plane and by train When traveling over states or over countries there are three main ways of doing so‚ a flight‚ a train ride‚ or driving yourself. I guess you could walk or run but‚ I’m talking about cross country travel. There are expensive and inexpensive ways of travel‚ some fast‚ some slow‚ most fun‚ others boring. In the developed countries‚ traveling by trains and traveling by planes are more popular than other transportations because they are convenient. However‚ traveling by train also has
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“THE NIGHT TRAIN AT DEOLI” Romanticism is defined by S.T. Coleridge “as an addition of strangeness to beauty” and Ruskin Bond has wonderfully analysed the term of illusive romanticism in “The Night Train at Deoli”.The story begins from infatuations but finally it leads to an ardent love of the narrator towards the basket seller. It cannot be denied that adolescence is a period of storm‚ turbulence and finally it leads to conclusion. A period of psychological and physical transit. Deoli is
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Book Report Book Title: The Orphan Train Adventures Author: Joan Lowery Nixon Task 1: Telling which part of the story impresses me most. After the orphans and Frances had arrived Missouri‚ some couples began to sign up to take the orphans with them. Though some orphans were not being chosen in the first round‚ Frances did not let the couples take them up easily. They must tell Frances why they would like to take care of them‚ the situation of the family‚ or other necessary information
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violence that preceded the birth of India and Pakistan as the British hurriedly handed over power in 1947‚ is becoming a fading word in the history books. First-hand accounts will soon vanish. Khushwant Singh‚ who was over thirty at the time‚ later wrote Train to Pakistan and got it published in 1956. Reprinted since then‚ reissued in hardcover‚ and translated into many languages‚ the novel is now known as a classic‚ one of the finest and best-known treatments of the subject. Khushwant Singh recreates a
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Last Train Home The documentary Last Train Home filmed by Lixin Fan shows us what Chinese’s families’ faces when they migrate from farms to work in factories in the larger cities. With the life of Mr. Zhan as an example‚ we can understand the conflict and suffering that these families have. They lose theirs so called “Hokou” which is “a household registration system that is designed to aid the distribution of welfare and resources‚ and keep watch on criminal activity”‚ and also they leave
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lighting‚ makeup‚ and performance– and cinematography – such as filters‚ framing‚ shot duration‚ depth of field‚ camera position‚ and focal length of lens – to convey meaning beyond the dialogue (Bordwell). In the opening sequence of Strangers on a Train‚ director Alfred Hitchcock masterfully manipulates the visual methods of costume‚ framing‚ and performance to reveal Bruno’s character and to foreshadow the plot. Costume is used in the opening scene to reveal the peculiarity of Bruno’s character
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Lars and the Real Girl “Who is Bianca?” “Lars and the Real Girl” is a production about a young man named Lars who tries to find love by ordering an anatomically correct sex doll‚ Bianca. Lars does not use Bianca for sexual pleasure but instead for someone to love. Bianca plays a major role in this movie even though she is restrained from feeling‚ talking‚ or even being alive. Bianca’s character aids the development of the other characters including Lars‚ his brother‚ and the “real
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Back when I was a college student‚ I used to go out every night for walk in the city. I used to joke around with my roommate about the thieves and the murderers being nice at night. On one of these late night strolls‚ I saw a man walking down the street. He looked as if he was doing the waltz or something of the sort. I decided to cross the street‚ he was creeping me out. As I crossed the street‚ he stopped walking/waltzing and starting to stare at me. That was the first time I was able to see his
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Abstract Since the 90’s due to rapid urbanization happening around‚ the city of Kochi has exceedingly grown both in its size and in the number of inhabitants by which the city has expanded horizontally resulting to a chaotic and congested lifestyle where people live their life only in travelling. For many years‚ Kochi City has been without proper and efficient public transport system over the past years. This has resulted in the increase in number of private vehicles in the city and this network
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The air was thick and dusty‚ the sky a dark gloom grey. Thick clouds of smoke and ash billowed from the chimneys of every factory as far as the eye could see. The factories all looked the same‚ tall grey box-like structures erected from the ground. There was no colour here. No happiness. It had been 7 years since I last came to the city. I never wanted to come back‚ I thought the memories would be too painful‚ but Mr. Tom made me come. He said it would be good for me to get over my past. As I looked
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