For my response I watched the provided film‚ Stand by Me with commentary by it’s director‚ Rob Reiner. One of major things that jumped out at me while watching was the use of what Reiner called a “long lense”. He first references this technique when Teddy is standing in the train tracks but brings it up again when the train is coming towards them while on the bridge‚ when the boys are walking down the tracks in the morning after they sleep in the woods‚ and again when they’re making the trek back
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brother and a great rolemodel. He shows that you can be a teenager but also knows when to get things done and for the most part does it. He’s always a fun kid to be around and I trust everything he says. He is a great kid who will do anything for his friends it seems everytime I need somebody to help me out with what ever it is I can always count on him. I have nothing but respect for him he has taught me so much in the short years that I have known him. He gets along with everybody and has few enemies
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Simple Things ACT 1 SCENE 5 Valentina is in her early 20s‚ sitting in bed in her “quiet room” with the lights off and curtains drawn‚ flicking through TV channels absent-mindedly. She is running her fingers round the top of her wine glass and staring at her ice-cream tub in between her legs. He was so useless‚ I did almost everything for him and he didn’t even realise‚ I will tell him “Babe‚ could you please iron this handkerchief?” He’d say “where is the iron” (Lowers voice to imitate him) Obviously
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said that the best things in life are free‚ I‚ for one‚ fully agree with the statement. To me‚ best does not imply the most beautiful or glamorous‚ or the most indulgent or heavenly‚ but it is those things which I held to be the most valuable and precious in my life. Most people would choose to write about their role model (usually their mother)‚ or the sunset‚ or even the rain. Some would write about food‚ others about clothes. I‚ on the other hand‚ have favourite things of a very different
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What Annoys me There are many annoying things in everyday life but some things happen to resound a little louder than others. For myself‚ the biggest annoyance of my daily life is the pressure that is put on women. Yes‚ sometimes I will see litter three feet from the garbage‚ when your order is wrong‚ there is no toilet paper in the stall or anything else that may upset anyone but these things don’t happen every day. Yet‚ the pressure put on women is a constant everyday struggle. It is immensely
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The theme of “Ignite Me” by Tahereh Mafi is that when faced with challenges‚ people show their true character when they choose to rise up and face them or fall down into submission. The flames in the background represent all the destruction that the reestablishment has caused. On page 8 there is a glimpse at just how ruthless and destructive The Reestablishment actually is‚ “‘It’s all been destroyed‚ ... Everything. They tortured some of your members into giving away the exact location of Omega Point
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How did I get here?From living in a small village in Ghana with my family to now being auctioned off against my will.My name is Adele Fayette but on the plantation‚ they called me Dela.Born in 1785 I was the eldest of seven children all responsibility laid on my shoulders. After the death of my father John’s life became extremely hard.So I got married so that I may take care of my siblings.Life was going well until one day I saw everything I had ever known up in flames.A group of white men forced
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A place that is important to me Everyone has their place to go their place to be when they want to be alone. Everyone needs to be alone‚ at some point or another; it is just necessary. Even if it is the drive to work you can think‚ maybe not zone out like I like to do when I want to be alone‚ because that would be bad‚ but you have quite and peace. You are able to talk to yourself and not be judge‚ you can think what you are going to do for the rest of your life who knows what people do when they
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My full name is Celina Guerrero. There’s nothing extra special about my name but in French “Celina” translates to sky or heaven. According to my father‚ I was named after my grandfather‚ Cecelio. My mother originally wanted to name me Cecelila‚ fortunately‚ my dad wasn’t too eager on that name and came up with Celina instead. I was born on the 21st of October in 1998 in a urban city in the state of Utah. The city that I was born in was only the city that I was born in. I grew up in a smaller town
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are facing in today’s society. In the poem‚ “This is a Photograph of Me” Atwood reveals the mysterious identity of the speaker. Atwood uses nature in this poem to symbolize the power that the male gender have over women today. Even though while reading the poem we feel as though we are looking at a photograph‚ when really we have a poem describing what the photograph would look like‚ consider Atwood’s poem “This is a Photograph of Me” as an example open form poem because she uses the photograph to symbolize
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