...Alfred Hitchcock‘s movie, ''Strangers on a Train'' is a classic thriller film made in 1951. The movie is about two strangers who meet on a train, the first guy name is Guy Haines and he is a young tennis player. The other is Bruno Anthony and he is a charming, yet demented man. Bruno suggests to Guy a plan on how they both can ''get rid'' of someone, by ''exchanging'' murders. That way, they will not get caught. Hitchcock use of cinematography is the driving force of the movie. It helps move the story along and unravel the suspense of the meeting of these two characters. The opening scene of the film shows an unusual, yet interesting way on how these two characters meet. The film begins with a long-shot of a cab arriving and dropping off a...
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...The challenges intensify as Christopher continues his journey. He detests being around strangers and talking to them. Albeit, he faces these fears and asks strangers for directions to the train station, his mother’s house, etc... Additionally, Christopher arrives at the train station when it is busy, which attacks his predominant fears and dislikes: unfamilar, noisy, and over-stimulating places as well as places with numerous strangers. Furthermore, Christopher is paranoid of falling in the train station’s cacophonous tunnels. Finally, Christopher must communicate effectively with people, which is challenging for him due to his autism. Throughout the journey, Toby is Christopher’s sole mentor. These tests and challenges, preparing for the «Supreme Ordeal», constitutes a portion of the archetypal...
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...understand, such as Christopher who can't comprehend emotions or body language, being introverted, and being scared of strangers. The first struggle that Christopher has is not be able to understand emotion or body language. While Christopher is trying to explain how his aid...
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...When we think of a particular place we tend to think about the structure of the area. We think about the attractions, the buildings, and most importantly the streets. In Jane Jacob’s book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, she explores the “orthodox planning” of city architects and attacks their way of building cities (Jacobs 41). While observing cities and safety, Jacobs points out blatant problems regarding cities especially delving into sidewalk safety. She also discusses solutions to these obvious errors of the city planners. Just as Jacobs has done, I observed a few places in the cities I live in and have connected my observations with Jacobs’ analysis. Jane Jacobs starts off by pointing out the fact that streets and sidewalks are by “itself…nothing” but an “abstraction” (Jacobs 29). These streets and sidewalks are only considered to be an integral part of the buildings and attractions that are a part of the city. They become something of value only when people start to use them to conduct daily business and extracurricular activities. As I have observed in Wedgewood Drive, Lansdale during the early hours of the morning the streets are deserted except for a few people getting up to go to the mosque for prayer. As the day progresses the local residents start to make use of the streets and conduct their activities and that is when Jacobs’ solution to city safety and peace are brought forth. Jane Jacobs suggests that solution for sidewalk and city safety. In...
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...With approximately 70 miles left to travel I pulled the car to the shoulder of the road and got out to inspect it. I tried to start it several times, it did absolutely nothing. So I decided to call a tow truck to get the car and take me to the next city. I tried several numbers from my internet search too no avail. All of a sudden I turned to walk back to the front of the car and behold, there was a white gentleman standing directly behind me. He actually scared me, but I contained my composure and said “Oh Hello Sir,” He responded and said that he was passing by and saw me and felt that I needed help. Although I was a little nervous that this complete stranger stopped to help me I proceeded to tell him what happened to the car. He without hesitation took out his cell phone and placed a call to AAA Road Side Service. This stranger who randomly stopped by me had just arranged for his roadside service to pick up my car and take it to the nearest shop for repairs. We exchanged names his being Mr. Gary Limer, then he invited me to wait in his truck for the tow truck because on the shoulder of I-95 can be very dangerous. After about 15 minutes of waiting on the tow truck to arrive, I looked in the mirror and there was a North Carolina State Trooper parked behind my disabled vehicle. I exited the truck and walked over to him. He said, “I noticed the two vehicles parked here and I was just checking to see if anyone needed help.” I told him that my vehicles Theft light started blinking...
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...Living With Strangers Moving to a new place can be hard. You exchange your old surroundings with completely new ones, you have to change old habits, and you need to go out and explore new places and meet new people. This progress can be hard for some people and it will take a long time to get used to your new surroundings. Siri Hustvedt talks about this in “Living With Strangers” from 2002. In the essay Siri Hustvedt describes her experience when she moved from Minnesota to New York In 1978. The fact that it was brought in The New York Times might indicate that her essay presents the reality of the people of New York. The essay also appears like it was written to people who already have some knowledge about New York as an example she writes: “… was traveling uptown on the Second Avenue bus. At Twenty-Fourth Street …” (line 23-24 page 6). This would mean nothing to people who don’t know anything about the streets of New York and their bus system. During her essay Hustvedt reflects on the difference between her new home New York and her old home in Minnesota. She especially points out the fact, that in Minnesota everybody used to say “hi” to everybody, even people you didn’t know. Not even was it seen as being rude, but you could actually be looked at as a snob, which was the worst thing you could be looked at, but in New York it’s an entirely different story. Here it’s totally impossible to say hi to everybody, and nobody cares if you say hi to them because people don’t even...
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...of the short story Reunion, an analytical part, and in the end an interpretation where the short story Living with strangers and reunion are compared. The story takes place in New York at noon, where Charlie would be in New York for an hour and a half, so he asked his dad who he has not seen in three years, if they could eat lunch together. He meets his dad and they go to a restaurant, and when his father tries to order something, he fails because he is so rude to the staff, and this happens three more times in till Charlie has to leave for his train, his dad apologizes and tries to buy him a newspaper, but he fails once again and then Charlie leaves. Charlie met his dad after three years, he expected something else by meeting his dad, but unfortunately he got disappointed. This story, as mentioned earlier, takes place in New York, where Charlie and his dad visits four restaurants, and the station in the end. The first place was empty, but the bartender was quarrelling with the delivery boy, so the atmosphere must not have been so quit, as we would think, and the other restaurants did not feel quit, since his father also shouted, so there was some kind of a crowded feeling to it. Our first character of this story is Charlie also the narrator, whose age is not stated, but it must be approximately 16-18 years old since he is travelling through the trains by himself. He have not seen his...
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...MU Sigma Placement Paper 2011 1. What is the output of the following code? x=0;y=1; for(j=1;j<4;j++){ x=x+j; y*=j; } 2. There is a 200 miles long tunnel. one train enters the tunnel at a speed of 200mph while the other trains enter the tunnel in the opposite direction at a speed of 1000 mph. A bee travels at a speed of 1500 mph enters the tunnel goes to and back until it reaches the train. What is the distance covered by the bee when the two train collides (the bee survives) 3. List the two advantages of views. 4. Which layer is encryption and decryption done 5. What are the various modes used to send data over the network 6. Write a query to display the name of the students whose total marks is divisible by 25 (total marks may be 175, 200, 150...) 7. P(S1) a++; P(S2) v++; V(S2) V(S1) P-wait, V-signal, S1 and S2 are semaphores. Consider two threads running. Is there a deadlock .If yes in which situation does the deadlock occur. 8. How do you find the port number of the remote host? 9. (Date; who)>logfile Date; who>logfile What is the difference between the two statements. 10. How do you find the machine MAC address A) 0 B) 8 C) 16 D) 32 Ans. A 11. How many children did not try any of the rides. ? A) 5 B) 10 C) 15 D) 20 Ans. 15. 12. kids * 3 rides = Rs. 60 (55-20=)35 kids * 2 rides = Rs. 70 60 + 70 = Rs. 130 So, Rs. (145 – 130 = ) 15 are left for the other (85 – 55 = ) 30 kids . so only 15 of them can take a ride and rest 15 will be left out. 145 rides were taken. 20 of them...
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...Living with strangers Living with Strangers is an essay written by Siri Hustvedt, and in it she discusses the difference between life in the big city and life in the countryside. More precisely, she discusses the difference in social rules and her opinion on it. Siri begins by briefly describing to the reader how one was expected to behave where she grew up. Whenever you encountered someone on the road, whether you knew them or not, you should always greet them. If you didn’t, you would be considered both rude and a snob, which was pretty much the worst thing you could be in that part of rural Minnesota. When Siri moved to New York City in 1978 and she was met by a world vastly different from what she knew, and quickly learned that the social code of conduct was quite different as well. Greeting everyone you meet simply isn’t practical in downtown New York, as you are confronted with hordes of people every time you leave the apartment. On the subway, you are forced into such close contact with strangers that you can smell their hair oil, perfume and sweat, a level of intimacy reserved for lovers and family in rural Minnesota. Another phenomenon of big city life, or coping technique as she calls it, is that whenever something odd happens in the public space, you simply pretend it isn’t happening. She presents several examples of strange people doing strange things, and every single spectator simply minding their own business. To give any kind of response is viewed as...
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...dissatisfaction and bad mood gets them kicked out every single time. While being in the restaurants, the father’s behaviour towards the employees is very aggressive and arrogant, which eventually results in them getting kicked out. After visiting a ton of restaurants, Charlie remembers that he has a train to catch. Time passes by and he has to leave. But, as he wants to leave, his father kindly offers him to purchase a newspaper – an offer he can’t refuse. While the father is ordering a newspaper, he yet again gets aggressive and angry with the employee working there. Charlie simply hasn’t got time to wait anymore as he’ll miss his train, so in a rush he manages to say goodbye and silently walks away. This was the last time he saw his father. From an environmental point of view, the story takes place at the Grand Central Station in New York City. As Grand Central Station is a train station, it is logical that both Charlie and his father go by train to meet up. In the story, we hear how Charlie schedules time to see his father while he waits for his next train. Therefore it seems like Charlie is used to travel by train, as he can schedule his time properly. He’s familiar with going by train, but whether he is familiar with the streets of New York remains unknown to us. Someone else, who surely knows his way around in New York City, is Charlie’s father. Having greeted eachother at the Grand Central Station, both Charlie and his father decide to go to a restaurant. And as they settle...
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...Jeg fandt det her i mine notater: A Ride on the NY subway Vivian Gornick: + See below surface. From Bronx Lives in NY Story could be about Vivian herself. Observations from main person: + filthy subway, subway is like a robot monster – people = prisoners Problems: Narrator vs. The Others White jewish vs. the blacks Middleclass vs. workingclass Observing vs. passive/alienated Feels as a stranger in the subway vs. accepting The ride is a development for the narrator. Tunnel: Transformation – at the end she’ll see the light Subconscious – underbevidsthed New journalisme or Narrative Journalism: Began in 1960’s by American journalists. Combines journalism (facts, research and relevance) and literature (identification, excitement and presence). = New type of communication (from writer to reader). NJ can facilitate knowledge and messages different from other genres. It’s not passing on abstract knowledge and messages, but a concrete style concrete people and concrete situations. The writer is the main character in his own article and describes the scenario as if it was a short story. He wants to give the reader information and an experience. This genre is criticized in Denmark, because journalists see it as a showdown between NJ and ordinary neutral journalism. A NJ article is: 1) Dramatically composition as in fiction. (NEEDS EXAMPLE!) 2) Characters get to express a subjective point of view. The description of people is allowed to fill...
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...Essay and e-mail - Reunion A. An essay analyzing the short story This essay is going to be an analysis and interpretation of the short story ‘’Reunion’’ by John Cheever. It will begin with a summary of the short story. Afterwards the plot, the conflict and the setting will be analyzed. Then I’ll move on to the characterization, the possible surprise ending and the theme and message. Finally I will draw parallels between the short story ‘’Reunion’’ and the essay ‘’Living With Strangers’’ by Siri Hustvedt. ‘’Reunion’’ is a short story about a boy called Charlie and his last interaction with his father. Charlie was travelling by train from his grandmother’s to a cottage his mother had rented. He would be in New York for about an hour and thirty minutes while waiting for the new train and therefore he wanted to meet his father. He hadn’t seen his father for three years and Charlie was exited to see the man he looked up to again. Because of the lack of time, they couldn’t go and see the father’s club, so they had to find a restaurant in the area. They went to four restaurants and they get more or less thrown out of all four. The father in this short story was either really drunk or/and very arrogant. In all occasions he talked down to waiters or behaved bad in one way or the other. In spite of his bad behavior they managed to get a ‘’Beefeater Gibson’’ at one place. It all ended with the father going up to a newsstand, again with a bad attitude, which was the final straw for Charlie...
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...Airport Security 1. The text, Spread Your Legs and Smile, is about a frequent flier who has been working for the United Nations for the past 20 years. This flier has experienced the dramatic changes of security checks. Since 9/11 the airport security has become so strict with the routine of taking off ones shoes, putting them though the screening device and then lacing them up again. Not to mention the added insult of frisking and the bleeping wand that is shoved into one’s private places. If you do not do this with a smile on your face or if you complain, expect the worst. Today, the increase of airport security has resulted in a larger number of secondary screenings as well as a screening of a more diverse selection of travellers in order to apprehend terrorist. In one instance, a mother, who was feeding her baby breast milk in a bottle, had to drink it to prove it was not a lethal toxin. Even a handicapped boy who needed to fly with an oxygen tank had to justify to security that it was not a deadly poison gas he was breathing. 2. In the text, Spread Your Legs and Smile, the attitude toward U.S airport security is very negative. Many believe airport security has become too extreme. The author of this article, Shashi Tharoor, feels that security has gone from pleasant experience to an embarrassing nightmare involving the exposure of intimate items. Tharoor raises the question: could the proliferated pilferage among the frequent-flier circuit be linked to the regulation...
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...the book “The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night Time” by Mark Haddon, the reader is given the opportunity to understand the challenges faced by the protagonist of the story, (Christopher Boone) and what he had done to prevail the many challenges he had faced as an autistic child. In order to gain a sense of maturity an individual must overcome difficult challenges. This will be demonstrated by examining Christopher Boone’s ability to learn and talk to people and his ability to deal with new environments. One of the first challenges faced by Christopher was his inability to interact with strangers, because he had been too scared that they might hurt him,...
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...Essay “Living with Strangers” Minnesota and New York are two thoroughly diverse cities, but still there are exceptions of this belief - they both, like every other city in the world, have their own tacit norms and proprieties. Cultures and societies have through time build ethics, which people outside the given group or civilization won’t understand. It can be everything from simply greeting each other, from rural Minnesota where “hi” slip of people’s tongues like honey to New York where its normal to live side by side with strangers, and addressing others on the street will make you seem ridiculous. This huge culture gap is what inspired Siri Hustvedt to write her anecdote “Living with Strangers”. The text is an essay, which is characterized by several things. It’s a non-fictional text, which means its about something real, and relates to this in an unbiased way. It is a very subjective style, written from a personal point of view, where the writer used own experience and reflections: “When I moved to New York in 1978, I quickly discovered what it meant to live among hordes of strangers…”. You can tell the text is personal by the fact that “I” is used a lot. The way of writing will seem very convincing to the ready. Hustvedt uses the ethos argument and therefore seems truthful and upstanding as a writer about this particular topic. The title represents the main topic quite well, as it refers to a very common paradox in urban societies - we have been to the moon...
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