Brina M Booker Professor Warren English 2309 – 700 7/18/13 What is in a Name? The Namesake is an incredible coming of age story of a young man who grows up struggling to determine who he is inside and what exactly his identity is. Gogol or Nikhil’s internal conflict of finding the meaning behind his name starts simple as a child. Later on as he gets older he tries to make sense of his identity between the two entirely different worlds he is torn between, and you read the conflict that it produces…
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"Pickle" a Film about a Couple's Dedication to Animals Pickle is a 2016 short documentary directed by Amy Nicholson that chronicles a couple's tale of caring for their many unorthodox pets. This charming documentary is shot through mostly interviews with the couple, Debbie and Tom, as well as video, pictures, and illustrations of their pets. Pickle is also very aesthetically pleasing. The interview portions of the film were shot against crisp white backgrounds, and the outdoor scenes include shots…
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life by studying creative writing and write a book to make a fortune. However, it was not until 2006 when Nair addressed the issue of assimilation in the wholeness of feature movie. Adapted from a novel by Indian writer Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake is a beautiful story of a Bengali couple who migrated to New York and start a family. The struggle between keeping the Bengali roots and assimilating fully into the American life becomes the central plot that Lahiri addressed in the novel. Nair translated this…
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While writing a story remains a difficult commission; authors frequently utilize occurrences from their lives or childhood in works of literature. In numerous cases, the writer will use their relationship with a family member or acquaintance to support creating a plot or conflict in their story. Throughout any tale or novel, it is very likely that particular characters or central arguments in the story were influenced by the author’s former existence, allowing them to distribute various parts of…
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July 2015 There Will Come Soft Rains: A Futuristic Warning Of Nuclear War It is a fact that since long time ago nuclear weapons have been used to create war. In the story “There Will Come Soft Rains” By Ray Bradbury, the author shows difference situations to describe our fate as a human race after using devastating weapons. Through the story we can see how Bradbury use some specific points to explain and warn us how war will destroy all kind of species on earth, points like an “intelligent” house in…
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this novel who most exemplifies the archetype of an outcast is Bernard Marx. His alienation and subsequent exile from his peer group is notably different from the struggles of the other characters because it is a result of his own doing. Unlike his namesake Karl Marx, his discontent with the world state is a direct consequence of his own self hatred, rather than a deeper philosophical understanding of the injustice taking place around him. Not only does his crippling insecurity exile him from those…
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Ms. Bostick ENG 111-60 March 18, 2013 Heritage is the combination of morals, family values and history, that runs deep within a particular family. In “Everyday Use” a short story by Alice Walker, the title takes a diverse stance as it relates to the Johnsons’ family heritage. Narrated by mama herself, the story depicts a family divided. Mama and her daughters Maggie and Dee all share the same bloodline; however their perspectives on morals, family values and status all differ. Mama does…
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age[->0], a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.[1] Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation[->1]" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise[->2], The Beautiful and Damned[->3], The Great Gatsby[->4] (his most famous),…
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description. One of Poe’s most haunting and disturbing works is his short story “The Black Cat.” Written in 1843, “The Black Cat” is filled with sinister imagery and a seemingly sadistic mentality possessed by the author. At first glance, the horrors of “The Black Cat” would appear to be the creation of a psychotic mind, but I will analyze the tragedies and addictions in Poe’s life, as well as the symbolism of the two cats in the story, and prove that the horrors of “The Black Cat” are actually the manifestations…
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pretend to assasinate him with a capgun. Lincoln and Booth are named by their father as a joke, and their fate has been preordained by their names. In our nations history, John Wilkes Booth kills Abe Lincoln. Do they have to be victims of their namesake? There was a hope in the play that they would re-write their narrative fate; they have a choice, a chance to better their own fate. The characters have little self-awareness and an inability to respond to their needs. They resort to crime as a…
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