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    Young Guns and Billy

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    Their burning fire is a very common feeling that anyone can relate to. The extremely hard to resist desirer for revenge is that fire. The men refer to themselves as “The Regulators.” The leader of the men is a man named William but better know as Billy the Kid. Add horses and guns to all this and you have a classic movie called Young Guns. The film Young Guns is entirely about the notion that retaliation is a must‚ even when one is against all odds‚ these brave men fight to avenge a friend’s death

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    Social conventions In the movie‚ Billy Elliot‚ we witness how the community stops Billy from forming his own identity in this world of miners illustrating the social conventions in a community restricting individuals from transitioning into the world. Billy’s father‚ boxing instructor and his brother are all against him in the journey of becoming a ballet dancer as it is against the community. This happened in the 1980s‚ when the London mine workers were striking against the forced closure of the

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    Moving into the world is a notion which encompasses transition and change. The concept explores how both choices and consequences can alter an individual both physically and emotionally. Billy Elliot‚ a film directed by Stephen Daldry (2000)‚ is a film with a powerful message about venturing into a new world. It explores the themes of maturity and growth as well as gender conflicts. The choices and consequences endured by the characters of the film are used to highlight the positive and negative

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    in a peculiar way using intercalary chapters. Every other chapter of the novel is plot‚ while the other half is a descriptive exposition of the lives of farmers during the great depression and the Dust Bowl. Steinbeck incorporates a great use of diction such as parallelism and strong syntax. In chapter five‚ he truly engages these skills to almost set the tone of the novel‚ which appears to be antagonistic and desperate. Steinbeck achieves his purpose of expressing a desolate ambiance by constantly

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    Reflecting on the Past and Future Poetry is a way to express a deeper truth and to move people or make them feel emotion. This is true in “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and “Combing” by Gladys Cardiff. In “The Road Not Taken” the speaker is at a fork in the road and must choose a path. They are both worn down about the same and he tells himself he could always come back for the other. The deeper meaning is the speaker has a dilemma and must make a decision. In “Combing” a mother is

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    Alarm Bells – net dating The author of the article is Andy Borowitz‚ born January 4th‚ 1958. He is an American comedian. He wrote the article “Alarm Bells” to “The New Yorker”‚ edition Sept. 26‚ 2011‚ about net dating. The article has a very ironical angle told by the main character‚ who might be the author himself in 1st person. But is it all irony? The story “Alarm Bells” is an ironic story about net dating. It shows many aspects about net dating such as prejudices and expectations. Especially

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    Darius Collins Monologue

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    mesmerising smile and the cutest little dimples‚ ‘every laugh made my spine shiver in delight. The world was her canvas and she was the painter‚ capable of anything… and I was right there by her side. I remember the day he was born. Darius Collins. The following years were anything but easy. Schizophrenia they called

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    EDITION OF LB IN 1800 IN PUTS FORWARD WORDSWORTH’S THEORY OF POETIC DICTION Wordsworth’s purpose‚ as he tells in the Preface was‚ “to choose incidents and situations from common life”‚ and quite naturally‚ he also intended to use‚ “a selection of language‚ really used by men”. He was to deal with humble and rustic life and so he should also use the language of the rustics‚ farmers‚ shepherds who were to be the subjects of his poetry. The language of these men was to be used but it was to be purified

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    Poetry Reading List

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    Engl 65- Poetry A Provisional Course Outline I. Introduction of Poetry: The Experience of Poetry and The Definition of PoetryIntroduction to PoetryBilly CollinsPoetry” Pablo Neruda‚ as read by Miranda Richardson “Ars Poetica” Archibald McLeish “The Definition of Poetry” Bijan Kant Dubey “The Poets are Mad Men and Poetry a Mad Man’s Babbling” Bijan Kant Dubey “A Private Affair” Heather Burn II. The Persona and the Poet‚ and the Context “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” William Carlos

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    Bibliography: Benitez‚ Conrado. History of the Philippines. Boston. 1929. Brooks‚ Cleanth and Robert Penn Warren. Understanding Poetry. New York: Holt‚ Rinehard and Winston‚ 1996. Christopher‚ Milbourne. Search for the Soul‚ Thomas Y. Crowell Publishers‚ 1979 Fernando‚ Francisco Demetrio S.J.‚ Gilda and Fernando Zialcita. The Soul Book. GCF Books. Panay Avenue‚ Quezon City‚ 1991

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