K.C. Webb AOD-201 / PM Class 11/12/2010 “My Name is Bill W” The movie “My Name is Bill W” was about William Griffith Wilson (Nov 26‚ 1895 – Jan 24‚ 1971) He was better known as Bill Wilson or “Bill W’. He was the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous with Robert Holbrook Smith AKA Dr. Bob. After seeing this movie I did some additional research. He and his sister were abonandoned by both parents and left to live with his maternal grandparents. Bill also experienced severe depression when he
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Plot summary: Cupcake Brown has led a life filled with so many wrong doings. After the death of her mother‚ she was sent to foster home after foster home‚ which were filled with abuse. She continuously ran away from home. She eventually turned to drugs‚ alcohol‚ hustling‚ gangbanging‚ and prostitution. Despite all of this‚ she eventually brings herself back on track as she reaches for a new goal. Themes and Issues Addiction: It didn’t start off as something planned‚ in fact it was quite unexpected
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in time in an individual’s life in which their name truly becomes a part of their identity. A name is more than just a title to differentiate people; it is a part of the person. In Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood by Richard E. Kim‚ names play a major role on the character’s identities. The absence and importance of the names in the story make the story rich with detail and identity through something as simple as the name of a character. Names are a significant factor affecting the story and
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I am writing to you today‚ to explain what I believe about your discriminative views on names of children and scapegoating it onto their parents. May I call you Katie? Maybe I should stick to Ms. Hopkins‚ because you have made it really quite clear - you don’t like me. In fact‚ apparently‚ you hate me a lot just because I don’t have a top-notch name. I don’t really understand why you would feel such hate towards me; it’s such a strong‚ negative word and I wonder why you feel the urge to use that
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Plot Analysis (The Nightingale and the Rose) In The Nightingale and the Red Rose‚ there are several matters to be taken into account. Firstly‚ a plot technique that is used to make the story more interesting is foreshadowing. As the story proceeds‚ the author gives a clue about how hard and high-priced it is to have a red rose; the Nightingale has to fly around the garden and is failed time after time by answers of rose trees. Yet‚ she still keeps on finding a way to get a red rose. It turns
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The Power of Brand Name The success of any business or consumer product in today’s world depends in part on the target market’s ability to distinguish one product from another. Branding helps ultimately consumers to identify one product from those of the competition. However‚ there is a second side of branding. As society progresses and increases its ability to purchase more and better quality products‚ people’s perception regarding brand names changes as time goes by. For the majority of people
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2005 it was regarded as a milestone in German politics; and the USA‚ the country of freedom and sophistication has yet to experience a female president. One of the exceptions in this context is the UK. Not because of the UK itself but because of Margaret Thatcher. She took office as the first female Prime Minister of the UK as well as the first female leader of the Conservative Party already 30 years ago‚ when women in such high political positions were basically non-existent. She was one of the
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Facts being‚ concrete evidence that what the writer says or does is completely true. Speculation is when a guess is made as to what happened and on the other hand‚ fiction‚ is something that is undoubtedly made up. Maxine Hong Kingston‚ writer of “No Name Woman” takes the reader on a journey using these three components to decipher the story of her aunt. To analyze Kingston’s memoir thoroughly‚ her facts‚ her fiction and what she speculates about her aunt has to be broken down and studied. This memoir
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“Happy Endings” In the story “Happy endings” by Margaret Atwood‚ the theme is‚ the only similar part of life for all of us is death. But what is different is how people in this story live and die. In the story Margaret wrote‚ “You’ll have to face it‚ the endings are the same however you slice it.” It is the beginning and the end of our lives are similar‚ but the middle separates us from how we lived. What the author tries to say in this story is that all situations start
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published in 1992 in England. The story is about a couple who married without love‚ but parent’s wish instead.The husband named Henry Tillotson and the wife named Margaret Tillotson. Henry got married to Margaret because it was his father’s wish and to save her from going to prison. Henry brought Margaret to his farmhouse in Cotteshaw. When Margaret got there‚ she went straight to her bed and rarely got up. Margaret’s favorite and only hobby was redecorating the bedroom. She kept changing the color from
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