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    their very responsible dad‚ and Monica is their very determined mom. The whole family was planning on throwing a huge for Lizzy‚ which was turning fifteen on the month of October‚ it was a little terrifying because on this month it was “The day of the Dead.” Although the family had very action-packed ideas for the near future‚ but overall they were very low on money. The mom owned a little pastry making business made very little money which was only enough to

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    Reflection on the movie entitled‚ “Dead Poets Society” The movie was quite not new to me since I’ve watched it several times when I was still in high school during our overnight. But I must admit that the impact of this movie to me has never changed from the moment that I personally have watched it. It was a very realistic movie that touched my heart all over again. Indeed‚ when we are young we really are curious about things and would actually see for ourselves on something. Mr. Keating

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    In “The Dead” by James Joyce‚ the character‚ Gabriel is finding out who he is through his relationship with his wife and how he will handle his Aunt Julia’s death. Joyce illustrates these things through imagery‚ motif of time‚ and diction. Imagery is used throughout the excerpt in order for the reader to understand the feeling of death that Gabriel experiences. Gabriel is watching his wife “while she slept” and listening “to her deep-drawn breath”. He is watching his wife sleep as if she was on

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    The article “Dead Man’s Town: ‘Born in the U.S.A.‚’ Social History and Working-Class Identity” is co-auhored by Jefferson Cowie and Lauren Boehm. It is published in American Quarterly‚ 2006. The authors argue that underneath Bruce Springsteen’s biggest hit “Born in the U.S.A.” surface “musicking” lies a deeper meaning. The narrative of the song‚ the authors opine‚ reflects a transformation in the white working class identity from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. They also argue that the song works

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    I am currently reading Symphony for the City of the Dead by M.T. Anderson. As of last night‚ I am in the second part of three total parts. In the section I read for this week‚ the book continues with the struggles of Dmitri Shostakovich’s musical partnerships. To summarize this week’s reading‚ Dmitri had to work with the minds of Vsevolod Meyerhold‚ a Russian and Soviet theatre director and Vladimir Mayakovsky‚ a Russian Soviet poet and playwright. The Bedbug‚ a comedic play by the trio would be

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    This poem is essentially the speaker’s parting words to his love. We see that he is very conflicted about his life. Even as he looks death in the eyes he’s unsure as to what comes next. He is weary of his life. He feels dead inside or perhaps he was born as a stillborn whose body had survived‚ adapting to the harsh world but his spirit still stuck inside the womb. He feels resentful that death has not come quickly‚ it was as if some force was pulling strings to keep his alive. So it’s easier just

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    Jack Finney’s short story “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket” was originally published in the magazines Good Housekeeping and Collier’s in 1956. Although not as highly regarded as Finney’s The Body Snatchers or Time and Again‚ "Contents" still exhibits the author’s concern with time and the struggle to escape from its grip. The story’s protagonist‚ Tom Benecke‚ illustrates the delicate balance between what people tend to prioritize in life and spend the most time on versus what ends up arguably being

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    When I first saw Dead Poets Society‚ it was nothing I expected. The film is quite serious and it is without question the best movie I’ve ever seen. It takes place in 1959 at Welton Academy‚ a private collage prep school for boys where discipline is the most important goal and any demonstration of a free thought is strictly prohibited . One voice stands out among narrow-minded administration-John Keatings‚ eccentric and inspiring teacher. He wants his students to "suck the bone of life to the marrow"

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    ” Patrick Henry once said. This is a great example of someone stating one of their guiding principles. Patrick Henry wanted liberty and nothing would stop him. He would have sacrificed his life to get liberty. In the great novel‚ My Brother Sam is Dead‚ written by James Collier and Christopher Collier‚ the four main characters all live by a principle that guides their life‚ and they stand up for it at any cost. Their values are put to the test as they go through the Revolutionary War. Mr. Meeker

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    and the most suspenseful show ever‚ and it was‚ “The Walking Dead”! Now it was season two episode seven and one of the main characters went missing episodes back and this is the episode that they find her but they don’t find her as a human‚ they find her as a walker. A Walker is a zombie‚ but in this reality‚ they never thought of a zombie. These creatures of discussion are also referred to as geeks‚ biters‚ cold body’s‚ creepers‚ dead ones‚ floaters‚ lamebrains‚ lurkers‚ monsters‚ roamers‚ rotters

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