Phuong Nguyen ES 200 Discussion- Assignment 2 06/16/2012 Titanic A film was told based on a true story about love‚ feminists by a 101 years old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater who is still alive after boat ’s accident named Titanic in April 10th 1992. For Titanic is not just a cautionary tale- a myth‚ a parable‚ a metaphor for the ills of mankind. It is also a story of faith‚ courage‚ and sacrifice and‚ above all else‚ loves. The first paragraph of this essay will be summarized Titanic’s story
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Original Text: from page 317 of the book Psychology‚ 1996 by Richard Gross But it is not only the vocabulary of a language that determines how and what we think and perceive but also the grammar. In the Hopi language‚ no distinction is made between past‚ present and future; it is a ‘timeless language’ (compared with English)‚ although it does recognise duration‚ i.e. how long an event lasts. In European languages‚ ‘time’ is treated as an objective entity‚ as if it were a ruler with equal spaces
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Theodore Roosevelt One of America’s most powerful and influential Presidents in its history would have to beTheodore Roosevelt. Although strong and powerful as an adult‚ he gave no signs of being a strong leader in American history during his childhood years. His sickly little body held him back from being as active as he wanted. Asthma was his biggest health issue and Teddy had a hard time doing anything strenuous without getting extremely ill. Even though he was thought to be hindered from
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Uses and abuses of mobile phone For some people‚ mobile phones are a wonderful convenience of modern life; for others‚ they are irritating contraptions that should be banned from public areas. A cell phone or mobile phone is an electronic telecommunication device with the same basic capability as a conventional fixed-line telephone‚ but which is also entirely portable and is not required to be connected with a wire to the telephone network. Most current mobile phones connect instead to the network
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Drama Assessment Q.1 Aya Valentine‚ actor who played the roles of Sophie primary school‚ Sophie high school and introvert Mikayla displayed all three characters with effectiveness through use of characterization‚ vocalization and movement. When portraying character primary school Sophie Aya’s apparel consisted of a blue polo shirt‚ pigtails and a backpack‚ this can be classed as a stereotypical primary schooler. Through the use of vocalization Aya transformed her voice into a more shrill sound creating
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Jessica Gonzales ENGL 1301 Short Story Analysis First Confession In the story of “First Confession” Frank O’Connor has us look at the story from the boy‚ Jackie’s‚ point of view. Jackie is a seven year-old boy who must go to make his first confession before he can take his first communion. The story takes places in various settings that include Jackie’s house‚ Jackie’s school where Mrs. Ryan would come and give her warnings against hell to the children‚ the Chapel where Jackie and Nora have
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Transformation- Clueless and Emma The 1990s have seen Jane Austin novels become more popular than ever. Hollywood‚ as is its custom‚ has followed suit‚ bringing to the screen several Oscar-nominated films faithfully based upon the author’s works during that decade. Why would our modern society still be charmed by these novels‚ written by a woman who never married or even traveled outside England? How can these 200 year-old stories be relevant to our jaded culture? Probably because‚ despite all the
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Poverty is a state of mind Poverty is both a state of mind and an economical state. However‚ it is also a very individual thing‚ because some poor people just accept their fate and try to make the best of it‚ while other poor people starts to complain about everything‚ and starts to point fingers at the government etc. I’m not saying that we should just blindly accept the fact‚ that there are poor people and do nothing about it‚ because I’ve met a lot of homeless people myself‚ and all they ever
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I arrived at Bonifacio High Street late in the afternoon‚ when the sun had just come down and the bright pink sky was slowly turning into a light shade of indigo. That day was a holiday. I expected the place to be packed with women wearing high-heeled Gucci stilettos‚ men flashing their big Philip Stein watches‚ and social butterflies‚ their faces heavily made-up‚ with their Ray-Ban sunglasses laying over anywhere but their eyes as if to say‚ “Thank God I can put these sunglasses away. The sun is
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Holden’s Depression There were recurring patterns Holden unconsciously fell into that contributed to his depression and then there were events that halted these depressions. The events that contributed to his depression were that he judged people‚ he judged himself and he did not take care of himself. Of course there were events that halted the depression such as the act of love shown by his sister Phoebe. Love is perceived as forgiveness‚ peace‚ living in the moment and happiness. His sister
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