Today marks ten whole years since Studio Ghibli first shared Spirited Away with the world. Thus far it is the only foreign film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature‚ which says a lot about it and its success with foreign audiences. Spirited Away is one of my favourite films for the simple reason that it has a lot going for it. A great coming-of-age story‚ a quirky yet layered set of characters‚ fantastic animation that stays true to traditional methods while incorporating digital technology
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they stepped off the ships from Ireland‚ they were segregated into the poorest areas to seek shelter in slums and attempted to fit their entire families into rooms no bigger than today’s average bedroom. As a group‚ the Irish were shunned and turned away from many job opportunities being confronted by signs which stated "Irish need not apply". In the early 1800s life in Ireland was not easy‚ Irish citizens got by day to day by farming and relying on the potato. The potato was their main source of
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Going Home Summary of the story: The story ’Going Home’ is about a young man who’s turning twenty-one. He lives in Great-Britain but his parents have aboriginal roots. The story is told from when he was sixteen years old till his twenty-first birthday. This young man goes by a couple of names: Billy Woodward and William Jacob Woodward. Those two names symbolize the two sides he has as a ‘white’ aboriginal. When he is the ‘son of his parents’ and when he talks to other aboriginals‚ he’s called Billy
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moves from one place to another. The film‚ Cast Away‚ directed by Robert Zemeckis‚ shows concepts of physical journey by using the character Chuck Noland who trapped in an isolated and uninhabited island as a result of a plane crash. Through the film‚ Robert Zemeckis shows that physical journeys are often arduous by nature‚ a person can feel isolated during the journey‚ and a physical journey can be repeated in the reverse order. The film Cast Away reflects the idea that physical journeys are often
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far and away Far and Away Ron Howard 1992 Far and Away begins in late 19th century Ireland. A young‚ ambitious tenant farmer who dreams of owning his own land‚ Joseph Donnelly‚ wants to get revenge on his father’s death by killing his landlord‚ Daniel Christie. His journey to the landlord’s home is unsuccessful‚ and he is stuck in the leg with a pitchfork by the landlord’s daughter‚ Shannon. He is locked up in a spare bedroom. It is here that Shannon tells Joseph of land that is being given
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Going with The Flow Katha Pollitt is a well-known writer and is most known for being a liberal essayist for The Nation. In 1985‚ she wrote an article titled “Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls”. Pollitt mentions that parents find it a lot easier to go along with those preconceived notions of boys and girls that society has set than it is to go against the norm. Society has set its own criteria for how we should raise children. Genders and gender-roles play a large part in molding a child to fit
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Giving a helping hand In today’s society‚ “going green” has ultimately become the latest and greatest fad sweeping the nation; from recyclable grocery bags to vegetable oil being used as gasoline replacement‚ our society is slowly coming together to accommodate our environment. As we have seen in the last decade our world’s lack of natural resources and pollution problems have become a huge ordeal. Having to find alternatives from gasoline‚ for example‚ could potentially help our economic recession
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read the whole ebook as to understand what has been said in context. Please take note as this is for your own benefit. Dear friend; losing a person close to you is devastating. When I first lost my girlfriend it felt like the world around me is going to collapse. She was my first love and I thought that this couldn’t get any better. Every time I was with her the world didn’t matter‚ she was my little princess. I still remember that night; it was clouded‚ cold and raining. I stayed home when she
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Cast Away Extra Credit * In comparison to his first few days on the on the island‚ what differences did you notice in Chuck Noland after he resided there for four years? What changes take place the longer that Chuck is on the island? --During the first few days of living on the island‚ Chuck tries to save the packages that he managed to save‚ but after a while of living on this island‚ he opens the packages in hope of finding something useful. This is the start of his shift into becoming disconnected
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ON GOING A JOURNEY One of the pleasantest things in the world is going a journey; but I like to go by myself. I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors‚ nature is company enough for me. I am then never less alone than when alone. "The fields his study‚ nature was his book." I cannot see the wit of walking and talking at the same time. When I am in the country‚ I wish to vegetate like the country. I am not for criticising hedge-rows and black cattle. I go out of town in order to forget the
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