Theme #1: As death slowly isolates Antigone by taking away those dearest to her heart‚ she feels as if her home is below with the ones she cares about rather than in a corrupt world full of animosity. She tries coping with the pain but desperately needs to connect with death to maintain her happiness. Antigone also tries to escape her fate through death but safeguards the respect of the gods while doing so “[...]all for reverence‚ my reverence for the gods (1034)”. However‚ Antigone’s obdurance causes
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The movie Star Wars directed by George Lucas is one of the best works ever in the film industry. It made a breakthrough in cinematographic world‚ and also one of my most favourite sagas that has a lot of issues director wants us to think about‚ implying his representation of tons of philosophical questions and his opinion or subjective point of view. I picked up the latest part of the famous saga Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith; it is a final part of prequels of the original story‚ it
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The message or theme of the poem of "Ozymandias" is that man is insignificant and his efforts are vain when compared to the forces of time and nature. Shelly expertly uses diction in the poem to portray important ideas. By encompassing time and nature into a theme Shelley brings a divine sense to the poem. To consider the issue of the power of time and nature‚ the poet has the narrator reporting on a meeting with a traveler from ’an antique land’ or Egypt‚ who told of seeing in the desert‚ the remains
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totally different?" I asked my schoolmate while he ate his treats. I making the most of my youth without any second thoughts‚ yet quickly looking back trying to understand how my life would be back in México by looking back at my heritage I understood that living in Mexico would have been a totally different life. I was just ten years of age however I had already began stressing over worldwide issues and how it will influence our future. I understood that many children my age were extremely busy watching
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wrote his very famous book “1984” during this time there were many problems going on worldwide such as war and Hitler. Orwell at the time lived in Burma and had a job as Imperial police but still lived in poverty. George while his time alive did not have an exact stand on politics and Government up until around this time during 1944. He tells us how during his life in poverty he began to hate authority and began to see the negative effects of certain types of Governments especially those in Spain and
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and experiences with human beings and interferes with the characters’ ability to think deeply about their lives and societal issues proves he would be dismayed with modern technology. Bradbury believes that social media cages its users from knowing what is happening in the outside world. However‚ when one comprehends and understands books‚ he portrays that by connecting to books one is connecting to human beings. He declares that one does not need books‚ but the words that “once were in books…The
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The loneliness of Crooks‚ Lennie‚ Candy‚ and Curley’s wife is shown in many different ways. The first person that is lonely is Crooks. Crooks is lonely because he is the only black man on the ranch‚ and he cannot go in he bunkhouse because it is filled with white people‚ so he cannot talk to anyone before bed. For example‚ nobody is allowed in Crooks room because he is not allowed in the bunkhouse therefore Crooks has books in his room to read. Another person who is lonely is Lennie. Lennie is lonely
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League because (1) he was in the NFL and was inducted into the Hall of Fame and (2) because this gave him personal experience‚ allowing him to make a similar connection between the two. At the beginning of the article‚ Tarkenton tells us to imagine what would happen if the NFL players were paid based on the period they spent in the career. He says that there would be less determination to become a better player and the overall team performance would decrease. Then he makes a joke about the teacher’s
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book is called Hatchet written in 1987. Paulsen has written many books and won many great awards for his books. The book‚ Canyons is about a young boy who finds a skull on a camping trip that gives him mental messages about where he should go and what he should do. The book starts when a young man named Brannon goes on a camping trip with his mom and her boyfriend. Brannon is having a hard
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pass down. My cultural identity is being with my family traditions. Why my cultural identity is being with my family tradition because the religion‚ food and being with family is all part of my culture. The 3 elements is religion‚ food and family. Those elements are part of my traditional culture.My mom took us to church every Sunday because her parents did the same thing. She said that church is part of her traditional culture. She what to do the same thing with me and my sister. Me and my sister go
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