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- 841: Pulp Fiction
- ... way, they ran into difficulties, such as Vega's so-called "date" with his boss' wife, Mia, during which she overdosed on heroin, and Vega was forced to take her to the drug dealer's house to save her life, as well as the robbers in the restaurant, who try to take the suitcase from Winnfield, but were unsuccessful. The whole movie serves as a warning to all mankind to avoid ... Vega bought from the dealer cause Mia to OD and she narrowly escaped death with an adrenaline shot to the heart. The adrenaline shot was administered by Vega, however it was at the dealer's house, once again showing us that He has supreme control over us, for without the dealer, Mia would never have been in this situation, nor would she have made it out if it alive. Jumping back a bit, at the beginning of the date between Vincent and Mia, as Vincent entered Mia's house, he was greeted by a voice over the intercom. As he looked up, it was as he was looking toward the heavens for guidance from God. The voice over the intercom was like God ...
- 842: Demian
- ... Demian had told him his version of the story of Cain and Abel. Sinclair also remembers Demian’s interest that day in an old coat of arms that hung above the door of Sinclair’s house. The emblem is that of a sparrow hawk. Sinclair feels propelled by this memory to paint the old emblem. After several days of painting, he finishes it to find a picture of a sparrow hawk ... to him often, continually gaining in meaning for him. The dream is of the woman who resembles Demian, but she is more feminine, almost motherly. This woman embraces him as he enters his father’s house, first passing under the coat of arms which bears the sparrow hawk. The embrace of this woman fills Sinclair with every emotion, whether it is love or hate, sacred or defiled, right or wrong. "Too ... me along a path that would transcend and leave even him, the leader, behind." Sinclair finishes boarding school and during his break, before entering university, he returns to his hometown and visits Demian’s old house. The old woman that presently lives there is not able to tell Sinclair where the Demian family now resides, but she does show Sinclair an album that contained old pictures of the mother and ...
- 843: Boz
- ... out and Charles began to attend school again. He became an independent reporter at Doctor s Commons Courts in 1829. By 1832 he had become a very successful shorthand reporter of Parliamentary deputies in the House of Commons, and began work as a reporter for a newspaper. It was in the new house on Norfolk St. that Charles met his first love, Maria Beadwell. Maria was 15 months older than he, short, had dark hair, dark eyes and was a flirt. Her nick name at one time, because ... Words. In 1853 he toured Italy with Augustus Egg and Wilkie Collins, and, upon his return, gave the first of many public readings from his own works. In 1856 he bought Gad s Hill, the house he had admired since childhood. Charles then fell in love with Ellen Ternan, a young actress who was performing in his play for the Queen. The next year he separated from his wife after ...
- 844: Creative Writing: The Present
- ... his face. "What's the problem Jim?" "Haven't you noticed all the sadness going around the town Billy? Its supposed to be Christmas time and there are now so many people with out a house. How is that supposed to be happy and cheerful?" "Yeah, uh, I was thinking the same thing." Said the very surprised boy. Billy was still convinced that he was doing the right thing. It wasn ... He noticed the same thing on the way home. Everywhere he looked things seemed to be too gloomy for what was supposed to be a fun and happy time. Still he kept walking towards his house not even thinking that it might be his fault and that Christmas is not really a time to take from others so that you can give to someone. "Got your eggs dad." "Yeah just put ... later." "Why didn't I just buy the bread dad?" "Times are getting hard son and I can't really afford that much. Would I ever hate to be one of those people without a house around these times." "I know what you mean. You should see everyone around town, there so depressed dad." "Yeah well so am I son. Can you imagine what it would be like to not ...
- 845: Important Presidential Electio
- ... Mecklenburg County, N.C., on November 2, 1795. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, from which he then moved to Tennessee, where he became prominent in state politics. He was elected to the house of representatives in 1825. He was elected Speaker of the House in 1835. Four years later, he was elected governor of Tennessee, but was beaten in tries for re-election in 1841, and 1843. Martin Van Buren, the president prior to the 1844 election, counted on ... Richmond and moved to the frontier state of Kentucky in 1797. Clay became more and more important in Kentucky politics, becoming speaker of the state assembly in 1807, and winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1811. Clay made his first try for the presidency in 1824. Four men ran, including Andrew Jackson, were on the ballot. When no candidate won a majority, Clay threw his support ...
- 846: Creative Writing: The Nightmare
- Creative Writing: The Nightmare It all began one day when I was over my friend Susan's house. Her parents had just left for vacation to Texas, leaving her home by herself. I was allowed to stay that weekend while her parents were away. Susan and I were sitting down eating when she got a call from the house where a new family just moved into. The Smith's had asked her to babysit for them. They said it was all right if I came too. They wanted us to come over about six ... thinking, I ran up the steps frantically. I got up the steps trembling and locked the basement door behind me. I ran up into Julie's room to get her so we could leave the house. I looked in her room and she was gone from her bed. I heard foot steps coming from the basement. I called Julie's name a few times, but with no answer, I thought ...
- 847: Matilda
- ... semester kids very well. Miss Trunchbull, a large intimidating woman, is very cold at heart. She was suspected of rubbing off Miss Honey’s father, Dr. Honey, and forged a will that gave her his house and left nothing for Miss Jennifer Honey. When Matilda was told about this, she became enthralled in helping out Miss Jennifer Honey with getting her house back. One day in class, the atrocious Miss Trunchbull was yelling at everyone because there was a newt in her water. She, of course, blamed the whole milestone on Matilda, who was innocent. Matilda, being ... was teaching Matilda’s class, Matilda began moving the chalk around the chalkboard. The chalk spelled out words which read: “This is [Dr. Honey]. This is [Dr. Honey]. [Miss Trunchbull], give my Jenny back her house, give my Jenny her wages, give my Jenny the house, then get out of here....” Matilda had finally got the best of Miss Trunchbull, who fainted and moved out of town without a trace. ...
- 848: A Raisin In The Sun - Women
- ... political and social action in God. Beneatha, however, does not find solace in God. Instead, she believes that man deserves credit for his own efforts. In Act I, Beneatha says, "How much cleaning can a house need, for Christ's sakes." (p. 34) Lena gets mad and Ruth says that Beneatha is "fresh as salt." (p. 34) Beneatha retorts, "Well- if the salt loses its savor." (p. 34) Lena gets offended ... it is who makes miracles." (p. 39) Lena rises across the room and slaps Beneatha in the face. She is so intolerant of Beneatha's beliefs that she makes her say, "In my mother's house there is still God." (39) In a sense, she is right. Lena is so demanding and intolerant; she is the God of the house. Lena and Beneatha also disagree about marriage. Beneatha says, "Mama, Asagai-asked me to marry him today and go to Africa-."(p. 129) "You ain't old enough to marry nobody," Lena said. Beneatha ...
- 849: The War Between the States
- ... Confronted with a major career decision, Whilden elected not only to leave the law but also to leave the Palmetto State for the north. The 1850 federal censustakers found Charles Whilden living in a boarding house in Detroit, Michigan, where he worked as a clerk, probably in a newspaper office. Speculation in copper stocks and land on Lake Superior soon left Charles deeply in debt to his youngest brother, William, who ... South Carolinians had won a reputation for hard fighting on many a bloody field. That reputation was shortly to be put to its sternest test at a strategic Virginia crossroads village known as Spotsylvania Court House. The Fight at the Mule Shoe Following his repulse at the Wilderness on May 5 and 6, 1864, Union General in Chief Ulysses S. Grant ordered the Army of the Potomac to move southeast about 12 miles to the vicinity of Spotsylvania Court House (NPS Web Site), hoping to get between the Army of Northern Virginia and Richmond. General Robert E. Lee, however, was quicker, and elements of the Confederate First Corps arrived at Spotsylvania Court House just ...
- 850: Simpsons 4
- ... the outside of a location before you see an internal shot, if we move around the regular locations of Springfield we will often see the same sort of establishing shot (e.g. outside the Simpson house, or outside Moe's Tavern). However, the fact that it is a cartoon also allows it to move around without budgetary problems. Episodes have been set in India, England and even in space. The use ... the shot has allowed for juxtaposition comedy (such as when Marge wants to get a job and Homer tells her that they really don't need the money - in the next shot we see the house begin to subside into the ground). It has allowed for the development of editing style that allows simultaneous actions in two separate locations to be followed such as in Bart's telephone pranks. The use ... at many levels. A subtle reference occurs when Maggie is not allowed a dummy . She tries to suck on some toys, and the toy that she is most happy sucking is a little Bart Simpson doll. Self-reference is also present in an indirect form. There is a lot of comedy at the expense of the Fox Network. Ned Flanders says: "So the network slogan is true: Watch Fox and ...
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