LOOK BOTH WAYS - The film is an authentic personal and group portrait of how humans deal with personal tragedy‚ depression and loss - Depicts the daily life we all lead‚ where tragedy and crisis are just around the corner Characters: Nick - not yet in control with his medical diagnosis; hasn’t come to terms with his father’s death‚ therefore impossible to accept his own - describes his life with self-critical cynicism as a matter of “poverty‚ wars‚ natural
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Loneliness Loneliness is a state of mind and not an emotion. Do you know why? You can be lonely yet physically be in a crowded room with a bunch of people. In the book Of Mice and Men‚ there are two main characters that support the theme of loneliness. Crooks is one of the many characters to express the theme of loneliness. Curley’s wife displays the emotion of loneliness‚ although in a different way than Crooks does. However‚ these two have one thing in common; they both have something holding
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Langston Hughes’s poem” Harlem”‚ ask a great question‚ what happens to a dream deferred? We start out early in our lives with an endless amount of dreams for the future. Dreams for ourselves and dreams on a global scale. As children we dream of being a fireman‚ a police officer‚ teacher‚ or an astronaut. On a global scale we dream of peace and equality. What becomes of those dreams when they are postponed and overdue? Interpreting the first verse of the poem “does it dry up like a raisin
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Langston Hughes was an American Poet‚ He wrote novels‚ short stories and plays‚ as well as poetry‚ and is also known for his engagement with the world of jazz and the influence it had on his writing‚ as in his book-length poem Montage of a Dream Deferred (Holt‚ 1951). He comes off like a really cool professor who is super smart and asks a lot of questions. His poem is a free verse. “Harlem" consists of eleven lines broken into four stanzas. The first and last stanzas contain one line‚ while the
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Look beyond Boracay‚ visit Antique The message was loud and clear. Forget Boracay; well‚ it wasn’t really phrased that way but you get the gist. The province of Antique in Western Visayas was being promoted as an alternative to much-ballyhooed Boracay. “Tourism is a new world for Antiqueños‚” declared Antique’s provincial tourism officer RG Gayatin. “That’s why we have drafted a Provincial Tourism Code. We don’t want to go the way of Boracay. We want to do things right‚ and protect the environment
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Dreams by Langston Hughes is a free verse poem with an abcb rhyme scheme. In the poem‚ Hughes uses poetic devices to show dreams are as important as lives. The poem shows a theme of reflection of one’s life. To hold onto your dreams as if they were your last drop of hope. Without dreams‚ one’s life would seem empty and dull. Hughes uses a mixture of metaphors and personification throughout his poem. Hughes uses metaphors to show how useless life would be without dreams: “Life is a broken-winged
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the sensitive period for social relations occurs from 2 ½ to 5. Children watch us to see how we behave as well as how we move and how we treat others. In this stage children become conscious of how others make them feel. Give your child ample opportunities to play and be around other children outside of school times. Following close to the social phase is the sensitive period for grace and courtesy. At this stage children are open to lessons on grace and courtesy. Remember‚ seeing gracious behavior
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“50-50” by Langston Hughes In the poem “50-50” by Langston Hughes‚ the theme is about a lonely woman seeking love. She might be a young woman who left her family in the South and moved North during the Great Migration for better opportunities‚ and that might be the reason why she feels she is all alone in this world. Or‚ she might be a widow or someone who has lost a partner‚ or boyfriend. She feels she is all alone because she has no man in her life. The monologue has a dual persona
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Look Both Ways is an Optimistic Film. To what extent do you agree? Sarah Watt’s film‚ “Look Both Ways” depicts the initial inability of people to deal with grief but with understanding and communication its shows everybody is capable of dealing with pain. Presented when fear had taken control of the Western World as a result of the horrific terrorist attacks of September 11th‚ 2001‚ Watt convinces the audience that there can still be optimism which leads happiness even when people are fearful
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“Look both ways” is a 2005 Australia independent film‚ written and directed by Sarah Watt. Moreover‚ the film won four AFI Awards. In the film‚ a train accident happened in Arnow Hill on a hot Australia weekend and the accident not only impacts the main character’s life but also relates each other. Fear is one of the main themes in the film and it is obvious to show audiences that the protagonists in the hard circumstance who are coping with their real and imagine death. Firstly‚ the relationship
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