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- 71: ... main thrust of my work is contemporary - taking place in a contemporary setting - involving ordinary people and how their lives are changed or not changed by some kind of extraordinary occurrence." One of de Lint's most recent novels is titled Someplace to be Flying. It takes place in modern times and in de Lint's city of Newford. This book has many elements of Native American mythology within it. It is based on the idea that the world, and everything within it, was created by "animal people", also called the ... into deeply rooted and shared human mythologies, and making them vital and accessibly again." He also writes that "Someplace to be Flying...links the hope of self-discovery to a heightened awareness of the world's possibilities, while bridging the sheer membrane between the mundane and the ethereal." Shared and bridges are important words connected to the metaphor of the animal people in relation to Hank and Lily. It is ...
- 72: ... main thrust of my work is contemporary - taking place in a contemporary setting - involving ordinary people and how their lives are changed or not changed by some kind of extraordinary occurrence." One of de Lint's most recent novels is titled Someplace to be Flying. It takes place in modern times and in de Lint's city of Newford. This book has many elements of Native American mythology within it. It is based on the idea that the world, and everything within it, was created by "animal people", also called the ... into deeply rooted and shared human mythologies, and making them vital and accessibly again." He also writes that "Someplace to be Flying...links the hope of self-discovery to a heightened awareness of the world's possibilities, while bridging the sheer membrane between the mundane and the ethereal." Shared and bridges are important words connected to the metaphor of the animal people in relation to Hank and Lily. It is ...
- 73: Poetry
- The Greatest Pain in Life The greatest pain in life is not to die, but to be ignored. To lose the person you love so much to another who doesn't care at all. To have someone you care so about so much throw a party... and not tell you about it. When your favorite person on earth neglects to invite you to his graduation. To have people think that you don't care. The greatest pain in life, is not to die, but to be forgotten. To be left in the dust after another's great achievement. To never get a call from a friend, just saying "hi". When you show someone your innermost thoughts and they laugh in your face. For friends to always be too busy to ...
- 74: Real Meaning Of LIfe
- ... belief, some Darwinists seek to find adaptationist explanations for all aspects of the human physique and behavior. They do so because they believe that all traits must make rational, "selfish gene" sense somehow because that's their whole point; because natural selection wouldn't allow it otherwise. Some people even have a bizarre "faith" in evolution as if life can always be counted on to devise a way somehow (even miraculously) to survive, i.e., "life will find a way". The SF writer, Robert A. Heinlein, a Social Darwinist, once wrote, "there will always be survivors"; he meant only "survival of the fittest", of course, with the implication that the "non-fit" don't "deserve" to live. Nazism (blatant power fantasy) was an outgrowth of Social Darwinism with the implication that "natural order" dictates that human society should be patterned on this; that the "unfit", "weak and inferior" ...
- 75: Poetry 2
- The Greatest Pain in Life The greatest pain in life is not to die, but to be ignored. To lose the person you love so much to another who doesn't care at all. To have someone you care so about so much throw a party... and not tell you about it. When your favorite person on earth neglects to invite you to his graduation. To have people think that you don't care. The greatest pain in life, is not to die, but to be forgotten. To be left in the dust after another's great achievement. To never get a call from a friend, just saying "hi". When you show someone your innermost thoughts and they laugh in your face. For friends to always be too busy to ...
- 76: Convince Me There Is A God
- ... religion. I m merely attempting to show why I m not sold on the religion theory itself. My goals are not to destroy the church, or the belief in God, either of which I couldn t do anyway. I m only attempting to explain why I don t believe in god or any other gods for that matter. On the contrary, I m glad to see many cars parked outside the local church building on Sunday morning. At least I know the people there won t be breaking into my house while I m out shopping! This document is solely for the purpose of explaining my personal position on the theory of religion. As for the questions, please try to ...
- 77: Convince Me There Is A God
- ... religion. Im merely attempting to show why Im not sold on the religion theory itself. My goals are not to destroy the church, or the belief in God, either of which I couldnt do anyway. Im only attempting to explain why I dont believe in god or any other gods for that matter. On the contrary, Im glad to see many cars parked outside the local church building on Sunday morning. At least I know the people there wont be breaking into my house while Im out shopping! This document is solely for the purpose of explaining my personal position on the theory of religion. As for the questions, please try to ...
- 78: The Town of El Dorado Springs
- ... anyone? Could I find out if the Indians considered the water medicinal? Could I prove this statement false? Farther on in the book, I came to the section titled "For Whites Only." "From the town's founding[,] no negros have ever lived here." This in itself, to me, was phenomenal, but the last sentence was what made me want to search farther. "El Dorado still has no negro residents, but under today's Supreme Court rulings on civil rights, we have lost face and mus t bow to the age of fading color lines (Kemp 30). Did the town, after 1962, the published date of the book, ever allow negros to become residents of the town? This town seemed to ...
- 79: The Town of El Dorado Springs
- ... anyone? Could I find out if the Indians considered the water medicinal? Could I prove this statement false? Farther on in the book, I came to the section titled "For Whites Only." "From the town's founding[,] no negros have ever lived here." This in itself, to me, was phenomenal, but the last sentence was what made me want to search farther. "El Dorado still has no negro residents, but under today's Supreme Court rulings on civil rights, we have lost face and mus t bow to the age of fading color lines (Kemp 30). Did the town, after 1962, the published date of the book, ever allow negros to become residents of the town? This town seemed to ...
- 80: The Catcher in the Rye: Holden's Fall From Innocence
- The Catcher in the Rye: Holden's Fall From Innocence Jerome David Salinger, born in New York City on January 1, 1919, may not have written many novels in which he is recognized for. Although, he did write one novel, which brought him fame. In many of Salinger's short stories and especially his most well-known novel he writes about how the main character falls from his or her own innocence then rises to face their challenges. In J.D. Salinger's , The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield goes through a fall from his innocence throughout his journey to his safe haven, home. The book, The Catcher in the Rye, tells of Holden Caulfield's ...
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