From the age of 5 to about 10‚ we lived in the most awesome apartment complex. Not because the apartment was great‚ but because we had great neighbors. The neighbor that lived in the apartment across from us was an older woman who was so sweet. She’d give us treats and money‚ let us in the house when we came home from school as our parents didn’t trust us with the key! One of our upstairs neighbors were so great‚ always played great music‚ and their daughters were my HEROES. I loved those girls.
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Ayn Rand said that “Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public‚ ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the progress of setting man free from men.” I think that Rand is wrong. Civilization is not people keeping their lives hidden from others‚ but sharing their experiences in a way that is beneficial to yourself and society. One way that one can create a better world‚ is for people to open up and share their ideas so that others can
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Reading a book and watching a movie are 2 different things. Movies bring the emotions to life and the viewers get to experience it in the moment with visual motion pictures. Movies would not be great without great directors. Tim Burton is an American film director‚ producer‚ writer and animator. He is known for his dark humor and gothic films such as Edward Scissorhands‚ Charlie & the Chocolate Factory and Big Fish. Burton creates his great films by using cinematics techniques. He uses low key lighting
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August 25‚ 1958‚ in Burbank‚ California. His father was a former minor league baseball player and his mother owned a cat gift shop. His younger brother was born in 1961. Although he grew up in a typical American family in a typical American suburb‚Tim Burton really didn’t have a great childhood. He was never close to his family and he spent almost all his time in his room or watching TV. His family tried to get him to do activities such as baseball or even after school things‚ but he never participated
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rooms of Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory‚ Tim Burton is a master of suspense and directing. His use of cinematic techniques created incredible worlds beyond imagination. People from all over find themselves pulled into the originality of his stories and the depth of his characters. His ingenious use of sound‚ lighting‚ and shots and framing create diverse and colorful masterpieces. First off‚ sound makes up a large part of film making‚ especially a Tim Burton film. For example‚ in The Nightmare
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attitudes and emotions that are shaped by experiences of individuals or social groups to express or react to their perceptions of worlds they belong to. In the satirical film ‘Strictly Ballroom’ directed by Baz Luhrmann and short-story ‘Neighbours’ by Tim Winton‚ similar ideas are conveyed through the ways they perceive the Australian society. Both men identify Australia as a progressively changing country‚ full of opportunities and equipped with unique features‚ along with dynamic cultures that
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Ms. Morrow English I Pre-AP 16 December 2012 How does Tim Burton’s unique style show through the use of cinematic techniques in his films‚ and what message does he communicate to his viewing audience? “Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me.”- Tim Burton. This quote was said by the Tim Burton and it definitely shows through his wonderfully directed movies. Tim Burton uses cinematic techniques such as color‚ music‚ and establishing shots to capture
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v Sir Nicholas Winton is somebody who saved 669 children from the holocaust.Sir Nicholas Winton a stockbroker at the time canceled a 2 week vacation and in that short period of time he saved 669 kids from the holocaust.It all started when he got a call from his best friend to come to Prague asap.That’s when Sir Nicholas heard of what was happening and knew he had to do something.So that’s when he made a plan and he accomplished it. Sir Nicholas Winton was born in May 19‚1909. He was born into
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Belonging to a group‚ culture‚ nationality or school all have an effect on the individual’s sense of self. This shown through ‘the china coin’ by Allan Baillie‚ poetry ‘10 Mary st’ and ‘migrant hostel’ by Peter Skrzynecki‚ as well as the related text ‘neighbours’! In ‘The China Coin’‚ the main character Leah and Joan went on a journey to China in purpose to find out the mystery of the broken coin. As the journey progresses‚ this ultimately gives them a sense of their Chinese identity and belonging
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country‚ [with] the finest farms” remained the same despite the ongoing change and rise of the industries in the cities. While the city was affected in terms of immigrants and industries‚ life in the west remained valued and pure. In the narrative‚ Neighbour Rosicky‚ Cather describes the limitations of city life to reveal her preference on the free‚ unrestricting‚ and beautiful country life. Cather displays the limitations of city living including the restriction and unnatural isolation to reveal her
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