In the movie Wit‚ English literary scholar Vivian Bearing has spent years translating and interpreting the poetry of John Donne. Unfortunately‚ she is a person who has cultivated her intellect at the expense of her heart. Both colleagues and students view Bearing as a chilly and unfriendly person lost in her private world of words and mysterious thoughts. At the age of 48‚ she is diagnosed with stage-four metastatic ovarian cancer. Dr. Kelekian wants her to take eight high-dose experimental chemotherapy
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Christian F. Lyons English 2301.11 Ms. Daigle Vidrine 24 February 2010 Off the Bus: A Thematic Analysis of Vivian Gornick’s “On The Bus” Sometimes all we need is for someone to listen; Gornick realizes this as she travels back and forth on a bus from New York to a school three in a half hours away. While traveling to and from school‚ she meets an exhausted woman in her mid twenties named Jewel‚ who is traveling from Cleveland to New York to visit her sick mother. Over the few weeks they
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Today is a special day Modern people are always pursuing something special. When we go to buy a gift‚ we make great effort in looking for a special one. When we chew the cud of our past‚ we try to figure out a special person for us. When we have a topic to work on‚ we have to think up a special day like what I am doing now. It seems we are always lack of special things and never do we get tired of seeking it. However‚ the most theatrical thing is that we are losing the thing what we have been
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3/27/13 Vivian Leigh There have been hundreds of thousand world renowned actors and actresses from all over the world. Many of which have won numerous awards and have made quite a name for themselves. Often times actors and actresses start from the very bottom‚ even from childhood working hard to get where they are or once were. This is much like actress Vivian Leigh. She had a hardworking childhood‚ and worked her way up the food chain to earn what is now considered a household name. “Born on
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Vivian Murray Chambers was born in Salisbury‚ North Carolina on June 4‚ 1903. Mr. Chambers received a Bachelor of Science from Shaw University in 1928‚ then a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University‚ New York in 1931. He later received a Master of Science from Cornell University in 1935 and a Doctor of Science (Ph.D. in Economic Entomology) from Cornell in 1946. Dr. Chambers worked for the WPA (Works Progress Administration) as a Senior Research Worker in the American Museum of Natural History
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want?” asked Betsy. “Of course this is what I want to do!” replied Vivian as they walked into the local barbershop. Vivian was an idealist secretary at a local law office. Although she really liked her job‚ she dreamed of a better life of fame and grandeur. Vivian sat down in the tall‚ uncomfortable barber chair as she asked him for the popular Clara Bow haircut. As the tall solemn barber began to cut off her long silky hair Vivian began to picture her new life. “Just think about it Betsy‚ I could
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Who is Vivian Maier? Why was she so secretive in life even and in death her mystery has deepened more? What drove Maier too keep her photography a secret? Why did she take them? Why wouldn’t want to share them with the world? Vivian Maier is an undiscovered photographer resurrected. For over 50 years Maier made more than 150‚000 exposures in her lifetime. She printed only a fraction of these negatives. Unknown as a photographer during her long life‚ she was a private woman who now speaks powerfully
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Ivy Ingle Mrs. Hagan A&P I 1 February 2013 Something the Lord Made Vivian Thomas was a black man living in a time of great prejudice in our country. He was very intelligent and skilled in the field of medicine and was an asset to the scientists and doctors trying to find a cure for the "blue baby" syndrome. He had great determination and humility while being faced with prejudice from so many people and is an inspiration to not only the African American scientists and medical professionals
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Maya Angelou writes about her life from the ages 3 to 16 years old. Angelou writes about her experiences with her mom in part of her autobiography. Vivian Baxter‚ Angelou’s mother‚ despite not being there for most of her childhood‚ she is a major influence to Angelou. Vivian is a young woman who works hard and learns from her life experiences. Vivian Baxter is a strong resilient individual because she has insight‚ that prevents her from making brash decisions‚ independence‚ which allows her to do
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What the heck is the postmorbid condition? Whatever. So here it is. Vivian Sobchack explains it in her essay by the same name. After you read her‚ you’ll find out things like this. Films such as Bonnie and Clyde and Pulp Fiction still stand as leaders in terms of Sobchak’s “hyperbolic escalation and quantification of violence.” Television programs like 24 and Law and Order Criminal Intent are somewhat more tame examples of this phenomenon. Some folks wanna go with the flow and says it’s okay. Actually
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