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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Grace Caroline Williams Mrs. Lloyd Art Appreciation 9 March 2017 Miriam Schapiro What makes Miriam Schapiro unique from most other artist in her time period? Her most known contribution to the world of art is for pioneering feminist art work. Schapiro was a leader of the feminist art movement and in many of her painting she would put “girly”‚ pink‚ or craft elements to represent not women in general‚ but the femininity represented by these additions. For example‚ in the 1970’s she painted a hand
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CULTUREIFY Halloween dates back to Celtic rituals thousands of years ago and has long been associated with images of witches‚ ghosts‚ vampires‚ and other frighteningly mysterious objects‚ identities‚ places‚ and deeds. In America‚ today‚ while Halloween has evolved into a celebration mainly characterized by child-friendly activities‚ such as costumes‚ trick-or-treating fun and fall holiday activities to carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns‚ and apple bobbing….there is still a spooky edge to the
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My life is very dull‚ and when a fun moment happens it is very easy to remember it. One such time was when my friend Payton Holm and I went around Royalton on Halloween. A week before Halloween we agreed togo walk in town.On the afternoon of Halloween I went to my Grandma’s house to get something to eat for the shenanigans later. Payton Holm is my best friend from school‚ and we have been friends since 1st grade. I agreed to meet him at 4:30 after school in my Grandma’s driveway. I walked into
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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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