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- 9391: Persuasive Speaking
- ... voice controls the way people perceive you and can greatly enhance or detract from the message you are trying to get across to someone. When speaking to someone you must first gain their attention. Let's face it, it's no use trying to tell a baseball fan anything if he's watching television during the 9th inning of a tie ball game. Your message either won't be interpreted properly or won't be interpreted at all. The volume at which you talk can be ...
- 9392: Religious Imagery In Moby Dick
- Herman Melville s Moby Dick is a novel that uses many forms of religious imagery. Through the adventure of captain Ahab in his search of Moby Dick it describes the battle between the evil powers of the Devil ... round her on all sides; then the rushing Pequod, freighted with savages, and laden with fire, and burning a corpse, and plunging into that blackness of darkness, seemed the material counterpart of her monomaniac commander s soul. (Melville 463) This quote shows that the Devil is in Captain Ahab,. The entire quote shows his manipulation of his crew. Words like flames, blackness, howled, and huge pronged forks turn the Pequod into a habitation of evil spirits. The influence of the commander can be seen upon these innocent men, whose only mistakes were failing to see the truth behind Ahab s insane mission. The same idea is stated in Kyle Kombrink s essay A Passionate Soul in Hell. Kombrink writes, The mind set of the captain is then carried over to his crew, so to ...
- 9393: Film Review-rainbow Trout
- ... ju (a young man), and a group of wild hunters. Once the urbanites move into the world of the village people, the differences in the social status of the characters become meaningless. As Chang-hyun's fish-farm gets crowded with urban visitors, it becomes a claustrophobic space filled with a suffocating atmosphere. The fish-farm changes into a nightmarish stage where every character reveals repressed desires and a demonic nature ... of cinematic style and thematic content. For example, his 2nd feature, Our Twisted Hero', dealt with political allegory, and his 3rd feature, Eternal Empire' opened a new genre of thriller/mystery/ period drama. Director Park's ever-renewing interest in a mosaic film style and subject matter is obvious in Rainbow Trout', as well. First, it is a hybrid-genre film composed of comedy, horror, grotesque humor, and every day life ... desire" or "primitive instinct" in human beings. Rainbow Trout' marks his departure from socio-political issues. In addition, compared with his previous characters, which were based on good and evil in polar opposition, Rainbow Trout's characters are much more down-to-earth and realistic. They are all described as ordinary common people with the same weaknesses and whims as us. At first, visitors from the city seem discreet and ...
- 9394: Reflective Essay About Rite Of
- ... that people should do things because they can, not because they should. I think it is basically saying that if we know we can get away with things, go for it. However this philosophy wouldn't work in a society because everyone would be doing things they're not supposed to be doing and eventually it would backfire. This philosophy relates to our lives in many ways. When people know they can cheat and hide it, they sometimes take advantage of it. This doesn't mean that it's the right thing to do. When I go to the store and they accidentally sell me something for cheaper than what's its supposed to be, I usually don't say anything. Even though ...
- 9395: Laura Secord
- Laura Secord was originally an American. She was born in Massachusetts on September 13, 1775. Her father was Thomas Ingersoll. He was a major in the American army. They were well known because Laura's father was a clever man. In her family there were inventors, mechanics, merchants, magistrates, teachers and soldiers. Laura had three sisters. When she was eight her mother had died and her father had gone off to war, so Laura had to look after them. After two years or so Laura's father married someone else. A month later she got ill and died. Three years later he remarried a woman named Sarah Whiting. After Thomas Ingersoll became a young Republican and saw excessive violence in Massachusetts ... They married in 1797 at the Church of England. They were very wealthy. Laura was a big help to James in his business since she came from such an affluent family. By 1812, the Secord's had five children, two servants, a small pleasant house and a wealthy store. When they first got married, they lived in St. Davids and after being married for a while they moved to Queenston. ...
- 9396: A Wedding Day
- ... was August 17, 1974. The weather was hot, the people were gathered to watch. The moment had arrived; I was ready to walk down the aisle. Suddenly, someone walks in and states "the groom isn't here"! I couldn't believe it. The quests were told there would be a delay. Then after forty-five minutes, which seemed like an eternity, the groom arrived. The wedding began. I met my fiancι in the summer downtown on the street in front of the Piggly Wiggly, a local grocery store. I was on a lunch break from work. I really don't know how we ever managed to get married. He never really asked me to marry him. We were at the movies one night and he went to get popcorn. As he got out of ...
- 9397: Fantasy vs. Reality
- Fantasy vs. Reality Sometime in our lives, we have wished for things we don't have. No matter how hard we wished on the star or a candle, our wishes never seemed to be answered. We have all felt that bitter disappointment on Christmas morning when we finally realized that ... who will understand my jokes without my having to explain them." These are the longing words of Esperanza. While growing up on Mango Street, Esperanza finds herself in a community that she feels she doesn't belong to. With all her heart, she longs for a true friend that she can tell her dreams to and will understand her for it. These wishes seem easy enough to grant, but Esperanza soon ... escape her life, but all she ended up with were friendships that reminded her of her broken dreams because in her society nothing was given for free and the people she was associated with didn't have the same goals as she did. Another one of those broken dreams was the concept of love. Esperanza was not the only one who longed for a man's endless love. Marin, Esperanza, ...
- 9398: Prometheus
- ... Clymene being madly in love with each other, and having a son, and naming him Prometheus. He had a brother who was named Atlas. (Encyclopedia Americana, 576) (Picture taken from Microsoft Encarta, 1998) Prometheus isnt really in charge of anything, except bringing fire to mankind and creation on man. When responsibilities were handed out, Prometheus was left out, possibly because he was a Titan, no one really knows.) Prometheus is ... sits atop his head. (Tripp, 439) A giant, roaring fire symbolizes Prometheus, most people understand why, and that is because he gave the gift of fire to mankind. Prometheus has few unique characteristics. He isnt a massive beast, he doesnt have magical powers, and he doesnt have huge, rippling muscles. He does, on the other hand, have an immortal liver. In a certain Greek Myth, Prometheus stole fire from the hearth of the ...
- 9399: "Shame": Ignorance of Reality
- ... never learned ahead of time that upper-class people look down upon the poor, and how others can be so full of hate and discrimination. At least, not as hateful towards him. Ignorance, on Gregory's behalf, was probably the main factor for his humiliation. We learned early in the story that Gregory came from a poor family. Even though he was poor, he did not show he was ashamed of it. Although he didn't know why people turned their heads when they saw him. Gregory was very proud of his money-making schemes, but he didn't realize the work he was doing was very degrading. Another example of Gregory's ignorance is his attitude towards the teacher. When he explained about his seat in the class, it gave me the ...
- 9400: Francesco Petrarch
- ... brother, who died at a very young age. His mother died when he was 15 years old, which was consequently when some of his earliest works have been recorded. At the age of 22, Francesco's father passed away, which caused Francesco to attain a career. Giovanni, his son, was born illegitimately in 1337. The relationship between the two was disappointment to Francesco. He describes him as: "Intelligent, perhaps even exceptionally ... intelligent, but he hates books" He let Giovanni live with him till he could no longer stand the sight of him and sent him to live in Avignon, at the age of 20. It wasn't until just before Giovanni's death, of the Black Plague, did they start to write each other. Just before his sons death, Petrarch's friends though of Giovanni as a good person and wrote Petrarch about this. He never ...
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