The first essay was written to focus on negative criticism on television‚ “Television: The Plug-In Drug” by Marie Winn‚ was about the influence of television on family life and parent-child relationships. Author of children’s books‚ Marie Winn sees only a negative outcome with television and family. I did not like her article because I think that it’s good to watch TV. You are informed about your surroundings‚ you learn a lot of things and it doesn’t change family relationships. Winn says that
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Marie-Georges Méliès (birth name) a pioneer of the early cinema was born on December 8‚ 1861 in Paris‚ France. He was born to wealthy industrialist parents who manufactured shoes. At an early age Georges Méliès showed interest in the arts‚ and stage design. He studied stage design and puppetry in Paris at various theatres. "In 1884‚ Méliès continued his studies abroad‚ in London at the request of his parents - they insisted he learn English after which they intended him to work at his father’s
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Are you tired of all the dystopian books that have seemed to fill up shelves around the world? Many people are. However the book‚ Legend‚ by Marie Lu‚ falls right under this new trend and for the most part was very enjoyable as it has an interesting setting. This book takes place in the west of a very dystopian United States of America. In this future the west is ruled by an organization called the Republic. The Republic is a totalitarian group that controls nearly every aspect of everybody’s lives
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The power of love causes individuals to react in many different ways. In the Lais of Marie de France‚ each story of love produces a different outcome. For a story’s relationship‚ whether it involves lovers‚ siblings‚ or parents and children‚ there is one similarity hidden beneath the facades that make up each story; love. The characters involved make drastic changes to their lives in order for their relationship to survive. Throughout many of the tales‚ the protagonists succumb to the pain of
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Last night when I let the dogs back in from their evening outing in the back yard‚ Butters‚ my one and a half year old Pekingese darling‚ was a terrifying no show. After frantically calling and searching‚ we finally found her‚ lying near the house‚ unable to get up on her own. She was nearly unresponsive and covered in bloody diarrhea and drool‚ a limp‚ pitiful little “rag” in my arms. We called the emergency number for Dr. Childers‚ a simply wonderful man who has patiently dealt with more doggie
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This is a case of Isabella Anne Constance Marie Wiens who was born on June 11‚ 2011. Isabella was taken from her mother‚ Sara Jane Wiens in August 2011 after she was deemed unfit to care for her (Kane‚ 2015). In March 2013‚ the 21-month-old toddler was found dead in the crib at her foster home (Kane‚ 2015); and the place of death was listed as Burnaby (Culbert & Shaw‚ 2015). Two years later‚ Ms. Wiens is still searching for answers as the coroner’s report classified the death as being undetermined
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The television was a device that was thought to bring families closer. However‚ in recent years the idea can be debunked as an old wives tale. In Marie Winn’s book the Plug-In Drug she addresses how television/electronics have actually driven families apart. This topic is specifically covered in her chapter “Family Life”. Winn makes observations which open our eyes to what electronics can actually do to families. Electronics have perverted the idea of family and how they interact with one another
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The parable of the Ten Virgins‚ found in Matthew 25‚ has been a commonly debated passage of scripture in terms of interpretation. Ranging from the importance of preparedness to the misogynistic oppression of women & denial of rights eisegeted by Marie Rosenblatt‚ the interpretation of this passage has seen many different variations‚ each seemingly falling short in one way of another. Found in the second chapter of his Olivet Discourse‚ Christ describes the scene of wedding. Ten maidens equipped
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In many of the stories and poems that contain some form of physical transformation‚ from Ovid’s Metamorphoses to Marie de France’s Bisclavret‚ power and voice‚ as a form of articulate language used to express complex ideas‚ have been intricately linked and they themselves are usually connected to community and one’s status in the community. In most of the stories previously studied‚ a loss of voice resulted in a lack of recognition and led to a loss of power and freedom. As such‚ one would think
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“Saint Marie” is a chapter from “Love Medicine” written by Louise Erdrich in 1984. “Love Medicine” is her first novel‚ in which she focuses on the relations between two Chippewa families living on an Indian Reservation. Marie Lazarre is one of the major characters from whose viewpoint we can learn about their lives in the reservation and outside. “Saint Marie” is about Marie Lazarre’s journey to the Sacred Heart Convent at the age of fourteen. This journey is about losing her native religion and
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