West Side Story West side story is a musical drama film adapted from the 1957 Broadway Musical with the same name. The films show the story of two young lovers that belonged to opposite gangs. Tony‚ a former member of the Jets (the American gang)‚ fell in love for Maria‚ Bernardo’s sister. Bernardo led the Puerto Rican gang‚ the Sharks. Both gangs were in continuous conflict‚ but everything got worse after Tony met Maria. Both gangs were against the union of Maria and Tony‚ therefore they had a
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As claimed by Joseph Campbell‚ “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek”. The book The Other Side Of The Sky by Farah Ahmedi shows exactly that‚ in-fact this is what every hero experiences throughout their journey. It all begins with Farah’s status quo‚ her hunt for knowledge beckons her call to adventure‚ following up with a traumatic incident that progresses her search for peace. During her quest‚ she becomes separated from her natural world and begins a new phase of her journey
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Semantic fields: 1: Dead‚ ghosts‚ black‚ pale‚ red‚ pestilence-stricken (diseased)‚ dark‚ cold and low‚ corpse‚ grave = gloomy atmosphere‚ everything is scary and dead-ish. It’s like in the autumn‚ life dies along with the blooming summer. 2: Stream‚ sky‚ cloud‚ heaven‚ rain and lightning‚ storm‚ rain = some sort of weather-theme. Lines 27-28 - still a gloomy atmosphere? 3: Blue Mediterranean‚ bay‚ wave‚ Atlantic‚ sea-blooms‚ ocean = water theme (4) major themes Mortality and death - the wind is
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The Entrancing life of Zeus the God of the Sky Have you ever wondered what it would be like as Zeus in the Ancient Greece. I mean he was the god above all other gods and goddess. He has had many triumphs‚ but has also had some failures along the may also. Zeus is one of the most powerful gods‚ he had a strange family life when he was a child‚ and has many symbols that are well known for him throughout his life. Zeus had a strange family life as a child. He was the
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The East-West Schism Several centuries ago‚ many Europeans during the eleventh century witnessed one of the biggest controversies that the Church had ever experienced in Church history. This is notoriously known as the East-West Schism‚ or sometimes known as the Great Schism‚ which officially occurred in 1054 and led to the complete division of the state church of the Roman Empire with the excommunication of popes and other such problems. Though‚ this rupture between the Eastern and Western Churches
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Monkey: Journey to the West is a story of an adventure for enlightenment to India in order to find ancient Buddhist scriptures. The story consists of Chinese legends‚ tales‚ and superstitions. Daoism‚ Confucianism‚ and Buddhism play a huge role throughout this story. Monkey: Journey to the West is a story that discusses religion‚ and moral issues. The monkey acts the way he does due to underlying religious themes played throughout the story. At first understanding why the Monkey acts the way he does
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“The Other Side of the Sky” is a memoir by Farah Ahemdi and Tanim Ansary. The memoir describes Farah and her mother’s journey through Afghanistan to get across the Pakistan border safely. Farah and her mother have a strong will to survive‚ the story has a central idea of helping others and survival. In this story‚ Farah and her mother try to flee Afghanistan‚ and make it into Pakistan. They meet a compassionate man named Ghulaim Ali‚ who guides them to the border. Indeed‚ Farah and her mother experienced
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West Side Story transfers Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to present-day New York. The love story of Romeo and Juliet becomes that of Maria and Tony. The feud between the houses of the Capulets and the Montagues is re-created in one involving two teen-age gangs‚ the Jets and the Sharks. The famous balcony scene of the Shakespeare drama transpires on a fire-escape of an ugly New York tenement. The curtain rises on a bleak scene representing a warehouse. For the next five minutes not a word is spoken
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In the West African community‚ the concept of power among women lies within the vibrant differences between the roles of each gender. Women were and still are the foundation of the African community as they exercise the power to protect life and educate children. Despite this prominent position‚ they are not in any way seen as equal to men. This conventional perception changed temporarily‚ or perhaps was slightly regarded differently‚ when in 19th Century‚ Behanzin‚ one of the most renowned kings
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Chris Naylor U.S. Expansion and The Dodgers Move West Baseball in Brooklyn has been in existence since the 1800s with the Brooklyn Grays‚ but the name that most people remember when they talk about Brooklyn is the Dodgers. Most people remember the Dodgers for their great play and also for a man by the name of Walter O’Malley on moving the Dodgers to Los Angeles. This move was made possible by the political maneuverings of New York City and Los Angeles‚ families moving away from big cities to the
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