...Be Spoiled Being spoiled used to mean getting everything you wanted, whenever you wanted. Being spoiled was having "mommy" and "daddy" shower you with all kinds of goods and love. Being spoiled was not having responsibilities; it was about not having to worry about price tags or if you'll have enough money later on. Being spoiled did not know what budget was. Now a day's being spoiled is getting more help than you need. Am I really being spoiled? Or am I just getting more help than I need? For anyone that doesn’t know me, doesn’t know that I work hard for everything I buy. I work to support my own shopping habits; I don’t buy what I can't afford. Though I rarely borrow, I payback every penny I do borrow. Every now and again I tend to find a pair of shoes I don’t think I could live without. That's when mommy or daddy lend me a few bills which eventually down the line get paid back, in full. Just recently I learned that when people first meet me they get the impression that I must be a spoiled brat. I never knew the vibe I gave off until I was confronted by a guy who couldn’t seem to understand why I work two jobs. What he knew about me was so little and mostly of my past. He knew the girl that took weekend trips to New York for seasonal shopping. The girl that never paid for anything herself, never worked for anything. The girl that was handed anything she asked for whenever she asked for it. He knew that the girl that didn’t know what a budget was, never looked at price...
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...its first week • Contains 11 songs • 5 singles released: Tim McGraw, Teardrops On My Guitar, Our Song, Picture To Burn, Should’ve Said No • Later released a deluxe edition that included 3 new songs II. Fearless • Second album released on November 8th, 2008 • Sold 592,000 copies its first week • According to a listening session held by the Nashville Chapters and The Producers & Engineers Wing, Taylor mentioned Fearless was her breakthrough album • 5 singles released: Love Story, White Horse, You Belong With Me, Fifteen, and Fearless • Love Story was her first number one single to go International • Contains 13 songs • Later re-released as Fearless Platinum Edition which included 6 new songs and a DVD with her recent music videos • 7 total Grammy nominations, won 4 III. Speak Now • Released on October 25th, 2010 • Her first album to sell one million copies its first week • Contains 14 songs, deluxe edition includes 3 new songs • 6 singles released: Mine, Back To December, Mean, The Story Of Us, Sparks Fly, and Ours • 3 Grammy Nominations – won 2 • Taylor stated in an interview that she wrote this entire album solo to prove people wrong IV. Red • Red was released on October 22nd, 2012 • According to Rolling Stone, Red sold 1.2 million copies its first week • Contains 16 songs, deluxe edition includes 3 extra new songs • 7 singles released: We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together, Begin Again, I Knew You Were Trouble, 22, Red, Everything Has Changed...
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...materials but the company wanted to wait until she was eighteen but she knew she was ready to launch her career with her own material, so she left that record company. At a café in Nashville, Swift caught the attention of Scott Borchetta, a DreamWorks records executive who was preparing to form his own independent record label, Big Machine records. Taylor was one of his new labels first signings. Since then she has written over 200 songs which all written about her true experience and feelings. In 2006 she released her first album called “Taylor Swift.” She received positive reviews from the music critics. And by the time 2008 came around she released her second album “fearless, and in 2010 “Speak now.” The lead single from the fearless album “Love Story” was the second best-selling country single of all time. In 2009 swift became the first country music artist to win an award on MTV Video Music when you belong with...
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...films dealing with serious issues. In this case the film is a conspiracy thriller, which looks at the involvement of a large pharmaceutical company in testing drugs in Africa. That said, the film is much more, combining a love story, a quest for revenge and expressing real anger about the West’s apparently unchecked exploitation of ordinary African people. The Constant Gardener is an adaptation of a novel by the British writer John le Carré, best known for his tales of spies and Cold War intrigue. Fernando Meirelles seemed an odd choice for director, because of his Brazilian background and the seemingly huge difference between this film and his first feature, the explosive story of a Rio favela, City of God (2003). www.filmeducation.org 1 Mike Newell was the first choice for director, but had already committed himself to the new Harry Potter film, but Meirelles was very interested in the project. He told The Independent, ‘The chance to take on the pharmaceutical industry was one of the three elements that made me want to direct The Constant Gardener, as was the chance to shoot in Kenya. Also, it’s a very original love story about a man who marries a much younger woman who is very different from him, and it’s only after she dies that he truly falls in love with her.’ Meirelles’ Brazilian background gave him a source of empathy with the poverty in the Nairobi shantytown of Kibera, the largest slum in sub-Saharan Africa where some of the film was shot. Crucially his sense of...
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...Capitalism: A Love Story, which opened in 962 theaters earlier this month, is Michael Moore’s most ambitious work yet – taking aim at the root cause behind the injustices he’s exposed in his other films over the last 20 years. This time capitalism itself is the culprit to be maligned in Moore’s trademark docu-tragi-comic style. And by using the platform of a major motion picture to make a direct assault at the root of the problem, Moore has created space in the political mainstream for a radical conversation (radical meaning “going to the root”). It’s a conversation that is desperately needed as the economic crisis continues to devastate low- and middle-income Americans in spite of President Obama’s and Congress’ efforts to stop the bleeding by throwing trillions of dollars at the banks. Yesterday, Democracy Now! reported that while the Dow Jones topped 10,000 for the first time in a year, foreclosures have reached a record level of 940,000 in the third quarter. But with this film airing in major chain cinemas across the nation, the normally taboo topics of how wealth is divided, who owns Congress, and how vital economic decisions are made are now open for discussion in a way they haven’t been in the U.S. for decades. In Capitalism, Michael Moore features the reality of the economic crisis for America’s usually-invisible poor and working class. The movie begins with a family filming their eviction from their own home. In a terrifying scene, we watch from inside their living...
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...Analysis and interpretation of “School Run” They say that love is not about appearance, money or what other people think about the person you fall in love with. Love comes from the inside and you do not achieve true love by being materialistic. But is this true? How about the social norms? Would you be able to love a person, that your family and friends do not appreciate, because he/she is too different and cannot live up to the social norms? Would you be able to love this person and stay true to yourself? In the short story "School Run" (2013) by Kate Marsh, we are told that the narrator and her husband, Magnus, are happily married, even though the narrator's friends do not appreciate him, because he is not living up to the social norms. “School Run” has an epical way of narrating and a single-stranded story line, which is a part of making it a short story. In this short story there is a first person narrator, but we do not know what the name of the narrator is. It can be seen that the changes in time and place are not separated into different sections, but it is possible to separate the whole text into different periods of the characters’ life. Even though that the changes in time and place are not separated into different sections, it can be seen that the events are told in a chronological order. There is a lot of information in this story, it is like the author is writing a biography on a limited number of pages, where the narrative is jumping past certain periods...
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...style, and is mainly in prose form. It was written for the audience in the Elizabethan era of England, which was the age when females were considered significantly inferior to their male counterparts. Shakespeare has used this concept of gender for creating humour in his play. The characters Benedict and Beatrice are involved in a complex relationship which contrasts between love and hate. Both Beatrice and Benedict are strong willed, intelligent characters, who fear that falling in love will lead to a loss of freedom and eventually heartbreak. Various theories have been proposed which govern humour and comedy. The superiority theory proposed by Plato describes the darker side of comedy that Is often laughed at over unfortunate situations and social standings. Infirmity in others as compared to our own is often laughed at. These same principles has been applied to the story of the play, and the inferiority of females has been used as the basis for creating humour. [quick quote & example to back this up?] The characters Shakespeare's “Much Ado about Nothing” contribute to build the humorous essence of play through their roles. Several characters of the play presented comical language and gestures such as Benedick and Beatrice’s unromantic backbiting. In addition, the high-mannered Elizabethan society in which the characters of the play lived in also played a part to make the play a comedy. Beatrice wants to remain an unmarried women which is going against the social...
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...This page contains Animal Stories about their human and non-human animal relationships. Read these short stories about dogs, cats, Brer Rabbit, birds, fish, and other crazy critters. Some of them are sad, some are funny, and some are both. Others tell of humans turning to God because of the death of a non-human animal. But one thing that all of these stories have in common is that they will touch your heart and soul. The underlining principles would be truth, love, mutual respect, righteousness, rectitude, divinity, priority to societal unity, etc…All people, including the old people, would enjoy reading these stories. You are welcome to share these stories with your friends.These are Stories that grow ever more popular as time passes. And we add such Stories for you every fortnight. A vast treasure trove of Animal Tales is yours for the sampling. There are Tales about dog, tiger, lion, elephant, etc... - stories which have a moral and impart values. Laugh at the Humorous stories and enjoy the tales from Around the Globe and do not forget to delve into them This page contains Animal Stories about their human and non-human animal relationships. Read these short stories about dogs, cats, Brer Rabbit, birds, fish, and other crazy critters. Some of them are sad, some are funny, and some are both. Others tell of humans turning to God because of the death of a non-human animal. But one thing that all of these stories have in common is that they will touch your heart and soul...
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...TED Vashawn McQurter Devry University TED Ted is a dark comedy full of “gut wrenching” laughter, this humorous satire is a film everyone from ages 17 and up should definitely check out. It’s a” must see”, actor/ director Seth McFarland (family guy) in one of his first big screen debuts scores two thumbs up for his sly but exhilarating story plot. Full of “peter griffin” type jokes and witty punch lines McFarland Captures all the fundamental aspects of a summer box office smash. As the plot thickens moviegoers and comedy lovers will experience a hilarious combination of humor and melodrama. There is no doubt that this film covers a logical story plot, comedy and a real life message all in one movie ticket. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Seth McFarland, Mila Kunis and a host of other upcoming stars, the cast is the dead giveaway of a masterpiece in the making. The story starts off with a kid, (Wahlberg) who made a wish for a friend, not just any friend a “thunder buddy “to keep him company while growing up as a misfit in Boston. His parents bought him a teddy bear for Christmas to cater to their son’s lonely childhood, which came to life after one magical wish was granted. The boy wakes up to find his new teddy bear alive and full of wise cracking jokes with an oath to never leave his side. Time passed and the two became close as brothers, through the golden years of adolescence, young adulthood and even the mid-life crisis ages of the early 30’s.A conflict came about...
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...The Princess Bride is an epic romance novel written by William Goldman. The Princess Bride began with a man telling his grandson a story about the love between a beautiful girl, Buttercup, and her family’s farm boy, Westley. One day, Buttercup fell deeply in love with Westley; she expressed her love forhim but, he left to go to America to find fortune. After he left, Buttercup heard the news that he was killed by Dread Pirate Roberts. She vowed to never love again, but Prince Humperdinck of Florin demanded Buttercup’s hand in marriage, so he could become the king. After they declared their engagement, Buttercup was kidnapped by a band of criminals. She was rescued by a mysterious man in black, who was actually Westley. Westley and Buttercup...
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...William Shakespeare, is an unusual story of two young lovers coming from rival families. Their love is portrayed by Shakespeare as being forbidden and complicated, though the couple risks consequences just to be together. Throughout their story, the intensity of their relationship increases immensely to the point where they die for each other. These actions would be taken as a sign of true love because no one would go this far to be with someone they just crossed paths with a few days ago. The relationship appears to be very desperate with many commitments being made but audiences have made up the idea that this tragedy was in fact cheesy and over exaggerated, thus making it a comedy as much as it is a tragedy....
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...the Rye Term Paper The story was full of pain, suffering, and above all, just a dark story in general but it was covered up by making it humorous which made it a way better story. So the main character of the story is Holden Caulfield, the man with the depression and all the sadness and darkness surrounding him. Holden was suffering from so many consequences like depression, anxiety, and was trying to be suicidal but the tone of how that was represented changed since it was brought to the reader as a funny tone instead of a dark and depressing tone. He needed therapy to deal with the thought of his early life that only mentioned his brother D.B. who was a Hollywood writer, and with bringing that statement...
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...------------------------------------------------- the interpretation "The Escape" by W. Somerset Maugham I would like to interpret the text which is called “The Escape” written by W. Somerset Maugham. He was a famous English novelist, playwright and short-story writer of the end of the nineteenth and of the twentieth centuries. His first novels were not successful. But gradually he gained a success, he became internationally celebrated, his plays were performed all over the world. Among his famous work are “Lady Frederic”, “Moon and Sixpence”, “Ashenden”, “Cakes and Ale” and many others. Thanks to his work he became known as a master of human soul, a wise man who not only knows how to depict, the hypocrisy and brutality of bourgeois society, but also has the ability to portray different characters in clear and natural Manner. The text under interpretation is the story about a woman who made up her mind to marry to a man who tried to avoid it and to extricate himself at any price. This ironic story discloses the problem of nature of relations between men and women. The main characters of the text are the narrator, his friend Roger Charing and Ruth Barlow. In the first person narration the narrator tells that there is no way for a man to escape from a woman who decided to marry him at any price but instant flight. One of his friend seeing the inevitable loom menacingly before him was so conscious of the danger to be married that he took the first ship and went away for twelve...
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...of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, the author takes a rather humorous attitude toward the character of Ichabod Crane, a likable yet universal stereotype. Although the story has gained a reputation as a ghost story over the years, Irving shaped it as a comic tale of self-delusion. Much of the humor derives from the contrasts within Crane's own personality. Ichabod Crane was the main character in “ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. Ichabod Crane was described as a tall, skinny, gangly, awkward young man whose whole fame was most loosely hung together. He saw himself as a very accomplished, suave man. Women in the rural neighborhood easily sophisticated Crane. Other people seen Crane as an educated and scholarly man by their standards. He was a standard teacher who teaches in a roughly-made, log building that only had one large room in it. The author states “From here the low murmur of...
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...is an exceptional movie, a moving, exciting, and humorous adventure for audiences of almost any age to enjoy. This movie tells the tale of a gorgeous maiden named Buttercup, and the true love she shares with her farm-boy, Westley. Their tale opens on the quaint farm, where Buttercup and Westley slowly fall in love. However, Westley is called away to a life abroad, and when Buttercup hears he has been killed, she goes into mourning, and eventually agrees – albeit reluctantly – to wed the show’s main antagonist, Prince Humperdinck. However, Westley returns as the Man in Black to rescue his true love, and once reunited, the two quest in pursuit of freedom to be together, both aided and hindered in their efforts by a vibrant cast of varied characters. Finally, with the evil Prince put to shame, Westley and Buttercup are at last at freedom to escape together, reunited in their genuine emotion and care for one another. Inarguably, The Princess Bride carries a theme of true love; of its power and importance. Through the valiance of Westley to protect Buttercup, through Buttercup’s eternal faith in her farm boy, and...
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