apart so better things can fall together.” -Marilyn Monroe- This quote to me means that everything happens for a reason and it is sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad. I think that this quote says that Everything that happens in one way or another has a direct impact on who you are. How you look at and react to everything that happens around you goes into defining who you are‚ and the outlook you’ll have on life. Some people were always meant to be together‚ and never change. Other
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Memorable Quotes: (15) “Richard Parker has stayed with me. I’ve never forgotten him. Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly‚ but nightmares tinged with love. Such is the strangeness of the human heart.” (Martel 6) The very beginning of the book shows the bond formed by Pi and Richard Parker. The shared experience does create somewhat fond memories in Pi’s mind. Richard Parker was Pi’s tether‚ keeping him from diving into depression and losing
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or feelings of anxiety which Mr. Wonka also clearly suffers from. Whenever we feel threatened( by the children attacking his lifestyle choices) our “id or superego” becomes overpowering. In Mr.Wonkas case his “id” has taken over most of his entire life. From the moment he defied his fathers’ wishes by eating all the chocolate he could find and running away from home‚ he stepped into his own world in which he let his “id” take over. I mean for goodness sake the man lives in a chocolate factory where
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A Character Analysis of Willy Arthur Miller’s play Death of a Salesman was published in 1949‚ and it is a story about a salesman named Willy Loman. The play ends tragically‚ reveals our lives‚ and it gives us a warning about the society that we live in. By reading this play‚ we can think about why we work so hard‚ and what will remain at the end of our existence. Even though this play was written in 1940s‚ the main character Willy Loman shows many examples of modern socialism in our lives. By the
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“Live a great life.” People have heard of that quote or something similar often‚ but sometimes life is not as superlative as some people anticipate it to be. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ the author’s moderate use of racism impacts how the characters behave throughout the story. The author’s use of setting and the characterization of children highlights the importance of discrimination in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. The author’s use of setting climaxes the importance of racism in the
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Quote #1 “The birds did not understand Snowball’s long words‚ but they accepted his explanation‚ and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart. FOUR LEGS GOOD‚ TWO LEGS BAD‚ was inscribed on the end wall of the barn‚ above the Seven Commandments and in bigger letters (3.10‚ 3.11)” Big words bad‚ small words good: it’s easier to understand rules when they’re simple‚ but simple rules tend to gloss over the complexities of human society. Like‚ "don’t tell lies" is all well
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In this quote‚ the author is talking about being creative and how creativity helps people get through life. The thing that got Pi through his journey was Richard Parker. Pi’s innocent self could not have made it through being stranded without his animalistic side. The “creativity” being mentioned is about how Pi created Richard Parker in order to survive. Without it‚ Pi would either not physically make it or mentally break down without a scapegoat for his conscious. The quote foreshadows the stories
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The Life of Pi- Favorite Quote While I was reading the Life of Pi‚ I ran into a quote that caught my attention‚ and I feel as if it sums up the emotion behind the struggle Pi encountered. While he was on the boat‚ Pi states‚ "My face set to a grim and determined expression. I speak in all modesty as I say this‚ but I discovered at that moment that I have a fierce will to live. It’s not something evident‚ in my experience. Some of us give up on life with only a resigned sigh. Others fight a little
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people. In the case of William Loman‚ in “Flight Patterns‚” his character defies and ignores the concept of appreciation. Convinced by his pride in himself‚ his heritage‚ and for his family‚ William fails to see any need to be appreciated or to appreciate. However‚ after the impact of a stranger’s life story‚ William’s narrow mindedness soon turns into compassion with a new perspective. A perspective that allows him to realize the importance of appreciation. William Loman was a man dedicated to his
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Life today is very fast-paced. Everyone is in a hurry to get somewhere and will push you out of the way to get there‚ like it’s some kind of race. In our personal lives‚ we have our cell phones‚ and maybe a home phone‚ scheduled play dates for our kids‚ microwaves‚ satellite TV‚ home security systems that don’t involve dogs‚ solar landscape lighting‚ automatic underground sprinkler systems for our lawns‚ and compact fluorescent lights to replace the incandescent bulbs that waste energy. In the business
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