...is worth noting that if the movie were to continue on in say a sequel it would have to eventually turn back into black and white because that reality would become the new conformity and thus start to lose all the colour from that world. This is what life really is for those that choose to live a full life. One of constant change. That's why it is so important to realize the futility of trying to hold onto anything too tightly. 2. David (toby McGuire) and Jennifer (Reese Witherspoom) how does Pleasantville change them? David begins to realize that the perceived happiness in Pleasantville is not nearly as fulfilling as he hoped it would be. As a result, he slowly evolves from dreamy outcast to leader of the changes that take place in Pleasantville. Jennifer, through her own personality, sparks the initial changes in the town. However, as the story continues, she begins to understand the limitations she has placed on herself in her own life. Her reading of a D. H. Lawrence novel signifies her effort to change herself, and thus, affect her own transformation. By the end of the film she decides to stay and attend college. 3. What is the message the film presents 4. Language-how do the words set moods? 5. Is the real world, real? No. In the town of Pleasantville, nothing changes. The temperature is always the same, the weather is always nice, and no one has ever seen rain. Sex is an unknown word, passion is obsolete, and the most...
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...Suicide: The Lisbon Girls’ Only Escape From the Lies of a Dying Society One of the major underlying themes in The Virgin Suicides is the idea of a dying society, dying not from disease, but from boredom and conformity, not a physical death, but a cultural death, a spiritual death. We see death in the dying fish flies, the dying Elm trees as well as the Lisbon girls. The perspective of the world in the novel is cruelly and unrealistically pessimistic. The “…town is covered by the flotsam of those ephemeral insects. Rising in clouds from the algae in the polluted lake…flying scum” (4). But is not just fish flies that are polluting this town. Life itself in the Suburbs is morally and spiritually polluted. Eugenides writes that “Winter is the season of alcoholism and despair” (175). If this is the case then the entire novel seems to be one eternal winter. Or one could consider summer in comparison to winter, as the season of suicide, and no matter what the season, the world in the novel is a cruel, dark, hopeless place. The world is viewed in the novel as a sort of wasteland from which mankind has attempted to escape, moving to Suburbia seeking perfection and thus salvation. Only perfection is an unrealistic goal, and is therefore naturally unobtainable. Part of the American ideal of happiness is to strive for the unobtainable. The suburbs only exist as an attempt to cover up reality, hiding problems, worries, anxieties, realities, and skeletons behind the monotonous...
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...guido/guidette there is. The first reason Jersey Shore is popular with university students i know is that its all reality. Jersey shore isnt some show made up, or read off of a script. its all true and is really happening. Being recorded the second it happens. University students have their mind on one major thing and that is having a good time. if you have ever watched an episode of jersey shore, you'll see they go crazy about partying and thats what college students like. From fist pumping to getting low on the dance floor college students want to party just as the jersey shore cast memebers do. The second reason people enjoy Jersey shore is because its trashy, intriguing, entertaining and shocking. Its the same reason they love the Hills, Real World, teenage pregnancy, bridezilla, Kardashians, and every other show that spews stupidity. tennagers will watch anything they can relate themselves or their friends to. People like watching people do dumb things so that they can forget about the dumb things they've done. There is a lot of stereotype, and scripted events that relate to the younger viewers. Jersey Shore gives us an opportunity to live vicariously through a group of people we have nothing in common with, in situations we would never confront in our normal,...
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...Superman and Paula Brown’s new snowsuit Superman and Paula Brown’s new snowsuit is a shot story written by Sylvia Plath in 1955. In the beginning of the text our narrator tells us that the story takes place in Winthrop [153, Ln. 2]. The story is set in the winter, in “the year the war began” [153, Ln. 2-3]. The world war two started in Europe in 1939, but it was first in 1941 the US entered the war. My guess is then, that the story takes place in the winter of 1941. There are a lot of hints that tells us that it is war time, like: Uncle Frank is “waiting to be drafted” – he is waiting to join the army, the narrator wins a prize for drawing the best civil defense signs and Sheldon pretends to be nazi. I did a research on our narrator Sylvia Plath, and I found out that this story is an episode from her childhood. Out of these information’s I must assume that Superman and Paula Brown’s new snowsuit must be a real story. The story starts with an in medias res. From the first line to the last, do we have a flashback. Everything in this story has been written in the first person. That means that we see through the eyes of our anonymous narrator, so the story is written with pronouns like I and me, and possessives like my and mine appear in the story. Our narrator gives us access to the events that takes place, and her feelings and thoughts about them. The narrator can easily seem loyal, and bring us readers on her side. Obviously this story could be retold from other characters...
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...Mosby 1 Raising a child from a baby to an adult who is a positive contribution to society is a very rewarding experience for parents who can accomplish this ever difficult task. Kids today are bombarded with multiple distractions when it comes to the internet. This form of media communication can be very confusing and dangerous for many youngsters due to the prevalence of those who allow and accept inappropriate behavior through the use of pictures, video images and language usage. Many youngsters feel that they live in two worlds, the real world in which they live and the internet world where they can create a false persona. They enter into a domain where practically anything goes and no one is in charge. That is why parents should think more about their kids as being willing participants than as being innocent victims. Internet usage is at an all time high and will continue to increase in the future as more cultures are exposed to the capabilities of the internet. Technological advancements have led to some negative impacts on today’s youth through the increased usage of the internet. One area that the internet has impacted negatively is through plain old fashioned communication, there is no face- to-face interaction required when using the internet. In some households, like Greg’s, the family dynamics are affected and are usually changed and modified to accommodate the lack of face-to- face communication. Greg...
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...that arise throughout the story in which they are: man vs. man, man vs. society, and man vs. himself. Man vs. Man is first seen between Dee and Mama due to the fact that Mama doesn’t meet up to Dee’s standards. This coincides with the theme, power of education. Mama struggled to send Dee to a good school, which could have ended up doing more harm than good in regards to their relationship. Mama herself was denied an education and her youngest daughter Maggie lacks in that department. Therefor, giving Dee the advantage of being the only one educated which makes her arrogant and condescending. The education that Mama generously gave to Dee only created a bigger wedge between them and the family. Dee with her knowledge and way of the world becomes a bit of a threat to the standards of Mama and Maggie. When Dee arrives back home with Hakim-a-barber she engulfs Mama and Maggie with her new found knowledge, making them feel like children. Even when Dee was a child, Mama says “She used to read to us without pity; forcing words, lies, other folks’ habits, whole lives upon us two, sitting trapped and ignorant underneath her voice.” (Walker, pg...
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...better to live on oh well’s than what if’s” but if you use your imagination and focus on little things such as on why Mr. Smith failed to answer the little lady’s question if he really loves her, this might be because Mr. Smith’s perception towards the little lady is just a playmate and he don’t have any special feelings toward the little lady. In the scene where they were in hell and they saw Arvid, the little lady’s past lover, the statement of the little lady “He's [Arvid] never been able to take things simply and naturally, as they are” implies that the real reason why his past lover commit suicide didn’t bother her that much. And lastly, the statement of the devil that “Good evening... welcome back.” When they re-enter the lift to go back to the real world signifies that they’ve been living in hell all along, and that they’re just turning a blind eye on what’s really going on or who’s hurting who. Living in the world where you keep on hurting others and being ignorant, intentional or not, on things that’s happening around you is more worse than hell because it’s not just you that’s hurting, but the feelings of others that you won’t even spend a single second to...
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...is a fire, and behind the fire is a partial wall. They seem to see shadows on the wall from things being done behind them. They watch the stories that these shadows play out, and because these shadows are all they ever get to see, they believe them to be the most real things in the world. A prisoner is freed from his bonds, and is forced to look at the fire and at the things causing the shadows themselves. After an initial period of pain and confusion because of direct exposure of his eyes to the light of the fire, the prisoner realizes that what he sees now are things more real than the shadows he has always taken to be reality. When he saw the real things, he was not aware that there are things of greater reality, a world beyond his cave. After I read this, I read it again. I was trying to understand it and how it applied to my life. I had a very rough childhood; I was kept on a very strict regimen. I was deceived by my parents as to what the real world was all about and that the way things they did was correct and that every other household in the world was wrong and we were not to listen to that type of malarkey. As I grew older and was able to begin to think for myself I was excited to learn more about the world and what could be out there for me to discover. The prisoner is taken out of the cave and...
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...What is Junior Achievement? Junior Achievement is a program that uses hands-on activities to help young people understand the economics of life. In partnership with business and educators, Junior Achievement brings the real world to students, opening their minds to their potential. What do JA volunteers do? JA volunteers bring a real world perspective to youth in our community. As a Classroom Volunteer, you will lead discussions and activities to encourage teamwork and leadership skills with your class. As an Exchange City Volunteer, you will act as a business consultant who helps students run their own business and achieve their goals for the day. What other responsibilities does a JA volunteer have? Each school year, volunteers must sign and abide by Junior Achievement's Volunteer Conduct Policy. They must also participate in a 2-3 hour training prior to beginning the program and be available to work with students during the normal school day. Classroom Volunteers follow lesson plans and activities developed by JA and add their unique experiences. What is the time commitment for volunteers? Please see the Time Commitment Chart below for more detail. What are some benefits to volunteering? Volunteers can improve communication skills, increase coaching talents, enhance leadership/supervisory potential and feel good about helping a school in their community. Company benefits include demonstrating their commitment to education/youth...
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...parable of the deaf and blind, a short story about a man who was born blind and totaly deaf. in his existence in the world, he lived his life in darkness and silence. nothing to see and notihing to hear. unable to see the reality in the world he was living. in the story, the man showed discontentment with his situation and ask more from god to improve what he has. in connection to the real world, truly humans are not contented with what they have. they keepi on asking and seekjng for more. they live in dissatisfsction. in their search for their satisfaction they can even commit sin and do bad things just to get what they want. another reality that can be realize from the story is that, regret is always in the end. sometimes we make mistakes in making decisions and when we get undesirable outcomes, we often regret the decision we made. we always wish to bring back time and alter our mistakes. just like how the man regretted when he saw how unpeaceful and noisy the world is. he regretted upon seeing the condition of the world and hearing all those cries and noise. another reality as well presented in the story is that the world we are living is unpeaceful and full of problems. there is extreme problem of poverty that we are facing. in which it serves as the root of crimes. for the people to improve their living they even do bad things that makes the world unpeaceful. people mouthing unkind words and even parents beating their children. the story revolves around the theme...
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...conflict, we never got together to bounce ideas off each other and give each other ideas for our parts. We were just assigned the parts and didn’t discuss them until we put it all together. This could have been beneficial to all of us and maybe make the workload less. Overall, we all agreed that our group worked very well together. We started the assignment when it was given to us and finished our parts on time to the best of our ability. We set deadlines and met all together to discuss what our roles were and our meeting were efficient. It was very interesting to meet new people from different parts of the world and work together with them. It was good for all of us to get out of our comfortable groups and come together with people with different interest and ideas with such diverse cultural backgrounds. It was a very realistic representation of what the real world will be like. There was no conflict and everyone contributed equally to our assignment. This project has not only strengthened our group skills, but it has created friendships that will hopefully last as we continue our education and we feel that is most...
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...Nowadays many people all over the world spent most of their free time watching television; but since its appearance, television has brought to man many advantages as well as disadvantages. First, television plays an important role in our daily activities: it keeps us informed of all current affairs in the world. Events through television are more vivid than those through books and magazines. Second, television helps us enrich our spiritual lives. Our knowledge is broadened in many ways. Through language teaching programs, we can learn the language we like such as: English, French, German, Chinese, Japanese and so on. We can become skillful and clever at doing jobs, making cakes or arranging flowers through practical courses taught on television. Finally, television is a source of recreation. Humorous stories and funny films bring us minutes of relaxation after a hard day’s work. For me, sitting comfortably in an arm-chair to watch an international football match on television is more interesting than having to queue for tickets at a crowded stadium. Apart from its advantages, however, television also brings lots of disadvantages to viewers too. First, television viewers gradually become passive in their action. Television may be a splendid media of communication, but it prevents us from communicating with each other or with the outer world. The world seen through television is only the restricted one: It separates us from the real world. Second, television, with its...
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...new way to learn about the world for many people. Many individuals feel that it is useless to sit around reading stories, poems, and plays in today’s society and their excused is because there is so much need for practical action in the world today. I do not disagree with them about there being a need for action in this world we live in today. My problem lays with the fact that they believe reading is pointless. At a young age my mother read to me and afterwards let me read to her. I believe this is where I became passionate for reading. Yes, I do find literature entertaining, but is that really so bad. The fact that a book is entertaining does not make it distracting at all. People use books as an escape. They read to get away from reality. Life can be hard and by picking up a good book you can lose yourself and your worries for a moment. To the critics I would response to their opinion by saying this: We use books as a learning experience. We take what we learn from literature and apply it to the real world. In my life time I have read different books that have shaped me into the individual I am now. I have read have made me emotional, more intellectually, and more spiritually to my surrounds. I have become more aware of the world I live in just by reading literature. In summary, people who argued that reading is unless are forgetting an important fact. The fact is that without literature no one will be able to take practical action in the world. Without reading there will...
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...When Reality TV gets too real 1. Text 2, summary In the text “ ” We get information about . We get information about the bad behaviors and assorted crimes that has been going on in different Reality TVs. Some on the big crimes that are being showed in the episodes are alcohol, drunk driving, and under- age drinking, which also includes dangerous working conditions for children. Even though all of this might cause some harms in their afterlife, such a disregard, suicide and disturbance, it does not seems to be that important for the companies. They place more emphasis on the ratings and to catch people’s attention so they can get more viewers. But one of the problematic issues in the text is about the producers’ responsibility of the crimes and if they have the right to require intervention. teksten "Når Reality TV bliver for real". Vi får information om de dårlige adfærd og diverse forbrydelser, som har stået på i forskellige Reality-TV. Nogle på de store forbrydelser, der bliver viste i episoder er alkohol, spirituskørsel, og mindreåriges alkoholmisbrug, som også omfatter farlige arbejdsforhold for børn. Selvom alt dette kan medføre, at nogle skader i deres efterliv, sådan en ligegyldighed, selvmord og forstyrrelser, er det ikke ser ud til at være så vigtigt for virksomhederne. De lægger mere vægt på de ratings og til at fange folks opmærksomhed, så de kan få flere seere. Men en af de problematiske spørgsmål i teksten...
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...struggles with rational complications and wishes to be a part of human society; he goes to the Dragon and the Shaper for help and is exposed different point of views of the world. As for Kiwi, he leaves Swamplandia and seeks out into...
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