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    In Julia Lawrinson’s ‘Bye‚ Beautiful’‚ Sandy Lansing is a character of many layers as she is portrayed as a victim‚ villain and a hero. At first she is timid and living in her sister Marianne’s shadow‚ but soon shows her bitterness and jealousy towards Marianne. As we near the end of the book however‚ she puts her own feelings aside and shows her bravery when she stands up for her sister. Sandy can be perceived as a victim as she is used as a cover up for Billy and Marianne’s relationship.

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    A Beautiful Mind: Paranoid Schizophrenia “A Beautiful Mind” is a movie that was based off a true story of the Nobel Prize winner John Nash‚ who suffered with schizophrenia upon entering Princeton University. Schizophrenia is not a personality disorder‚ but the splitting of the mind‚ which can cause people to hear voices‚ but will not change into multiple personalities. Nash’s symptoms went unnoticed during his college career‚ which promoted the disease to worsen over time because of the lack of

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    A Beautiful Mind

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    November 13‚ 2012 A Beautiful Mind This is a true story about John Nash who unfortunately was discovered in his adult life as having a terrible illness‚ paranoid schizophrenia. John Nash was a student at Princeton. He tries to portray himself as being really smart‚ but right off you can tell there is something wrong with him‚ by the look in his eyes. This theory is thought to be incredible and he is offered a job at M.I.T. He gets married and has a child. This is when his world is turned upside

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    Life is beautiful‚ is a film just like roses; it has challenges which are like thorns and have to be faced and overcome by all in order to get to the beauty of the flower itself. Those who accept these challenges and succeed are the ones who know how to live life in its true sense. The film teaches the audience to enjoy life but at the same time‚ be prepared to bear the pricks of pain. The film “Life is Beautiful” is critical of the discrimination that the Jews faced during the Holocaust in the Second

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    A Beautiful Mind By Ron Howard A Beautiful Mind detailed the dramatic rise and fall of John Forbes Nash‚ the celebrated Nobel Prize winner and mathematician‚ as he battled the debilitating effects of schizophrenia to eventually attain international acclaim. Schizophrenia is characterized by a broad range of unusual behaviors that cause profound disruption in the lives of people suffering from the condition‚ as well as in the lives of the people around them. Schizophrenia strikes without regard

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    The Jealous Sister

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    really about? Is it about money‚ or who drives the fanciest car‚ who sells the most albums or who has the most respect? Happiness has many different meanings. It is defined according to a person’s personal perspectives. Each individual describes his or her feelings in ways that cannot be compared to others. Happiness originally means the inner state of well being or a pleasurable or satisfying experience. What makes you happy and what makes me happy are different things. Whatever it is‚ that gives you

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    The Most Beautiful Woman

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    The most beautiful woman anyone in the town of Buzios‚ Brazil had ever seen. Tan‚ dark‚ flawless skin like it was painted by an artist. Long‚ flowing‚ black hair similar to the beautiful Pocahontas. She had the most perfect figure‚ as if it was sculpted by the most talented of men. She only had one flaw that she refused to tell anyone about. She suffered with multiple personalities disorder. She had her loyal‚ peaceful‚ friendly personality‚ which she spent most of her time during the day as‚ and

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    Beautiful Nature By Dora Molina This painting by Pat Steir Figure 129 Pink Chrysanthemum is three panels of flowers. The background of these paintings is pink and the flowers are white. The first panel of the painting has three flowers in a green vase. The flowers are kind of blurry the way that the light shined on them‚ and are centered. The second panel has just a close up of a single flower. Its closer than the first panel and has way more detail of the flower. You almost feel

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    LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

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    living as opposed to merely existing. What does the word ‘beautiful’ suggest? That life itself in a whole is truly amazing in other words ‘beautiful’. It can also be a contradiction in some parts of the film. Is ‘beauty’ something that is seen or experienced? To capture the whole beauty of something it must be experienced by the individuals themselves. Having viewed the film‚ list all the ways in which you feel the film depicts life as beautiful. In the middle of the movie it portrays to the viewers

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    The film “A Beautiful Mind” effectively portrays the life of a person living with schizophrenia and offers viewers several comments on the effects of mental illness without limiting the scope to simply this aspect. Being a genius does not preclude the possibility that someone has a mental illness such as schizophrenia‚ and such is the case in the character of John Nash‚ the mathematician and Nobel Prize winner portrayed in the movie‚ partially about abnormal psychology‚ “A Beautiful Mind.” John Nash

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