[pic] I consider The Fountain an epic because first‚ it has gods: Mayan and Christian; it’s got a hero‚ Hugh Jackman‚ other wise known as; Tommy‚ and the quested tree of life from the Garden of Eden. It is a life-altering journey also because Tommy finally sees all of the things in life that he has done wrong‚ like choosing work over his wife‚ and he also changes the way he treats people. This movie makes the way people think change because they can compare their cultures from today’s culture
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Through out the story‚ the loons and their cries symbolize the aboriginal people and their attitudes towards the white settlers and their treatment not only towards native culture but‚ the stereotypical mentality pressed upon them. These feelings of ‘“despair‚ the unprootedness‚ the loss of the land”’ (Stovel 219) where caused by many generations of mistreatment‚ stereotypical‚ and racist mentality. The ethnocentric attitudes of the time‚ are none better portrayed than by the character of Vanessa
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Teenagers sentenced to death all because of violence and murder. No Choirboy is all about teens that try to find the easy way out; and along the way their path went wrong causing them to murder and violence. This book change my point of view on life by that easy and fast is not always the best way. This book has inspired me to further my education‚ because even though it is not easy to always go past of high school the effort is still there its better than a life of crime. The teenagers in this
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Dan Chaon’s Ill Will One of the darkest books of the year‚ Ill Will is a story you will never forget; it’s dark subplots are intertwined to unveil difficulties all humans face. “People can find patterns in all kinds of random events. It’s called apophenia. It’s the tendency we humans have to find meaning in disconnected information.” -Dan Chaon. Examining something as intricate as the human brain takes great meaning and caution; but when handled right‚ can be a powerful message. Writing with the
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The story of Zenzele: A Letter to My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire along with The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros and Motherland by Vineeta Vijayaraghavan all encompass the idea of freedom‚ a liberated country‚ an escape from a neighborhood weighing down. The idea of freedom fosters a home for creation and exploration‚ opening up a world of possibilities full of balance between self-care and community. Motherland by Vineeta Vijayaraghavan shows this idea through Maya’s journey of self discovery
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"Bernie" is an outrageous dark comedy that you must see to believe. Based on a true story‚ “Bernie” tells the tale of a small town’s beloved mortician who almost gets away with murder. The film takes place in Carthage‚ Texas‚ where Bernie Tiede is hired on as a funeral director at the local funeral home. Bernie is popular with all the locals‚ especially the recently widowed. After the passing of her husband‚ millionaire Marjorie Nugent takes to Bernie’s kindness. An odd friendship blossoms and the
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Baldassare Castiglione‚ and influential writer of his time‚ created a book called The Courtier which laid out the foundations for the “social elite”. He describes qualities and actions that a man and woman must do to get to the top. An excerpt from the book shows the similarities and differences between the expectations of an elite man and woman. Castiglione explains a male’s role first‚ showing that a man must take on a healthy lifestyle‚ exercising his body and mind to become known as a hard worker
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A girl named Steph‚ who lives in Weeksboro‚ Maine‚ is getting help from her friend to get a boyfriend. Alexandra‚ one of Steph’s best friends‚ thinks she needs to have a boyfriend‚ like everyone else in the eighth grade. They find a whirligig they believe has magical properties and try to wish for a boyfriend on it. Brent’s whirligig impacted the girls because it gave them hope that there was some magic out there working to help their "wishes" or desires come true. The girls believe the whirligig
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In the book as a whole‚ Esther is very analytic and brusque when it comes to how someone is feeling‚ especially in this section. Even more so with Shekure‚ she knows exactly what she is feeling and how to read her personality. Esther knows that something is going on between her and Black because initially‚ she was the one that helped them get together romantically because she is the matchmaker of the community. Esther knows the background of Shekure and Black since they first and she is incredibly
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Everyday people hear amazing stories of success. They hear about people achieving goals that are nearly impossible. I believe that nothing is impossible if you out your mind to it. The dictionary defines the word impossible as‚ incapable of occurring or being done. Throughout history the word impossible has become more and more irrelevant because of the achievement of many goals. Living in a world where technology is continuously growing‚ the word “impossible” is being used less and less. From the
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