Michael Hemmingson 9700 Gilman Drive PMB 241 La Jolla‚ CA 92093 michaelhemmingson@yahoo.com approx. 2‚300 words My Review of Bill by Vern Myers Michael Hemmingson Bill: A Novella. Vern Myers. NY: Pelican Publishing. 102 pp. Cloth‚ $17.95. Reviewed by Gerald Bass To start‚ I would like you to know that I am writing this book review on an old fashioned manual typewriter‚ an Olympia Model 9 in fact‚ that I purchased at a consignment antique store. I think this
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Stand By Me is the story of four twelve year olds living in a small town in the year 1959‚ whose lives were changed by a chance adventure that they embarked on at the end of an indolent summer. The four boys were Gordie Lachance‚ Chris Chambers Teddy Duchamp‚ and Vern Tessio. The boys had their own tree house with its special club rules‚ including a secret knock‚ and spent their time in meaningless arguments‚ playing games‚ or just hanging out. Although on the surface they are typical pre-adolescent
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Stand By Me is a movie based on a novel by Stephen King. It tells the story of four preteens‚ who during a boring summer day‚ embark on a journey to find the body of a dead twelve year old‚ who has been missing by news accounts‚ but known to them‚ to be lying in the woods near a river bank. The story is told as an historical narrative about the lives and relationships of the four main characters in this movie‚ Gordy‚ Chris‚ Teddy‚ and Vern. In this essay‚ I will discuss how communication‚ and
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Stand By Me 1. The four main characters of the story Stand by Me are Gordie Lachance‚ Chris Chambers‚ Teddy Duchamp‚ and Vern Tessio. Gordie Lachance is a 12 going on 13 year old boy from Castle Rock‚ Oregon. His older brother Denny was killed in a jeep accident‚ this leads to Gordies mother ignoring him and his father hating him. Chris Chambers is one of the four boys who traveled to find the boy who was killed Ray Brower. Chris’s dad is an alcoholic‚ and his brother is friends with the groups bully
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Stand By Me The movie‚ “Stand by Me‚” exhibits the many things a child goes through during the adolescence. The theories of Jean Piaget‚ Lawrence Kohlberg‚ and Erik Erikson are clearly exemplified in Gordy‚ Chris‚ Teddy‚ and Vern throughout the movie. The four kids are identical to one stage each of Jean Piaget’s stages of cognitive development‚ Lawrence Kohlberg’s stages of moral development‚ and Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development. By the end of the movie‚ you see a character change
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Stand By Me Stand by Me was based off the novella‚ "The Body‚" by Stephen King. Screenplay was by‚ Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans. And directed by Rob Reiner. It was made in 1986 by Columbia Pictures. It’s a coming of age movie‚ about an adult male who is reminiscing about a time in his childhood around the age of 11‚ 12 years old‚ in the year 1959 where him and his three friends go off and try and find a dead body of a missing boy‚ to try and make a name of themselves and become the town’s
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Jules Verne “Around the World in Eighty Days” In the book ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’ Jules Vern portrays a moderate position on the powers that technology and science has to benefit mankind. He is neither critical nor is he completely approving of the benefits. Mr. Phileas Fogg and his French valet‚ Passepartout‚ make great leaps and bounds across the world throughout the book by using what man has created using technology and science to shorten the time between distances. But there are circumstances
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A Journey of a Different Kind Stand by Me By: Stephen King Literary Analysis Essay If it’s not one thing‚ it’s another. Would you ever want to be in some of these situations? Stephen King’s movie “Stand by Me‚” is a movie about a group of four twelve year old boys; Gordie Lachance‚ Chris Chambers‚ Teddy Duchamp and Vern Tessio who set off on an adventure to locate the body of a dead boy. This film has a reoccurring theme of showdowns. The boys run into numerous breathtaking and sad showdowns
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The movie Stand By Me is a great portrayal of a group of four young friends who set out to find a dead body. These boys have many trials and tribulations and manage to maintain their friendship throughout the movie. Gordie‚ Chris‚ Teddy and Vern are an unstoppable cast; showing their trust‚ friendship‚ and insecurities to one another. The main role of Gordie LaChance is played by Wil Wheaton. He is having trouble in his life at this time because he just lost his brother and his parents are having
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acts as a father to Gordie and possesses the faith that he will not end up in the smart courses like Gordie‚ but rather in the basic courses alongside their other two friends‚ Teddy Duchamp and Vern Tessio. Chris‚ during the Labor Day Weekend of 1959 at 11 years old‚ set off alongside Gordie‚ Teddy and Vern to find the body of a boy their age named Ray Brower who attended the neighboring town’s school‚ Chamberlain. He had been reported missing and Vern’s brother’s best friend Charlie Hogan had confided
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