For my realistic fiction book talk‚ I read “The Summer I Turned Pretty” by Jenny Han. I read this book because it was recommended to me by a friend‚ and by the summary presented in the novel‚ it seemed very interesting to me. The realistic setting in this story takes place in the contemporary time period‚ at the beach house at Cousins Beach‚ Rhode Island. The main character is Isabel (Belly) Conklin‚ a 16 year old girl who just wants to have a perfect summer with the least drama as possible. The
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However‚ these comments are brief and did not provide any details as to why the person "loved" the movie or found that it was not as great as they expected. No analysis of the scenes‚ music‚ elements‚ characters‚ or symbolism was given. The evaluative talk was just brief and lacked any evidence to help scholarly debates on
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In the Ted Talks that I watched for this class‚ Shultz spoke on why we are stuck in the feeling of being right. Shultz says that we find ourselves stuck in a feeling of being right because of how we feel emotionally when we are wrong. Being wrong feels the same as being right until you realize that you are wrong‚ and then it can be devastating‚ embarrassing‚ and even funny at times. She called this “error blindness”. Shultz notes‚ that the second reason we are stuck in being right is cultural
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Many teenagers develop poor perceptions of body image because of this‚ as most actors who play teenagers are actually in their mid-twenties and sometimes‚ their early thirties. For example‚ a very popular television show in my high school years was Pretty Little Liars; actresses who are 27‚ 27‚ 29‚ and 31 played the four main girls supposedly in their freshman year of high school. At this point in a women’s life‚ they have already gone through several developmental phases that render them more socially
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f- Self-Talk Edgar Gonzales California College San Diego Communication Arts/Eng223 Elizabeth Sanchez January 19‚ 2012 Self- Compassion & Self-Talk Self –Compassion is something that is critical in order for us to be confident in ourselves and stress free (Neff‚ 2011). We have a lot of respect for other people and compassion for them as well. Sometimes we even treat them better than ourselves! Sometimes we treat people better than ourselves. We help them when they are going through
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Jerrick A. Luy Saturday 1:30-4:30P Talk to Her Talk to Her is a movie about two totally different individuals whose lives were intertwined with friendship because of a devastating accident. The movie starts with a play in a theatre where Marco and Benigno meet‚ but as total strangers‚ Benigno notices that Marco is crying while watching the dance recital‚ this symbolizes a sense of weakness for Marco. Marco‚ a journalist who sought to make a story on a famous female matador ends up being
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Let’s Talk About Creativity‚ The Magnificent Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock In 1915 a controversial poem titled “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” was released by T.S. Eliot. It is a first person stream of consciousness narrative based on a man at a social gathering who is having some social anxiety. This character is an examination of the tortured psyche of the prototypical modern man; an overeducated‚ eloquent‚ neurotic‚ and emotionally stilted figure. The main character Alfred speaks about
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All the Pretty Horses would be widely considered a fairly typical western in the traditional sense. There are many of the common western tropes that exist explicitly and implicitly within the novel. While much of the idealistic “western” characteristics appear in a blatant manner‚ the novel is laced with incidents and dialogue of seemingly little consequence or significance at first glance. There are many occurrences which are overlooked in the story that represent and support a common and major
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This song reminds me that we have our whole lives to live and that our future is whatever we make it. We‚ as humans‚ have the ability to choose and write in another future if we want. In life‚ our story can not predict what the future has in store for us. "The pens in my hand‚ ending unplanned" This lyrics mean that our life is in our hands‚ and we are the only one who can "write" the rest of our "story" (life). Besides‚ this song is very inspirational. To me‚ this song teaches me about living and
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work with their parents or got a job at a plant factory . You had some who went to college or moved out of town‚ but most went into the workforce. My hometown has impacted me a lot. It has made me want to do better than just go straight into the workforce. I plan to go to college to become a pediatric dentist. My hometown as help me want to strive for excellence. I have a very strong determined drive to make something of myself‚ I will not settle for less. I am always on the A/B honor roll because I
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