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    Consumerism In Wall-E

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    WALL-E By: Micah D-S Environment and waste WALL-E is a film with many maessages‚ however I think it is a very environment related movie. In WALL-E‚ Pixar critsizes people taking things for granted‚ and consuming absurd amounts of things they think of as the norm. This means Pixar is critisizing consumerism. They are trying to raise awareness of how easy it is to destroy a society‚ so that it doesn’t happen. WALL-E is a great film because it brings up real issues that the world. It brings up issues

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    The Power of Rhetoric

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    perfectly balanced way. In comparison to Antony‚ Brutus bases his speech not on logical facts but on his reputation‚ manipulating with the fact that he is an honorable man. In terms of emotions‚ Brutus uses only pity when Antony employs the use of nostalgia and pity therefore generates a deeper emotional connection with the audience. Finally‚ Antony presents delightful ethical appeal whereas Brutus uses it very poorly. Antony demonstrates highly effective use of logical appeal by making each of

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    I am just a college student now‚ travel around the world with my lover and family is one of my dreams‚ they are so many countries in this world‚ the 3 country that I wish to go was Taipei City-Taiwan‚ Hokkaido-Japan and Beijing-China. Taiwan is known for its towering mountains‚ and is reputable as a "Mountainous Island". The island is spotted with numerous mountains over 3‚000 meters. It is also home to the Northeast Asia’s tallest mountain‚ Yu Mountain (Yushan)‚ which is nearly 4‚000 meter

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    Photo Album

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    stylized documentation of our lives. Theories of how the awareness of others viewing one’s “private story” could manipulate one’s personal identity through careful selection of chosen images displayed in the photo album. How the photo album generates nostalgia and longing that transports the viewer from an unpredictable future to a past that is stable. And finally how the overwhelming support of the Internet allows one’s photo album to be rendered digitally for many others to view questioning that the

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    What Makes A Cult Film

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    What Makes A Cult Film? “What is a cult classic?” “What makes it a film that future generations love?” The Oxford English Dictionary defines a cult film as “enduring an appeal to a relatively small audience.” In addition‚ cult audiences are frequently at odds with cultural conventions‚ and often are rebelling against the status quo. These people prefer strange topics and allegorical themes that revolt against the cultural sensitivities. They challenge genre conventions and monotonous storytelling

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    mother by grace paley

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    is a sentence “I wish I could see her in the doorway of the living room.” As a reader‚ I understand that the narrator utter these words from the bottom of her heart. It is likely to me that there is a mixture of feelings expressed in this saying: nostalgia and regret. The first reason of her wish is that she misses her mother. She misses her so much with all what she used to do when she was alive. All her memories seem to revive within her mind. We all know that family sentiments are very delicate

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    Richard Nathaniel Professor Jamy 21 January 2015 Food Memory Smells like Nostalgia I chose to share a story about my past experience this summer with memory being triggered by taste and how the two senses work together to bring back a unique memory from a certain time period. During my time from K-8 I had a really great friend that I would always hangout with after school. We would walk to his house each day after school and when we got to his house the first thing we would always do is raid

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    long-standing tradition of the lottery. They are stuck with the past and refuse to change the box even though “the black box grew shabbier each year” (Jackson 2). Shortridge agrees that “small town culture began to be labeled quaint” (41). Due to nostalgia‚ “the Midwest had become a museum of sorts” (41) and a place to “reflect on one’s heritage” (41). The Midwest is a place for one to take a trip down memory lane‚ reminiscing on the past and its forgotten culture which contrasts with today’s modern

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    singing. This poem reflects his mood of nostalgia and pathos; the speaker is longing for the simplicity and comfort of years gone by. We can discover that there is an ambiguous‚ harmonious tone‚ which is accentuated by its structure and rhyme. It also insists of rich imagery that creates a vivid picture for audiences. It is a relatively short poem that has only three stanzas‚ but Lawrence conveys the main theme of ambiguous, bitterness and sweetness of nostalgia simply and honestly. D.H. Lawrence

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    thought of his father on his last Sunday at home he did not remember the blue suit. He remembered the white flannel…”(Otsuka 551). The reflective thoughts were brought upon “the boy” during harsh times‚ revealing the development of nostalgia. Okonkwo also begins to reveal nostalgia after he learns that he has been exiled and once his village has been bombarded. He deeply regrets his exile and believes that‚ “in these seven years he would have climbed to the utmost heights. And so he regretted every day

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