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    Calogero‚ Lorenzo & Sonny Sydney Keyes H. Film‚ Media & Drama 9/23/13 Mr. Rosenthal With the classroom dark and the students hushed A Bronx Tale begins to play on the overhead TV. The loud catchy tunes of the do-op music in the Belmont neighborhood and the colorful cars and dusty alleys flash before the screen taking us all into a different world- something only movies and books can let us do. Calogero‚ who begins the movie as a young boy‚ we are quickly introduced to‚ and it becomes

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    Sonny's Blues Theme

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    In the short story “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin‚ the main idea is: the obligation towards brotherly love. The short story expresses this idea through the use of strong characterization‚ focusing on Sonny and his older brother‚ and their life together. This short story is meaningful with several emotional experiences that are heart-breaking and life changing. Taking place in Harlem‚ the story describes the relationship of two brothers‚ the narrator and Sonny‚ and their different and similar ways

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    In this paper‚ Im going to take a formalist approach to look at language‚ tone and structure of Suffer the Little Children by Stephen King. This story is not just about a particular teacher or a particular student; it is more about a disturbed ladys state of mind‚ and my work will give emphasis to the characterization the author uses through the text. The first thing I would like to talk about is Kings use of language in this story. He begins by describing Miss Sidley as a small‚ constantly suffering

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    Sonny’s Blues presents numerous biblical themes that strongly correspond with the Holy Bible. The biblical themes of salvation‚ redemption‚ forgiveness‚ light and darkness‚ and the cup of trembling are displayed throughout the narrative. Biblical themes of brotherly love‚ bondage‚ and the prodigal son are also discussed by Baldwin in the story. Each biblical theme articulates the struggles that Sonny dealt with in his life concerning his troubled past and his willingness to escape from these intense

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    The theme is‚ never underestimate the power of nature. I know this is the theme because the destruction of Hilo town by nature was mentioned many times. In the novel Blue Skin of the Sea‚ in chapter six entitled‚ “You would cry to see Waiakea Town‚” Raymond (Dad) told Sonny “‘Never underestimate it’s power‚ Dad had told me. It could wake‚ yawn‚ and swallow you between one heartbeat and the next.’” This quote explains how fast the ocean could turn from sending calm waves‚ to sending wild and dangerous

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    1920's Blues

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    In the 1920’s blue’s classic Ain’t no tellin’‚ blues artist Mississippi John Hurt displays his situation detailing what maybe perhaps his life on the road as a blues artist travelling and performing at different venues throughout a few parts of the country. In attempts to decipher the lyrics‚ I imagined myself in the 1920’s going through rough times perhaps even being slaved but then gaining an opportunity to travel on the road and perform. Personally because I would feel ever so wanderlust and

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    Themes in "Blue Velvet"

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    Exploring the Dark Side: Contrasting Themes in "Blue Velvet" The subconscious psyche is one of the most fascinating and almost completely inexplicable aspects of human behavior. Even more intriguing than merely the subconscious is the notion of a darker‚ more repressed side that many individuals refuse to acknowledge exists within them. In David Lynch’s film "Blue Velvet‚" the director attempts to explore the psyche of a young man named Jeffrey Beaumont‚ most notably the clash between his darker

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    In the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer‚ there are some characters who lost their love ones. Everyone has a different way of approaching their sarrow. The novel illustrates some characters that stage the fact of moving on. There are characters like the protagonist Oskar ‚ his grandfather‚ Mr. Black‚ and Ms. Black who struggle in the period of their loss to get over it and move on. Their lives was no longer the same nor the would live normal as their remberce take

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    Musical Mold There are many things we learn of Sonny and his nameless brother in Sonny’s Blues. We learn they’re mannerisms‚ hobbies‚ occupations‚ and even their addictions. It seems we learn nearly everything about the pair; minus the narrators name‚ as previously stated. Hearing of their histories and the pains they’ve under gone‚ we see how they deal with their pain‚ which often truly tells character. Sonny’s Blues isn’t a story of two brothers living in a rough city; one of whom is a

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    In baldwins story ‚ Sonny and the narrator become very close . Throughout the story ‚ both the narrator and Sonny over come many obstacles . These events that take place in the story‚  influence the character development of Sonny and the narrator . If it weren’t for these events that take place ‚ then Sonny and the narrator wouldn’t have developed the way that they do by the end of this story .       When Sonny is faced with the hardship of having to go to prison ‚ this is hard for him but having

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