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My life has constantly been changing since I was two years old just because of three words. “I’m being deployed.” These words are life altering and being told that phrase as many times as I did growing up, I knew the familiar waves of emotion all too well. I could recognize the words before they even formed out of my dad’s mouth. Being able to understand that a deployment isn’t just a short trip overseas, its months, maybe more than a year of being away from home. That concept was so hard for me

Compare and contrast the ways that Owen and Auden present the effects of war in ‘Disabled’ and ‘Refugee Blues’. Both ‘Disabled’ and ‘Refugee Blues’ intensely explore the horrors and misconceptions of war using similar and distinct tones and structures. Owen chose to present the effects of war in ‘Disabled’ by using more emotive language than Auden had used in ‘Refugee Blues’: this is evident in Owens constant reference to the ‘warrior’, whom is the voice of the poem, throughout each stanza. However

Citizen Kane , a film directed by Orson Welles, showcases many fascinating elements of filmmaking. The way that Welles illustrates these elements of filmmaking is the reason that James Naramore describes Citizen Kane as a powerful work of art. The narrative structure of Citizen Kane is an examination into the life of Charles Foster Kane, from his ambiguous upbringing as a child to his renowned success as a newspaper tycoon throughout his entire adulthood. Welles’ narrative structure and use of

The relationship between father and son is one that is both sacred, yet complex as each side of the relationship faces hardships. This relationship between a son and his role model, a father and his child, is one, has its ups, but one must also know it has downs. In Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz,” Roethke’s use of ambiguity through diction allows room for the audience to interpret the text in a positive or a negative way, representing the relationship between a father and a son, which on the

This book is about a ten year old boy named Alonzo King. Alonzo is fascinated by monsters and the show monsters at midnight. No one in his town believes in monsters but him and a teacher named Mr. Blake. His birthday is on Halloween and he wants to be known as the boy of a thousand faces. He paints his face and takes pictures with a Polaroid camera to see how many different faces that he can make. The whole town starts talking about an unknown image known as “the beast”. Alonzo had become the talk

A Big Dreamer In this world there are many kinds of persons, good, ambitious, mean, and others more. In the book Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, the reader is able to observe different kinds of persons. One of them is the important figure John Hammond, a rich and old man who is obsessed with dinosaurs. (Hammond is man with many of these personalities.) Hammond main personality is that he is a big dreamer. Hammond had a dream, that dream was to recreate dinosaurs, however in order to do such

Journey of a Lifetime This is a story about a boy. A boy who is on a journey for the truth in life and love. Oskar, a nine year old boy, who lost his father on 9/11, finds a key inside an Envelope with the name ‘Black’ written on it. He roams all of New York, searching for the mysterious ‘Black’, hoping that he would find something related to his father, but what he finds is something he never expected. On this journey, he learns many things, including a neighbor he never knew existed, and his

Throughout the course of the novel, fear is acknowledged as a crucial factor towards the downfall of morality among the boys; it is encountered from the start and continues to encircle every boy on the island. For instance, fear is incorporated through the boys’ eyes as a “beast” that appears over the course of the story. “To Ralph, seated, this seemed the breaking up of sanity. Fear, beasts, no general agreement...the argument sheered off, bringing up fresh, unpleasant matter” (Golding 88). Ralph

‘Toy Story’ is the scene where Woody asks for help from Sid’s toys, who are virtually strangers to him, to save Buzz Lightyear who is strapped to a big rocket outside in Sid’s backyard, ready to be blown up by Sid. When Woody shouts for help to the group of Sid’s toys to help him save Buzz, the toys all flee and hide in the shadows as they feared Woody was being aggressive towards them. Woody then pleads with the toys for assistance, stating that a Buzz is good toy who is out there in danger he is

racism from other characters, which eventually leads to his downfall. According to psychoanalysis studies, “Hate is grounded in some sense of perceived threat. It is an attitude that can give rise to hostility and aggression toward individuals or groups” (Abrams). Racism is arguably one of the strongest forms

Character and Setting Making a decision among the young is very critical and hazardous task. It is during youth that most actions are done hastily and aggressively especially those who are not exposed to various experiences. This lesson will show you how a young man who grows in the rural area who has not seen the hardship of life makes a hasty decision that gives him a great lesson in life. You will also find out how it feels to stay in the barrio with less exposure to the adversities of

In today's society, certain genders are given different roles to play from day to day. Unfortunately, the traits associated with both males and females are a distortion of reality in which we are told to conform to either unrealistic or rigid expectations. For example, as we saw the documentary The Mask I Live In, in which, social standards for my gender (male) were revealed to me, I underwent a realization of the unrealistic standards and rigid roles we are set to play. In more specific detail

this film. These concepts being, classical conditioning and the idea that our environment and our experiences of nurture are what shapes us. A Clockwork Orange is the story of a group of young men who take pleasure in committing crimes and causing others to feel pain, they call themselves the “Droogs”. Alex, the group leader, suffers from Antisocial Personality Disorder, a disorder also known as “psychopath”. Alex has no regard whatsoever for the rights of others and the rights of society; the behaviour

Wilfred Owen aimed to convey 'the pity of war' in his poetry. How effectively does he do this in 'Disabled'? Sean Angus Y11 Wilfred Owen was an English poet and soldier during the First World War. During 1917 he created the poem "Disabled", in "Disabled" he presents 'the pity of war' through the life of a teenager war veteran who now suffers in his new life of being an amputee. Owen expresses these ideas through veteran’s isolation

A Critique of Mirror Mirror Safiye N. GÜVELİ, TR111.03 All around the world, generations after generations grew up reading and listening to the story of Snow White. The tale of the “fairest of them all” has been retold countless times, the oldest one dating back to 1812. The Brothers Grimm published it for the first time in their collection Grimms’ Fairy Tales. In the three centuries that have passed since, there have been numerous adaptations. All of these adaptations depict the story in different

Upon everyone’s mind is death, it’s a quite scary topic merely because we don’t know what happens after this. Becoming a cadaver is inevitable along so with death obviously, only what you get along with your cadaver is what underwrites the whole affair. Mary Roach always states that you should become something when you die, do something useful and not just lie down on your back for the rest of your life. “Get involved with science, be an art exhibit. Become part of a tree. Some options… to think

“People are much deeper than stereotypes. That is the first place our minds go. Then you get to know them and you hear their stories, and you say, 'I'd have never guessed.'” A quote by Carson Kressley which perfectly explains the relationship between our two main characters Dana and Rufus in Octavia Butler’s Kindred. In Octavia Butler’s Kindred people’s relationships are more complicated than stereotypes suggest them to be. In the beginning of Octavia Butler’s Kindred the relationship between Dana

Three quotes that are significant are “‘ You mean I can’t go up into the stands unless I give The Wave salute? ‘ Laurie asked. Brad looked around sheepishly. ‘ Well, that’s what they decided, Laurie. ‘“ page 95, “ Almost out of control, he screamed ‘ Shut up! ‘ and threw her down on the grass… The Wave could hurt anyone, and at the same time he’d hurt Laurie, his own girlfriend, in the name of The Wave. “ page 114, and “...Ben thought, this was something he must make sure they learned: to question

For quarter one, I went on a virtual field trip to the Sterling Weather Center. I experienced reading about how the forecasters forecast weather and the vast amount of tools they use. I read about what all the tools did and why it was important to use all the different tools. I also discovered what was so important and special about all of the weather tools. There are 122 field offices that are used to collect data for the weather. This trip was very interesting because weather is a fascinating

Boy’s Life by Robert R. McCammon is an excellent coming of age story. A recurring subject in this book was evil. The teaching moment of the book is that everyone has their own monsters, but it is how people handle those monsters that shows their character. Cory goes over to his friend Ben’s house, where they see his dad, reveal another side of himself. A man full of rage and destructive thoughts who yells ugly words: “There are things much worse than monster movies. There are horrors that burst