How would a person vividly detail a moment where they felt most victorious? What would be the best way to express that type of memory? In “The Eight-Yard run” the American novelist‚ Irwin Shaw‚ details the memory of the ex-jock‚ Darling‚ and his run during a football practice that took place 15 years ago. In his text Shaw uses hyperbole’s to describe Darling’s memory by intensifying Darling’s actions. Throughout the text Shaw shows great uses of hyperbole’s‚ For example‚ In one line Shaw describes
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No movie gives an impact better than a story that happens in a setting closer to the real scenarios of life. The movie Pursuit of Happyness acted by Will Smith gives us lessons in life in its rawest form. The film happens with a great taste of honesty. It teaches lessons you can use in your daily lives. The movie starts with the Gardner couple having problems‚ which is a common scene for people nowadays. The protagonist earns money by selling bone density scanners which he sells to medical institutions
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The film I have chosen to analyse Angelina Jolie’s biopic film‚ Unbroken which was released late 2014. The film begins before World War II started in 1936 and finishes in the year 1945 when the war ended. During the war‚ it was the norm for militants and even civilians to be captured and taken to prison camps to be tortured for information or used as slave labour and tortured because they were the enemy. The main protagonist‚ Louis Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) is a young Olympic runner hopeful whose
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well-known theme park‚ Dollywood. Pigeon Forge’s town square‚ overflowing with small-scale souvenir stores‚ speciality shops‚ and bakeries‚ piqued my interest. Visiting it‚ I immersed myself in the homely yet exciting atmosphere radiating from the joyful town. Every block was doused in Christmas lights and each storefront was adorned with shimmering decoration. Holiday cheer swelled within me as I bought and ate homemade peanut brittle‚ toffee‚ and fudge from the surrounding stores. Pigeon Forge‚
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Secretary of State‚ John Hay‚ thought of the Spanish-American war as a “splendid little war”. The war was begun in April 1898 and lasted four months and only a small fraction of the men who volunteered to fight died. America was triumphant over Spain in Puerto Rico‚ Cuba‚ and the Philippines and the America navy was superior. Both Emilio Aquinaldo and Theodore Roosevelt felt very strongly for the Spanish-American war even though not in the same way as the other. Emilio Aquinaldo‚ a Filipino general
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nearly did. But something held me back. Perhaps I was stopped by that level of feeling‚ deeper than thought‚ which contains the truth." PAge 40 "I had no idea why this game me such immense relief‚ but it seemed‚ standing there in Finny’s triumphant shirt‚ that I would never stumble through the confusions of my own character again." Page 54 "’You see! Kill me! Now you know what it is! I did it because I felt like that! Now you know yourself!’" Page 62 "I lost part
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Trajan’s Column Romans had great achievements in the field of art. Especially in the sculptures and architectures. The emperors of Rome were filled with ambitions. They wanted their name be written in the history and be remembered by their posterity. So they warred around and build all types of monument to celebrate their military victories. One type of monument favored by the Romans --- suggestive not only the power but also of male virility--- is the ceremonial column. “Trajan’s Column‚ perhaps
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upperclassmen title. "The Seniors are gonna be on top and gonna win this‚" Jordan Johnson mentioned‚ "we’re taking home the trophy." And Jordan was right. At the end of an eventful Spirit Week‚ the Seniors took home the Spirit Cup once again. A great triumphant start to the 2016 Senior’s final year at Maplewood Richmond
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significantly benefitting him where using his somatic fortitude would not. Before stabbing Polyphemus in the eye‚ Odysseus gets him drunk first to ensure he would not have enough coordination to attempt to kill him and his remaining crew members. The triumphant plan of intoxicating Polyphemus before impaling him so that his coordination will be disoriented rather than actually fighting him portrays why Odysseus is often times looked at as an respectable character. In attempt to get the cyclops tipsy‚ Odysseus
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"Still I Rise‚" by the African American writer Maya Angelou (1928–)‚ offers a fascinating blend of tones: energetic and resistant‚ diverting and furious‚ confident and intense. At last‚ nonetheless‚ the sonnet’s tone‚ as the work’s title proposes‚ is triumphant. The sonnet’s first word—"You"— is essential. This is a ballad unmistakably tended to others. It is not just a private‚ verse contemplation. Quite a bit of its vitality gets from its intense and brazen self-self-assuredness. Plainly tended to
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