since the 19h century‚ American Gothic fiction started to exist independently from the British type. In fact‚ the latter was marked by its use of fantastic‚ externalized and metaphysical elements as opposed to the boundaries of American Gothic fiction in which were expressed by historical‚ internalized‚ racial and psychological characteristics. (Edwards‚ XVII) In Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven‚ Fall

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    Barr‚ Kevin. "Narrative Structure in Film: ’Pulp Fiction’ & ’Citizen Kane’" Suite101.com. N.p.‚ 8 Feb. 2011. Web. 27 Oct. 2012. . Summary: The article "Narrative Structure in Film: ’Pulp Fiction’ & ’Citizen Kane’” from Suite101.com by Kevin Barr evaluates the directing style of Quentin Tarantino in Pulp Fiction by delving into the reasons behind the unconventional narrative style (linear vs. fractured narrative). As such with how Vincent is shot dead by Butch‚ but returns on-screen a few scenes

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    Emily‚" written by William Faulkner‚ is a short fiction about the life and death of Miss Emily Grierson under the background of Southern United States’s decay in 19th century. “ Miss Brill” is Katherine Mansfield’ short story about a woman’s Sunday outing to the park‚ revealing her thought about others as she watches a crowd from a park bench. Seemingly very different in the imagery and language‚ portray of the main characters and plot‚ the two fictions all show out two elderly women who live lonely

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    Movie Review Pulp Fiction “A soft‚ moist‚ shapeless mass of matter. 2. A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and being characteristically printed on rough‚ unfinished paper.” That is what you first get a taste of in the 1994 movie‚ Pulp Fiction. This film was directed by Quentin Tarantino‚ this film is very unpredictable and very surprising. It makes thrill and action seekers get rid of all anything they thought they knew about this type of movie. In this film the director uses surprise

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    Trojan War: Fact or Fiction? The question many scholars still have today is whether or not the Trojan War was fact or fiction. Throughout the years evidence has been found in favor of the war happening and evidence that it did not happen. Hittite documents mention names such as: Wilusa/Wilusiya is perhaps Ilion‚ and Taruisa may be Troy. There is also an Alaksandus-Alexandros‚ ruler of Wilusa‚ a vassal of the Hittite king Muwatallis in the early thirteenth century. Some may think that Alaksandus

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    studieordningen) Gruppeopgave _________ (Group essay) Ekstern censor X (se i studieordningen) Studieelement/Modul (Study Element/Module) 47790313-01/ Module 3 (f.eks. 47790316 Modul 4: Skriftlig formidling) Emne (Subject) : Between Documentary and Fiction (f.eks. Japansk Film) Er opgaven fortrolig (sæt kryds) JA___ (Is the essay confidential?) (mark) Studieordning (sæt kryds): (Curriculum) (mark) : NEJ X (Yes) EKSAMINATOR: Arild Fetveit (Examiner) (No) __ Anden studieordning: _________________________

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    (Hanson‚ 1997). These are the sights that give L.A. its wonderful image. However‚ underneath what appears to be “paradise on Earth”‚ a network of organised crime is at work‚ stemming to the corrupt LAPD. In The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender‚ the story follows Claudia Valentine who takes on an investigation of a case which initially seems isolated. However‚ as the investigation continues‚ the tracks lead back to the underbelly of Sydney. The audience follows Claudia behind the buzzing clockwork of

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    “What do you mean‚ ‘not the first to have been here’?” demands Maxx‚ suddenly sure of himself. The lead female reptilian’s spinal plates click together in distaste. “Did they really tell you that you were the first?” she hisses. I look at Dahteste‚ who’s perched on her heels in the corner. Her eyes meet mine and I remember what she said about it having been a while since she introduced herself in English. “We were recruited to scout this planet for a suitable construction site. All we were told

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