Nowadays‚ while film producers tend to make films about loves relating to materialism‚ pure loves obviously become rarer and more appreciated than ever before. Under the Hawthorn Tree‚ the latest work by director Zhang Yimou based on the same- named novel of Ai Mi‚ brings about a belief of a pure and unmingled love‚ even though it is set in dying days of Chinese Cultural Revolution. The film beautifully tells the story of a high- school student‚ Jingqui who has a troubled family background: her
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Christmas Tree Facts Great Moments in Christmas Tree History * The use of evergreen trees to celebrate the winter season occurred before the birth of Christ. * The first decorated Christmas tree was in Riga‚ Latvia in 1510. * The first printed reference to Christmas trees appeared in Germany in 1531. * Besides evergreens‚ other types of trees such as cherry and hawthorns were used as Christmas trees in the past. * Using small candles to light a Christmas tree dates back to the
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people give you just Think about why they gave it to you. In the book The Giving Tree the tree is being really kind to the boy and letting him take her stuff. The giving tree is all about giving and being greedy is not all about giving. I think giving is a big part of this book.The tree is giving all her things to the boy so he can survive. "I want to buy things and have fun.I want some money?""I’m sorry‚" said the tree‚ "but I have no money.I have only leaves and apples.Take my apples‚ Boy‚ and sell
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In Robert Redford’s article‚ “Protect our WIld Horses”‚ Redford uses ethos and statistics to construct and argument regarding the protection of wild horses and why congress should do a better job at protecting them. Redford appeals to the reader’s sense of ethics by stating that “ any infringement on [a horse’s] legally protected right to live is an assault on American principals.” Redford uses states this to make the reader feel as if the mistreatment of wild horses was breaking the constitution
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“Our America” Jose Marti The essay “Our America” by Jose Marti is a magnificent work in which it encourage Latin America to realize that the human being is intelligent‚ wise and natural that tends to be mortified by the world. The world in this case North America and Europe‚ in their eagerness to conquer‚ they completely forget that Latin America is human beings of thought and ideals of our nature. Jose Marti tries to liberate Latin America from the oppression of the conquerors. He encourages
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I don’t know what the heck I’m doing‚ so I’ll just right about a legend from where I’m from. This is a legend of how the coconut tree came about. And if you don’t know what a legend is‚ it’s a story that isn’t meant to be believed. So I don’t care if you don’t believe it‚ but I think it’s a very interesting story to tell. The coconut legend is about a young girl who was admired by her entire village and all of her tribe. Anyways‚ one day the girl became very thirsty. The tribe looked and searched
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Mr. Wipf‚ I know you couldn’t read “The Flag is Drenched with Our Blood” because you don’t have enough articles‚ so let me quickly summarize it for you: Charles Blow recounts every evil that has ever befallen the black community in America since they were taken from their homes in Africa. It’s a complete ad misericordium; he presents no line of thought that connects the situation in modern black America with any of those events of the past (eg. segregation‚ lynchings‚ slavery). All he says is that
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The poplar “that has grown up rich in bottom soil” was an image that immediately caught my eye (4.526). Homer uses this particular line to illustrate the foundation that molded Simoeisius into the person he grew to become. The poplar tree is symbolic of his family tree as well. He grew up enriched with a strong family foundation on the banks of the Simois’ River (4.517). Homer also uses the image of a trunk that branches out to illustrate Simoeisius’ growth as an individual. The image that the trunk
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The main topic of interest in “Our National Eating Disorder” by Michael Pollan’s‚ is that the question “What are we having for dinner?”‚ has evolved with the world. The quality of food and the intake of food has changed immensely from many years ago. Back in the day‚ you could not go to get a pre-cooked chicken at your local supermarket‚ you would have to do the hunting on your own. Now we have evolved so drastically to have organic meat‚ now the new fad in right now is everything organic or gluten
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How Fast Can Life Really Be LIFE‚ we may not know what it means but we may know how short and quick human life is. Our Town is about these characters that live in the same town and they all interact with each other and the stage manager is explaining the play in a very unique way. Every single time the stage manager explains the play he always makes a theme. In the play‚ Our Town‚ Wilder explores the brevity of human life. Wilder explains the brevity of human life by giving multiple examples
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