Marion Crane’s age being chased around‚ but teenage girls became the main target. A new generation was on the rise. Children of the rebellious feminists of the 60s were now teenagers and showing their strength. In John Carpenter’s 1978 thriller Halloween‚ we follow a day in the life of Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her friends as they are stalked and murdered by childlike-minded Michael Meyers.The film starts as Michael‚ then six‚ murders his sixteen year-old sister for having pre-marital sexual
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In the short story Miriam by Truman Capote‚ Miriam is not a real person but a ghost-like follower. Miriam’s distinctive and unusual features are the main evidence to prove her unreal origin. One of those features is her eyes; they do not seem to belong to a small girl like Miriam: “Mrs. Miller decided the truly distinctive feature was not her [Miriam’s] hair‚ but her eyes; they were hazel‚ steady‚ lacking any childlike quality whatsoever and‚ because of their size‚ seemed to consume her small face”
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Have you ever wondered why we celebrate Halloween? Though it’s a child-oriented holiday‚ the origins are much darker than you’d expect. On a late afternoon in October in 1987‚ in a world where Halloween didn’t exist‚ as dusk was approaching‚ a group of four seventeen-year olds named Xavier‚ Eve‚ Antonio and Asuna were walking along the streets of Pickering‚ Ontario. They were originally supposed to spend their Saturday finishing a project‚ but they got distracted and headed out and said they would
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Types of Criticism Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert critiques John Carpenter’s movie “Halloween” which is about a psychotic killer who escapes a mental institution and goes one to wreak havoc on anybody. They show a scene of a young woman attacking Michael Meyers when he tries to kill her. Roger Ebert goes on to say that “the movie develops the movie characters as independent‚ intelligent‚ spunky‚ and interesting people. Halloween does not hate women” (Siskel). This sort of critiquing falls under feminist
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two girls‚ Miriam and Laila and the struggles they endure during their lives. The book takes place in modern day Afghanistan‚ focusing on Miriam. Miriam’s mother commits suicide and Miriam has to live with a man named Jalil. Jalil comes off as a nice guy but ends up ruining her life. He forces her to get married to a shoe maker named Rasheed at the young age of fifteen. Miriam‚ from the start‚ is not fond of Rasheed and is actually frightened of him. Throughout their marriage‚ Miriam ends up having
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let them know it’s me ... hm‚ AHA! I’ll have a code name‚ what should it be though? How ’bout carrot? No that’s just weird. How about ...... Llama? Nope they’ll know its me. By then my thoughts started to wonder. I think I want to be a reaper for Halloween ..... UGH!!! I’m supposed to be thinking of names! "Has any one ever read one of those true fairy tails that have the scary endings?" I raised my hand fast. "Eve? what was it called?" I smiled wide and spoke up loud and proud‚ "The Grimm Conclusion
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getting ready for Halloween. The final touches are being made to costumes and they are making sure the candy bowls are filled to the brim with candy for the trick or treaters. This year alone it is expected that consumers are going to spend about 9.1 billion dollars on Halloween alone. Halloween is one of the oldest holidays that are still celebrated today but many people do not know why we put on costumes and walk the streets to collect candy. The reason why we celebrate Halloween is important to
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agony‚ and hurt‚ swirling deep in the empty depths. Ten years‚ and I had lived on a cloud of lies‚ as each day had passed‚ I had turned with a sense of direction – a future. Now all there had been was shattered‚ like a mirror on the very eve of Halloween. Living in the shell of innocence‚ cocooned around‚ had led me to think‚ that Aunt Adeline‚ had been telling the truth. She dwelled upon‚ that all the worlds’ evil was tarnished by the essence of time…
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but my best friend‚ Mia‚ was not sleepy at all. I was dozing off slightly‚ but not to the point that I would completely crash out. We started to talk silently hoping not to bother or disturb any of the other girls sleeping. Since it was close to Halloween‚ we came up with a devilish idea. Our plan was to scare all the girls with
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whole city block went to sleep. With nothing but silent raindrops and distant voices‚ I wake up from my four hour slumber and looked at the time. Glancing at the clock on my computer‚ the numbers on the screen clearly says 12:20 pm. “Yeah‚ today is Halloween‚” I think to myself sarcastically. Suddenly‚ I hear a loud rumble‚ like the earth was being shaken for a firm moment. Realizing the sound‚ I end up finding out that my stomach was just hungry. Famished to get some food‚ I walked out my door softly
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