...Going to the movies as a child was one of my most favorite things to do. It was also a privilege so for many of us to get to attend a movie. Going to the movies is still a fun thing to do today but technology, cleanliness, and the thought of violence happening in a theater tends to keep people at home to watch movies. Technology today has allowed us to pretty much be in contact with anyone at any time. It is not uncommon to be sitting in movie and a phone ring or get a notification. While most people have their phone on silent were no one can hear others, feel it is appropriate to take a call while the movie is in progress. This can cause patrons to become distracted and frustrated. A lot of people who go to the movies go to get away and relax. They are trying to get away and enjoy themselves. I have noticed many times the blue glow of screens from cell phone usage. Though this may not bother some, I have found it to be very distracting. People would rather watch a movie in their own home than waste their money being distracted by electronic devices....
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...50 First Dates is a movie about a guy and a girl falling in love, but have struggles because the girl Lucy Whitmore played by Drew Barrymore is suffering from Anterograde Amnesia. Henry Roth who is played by Adam Sandler is a veterinarian at Sea Life Park in Oahu Hawaii who is known as a womanizer who is afraid of a comment. Barrymore character is known as a sweet teacher who loves life and her family. In the movie Lucy is suffering from anterograde amnesia, and Roth is trying to win her heart over. Threw out the movie it shows the struggles Lucy’s family and friends have trying to keep that she has amnesia. Roth tries to win over Lucy’s heart but after finding out that she has anterograde amnesia he realizes this is not going to be an easy task. Roth is eventually successful in gain the trust from Lucy’s family and friends, and with that they help Roth win over Lucy’s heart. The movie ends with Lucy’s breaking up with Roth because she feels like she doesn’t wan to stop him from living his life. Roth leaves for an excursion he has been planning to see walruses in the wild, but couldn’t end up leaving without taking his Lucy with him. (Peter Segal) The character played by Barrymore, Lucy Whitmore is suffering from anterograde amnesia. On TheHumanMemory.net Luke Mastin states “This is the loss of the ability to create new memories, leading to a partial or complete inability to recall the recent past, even though long-term memories from before the event which caused the...
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...Karen Minwalla April 7, 2015 “Listen To Your Heart” Contemporary Movie Reaction Paper 1. Danny, Ariana, and her mother, Mrs. Scott, play huge roles in the movie, “Listen to Your Heart” A. Danny is a twenty three year old musician who ends up falling in love with a deaf woman, Ariana. As Danny and Ariana have their ups and downs, they stick together until Danny ends up developing a brain tumor which makes him very sick. B. Ariana is a twenty two year old young woman who lost her hearing when she was young due to meningitis she caught from her father who passed away. Ariana can not talk in the beginning of the movie, but she does know sign language, and she can also read lips. C. Mrs. Scott is Ariana’s mother, who is very strict and controlling. She doesn’t approve of Ariana and Danny, so she tries her hardest to keep them apart from each other. 2. There are a couple communication problems throughout the movie with Danny and Ariana from the moment they meet to the moment they fall in love. A. Ariana and her mother went out to lunch, and for the first time, at the restaurant that Danny worked at, her soon to be love. As soon as Danny and Ariana make eye contact with each other it was like love at first sight. As Ariana was walking out of the restaurant door, Danny hands her his number and says, “I think you forgot something.” Ariana didn’t call Danny for two weeks, and he couldn’t understand why until Ariana finally shows back up in the store and finally...
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...writing assignment for this course is a Book or Movie Review. You are required to select a movie, play or book from the the courses dates The Discvery through the Election of 1876 through the Inauguration of 2005. In writing your review, keep in mind that you are not writing a report. Do not merely state what the movie is about. A review is your opinion of whether the movie is good or bad based on the following criteria: bias, movie design, educational value, and historical accuracy. These issues are all discussed in greater depth on the backside of this page. In talking about your view of this movie, it is critical to keep in mind that entertainment value is important, but not the key criteria. While a boring movie might not keep your attention, a movie rife with false details does not teach you true history. Another point to think about is whether the movie makes you want to learn more about that particular subject. In determining a movie as “bad” or “good” take all factors into consideration. Your paper should be a minimum 1.5 - 2 pages in length to provide adequate detail. A full description and the grading rubric is included below. MILITARY HISTORY LEADERS BATTLES WARS LEADING FIGURES POLITICAL SCIENTIFIC ACADEMIC SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES MEDICAL TECHNOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE DEFINING MOMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY ANY TOPIC THAT YOU FEEL IS A "DEFINING MOMENT" The Critical Assessment paper willl be posted into the Movie Review Assignment Dropbox. The Webliography link...
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...I face a lot of challenges when it comes to creating an acceptable paper. I have a negative outlook on my writing, I write a lot of cliche things, fragment sentences are my weakness, my vocabulary is poor, and I over think what is wanted from what I write. Struggling with this introduction, for instance, is one of my major weaknesses. A lot more work goes into it than there seems. I have to think “Did I capture the attention? Does my audience know where I’m going with this paper? Is it enough to make them curious to read more?” In the beginning of the semester, my introduction basically went straight into the paper like it was the first body paragraph. It was a confusing surprise. I’ve since worked on my introductions so they give more explanation toward the overall reason for the paper. Even if it’s not the best you’ve ever read, I’m more aware of why it’s not and that there are ways to strengthen it. I’d like to believe because of how self-aware I...
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...that the college level class would be the death of me. As I read over the syllabus for this class it states that we will learn to understand writing assignments as a series of tasks and develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading the assigned papers. I shuddered at the sheer thought of having to write five papers. Narrative, Evaluation, Profile, Position. These words might as well have been written in another language because I had no idea how to differentiate between them. Despite my fears, I believe this semester’s English 101 course has truly helped me develop my writing skills and advance to a more capable writer. Throughout my life English has always been my most difficult subject. Even back in elementary school I would have 100 percent averages in all of my other classes except English. I do not know what it was that challenged me so much but I had a terrible time. With the start of my high school career coincided the beginning of my paper writing experiences. I would work for hours each day trying my best to write a paper that made sense and would flow smoothly between paragraphs. My countless hours of work, however, never seemed to pay off. Every single paper that I had returned to me from my teachers was always covered in bright red Sharpie marker, usually with a large “B” circled somewhere on the front. The words “hard to follow” were...
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...Back in the 4th grade, I would always have problems with writing stories. At the beginning of the week, I would always have to write a story that fitted the assigned prompt. My teacher would always give each of us a blank paper, so that I was able to make plan out what I was going to write. On the blank paper, I wrote down an abbreviation called BME. The letter B in my outline stand for the beginning of the prompt. Next, the M in my outline would stand for the middle of the writing essay. The teacher also read to us the instruction of the prompt. One of the examples of the instructions were “Make sure to proofread your essay for grammar or spelling errors. Towards the end of the writing prompt, I tried to make sure that I proofread my story before turning it in. After turning my paper, I forgot about the paper for the rest of the day. Instead of thinking about writing, I would always want to be outside, climbing on the monkey bars or compete with other students by swinging the highest height on the swing set. On Fridays, the teachers would send us to in a group of three other students. In these groups, we read out loud our stories. As soon as we got done reading our stories, the teachers would give us advices on what we should the next time we have as assigned prompt to write. Most of the time, my teacher...
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...Ryan Zamarripa English 1301 Julie Ratliff 4/6/2015 Review on Misery In the thriller/drama movie Misery, Paul played by James Cann and Annie played by Kathy Bates is about a talented writer and a crazy number one fan who is obsessed with the book. Paul is a popular writer that has written and published around nine books. He was finished with his tenth book and decides to make his way to New York City that same day to get his book published. Without knowing he sets off into the road which later came across a blizzard which caused him to drive off the road and wreck. He was saved by a woman named Annie Wilks. Early morning the next day he wakes up in pain and Annie introduces herself to him as his number one fan. Paul is flattered by her remarks on how talented he is at writing. As the time passes Paul starts to see what Annie really is like as she unveils her crazy self. While the people that know Paul are concerned about his disappearance. The sheriff later finds his car buried under the snow but was presumed dead since he had gotten out of the car. Back at Annie’s she introduces her pet pig named Misery to Paul, she then explains why she named her pig Misery. She first started reading Misery when her husband left her because reading the book helped her block her from the problems she had to face outside. When she purchased one of Paul’s newest books she had started reading it but later that night she went into his room angry asking why he killed Misery in the book then...
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...Novel Project Choices Choose two, and make a binder or other container for them. Make sure your project has a table of contents. Cut and paste the instructions for each project at the beginning of that project. See rubric for grading procedures. 1. Character astrology signs. After reading brief descriptions of astrology or sun signs, figure out which signs you think three of the main characters/people from the book were born under. Tell who the three characters/people are, a brief summary of what they do in the book, and the sign that you think fits them. Write an explanation of why you think they fit the sign. As you are explaining why they fit that sign, be sure to recap events from the book to support your thinking—drawing on their actions, attitudes, and thoughts from the book. Here are a couple of links to websites you might want to use as you research different astrology signs: http://www.starlightastrology.com/signsindex.htm http://www.astrology-online.com/persn.htm 2. Heroes and superheroes. Pick a character/person from the book you read. First, describe the character/person--who is she, what did she do in the book, what are her beliefs, etc. Then, select two or three people your character/person would think of as a hero or superhero. Describe the characteristics of that hero or superhero and why those characteristics would be important to...
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...And again, my previous English classes, I did not have a chance for my classmates to review my papers. The professor considers this process was unnecessary and expect me to go to the Writing Center if needed help. However I have encounter myself that the peer review give me an opportunities to develop how to give constructive feedback, and improve my papers dramatically. Besides that, when it come for me to read someone paper, I have seen different approaches of how he or she responding to a same assignment as we all did. I have read some very strong papers, and that can make me learn a great deal to bring up my confidence on writing. I would sit down to read over my peer comments and began to editing my paper. Once I was fascinating on how they use their strengths to outweigh their weakness. For example, once we did the film peer review, I was fascinating of one the paper that I read. The paper was quite short and did not have enough background information about the film. However, his grammar and sentence structures were very strong. His word choice was effective and easy to understand. He gave a specific summary about the people, places and things of the movie, which scene is the most impact and eventually forced myself to go the Red box and rent the...
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...attempted to write something about they mighty not even know can be very interesting. The writing can be a thesis, a simple task of a poor student or maybe just a personal diary. The feelings gotten during a write can be described in two different stages which are physical and mental. First of all the physical feelings will be mentioned are aches, sickness and urge to eat more and more which is both related in physical and mental feelings. The writer-to-be person sits at the table takes a paper and a pencil with a nice looking both happy and curious expression in the face then places the pencil on the paper but In the moment he starts to think about the topic he is not knowledged enough to write the first thing will come to their head is more likely to be a terrible headache feels one like there is a drum beats as your heart does, than an idea. After a while the beats of headache probably will get thougher as if there is a terrifying melody playing because it’s going to be a very scary scene in a movie. And then the scary scene comes, that feeling chokes your maw, tickles your stomach, absorbs all your life energy and the inevitable final throwing out. Poor writer has already quit writing and went to the kitchen to eat like the Cookie Monster in this phase. Enjoy your meal writer! Second and the lastly the mental feelings or with another saying emotions are another trouble while writing about an unclear topic. The most common of those feelings are desperateness and high stress...
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...Jamal is Innocent In the movie, Finding Forrester, Jamal meets a man by the name of William Forrester. By the fault of Jamal, Forrester acquires Jamal’s journal which were full of his writing. Forrester, a renowned author, corrected Jamal’s work by adding his own thoughts. After Jamal’s journals were returned to him, he began working on his writing with Forrester. At the same time, he was offered the opportunity to play basketball at a private school. No one at the school believed Jamal had any academic capabilities; they only believed he was there to play basketball. One of his teachers even went as far as to accuse Jamal of plagiarism. However, Jamal Wallace is innocent of plagiarism because he demonstrates a high level of integrity, the faculty at Mailor Callow was unfair to him, and he naturally possesses a high level of intelligence. One reason that Jamal Wallace is innocent of plagiarism is that he demonstrates a high level of integrity. Jamal was receiving help on his writing from Forrester; however, Forrester requested that Jamal never tell anyone about him or the work that they were doing. When Jamal was accused of plagiarizing, he could have cleared up the charges immediately, but he demonstrated integrity and kept his promise to William. Additionally, the professor asked Jamal to write a paper in his office. Jamal could have told him he wouldn’t do it, but he wanted to show that he could. Unfortunately, Jamal was under too much pressure and wasn’t...
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...In this paper there will be a vivid discussion about the life and books of James Thurber. His books will have you amazed by how imaginative, creative, and unique his stories are. James’ stories are very amazing and well written in my opinion, my personal favorite book is “the secret life of Walter Mitty,” which will be explaining later in the paper, so please, sit back, relax, and journey with me into the mind of the magnificent James Thurber. James was born to Charles L. Thurber and Mary Agnes in Columbus, Ohio on December 8, 1894. All of his work was greatly influenced by his parents being a major part in his life, he had gotten a lot of jokes, ideas, and more from them, his Mother being the “born comedian” and his dad secretly being the...
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...Over the course of eleven weeks I have grown and learned more that I thought possible. Writing 122 has been an academic experience for me. I have overcome my weaknesses and developed a better understanding and feel for my strengths. I have revealed new weaknesses and strengths that I will continue to work on as I continue taking writing classes. Throughout my Writing 122 class I have accomplished a number of reader’s responses that have allowed me to reflect and express my opinion on the subjects assigned and essays that have allowed me to express my strengths and weaknesses in the course. My ability to write and express my ideas, thoughts and knowledge has grown stronger each week. I have always struggled to put my thoughts on paper in a manner that is coherent and correct according to assignments as-well as proper punctuation. I can remember being told numerous times in high school to “organize my thoughts” or “provide more support and examples”. These are the things that I have worked on and improved over the past couple of weeks and I feel that my work shows this. Moving through the first essay to the last essay I...
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...English class by far was my least liked class in all my middle school and high school education and never would I have thought that what I once disliked as a student would be of such importance to my future career. Being able to write, read, and understand, simply becomes the basics to learning and getting through college, and I, myself am still acquiring the necessary skills to become a better writer. In fact, one of the goals I plan to accomplish through my college education is to become a better writer. I can read and understand what I am reading pretty good but when it comes to writing I feel like I still lack some skills and expertise, and certainly being able to write will be of great value to my future career. Writing allows us to communicate our ideas, our beliefs, our understanding of a subject, and our dreams. Through this process one can inform, persuade, express, entertain, and explain, and this is why I believe writing is so important, especially when you have dedicated yourself to a life-long learning experience. School and from my experiences in writing I can say I’ve had but minimal training, just the basics. Never have I ever written something for fun or for my own good, every time I write it’s for a grade, not for my own pleasure nor for a greater purpose than just a grade, and surely this has to change. Ever sense I have become extremely interested in learning more about the world around me, understanding what is happening and why its happening, has made me...
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