Fiction is Necessary The film "Bontoc Eulogy" is about an American-Filipino man searching for his roots. He looked for confirmation and facts through the mountain province where he got actual footages of how the igorots are living and through different museums and records in the United States. He edited all his clips and re-enactments and made a whole narrative out of it. He made the film a story of how his igorot ancestor Marko was peacefully living in the Mounatin provinces and how he was just
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Octavia Butler’s background of being in the oppressed group gave her the ability to deal with the problems of oppression through her writing. She uses science fiction to create a time traveling plot where Dana experiences oppression in modern times and slave-owning times. Dana is able to describe her beatings and harsh experiences through firsthand encounters that truly hit home. Whether cruel treatment exists
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Scottie is back from North Carolina‚ his current place of residence‚ for a few days. He’s a shrimper who works on his dad’s boat. He goes deep out in the ocean on the gigantic boat to catch shrimp. He hasn’t been back to his hometown in almost a year so he wants to spend time with his family and friends. Scottie has dirty blonde hair and expressive blue eyes that sometimes turn green. He’s strong and he’s loves going outdoors‚ such as camping or fishing. He’s constantly smiling but he can be serious
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At first Sammy didn’t know what it was‚ or what it wanted from him. He wasn’t the bravest seven-year-old and still slept with a nightlight and teddy bear. But‚ Sammy had to be brave today‚ because not even his own parents would believe what he saw. He sat on the floor playing with his match box cars‚ pushing them around‚ and making engine sounds with his fluttering lips. That’s when it climbed out of the couch‚ a hodge-podge of things that were lost in the sofa cushions‚ deep in the cracks; pencils
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Only if Robert had quit this obsession then he wouldn’t have been left on the street. He was calm and tendered by everyone in his family and his staff members. In his nuclear family‚ he had a son who played with toys all day‚ a daughter who burnt the midnight oil to get into her favorite university and his beautiful wife who was deeply engrossed into fashion and its magazines. Eventually and more significantly‚ everyone was satisfied and happy. However‚ that tragic period in his life had changed
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Anne slept lightly all night. Her head ached with thoughts about "Sir" de Lurrey. She thought all night and when she awoke in the morning‚ her eyes were puffy and bloodshot. Her head burned with pain. She was exhausted. She felt her throbbing head. She was burning up. She felt warm and was afraid. Anne lived in fear of fevers ever since she was young. She feared a fever would take her life just as it did her parents. Anne lay back down. Later Priscilla awoke. She saw Anne lying in her bed. She
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They were both still wary‚ keeping an eye on their back trail. For once‚ they talked as they walked and Alma liked the noise they made. Two or three times‚ the hound took off on a track‚ and they had to call him back. “Would be a lot easier to call that red boned hound‚ if he had a name‚” Gabe said. Alma nodded. “You’re right‚ what do you think suits him.” “Terror‚” comes to mind. Alma laughed for the first time today. She clapped her hands‚ and the half-grown red‚ brown dog came leaping out of the
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Cole Harlick is my name and this is my story. My dog and I went for a walk to the park on January eighteen‚ two thousand and five. It was a bad day to go one a walk‚ I guess. One minute it is perfect then all of a sudden the sky turned black‚ the wind came‚ and it started to rain. We both got scared and my dog fluffy started to bark. We started pacing through the rain to my house to go in the basement. We were a block away from are house when lightning started to strike on the ground. When we got
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Slipping on her shoes‚ she stormed down the stairs of her tall apartment with excitement. Pulling the chain to unlock the huge‚ heavy‚ scarlet shaded metal door‚ she raced out to the front garden. There she is going to meet her neighbor‚ who she is also friends with. Sitting down on the small wall that shields the garden she waited‚ looking at bugs crawl all in a trail. Soon enough he had come‚ wearing a plain ivory shirt and shorts. They sat and talked for a while. Smelling the roses‚ feeling the
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I was asleep in our dorm at Culver Creek when all of the sudden Mile Halter‚my roommate slammed the door to the room waking me up. He was not in a good mood and went into the bathroom. I knew he was just probably mad because the Weekday Warriors‚ Also known as the rich bullies of Culver Creek threw him in the lake‚but I wondered what took him so long to get back. He came out of the bathroom and I said‚ “ what took you so long” ? He began to tell me that it was my fault that they did this to him and
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