On the waterfront: the American Dream In Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront the metaphor of the American dream is portrayed through some images that reconstruct the mirror of the American working-class society of the 50’s. The mise en- scène used in the film together with the characters’ performance are the key elements that eventually contribute to the connection between the reflection of the desired American Dream and the realistic tone offered in the film. As regards the stylistic techniques
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My organization‚ Smith School‚ is a public k-5 school in Massachusetts that was founded in 2003. We are a state identified level one school. This means that our students are among the highest performing students in the state. Our school has approximately 50 teachers‚ 670 students‚ one principal‚ and two assistant principals. Of the 670 students‚ we serve‚ 136 are classified as economically disadvantaged‚ 101 are considered learning disabled‚ and 33 students are identified as English Language Learners
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Has the metaphor of ‘learning journey’ any value in the analysis of research data on access‚ retention and ‘drop-out’ in higher education? Paul Armstrong‚ Researcher‚ RANLHE Project Since the earliest times the act of travelling‚ of proceeding from one place to another‚ has been seen as a natural metaphor for learning‚ for the acquisition of experience and knowledge. (Bishop C. Hunt Jr.‚ ‘Travel Metaphors and the Problem of Knowledge’‚ Modern Language Studies‚ vol. 6‚ no. 1‚ Spring‚ 1976‚ p.44) What’s
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The patients name today is Jane Smith‚ as seen in figure 1. Jane is a 36-year-old waitress who currently has both anemia and asthma. Patient has a sister and a brother who suffer from PTSD and Asthma respectively. Jane has come in after waiting out her symptoms for two weeks‚ due to her mother’s funeral and a busy work schedule. Symptoms include; excessive sweating‚ hallucinations‚ insomnia‚ and tremors‚ which are all affecting her working ability. Her mother’s family has medical history of Fatal
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Kerr Inkson places a reliance on metaphor to enhance our understanding of careers. Critically assess this reliance in relation to the use of 4 metaphors of careers provided: career as actions‚ roles‚ relationships and (a) resource. In the early 21st century‚ career is a common term used to describe a pattern of work experience that occurs throughout a person’s lifetime (Arnold‚ 1997). This definition explains that a person has only one career but may have several occupations and a variety of
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Eva’s letter The Inspector tells Mr. Birling that Eva Smith/Daisy Renton “left a letter…and a sort of diary”. The letter could be to her nearest relative or to Gerald Croft. Write - as you imagine Eva would have done - the letter and diary entries (between 1910 and 1912) for the key events in her life‚ from her starting to work for Birling & Co. to her suicide. Year and month What happens September 1910 Eva sacked by Birling & Co. December 1910 Eva employed by Milwards. Late January 1911 Eva
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The visionary George Orwell once said‚ “During the times of universal deceit‚ telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” Winston Smith‚ the main character of the novel titled 1984 written by George Orwell‚ is a humanist who believes freedom should dictate the life of a society. He lives in a society called Oceania. This society is very similar to a North Korean society‚ where the government controls the city with a figure called Big Brother. This leader is a godlike figure to the society
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18 January 2012 Metaphors in “Master Harold”... and the boys “Master Harold”... and the boys‚ is a powerful play written by Athol Fugard that allows us to analyze the complex relationship between a black man and a young white boy within the context of racism in South Africa in the 1950’s. This play is characterized by metaphors used by the author to illustrate the struggle of people dealing with racism. One of the most important themes of this play is racism‚ focusing on the injustice in South
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More often than we would prefer‚ we are inclined to forget the significances of the events and experiences of our past - such is only human‚ if we fail to record our incidents. However‚ this is far from the case for expressive memoir author Virginia Woolf‚ whose afternoon sailing one day had impacted her for life. There are several descriptions‚ allusions‚ and idiomatic phrases in the reminiscent passage which harken back to the significance of Woolf’s undertakings as depicted. Specifically‚ those
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I believe the DSM covers the most important aspects of Professor Smith symptoms because these include emotional‚ cognitive and behavioral symptoms which are often called syndromes that occur to people when they have several difficulties in life. “A dimensional approach refers to defining abnormal behavior along a continuum or spectrum. Recall three definitions of abnormal behavior from chapter 1. (1) Behavior that deviates from the norm‚ (2) behavior associated with difficulty adapting to life’s
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