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    In Joan Didion’s "Los Angeles Notebook" her portrayal of the Santa Ana winds includes a unique‚ "Twilight Zone" tone. Her utilization of foreboding vocabulary made an uneasy tone and complexity of the Santa Ana’s with regular life. Didion’s utilization of complex components‚ for example‚ parallelism‚ difference‚ and imagery passes on that by and large‚ the robotic Santa Ana winds speak to differentiation of a regular‚ normal existence with the stress that accompanies the Santa Ana winds. The movement

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    In Joan Didion’s‚ “Los Angeles Notebook‚” Didion utilizes an uneasy tone to characterize the Santa Ana winds. Her choice of words creates an uncanny feel to the text which gave a description to the life people in Santa Ana live. The Santa Ana winds changed the behaviors of people it touched‚ made people act differently‚ and even took a toll on the residents’ health. Didion’s usage of many stylistic elements such as syntax‚ diction‚ and figurative language greatly contributed to her essay‚ in the

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    In both “On Going Home” written by Joan Didion and “The Case for Single-Child Families” written by Bill McKibben‚ family is the main topic that each author centers their stories. While each author has different perspectives‚ they also have some similarities that come to the surface.Both passages are full of insights of how each author views their families and how their families have shaped their lives. Individually each author has a different tone and style‚ but each let the aspect of family effect

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    issues‚ add a young actress who has really only shown her chops as a Mean Girl and a Hot Chick‚ bring them together in 1940’s South Carolina‚ and don’t forget to throw in two old fogies reflecting back at their youth. That‚ basically‚ is what The Notebook looks like on paper. Though a cookie cutter “love story” this may be‚ it still leaves some room for a few surprises to keep the super familiar subject matter just the slightest bit fresh. Allie (Rachel McAdams) is the rich girl on vacation.

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    The Notebook Directed by Nick Cassavetes ‚ the notebook is based or better said its an adaption of the bestseller with the same title by Nicholas Sparks known for his romantic books . The story revolves around the lifes of a boy from the poor side of the tracks who falls for a beautiful‚ rich girl. Hottie Ryan Gosling stars as Noah ‚ who works his ’small-town boy’ charms on Allie Hamilton stared by Rachel McAdams. Despite the family backgrounds ‚ they fall passionately in love with each other during

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    The Santa Ana winds cause people to act more violently or unruly and makes others irritable and unhappy to a great extent. Joan Didion explains to the reader about how the Santa Ana affects human behavior in her essay "Los Angeles Notebook." Through the use of imagery‚ diction‚ and selection of detail Didion expresses her view of the Santa Ana winds. Didion paints uneasy and somber images when describing the Santa Ana winds. "There is something uneasy in the Los Angeles air… some unnatural stillness

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    The Notebook Kristi Rousos Psychology 101 March 18‚ 2006 Ms Grimes Class The Notebook is a movie in which the main character Allie has Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is marked by forgetting and repeating things‚ getting lost and confused‚ difficulties recognizing persons and objects. Symptoms usually appear after age sixty. Alzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of aging and the cause is yet unknown. Alzheimer’s disease is the fourth leading cause of death among adults

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    The Notebook: As if Reading from a Notebook People often refer to the movie The Notebook as a sappy‚ predictable chick flick that plays with your emotions‚ making you spill a few tears here and there. Even though I’ve seen this movie a million times‚ everytime I enjoy watching the story of two young lovers who can’t find a way to be together due to their social backgrounds. It’s a heartbreaking and achingly real love story that will keep you hooked from the beginning leaving you gasping for more

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    Brianna Efaw English Comp II Evaluation Happily Ever After I am evaluating the movie The Notebook directed by Nick Cassavetes and written by Nicolas Sparks. It features the perfect couple‚ Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams‚ who have a steamy romance throughout the movie. The couple goes through real life situations‚ ups and downs in their relationship‚ and end up together in the end of it all. It portrays the perfect romance with a twist viewers don’t see coming. To be a good romance film‚ it

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    The Notebook outline The Theme (1)Love conquers all They have overcome many setbacks‚ and love bring them‚ brought them together again. (2) Follow your heart Allie finds that Noah is her only one. She decides follow her heart and love him. (3) You cannot live your life in fear of hurting others Allie obeys her parent’s decision‚ to love Lon but not Noah‚ so she missed Noan. Noah and Allie Their first met in the opening night of the Neuse River Festival‚ in after graduation 1932. They need to be

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