For the Long Run. As I type this essay‚ I am listening to the playlist that I would put on shuffle every time I put my headphones on for roughly one and a half years. I am listening to this playlist in order to help me express the feelings I had felt during one of the toughest times of my life. The playlist consists of a variety songs about heartbreak‚ wishful thinking‚ dying dreams‚ the kind of music you would listen to after a breakup. Because that is what this felt like- a breakup. This was
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person’s conscience‚ and is not easily forgotten. The biggest burden of the night was watching the underdogs lose. There was no victorious win‚ surprise comeback‚ or happy ending. The audience sat through two suicides‚ three murders‚ and two hours of heartache and pain‚ while knowing that there is no light at the end of the tunnel for any of the characters involved. If anything‚ the longer the play went on‚ the more morose it became. This left little hope for the audience‚ who exited a play‚ and entered
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Today Will Soon Be Yesterday By: Eric Phelps The novel The Scarlet Letter shows many problems of the human nature that were present at that time and are still present today. There is anger‚ there is hatred‚ and there is remorse. Nathaniel Hawthorne shows all three of these problems through his novel. He has Roger Chillingworth show anger when Hester committed adultery‚ he has Roger say that he hates what he has become‚ and he has Arthur and Hester show remorse and guilt throughout the entire
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In Act 1‚ he is persuaded by Benvolio‚ his cousin‚ to attend a masquerade party at the Capulet’s to soothe his heartache from his unrequited love for a woman. He attends the party accompanied by Benvolio and Mercutio‚ his friend. The moment Romeo’s gaze lands on Juliet‚ the only daughter of the Capulets‚ he falls in love with her and ends up kissing her twice. His
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The Critique of My Long March Lang. 3750 100 Dr. Xiaojun Wang The Critique of My Long March In my class‚ on July 1st‚ we watched a movie titled‚ My Long March‚ which was filmed in mainland China. This movie employed 110‚000 crew/actors and spanned over 6‚000 miles of the historical Red Army route. This movie was made in order to commensurate the Seventieth anniversary of the Long March. This film was directed by Zhai Jungie and produced by August First Film Studio in 2006. Zhai Jungie directed
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character‚ writes a sex column about her daily relationship with men in a top magazine company. She is a known shopaholic who is after the famous bachelor Mr. Big‚ her main weakness. Throughout the seasons they each cheat on each other and have constant heartache but always find a way back to the other. Women of all ages can relate to this‚ we are all hoping to catch the eye of our lover and have it all. There are bumps along the way like all relationships but with the help of Carrie’s three friends‚ she
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life could benefit the person because they take that idea and they accept it. In that acceptance they choose to live everyday as if it were there last‚ so that by their last breath they can say they had a good life‚ even with the many struggles and heartache. Most people live with the belief that we only have one life; although life is a gift with endless possibilities‚ it’s
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¨Swimming through sick lullabies‚ choking on your alibis‚ but it’s just a price I pay.¨(The Killers- Mr. Brightside.) A price you pay for love. Romeo and Juliet is a play written by Shakespeare about a pair of starcrossed lovers. Some say that this play is irrelevant to modern times‚ but is it really irrelevant? Romeo and Juliet is a classic that is passed down through generations‚ that is relevant to every age as it demonstrates the good‚ bad‚ and ugly truth of human nature. One of the main characters
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The sound coming out of the instruments of Pierrot Lunaire were powerful‚ crystal clear‚ and formed a harmonious symphony. The seventh movement‚ called ‘The Sick Moon‚’ gave me chills‚ as it was able to inject devastation in me. Some of the audiences had tears dropping down their faces‚ feeling the heartfelt movement through a so-called story telling of the vocal singing. Yet‚ the movement was only filled with one instrument: flute. I was surprised on how flute‚ when played so harmoniously and elegantly
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John Smith is a 15 year old student. He comes home from school and finds the police are at his house. The police then tell him that his mother has been shot and killed. The heartache‚ the grief‚ and the horror that goes through him as he hears this is unbearable. Smith’s pain could have been prevented with a gun. According to polled felons‚ 3/5 of them won’t target an armed victim. That means three out of five crimes could have been stopped if only the victim had a gun. Altering the gun laws we have
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