The Breakfast Club The Breakfast Club is an all American teen film that was introduced to the world in 1985. Even though this film is a couple of decades old‚ the storyline still fits in with most adolescence’s lives today. The film takes place in a high school library‚ where we are introduced to our five main characters in the movie. They are all in Saturday detention because they broke school rules‚ and they are not happy at all about being there. All of the students are from different cliques
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A club that has really stuck by me throughout high school is Pequenitas service club. In this club we go out of our way to help others in our community some of the main activities include: Aids run‚ Color Run‚ MAXX OUT‚ YMCA Stair Climb‚ and the Burrito Project. The purpose of these services are to help spread awareness and be able to improve the community. A particular activity that stood out to me the most was the burrito project. Living pretty close to downtown LA I frequent visits there. I’ve
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Tyler Hammond and Kyle Rhode Edinger 6 English IV 09/18/12 The epic poem Beowulf has a plethora of literary devices‚ both characteristic of poetry in general and unique to Anglo- Saxon poetry. These devices enhance the sound of the originally sung story‚ thus conveying particular meaning and evoking an emotional response from the listening audience. Caesura‚ Alliteration‚ and kenning are among the devices that drive the intensity of Beowulf. One significant poetic device used in Beowulf
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The author and narrator of “The Aeneid” is Publius Vergilius Maro (known simply as “Vergil”)‚ though the tale briefly transitions into Aeneas’s narrative at one point. Responding to audiences who are unfamiliar with his tale and motivated by the need to share it‚ Vergil recounts Aeneas’s story‚ from his actions during the fall of the city of Troy to his visit to the Underworld and beyond. Scholars have long studied this piece and debated its significance‚ either as a simple historical tale of fiction
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Date: February 8‚ 2013 The Giver: The Fight For Freedom The challenging attempt to successfully achieve a Utopian Society‚ while balancing the freedom of the citizens has existed since the first civilizations. Lois Lowry’s‚ The Giver (1993)‚ follows the story of a young boy named Jonas living in a supposedly utopian society as well discovering the flaws in the community’s apparent freedom and safety. The community of The Giver violates many basic human rights as set forth by the Universal Declaration
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Who Don’t Fight Evil Fight Statues: I believe that fighting for a cause is more effective than fighting against the opposing side. This helps promote the ideas and rights that citizens are trying to fight for‚ helping move society forward. If people were to fight against their enemies this doesn’t solve any problems‚ but create tension which is what America doesn’t need. However‚ I don’t believe that the left side fights against “lesser or made-up evils”. There are many battles to fight‚ and when
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that they have gathered to celebrate the Fourth of July‚ but he reminds them that the nation is young‚ and‚ like a young child‚ it is still impressionable and capable of positive change. He touches on the history of the American Revolutionaries’ fight for freedom against their legal bondage under British rule. He tells the audience that he supports the actions of these revolutionaries. Douglass thereby sets up an argument for the freeing of slaves. He reminds the audience that‚ in 1776‚ many people
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Dude leave me the hell alone‚I hate this world‚let me get a joint‚ let me get a bottle of whisky.In the book “catcher and the rye“and the movie breakfast club the two main characters Holden and Bender are so much a like It kinda seems that they are the same person .Both the boys acted like there were young‚they are also so independent‚ they both put on acts that they don’t care about things that are inportant to them even though they hide it from other people‚ they also drink and smoke to make them
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Fight Club is a 1999 American psychological drama film adapted from the 1996 by Chuck Palahniuk. The film conveys a powerful message about the worth of man and his decline in society over time. It follows the life of the narrator that struggles with insomnia and feelings of inadequacy as he tries to find his purpose in ife. In the beginning the film creates a feeling of sympathy for the Narrator. With dim and gloomy lighting‚ the movie has scenes showing the day-to-day life of the Narrator. The
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longer animal-like‚ he now possesses wisdom "like a god‚" a distinguishing characteristic of humans. After an initial confrontation‚ Gilgamesh and Enkidu become friends and decide to make a name for themselves by journeying to the Cedar Forest to fight against Humbaba‚ the giant whom the gods have placed as guardian of the sacred trees. The two kill the monster and take cedar back to Uruk as their prize. Back in Uruk‚ the goddess Ishtar‚ sexually aroused by Gilgamesh’s beauty‚ tries to seduce him
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