Life is nothing without friendship. Everybody has friends, and people they love, but above all are the friends you love. The ones you’d do anything for. They’re the people who make life worth living. The theme of friendship and love is shown strongly in “Anthem” by Ayn Rand and “Long Live” by Taylor Swift. The book “Anthem” is about a dystopian society. Anything that isn’t done collectively is frowned upon. To have friends or to love is outlawed. Then Equality 7-2521 makes a friend and falls in
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The movie Mean Girls explores a huge number of concepts and ideas that we discussed in class. Of course it is meant to be a funny movie, but it does delve into the psychological and relationship influences and models that we discussed in class. More specifically, I chose to explore the subject of Fatuous Love, as well as the idea of Coercive and Reward Power. In the movie, there is a rather quick and overly passionate relationship that develops between the “mean girl”, Regina George, and the love
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The meaning of a quinceanera is that it is a Hispanic tradition of celebrating a young girls coming of the age fifteen. At a quincenera the girl would be wearing a ball gown, a tiara, cross or medal, a Bible or a prayer book, and a rosary. There will be a court that will be wearing gowns for the girls and tuxedos for the guys in the court. Normally all of her family members would attend unless they are sick or have a family problem or something along that line. Also, normally the guests would receive
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The Alchemist “He had no idea how he was going to transform himself into the wind. He wasn’t an alchemist.” (pg.146). Santiago, at this point in his journey, is faced with something perceived to be impossible. He has someone saying that he can do it but the obstacle is so great, everything seems impossible. “...You told me you loved me… because of that, I have become a part of you.” (pg.100). No one lives without the fear of disappointing someone you love. When you love someone, you feel as
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Do literature and other forms of art have a purpose? Why do we like reading books, watching movies or going to museums? Is it really to learn something new? While reading Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig, I realized that I liked reading books and watching movies because it enables me to escape from my daily routine. For Molina and Valentin, storytelling of movies enables them to escape from their cell and therefore, has a catharsis ability. Kiss of the Spider Woman relies on stories within
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Love is a powerful thing. In the book Cyrano de Bergerac, Roxane says she loves Christians soul more than his appearance to show that she truly loves him. Which is more important, inner or outer beauty? Inner beauty is what you make it to be, something you form as you grow, while outer beauty is what you were born to look like, your biological features. They’re both things that make up who you are, they are both attractive things to have. However, very different things, and can change a person
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Why I Think The Notebook is Worth Seeing Never has a film swept me away into a story like The Notebook, and never have I found a truer romance. Author Nicholas Sparks based this movie on the relationship of his wife’s grandparents Noah and Allie. Sparks captures the true love on screen as both Noah and Allie experience potential danger, long periods of separation and no communication. That in itself should have been the end of the relationship. If not for their commitment, devotion and unwavering
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For this assignment, I went to iTunes Radio on my iPhone and went straight for the country music radio station. I'm a big fan of pop, R&B, and hip-hop. I've never been into country music so it was easy to have a non biased attitude on the song I chose. I picked the first song that came on. The song I'm listening to is “Rewind” by Rascal Flatts. I first thought “Ehhh, a country song.” They all have the same vibe to me. I actually like the lyrics and meaning to the song. The second and third
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From the love for Helen that springs from Paris’ impassioned organs to the “fixed mark” that Shakespeare so passionately advocated for, our societal portrayal of love has wavered through the ages. Feeling of such ardent desire, be it carnal or maudlin, can be found in forms of art from all ages. For example, the hit single “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley” is a testament to all love that holds steadfast whilst “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepard” by Sir Walter Raleigh scolds the Shepard false
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We, is a word that represents two or more; the word I represents yourself or one person. The book Anthem is a different format, The book starts off with the world Iraq being the only society that the word I never comes up. Imagine the whole thing being the opposite, by the end of the book there is no such thing as we. Only I, only me,myself,and I. The society changes from being a community to an EGO. Equality is a being that's starts to figure himself out and focuses on only himself throughout
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