Haripriya Balakrishnan Johnson English 111 02 October 2014 Tears of Pain and Joy A life and death situation can happen in the blink of an eye. — On a cold January night‚ my mother and I were driving to pick up my dad from work because his vehicle was in the repair shop. I was 12 years old at the time‚ and I thought that I had my whole life planned out. I was going to become a doctor and move to New York City. However‚ what I didn’t know about was how fast things
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Different Kinds of Joy Angela Qiao The pursuit of happiness is a reoccurring theme in numerous novels. In the novel‚ Their Eye’s Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston‚ what brings happiness differs to each character. To the main character Janie‚ happiness is found in love‚ but to her grandmother Nanny‚ happiness is found in security. At first‚ Janie does what Nanny wills her to. At the age of 16‚ Janie marries into security. She is safe‚ but unhappy. Still yearning for love‚ Janie runs away
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The Emperor’s Club is a film that addresses many moral and social aspects that are central to contemporary society’s moral controversy. Can morals be properly instilled in a young person outside of religion? Can our future decisions be predicted based on our current character? Can our current character even be changed or molded? Can morals be learned through studying the classics? The Emperors Club’s main characters are Mr. Hundert a teacher of classics at a prestigious preparatory school‚ and
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Breakfast Club is a movie that brings together 5 students‚ all belonging to 5 cliques that can be found in any school‚ the Jocks‚ the Brains‚ the Criminals‚ The Princesses (the girls who own the school) and the Basket-cases. At the beginning of the movie‚ these 5 seemingly very different people had nothing to say to each other‚ but throughout the movie the sanctions of each clique become less and less relevant and they find that they themselves have formed their own clique (the Breakfast Club) with
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Who ever thought a detention can bring so many experiences? During the Breakfast club‚ Andrew Clarke and Bryan Johnson have shown characteristics that are very similar to me. While John Bender has shown characteristics and personalities that are complete opposite to my personality. I relate to Andrew Clarke’s characteristics because he is an athlete‚ respectful to others and gets easily angered in which is what I am since I am also an athlete‚ respectful to others and get angry easily. I also relate
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An Analysis of the Relationship Between Mother and Daughter: The Liars Club‚ and a look at childhood through the lens of adulthood Marry Karr’s The Liars Club is a haunting memoire‚ depicting a young Texan girls struggle to survive the trials of adolescence in home that finds stability in chaos and comfort in the abusive habits of her parents. Illustrating both fond and painful memoires from her past‚ Karr paints a complex image of the relationship she shared with her mother; giving readers
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Southern Stereotypes Roaming Grotesque roams in the South whereby grace transformed into violence it becomes realization. In 1955‚ Flannery O’Connor wrote Good Country People‚ where she uses the distorted side of humans to aware the reader of the powerful reality of spirituality. Mostly the characters are used to represent grotesque. A female character in particular that O’Connor uses is Joy Hulga‚ a rather fanatical character who denies Southern stereotypes and is a “virgin ogre” who is
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The Joy of Missing Out I remember my first cell phone. It was a simple flip-phone; it wasn’t capable of much besides basic functions like calling. Actually‚ I think that was all it was capable of. But at the time I was just so thrilled to have a means of communicating to all of my friends. Eventually‚ I purchased a cell phone that had apps to enhance the experience of connecting with acquaintances even further. This new phone enthralled me much more than the last one at first. However‚ as
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into a mirror. Emasculation Fight Club presents the argument that men in today’s society have been reduced to a generation that does nothing itself‚ but has become anesthetized with watching others do something instead. Masculinity becomes a brand‚ a means to sell products to men. "Being a man" then becomes owning the right watch or car instead of knowing who you are and what your values really are. As a result Jack‚ Tyler‚ and the other members of Fight Club reject this spoon-fed approach to living
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The Breakfast Club relates to social health and mental health‚ by the characters personalities. In the Breakfast Club‚ five teenagers have to spend a full day in detention. Claire is the princess; the pretty‚ popular girl with parents that fight all the time. John is the criminal; the bad influence‚ and the pothead that gets beaten. Brian is the brain or nerd; he is the smart one of the group‚ that is pressured to do good by his parents. Allison is the basket case; a crazy goth‚ that makes things
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