The Neighbors

The image represents Mei and Satsuki’s acquaintance with Totoro when waiting for their father at the bus stop in a dark and rainy night. From the image, the setting is a somewhat scary scene without knowing its light and humorous tone. Rain is heavily pouring from the sky while Totoro only has a leaf atop his head. It seems that Totoro isn’t bothered standing in the rain and even somehow enjoys it in contrast to the two girls holding low so that the umbrella covers both Mei and Satsuki completely. Here lies one of the themes in My Neighbor Totoro and among many other Miyazaki’s films- the good and evil are all in a state of balance. Traditional western films depict what is good and what is evil with an insurmountable barrier.…

Hayao Miyazaki, an influential Japanese film director who has produced animated films that still remain popular both in Japan and worldwide. Throughout this essay, one of his most famous animated films “My Neighbor Totoro” will be discussed, exploring the religious elements used in the film, based on a comparison of Shinto and Buddhism. This should help us understand how Miyazaki delivers the message that nature is sacred. To understand the religious elements of the film, we should discuss the…

To be apart of The Fishtown Neighbors Association, you have to live in the neighborhood. The mission of this organization “is to serve the families and neighbors by promoting community involvement, education and safety within Fishtown” ("Fishtown Neighbors Association - Fishtown Neighbors Association," n.d.). The three focal points for Fishtown Neighbors Association are: Beautification, Zoning and Events. The beautification committee keeps the neighborhood appealing by designating specific…

he renting a room in the house? Were these two guys close friends? Was there any intimacy between these two? I am starting to wonder can it be possible that the other male may have murdered his friend and set the home on fire to burn the evidence. Maybe there was a conflict between them that enraged the other? I would look around the home to find any other evidence, look into the bedrooms try to find any little clues. I would go house to house questioning the neighbors, did they see anything,…

Excerpt from The Great Fire by Jim Murphy It was Sunday and an unusually warm evening for October eighth, so Daniel “Peg Leg” Sullivan left his stifling little house in the west side of Chicago and went to visit neighbors. One of his stops was at the shingled cottage of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary. The one-legged Sullivan remembered getting to the O’Learys’ house at around eight o’clock, but left after only a few minutes because the O’Leary family was already in bed. Both Patrick and Catherine…

seatbelt, and started up his jeep as he drove towards the scene. It only took Jack five minutes to drive to the scene, thanks to Dustin for giving the address. He parked his jeep two blocks away and walked towards Dustin’s location. At the street, it was full of neighbors, officers, and paramedics. Two cop cars blocked the entrances of the street and two ambulances and another cop car were parked nearby a house. Dustin managed to get some good pictures of an officer and a person with blood all…

How horrible must he felt cleaning the blood of his front door the next morning knowing he was a dying guys last chance of life. I was always too afraid to find out what really happened in that house until after we moved away. It turns out that a fight broke out in the middle of the between the roomated when one of the roommates was shot in the shoulder and being injured ran to the neighbors house where he was then dragged back into the house into the basement shot in the head and had his body…

road passing the football back and forth acting like our favorite football player and doing different moves and tricks. Me and Brendan were continuing to play until Brendan threw the ball in Naomi’s face and She got really really angry she said, “Why would you throw the ball in my face like that why would you do that?” She walked up to him and kicked him in the leg with full forces. Brendan then said “why did you do that? You know what I'm leaving.” He then got his ball and threw the ball so far…

did not know a stranger and would talk to anyone about anything at all. The first true memories that I can recall take place immediately following our move from Alabama down to Hollywood, Florida. This is the time of my first visit to a hospital I got a hold of a picture hook and swallowed it so I had to go to the emergency room and have x-rays taken to make sure that I was ok. The next real memory that I have is the Fourth of July and the neighbors giving me sparklers to play with and then…

Will dodges the hit with the beer bottle and punches Dylan again. The two men fighting each other is clearly aggressiveness. As a whole, the group turns on each other, and starts to turn on Will. Next, Dylan pulls a gun on Will, accusing Will of working with the terrorists. Will tries to convince the group that he is not the terrorist, but Dylan is the one they should be afraid of. Dylan puts down his gun after threatening to shoot Will. Again, this is clearly aggressiveness. Threatening to…