Compared to Hollywood films‚ independent films usually don’t achieve a high amount of success (except for maybe one or two like The King’s Speech). They usually have a low budget and can sometimes not be as profitable as mainstream cinema because they are usually independently funded. However‚ because of the slow introduction of platforms like ‘Kickstarter’ and ‘IndieGoGo’ (which offer the public to be able to fund different ideas such as films)‚ independent films are slowly starting to achieve the
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here is a lot of color imagery in this poem‚ the first stanza especially. It mentions 6 different colors‚ all describing the lies. It’s about an African American girl that may tell little lies that don’t really mean much. She would lie about where she lived‚ and where she bought her clothes‚ but would also lie about being African American. Right below the poem is the history of Natasha Trethewey‚ and she was a girl that was just light enough to pass for white. It’s actually really sad the way she
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Always telling the truth is the most important consideration in any relationship. Disagree Telling the truth is an invaluable trait that many people appreciate. If we are told the truth‚ we are being respected and trusted‚ which is the foundation of any relationship. So in most relationship telling the truth is the primary consideration. But in some special situations dealt with life or health‚ truth may become less important. Consider a patient with severe disease or even cancer‚ who cannot
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Sometimes people are unable to control the direction their lives take. This can be a hard concept to grasp‚ but one needs to understand that one cannot control every single detail or event in one’s life‚ and also cannot possibly predict what will happen in the future. Obstacles of every kind will strike‚ whether these trials come in the form of day to day hardships‚ catastrophic natural disasters‚ or even the fate of the gods. The only thing one can really do is adapt to the new situation and try
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Deborah Tannen’s essay on “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” highlights the different communication styles of men and women. Tannen attempts to get beyond simplistic stereotypes that‚ for example‚ women chatter constantly while men are ‘strong and silent‚’ or‚ conversely‚ that women are shy and quiet and men are more articulate than their female partners. Rather‚ the truth behind these contradictory stereotypes is much more complex. Tannen opens her essay with an anecdote drawn from her own personal experience
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Isaac Nolan English 1A 2 February 2014 A Deeper Needle Lies Under the Haystack: The Hidden Pressures of Education While striving to achieve in school is a goal for many students‚ a deeper stress lies under the surface. Unrealized by many students‚ the pretenses for success set by those around them are likely to cause a greater strain than they can handle. The pressure to succeed in school can often have a negative effect on the learning experience of many students. Hidden elements such as
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Ashley Walker Mr. Scott INTD 101-18: The Art of Seduction 29 September 2011 A False History James Loewen uses his piece Lies my Teacher Told Me to reveal the flaws in America’s mainstream textbooks. Loewen points out the fact that textbooks try to “indoctrinate blind patriotism” (Loewen 6) and “keep students in the dark about the nature of history” (Loewen 8). Almost every American textbook sells history using the “soft seduction” approach‚ as explained in Robert Greene’s book‚ The Art of
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Saad Ahmed 15100179 Bushra Butt Writing and Communication SS-100 Section 4 10th Dec‚ 2011 Death Penalty Are executions sometimes required to uphold justice? Crime is an incontestable part of the society which is a result of social‚ political and economic imbalance and differences amongst different sects of society. It is obvious that states have to take actions in order to repress and deter crime but the manner in which this is done has always been up for discussion. Death penalty and
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The book Lies My Teacher Told Me‚ by James W. Loewen‚ was written with the intention of informing anybody that has ever learned about United States history using a textbook published in the United States has‚ most likely‚ not received the complete history of events. The textbooks and information found in classes of all educational levels‚are often skewed by patriotism. Loewen wrote the book to fill in many gaps in the education of our nation’s history which makes Lies My Teacher Told Me an enriching
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Expository piece ‘Sometimes we need to accept change in order to grow.’ Accepting change in order to grow can change who you are as a person or what you see with the rest of your life. Personality‚ appearance‚ opinions‚ religions and backgrounds of people all relate to who you are a person and what you believe in. Accepting change into your life could go either allow you to lose something good or gain something even better. Your personality could change either making you a better person or disadvantaging
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