After reading "My Brooklyn‚ Then and Now" by Wendell Jamieson‚ I couldn’t help but to think of the one line that caught my attention " Plenty of old places are gone‚ but many thrive. And the new places - the restaurants and bars‚ of course...have made Brooklyn a destination." Growing up in Ridgewood‚ Queens I saw many places disappear overtime. I also saw many new places blossom and make this neighborhood quite an attraction. From Norma’s bakery that is located just a few blocks away from my house
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I am reading That Was Then‚ This is Now by S.E. Hinton. I have read pages 1-88 this week. The prompt I have chosen is “Compare and Contrast two or more important people‚ groups‚ places‚ or events in the story.” A few ways Bryon and Mark are different is that Bryon is more informed‚ Mark is more daring‚ and Bryon is more trustworthy. One of the ways Byron is different than Mark is that Bryon is more informed. Within only five chapters already‚ we can see from the beginning that Bryon is definitely
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the company’s date of birth. AAPL stocks as can be viewed on the chart provided by Money Watch CNN (IPhone-Apple-Stock)‚ have declined in rate of the stock market a few days after every Apple IPhone is launched. Analysts and Investors seem to believe the reason for this ill-doing is due to the excitement and anxiety caused by apples enthusiastic way of advertising and promoting their product to the average consumer. Once the news is out‚ of what will be in and when Apple plans on launching the
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because Coppola rarely seems to learn much from his past mistakes‚ especially when it comes to finances. Sometimes his attitude can lead to a good outcome‚ but other times‚ it can blow up in his face. A prime example of his poor judgement is Apocalypse Now‚ which not only went over budget‚ but the prolonged shooting of the film affected practically everyone on set‚ physically and mentally. This also puts a negative effect on Coppola as well‚ as he begins to feel immense pressure to finish a film and
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ENGLISH EXTENSION ESSAY – Heart of Darkness/Apocalypse Now The dark core of human nature has been a timeless notion‚ explored and extrapolated by many literary critics. Both the core text‚ Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and it’s film appropriation‚ Apocalypse Now directed by Francis Ford Coppola‚ ignite interest as to question whether humans are essentially creatures of dark nature when stripped down to bare essentials. When these are linked to values of greed and hunger for power and domination
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I read the book‚ Now is the Time for Running by Michael Williams about 2 brothers trying to stay alive in Zimbabwe while soldiers attack their village. The main character is Deo and he has a brother‚ Innocent. They struggle to survive and find people they can trust when running away from soldiers. In the begging of the book Deo is 14 and Innocent is 10‚ and they live with their Grandpa. Deo is skillful when on the soccer field and his brother is his biggest fan. In Africa there is little food and
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Now in Frankenstein‚ Victor Frankenstein created a monster. Well when Frankenstein created this monster he abandoned it. He left it after he say the creation for the first time. Victor never even gave him a chance to be taught the ways of life. After Victor ran away the creation became upset and confused‚ he did not know that yet but he was. He did not know anything about life. All he knew was abandonment. Now I am on the side of the creation because he was just left with not knowing anything and
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Now you see me is an action film with a magical twist. The plotline involves four magicians‚ the four Horsemen‚ performing a series of heists through magic while trying to outwit the police and join the mysterious Eye. From the start of the film the aspect of magic is present even as the Four Horsemen are brought together‚ which I find effective and almost enchanting since it shows how magic can bring people together. Apart from magic‚ there
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The Spectacular Now The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp represents being yourself in many ways. Tharp uses the main character Sutter Keely because he is different than everyone else in his graduating class. Sutter is not focused on anything besides girls and he has nobody to lean on in his scattered family. He lives with his mom in Oklahoma‚ his father ran away when he was young‚ and his sister is married to a man who is disliked very much. Something else that makes Sutter different than the other
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world has changed a lot between the years. There is a huge difference between nowadays movies and the early 1900s. Movies used to be a treat to go to and there would be people on stage preforming it for you. There is not much of that left now. If I were to go to a movie theatre today and watch a movie‚
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