Alone by Yiyun Li & Sweetheart Sorrow by David Hoon Kim Haunted The parallels of “Alone” by Yiyun Li and “Sweetheart Sorrow” by David Hoon Kim were portrayed beautifully in the characters Fumiko and Suchen. Both young women of Asian decent were haunted by the elements in their lives. This awakens one’s consciousness that to be haunted by one’s innermost demons can become the catalyst of one’s freedom or demise. Therefore‚ the power lies within one’s self to assent and change those innermost elements
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At the beginning of the seventeenth century Russia experienced a period of great upheaval that has since been called the Time of Troubles (1598-1613). The period was an incredibly complex period of intersecting political‚ social‚ and economic issues that culminated into this tumultuous period. During this period‚ the Russian Orthodox Church became the only social institution and political symbol that offered Russians a sense of continuity‚ unity‚ and stability. Orthodox Christianity played a fundamental
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pulled away‚ my eyes were so clouded by tears I couldn’t look back."” Jacob * “"My real stories are all out of date. So what if I can speak firsthand about the Spanish flu‚ the advent of the automobile‚ world wars‚ cold wars‚ guerrilla wars‚ and Sputnik-that’s all ancient history now. But what else do I have to offer? Nothing happens to me anymore. That’s the reality of getting old‚ and I guess that’s really the crux of the matter. I’m not ready to be old yet."” Jacob * “"Forever might be next
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In the movie “October Sky” by Joe Johnston‚ which is based on a true story written by Homer Hickam Jr. there was a boy with a dream to reach the stars. Homer Hickam watched the first artificial satellite Sputnik launch into space. The launch made Homer realize that he wanted to build a rocket of his own. Homer had faced many obstacles‚ people‚ and he even had to sacrifice his dreams. I think the theme should be - Dream’s are worth fighting for‚ but sometimes sacrifices are needed. One reason I
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“October Sky” is a movie about a boy which lives in a town called Coalwood which is in West Virginia. The future of people living there is to become a coal miner‚ or if lucky you receive a football scholarship. Homer is inspired by the Soviet Satellite “Sputnik” and wants to build professional rockets and enter the science fair. His final goal is to receive a scholarship and leave Coalwood and enter a college where he can study and become a scientist. Out of the many who don’t believe in him‚ his mother
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within them that increasingly prolonged the event itself. The Cold War events affected people all over the world. This lasted 45 years from 1950 until 1975. There were major events like North Korea’s invasion of South Korea‚ the Soviets launching Sputnik I‚ the Bay of Pigs invasion‚ the Berlin Wall was erected‚ and JFK was assassinated. These events caused fear among people. There were so many technological advances and threats among nations where people could have been blown up
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be read. Similarly‚ and perhaps more starkly‚ letters are composed for an intended and very specific audience. Letters written home from the front to fathers and peers differed in tone and content significantly to those addressed to mothers and sweethearts. Letters were censored‚ either personally by the soldier’s themselves‚ or officially by the military. These processes of self and official censorship could skew the meanings and intentions of the author‚ perhaps exaggerating certain aspects of
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prided itself to the world and used propaganda to depict the union as a “worker’s paradise”‚ superior to the capitalist West in every way. This was helped by the recent advances in technology including the launch of the first artificial satellite‚ Sputnik 1‚ in 1959 quickly followed up by the first man in space‚ Yuri Gagarin‚ in 1960‚ making Western technology seem left behind and outdated. As a result‚ the migration seemed to contradict the happy nature which the Soviets claimed existed‚ undermining
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communism‚ any matter that could sway people away from communism was to the U.S. benefit. The United States did not only want to make the soviets look inferior‚ but the U.S. wanted security from any soviet intervention in space (“Kennedy”). After Sputnik 1 was launched in 1957‚ the public was shocked‚ scared‚ and angry; many even thought that the U.S. was losing the war against
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They both have a very feminist approach‚ displaying how women were treated unfairly and didn ’t speak out‚ or weren ’t respected as much as the men were. Both the narrator in Cousin Kate and Havisham were very fond and seemingly enchanted by their sweethearts‚ but this love was unrequited‚ and therefore‚ the men left them without a care. The reader can see this by the way the narrator in Cousin Kate was left with a child whilst the man just moved on. This is indicated when the narrator said the lord
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