SUMMARY: At first Liyana walks into her home and spots a woman sitting in her living room. Nobody knows who she is so when “Poppa” gets home‚ they talk. He finds out that she is a cousin of a cousin of a cousin. As tradition “Poppa” had to buy her fabric in order to make a dress. This was a symbol of success from their trip to Jerusalem from America. In retrospect‚ Liyana thinks about her life in America and the memories she had. She sees herself as a “blur”
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SUMMARY AND RESPONSE TO “WHY WE CRAVE HORROR MOVIES” In “Why We Crave Horror Movies” Stephen King explains that everyone is mentally ill to some degree. The people outside the asylums are just possibly better at hiding their craziness. Most of us know someone‚ maybe even ourselves which talk to themselves‚ or do weird things when they think no one is watching‚ or some that have hysterical fears. I do not agree with Stephen King’s statement that all people are mentally ill. I think these odd
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The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks Noah Calhoun The narrator of the book and the main character‚ Noah is a good and kind man who fell in love with Allie fourteen years before the novel opens. He has never forgotten her and is overwhelmed with how much he still loves her when she returns to tell him she is engaged. Allison Nelson A young woman who comes from a privileged family‚ she spends a wonderful summer with Noah when they are young‚ but is forced to leave when her parents disapprove. She
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Cicero Reflection Cicero’s essay‚ “On Duties”‚ tells his son what needs to be improved about some peoples’ ideas and gives examples from people in the past. He states how he feels and one of the main themes very concisely‚ “Most people think that the achievements of war are more important than those of peace; but this opinion needs to be corrected.” He supports his point that peace is more important and the work done to get peace will last longer than the outcome of war with the accomplishments
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Dustin Torres Dr. Sandra Stephenson March 28‚ 2011 English 1301.002 A Summary of Drumline Drumline is a 2002 film written by Shawn Schepps and directed by Charles Stone III. This inspiring comedy/musical/drama film‚ starring Nick Cannon‚ Leonard Roberts‚ and Orlando Jones‚ teaches how discipline and determination lead to success. It also gives an outlook on college life. Devon Miles (Nick Cannon) is drummer who gets a full scholarship to play at Atlanta A&T University. There‚ his talent
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Maus Summary The book Maus‚ by Art Spiegelman‚ it is the true story of his fathers life‚ mainly during the Jewish concentration camps. The chronicle is displayed in such a way it grabs the reader’s attention right away and gets them hooked on the story. Art Spiegelman’s dad‚ Vladek‚ explains to his son about the duress‚ and the excruciating pain he went through during the time of the concentration camps. Art retells the story exactly how his father told him‚ he did not concoct it‚ nor did
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to the story.’ Discuss. The film text ’Gattaca’‚ directed by Andrew Niccol can be seen as a piece that draws many parallels to the world that we live in today. One such parallel is the fact that often in society‚ the ones who are at a disadvantage are the ones who display the greatest strength of character. Niccol uses Vincent as the vehicle through which he demonstrates how strength of character can neutralise and overcome disadvantages faced. Gattaca portrays a society that no longer takes into
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The Ideological and Unsustainable Values of American Culture In The More Factor‚ by Laurence Shames‚ it is explained that the wholly American views of unending frontier‚ opportunity‚ and more have always been a part of who we are as a people. Over time these ideals and their growth have shifted from that of the physical world to that of economic expansion. Eventually society was faced with the realization that this growth is not sustainable‚ and that we must face this truth in order to reevaluate
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A Summary of “Newfoundlandese If You Please‚” Diane Mooney captures the diverse language of the Newfoundlanders in her essay “Newfoundlanse‚ If You Please”. She explains how the language has evolved and the different way of speaking in all the communities of Newfoundland. The Southern part of the Island is mostly predominant by the Catholic-Irish and they have a unique “dialect”. On the other side of the Island‚ live the Anglicans-Irish and their speed of speaking makes even harder to understand
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Summary: On Becoming a Writer Growing up we all have that one person that influences us to be the person we’ve become or hope to become. For Russell Baker that person was his high school English teacher Mr. Fleagle‚ who inspired him to be a writer. For Baker‚ writing “…gave me the way of thinking for myself which satisfied my need to have an identity” (p.81). In his memoir Growing Up (1982) Baker stated he was worried that writing was not a real career and that it would be hard to live off
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