Students are taught about what war was like in the past but they have never been able to see what it looked like. Oliver Stone’s movie Platoon showed the main character (Chris Taylor) and his companions throughout the war. The movie showed what happened during the Vietnam war and how it changed the view of soldiers from the beginning of entering the war to the end. Some major themes were Empathy vs. Ruthlessness because we see Sergeant Elias being understanding when taking over the village because
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I received a review copy of Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway from Simon and Schuster in exchange for a review. This has in no way influenced my thoughts and feelings about the book. I heard about this book for a while. It sounded interesting and I was hearing really good things about it. So when it arrived in my PO I couldn’t wait to read it. Emmy & Oliver follows Emmy as she deals with the return of her best friend Oliver after he was kidnapped all those years ago. They were best friends before he
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into their prey. It can kill. Furthermore‚ Mary Oliver‚ the writer of "Owls"‚ successfully delineates the two-faced personality nature is affiliated with. In this rich excerpt‚ Oliver makes it a priority to point out that nature can be both miraculous and corrupt at the same time. Like the jellyfish‚ nature can bring “immobilizing happiness"‚ but it can also be complex‚ and bring forth "death.” From the get-go‚ Oliver uses Vonnegut-like imagery to create a distinct contrast
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The book Emmy and Oliver is definitely for you. Emmy and elly is about two people who have been best friends since they were born. One day in class‚ a note gets passed around asking Oliver if he likes emmy as a crush‚ or in first grade terms‚ ‘like like?’. He replied yes. By the time emmy got the paper back‚ id had thousands of creases in it as if its been opened and close numerous times. She sees the question and answer. Her eyes lit up softly and she was so excited to ask Oliver if it was true or
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Emmy and Oliver were best friends since they were born‚ only a few hours apart. They were next door neighbors and in the same first grade class. One day on a three day weekend‚ Oliver has to go to his dad’s house. His dad‚ Keith‚ picks him up from school and never brings him back. The police send out a nationwide alert letting the country know that he has been kidnapped by his own father. Emmy‚ Drew‚ and Caro who are all best friends and only in first grade‚ start getting questioned. The search continues
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Oliver Sacks is not your typical research doctor that continuously tests and examines the subject as if it were not human. Dr. Sacks leaves behind the cold‚ clinical view of the hospital and spends quality time with his subjects in their normal environments. He goes on trips‚ takes holidays and really gets to know the neurologically different people about whom he writes. This is all portrayed in his writing as he talks about the different trips he takes to certain places around the world‚ in particular
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Jamie Oliver is a chef who has made a number of television programmes for Channel 4; in most of these programmes he is cooking and instructing the audience‚ although he is sometimes part of documentaries about food‚ for example in schools. His style of speech is very different to many of his contemporaries: he uses his distinctive style to present himself as a down to earth‚ friendly TV chef. Oliver is the only person talking in this transcript because he is cooking and explaining his actions
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language and how he adapts and uses these language features in his TED speech.Jamie Oliver successfully uses many language devices in order to help him communicate with his audience. I will be looking at Oliver’s and examining how effective it is and also some features of spontaneous speech‚ which are shown in the speech.Firstly‚ I am going to look at Jamie Oliver’s planned and prepared language that he uses. Oliver has obviously taken time to adapt his lexis to suit his American audience.Phrases such
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It was almost five in the afternoon‚ and he was fixing his hair inside his bathroom. He was facing a circular mirror that was just above the sink and he looked at his reflection‚ trying to see whether his face was okay. He had messy‚ jet black hair‚ fair skin‚ and brown eyes. When he was finished with his hair‚ that would never stay fixed‚ he went straight downstairs. In the kitchen were his mom and dad. For some very unusual reason‚ he never looked like any of his parents‚ plus they were pale. At
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As Carol stood in the bathroom she knew what the result would be‚ her hands were shaking as she reached the first step of the stairs. "John’" she shouted. John came and stood at the bottom of the stairs with a worried look on his face "What’s wrong?" he asked. By now Carol had already reached the bottom of the stairs‚ she gulped then said in a quiet voice - ’you’re a daddy’. The next nine months were to be a test of courage and strength both for Carol and John When the birth certificate came
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