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    Life is cyclical. It has no beginning‚ no end‚ just a long list of causes and effects‚ repeating patterns and cycles as it stretches through time. Isabel Allende‚ in the novel The House of the Spirits demonstrates how history repeats itself and that everything is connected through the repetition of events‚ the inter-generational storyline and the ending of cycles. Throughout the novel‚ events‚ motifs‚ and characteristics are mirrored‚ bringing attention to the cyclic nature of the novel‚ as well

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    four of “The Walking dead” starts off as strong as ever and promises to build more character development throughout the cast. And yes‚ the thrills and gore remain. It may be that in some scenarios‚ the image of show runner as the tall powerful magical tour guide to your favorite show is just a tad overblown. The Walking Dead enters its fourth season with its third show runner. In truth‚ all of them have been good. The show has continued to get better. People flock to it like they ought to

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    Idealism Vs Realism

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    Idealism Vs. Realism Interpreting both poems‚ “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth and “Smell” by William Carlos Williams‚ these authors take diverse approaches towards these poems when it comes to realism and idealism. William Carlos Williams tends to take a more realistic approach towards “Smell” by demonstrating forms of anti-romanticism‚ and negativity towards his own nose‚ while William Wordsworth leans toward a more idealistic approach by personifying non-living things and

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    Realism vs. Liberalism

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    Realism Vs. Liberalism The concern about possession of weapons goes back to the period between the world wars and has been a continuous concern since the early 1950s. After World War II The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was negotiated. “The NPT prohibited additional states who did not have already nuclear weapons from acquiring them and required current possessors from aiding in the in the spread…made them promise to reduce and eliminate their own.” (Snow‚ 2008:189) Throughout history

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    Realism and Local Color

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    Realism and Local Color The intent of local color writing was to show the culture and uniqueness of specific regions. Writers who wrote using local color were‚ in most cases‚ connected to the region they were writing about. Mark Twain‚ who is commonly known as being one of the greatest American writers‚ if not the greatest‚ used copious amounts of local color in his stories. In Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi he uses local color that gives the reader a better sense of what he experienced

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    they experience excessive hardships that cause that an uprooting of many of the family members. Despite what they endure they hope for a bright future. Steinbeck uses different narrative styles and other elements to establish a strong sense of realism and authenticity to the novel. He uses intercalary chapters to give the readers a real grasp of what happened during the Great Depression. Steinbeck uses different language also. The characters talk very slang and improper which allows the readers

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    Was There a Blitz Spirit?

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    Was there a Blitz spirit? * During the Blitz‚ there was a lot of bombings and damage which caused upset to many people. However in England‚ to a large extent it is believed that there was a Blitz spirit. There were mottos such as ‘keep calm and carry on’ which told people not to worry about the Blitz and just continue with their normal lives. Blitz spirit‚ defined as whatever happens you’ll stick to something until the bitter end. However‚ to some extent people believed there was no such thing

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    Style/Realism Notes

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    the production/consumption of a film text • Particular film is rendered in a particular style; has to be addressed by consumer • Objectivity v. Realism Realism • Mode of representation that attempts a 1:1 correspondence with reality with how the subject is depicted (in film‚ artwork‚ etc.) — exactly how a person sees it • Never possible to have exact realism • Everyone’s reality is different • Ideology — relative truth‚ truth that can be verified in experience • Character — actions‚ dialogue — motivations

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    Blithe Spirit Analysis

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    The production of Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward was performed by The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film and directed by Virginia Smith. I attended the performance on March 2nd‚ 2016 at 7:30 pm. Overall‚ I thought this play was very interesting and kept me intrigued the whole time. I would say that I don’t really have a type of production that I would attend‚ but now seeing this production I would most likely go see it again to see how other organizations would vary it. Every performer that

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    Touching Spirit Bear

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    Touching Spirit Bear By Daria Cheremushkina Who is Cole Mathews? Cole Mathews is the main character in the book “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelsen. In characteristics Cole is angry young man who wants to get attention from his divorced parents. Cole has a warm heart inside but because of his parents and some problems such as not having friends and not having the place where you feel comfortable. He is very cold to everyone until he learns new lessons on the island. The island for him is

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