September 11th‚ 2012 Asmaa Salem Narrative Essay I am an average 16 year who just can’t wait to grow up and face the real world and not have to worry about any rules or restrictions. On January 12th‚ 1996‚ my parents named me Asmaa‚ so I have to stick with that name for the rest of my life. Personally‚ I like the name because it’s the name of a very great person; more of a hero in Islam. Names in my family go with a pattern; but this only goes for girls. The pattern is the double ‘A’ at the
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English 101 Narrative Essay In Death‚ You Live Forever “Can you get me a glass of water?” my mother whispered in a hoarse voice. I nodded and quickly escaped the dimly lit bedroom to fetch my mother a glass of water from the kitchen. She said she wanted water‚ and I believed her one hundred percent‚ but I knew that she had another motive for sending me out of the room. She wanted to speak to her friend‚ Angelo‚ in private. I knew she would be talking to him about her condition‚ but that’s as
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Seven Pounds - Journeys Introduction Before I begin‚ I just want to let you all know that I’m about to ruin an amazing film for you all. What is a journey? Journey serves as an effective metaphor because it can accurately portray many concepts from all walks of life without becoming vague. A metaphor of journey manifests both as a process that the protagonists experience‚ and as an objective that they strive to reach. The film "Seven Pounds" starring Will Smith best illustrates the concept
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My memorable experience It was the summer of 2017‚ where I was in the plane travelling to Israel for two weeks with my boyfriend at the time. It was going to be a tough tournament as I was competing against women who have any age‚ when I was only sixteen. My goal of the tournament was to achieve a world ranking. I had to start from qualification‚ which I succeeded in by beating three girls. The final round to make the main draw of the tournament‚ I was up against a local Israeli girl‚ in which there
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Task By Gillian Ferguson The film Stand By Me directed by Rob Reiner explores ideas of both physical and inner journeys. The plot revolves around four 12 year old boy’s journey to find the body of a missing boy. Through this quest each of the characters goes through an inner journey and grows emotionally. The filmmaker uses a variety of techniques to illustrate the theme of journey including voiceover narration‚ metaphors and flashbacks. The film is told through voice-over narration by a middle-aged
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A Journey can be a process of self-discovery‚ a movement of one’s location‚ a shift in direction leading to an understanding of the world and themselves. In order for a journey to take place it must have one key ingredient‚ that is‚ a traveller. Journey is happening all around us to deny it is to deny the very meaning of life itself‚ it is a necessary part of human nature and it’s how we act upon it that defies the impact felt and destination found. Through Michael Gow’s ‘Away’ and ‘The Blind Side’
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Most journeys involve a change in character. One example of this is the journey of self-discovery that Holden Caulfield undergoes in “The Catcher in the Rye”. J. D. Salinger uses a variety of linguistic and literary techniques such as characterisation and setting to take the audience on Holden’s journey. Holden Caulfield is a teenager who is struggling to fit into adult society. This is evident from very early on in the book when Salinger immediately characterises Holden as a very judgmental and
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Being unprepared I shall never forget the first time I got bad marks when I was in grade 11. A day before the geography’s test‚ I attend my friend’s birthday party. I had a lot of fun at the party and I came back home so late. After having a warm bath‚ I was tired and felt too sleepy. I still remembered my geography’s test but I could not open my eyes to learn. I promised to myself that I would learn it early in the morning before going to school. But I could not image I wake up too late to study
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“To journey requires determination‚ to understand a journey requires insight” The novel “My Place” reveals that the consequences‚ changes and the purpose of a journey can only be understood by insight. Initially‚ Nan is portrayed as a petulant woman‚ distant from the reader‚ as there is no emotional connection created. As Nan’s journey progresses the reader’s perception of Nan is altered as they become aware of the injustice she experienced as an Aboriginal person. This is demonstrated when Nan
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Matrix‚ Lord of the Ring? The key to their success is the structure of the story: they all applied Hero’s Journey‚ introduced by Joseph Campbell in 1949. The sense of this structure actually existed long before Joseph Campbell. Stories like Beowulf were the ancestors with such bloodline. Though the structure evolved differently as time pasts‚ the essence of it never vanishes. Genuinely‚ a Hero’s Journey contains three main sections: departure‚ redemption‚ and return. The referenced TED talk is pretty interesting:
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