Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Once you find yourself being present more, you will enjoy life more. Your days won't pass you by in a blur. They will be full of meaning and purpose. They will be full of laughter and excitement. They will be stepping stones to success. So much so that you will find yourself avoiding activities that take you out of the present so that you can stay focused on what matters most - this moment. There are many different ways to develop the skill of being present. You need to find what works for…

History is written by itself day by day and year after year. Although History is written by itself it tends to repeat some of the same subjects. Only thing about the situation is that only the headlines and topics are different along with the people. For an example the Great Depression and the Recession are both a time where the economy and the American people where in heavy time of need. One era more tragic than the other but the class system was brutally effected. Has tragedy happens the rich…

In both stories the main characters cover their true feeling to be able to express false expression in both similar and different ways. In “The Passing of Grandison” (1899), Grandison proved to his owner Colonel Owens as a faithful, and dedicated slave, not knowing Grandison true feelings. In the story it seem if Grandison would never run away, but when Dick leave him in Canada Grandison true self and plan came to play when he came back to get his family to freedom. “One Monday morning Grandison…

Everyone has a past. The things many people go through, including the life choices made, makes them who they are later on in life. At least that’s what everyone is told. However, what happened in the past shouldn’t induce your life choices in the future. For Cholly Breedlove, in The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison his incapability of being able to love others in the past, created challenges for him in the future. Cholly Breedlove's lack of knowledge on various life lessons leads him to rape his own…

Brian Tran Reading Response Log 1.”That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong What they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realized I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years now." -chapter one This quote, located at the beginning of the first chapter, gives heavy insight into what lies ahead. In the second sentence, the narrator hints at a memory from the past. We then know this…

The promotional objective of Consider the Crown is to educate an audience through various mediums. Consider the Crown will use advertising, publicity and sales promotions to reach the target market. The Consider the Crown campaign wants to show consumers it is committed to preventing brain injuries in the sport of football. It is important for the Consider the Crown campaign to capture the interests of its target market. The campaign will demonstrate a new outlook on the way brain injuries are…

In the poem, “Ulysses,” author Lord Tennyson writes about the king of Ithaca, Ulysses, who had fought in the Trojan War, and had so deeply enjoyed his many travels that he is bored of ruling over his island home, and once again yearns to explore the world. Tennyson writes this poem in the form of a dramatic monologue, and by using this technique the reader is told details of the main characters life and personality through his speech. This is also accomplished through the way the poem itself is…

Complete Isolation Throughout history, art and poetry have seemed to begin to share some of the same characteristics. Poetry is another form of art, and the art itself allows you to visualize the setting and feelings of the poem. Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem and Waterhouse’s painting, both titled “The Lady of Shalott,” depict the lady not experiencing reality and only seeing life through a reflection. Her life is lived in complete isolation, and remains that way even after she departs from the…

Poetry is a journey into a new world of language that leaves readers fascinated. Poets take their time to intermingle different forms of figurative language to present their topic in a way that takes time to understand. By using rhetorical devices a poet is capable of taking short stanzas and making them into a work of art that can leave the reader guessing the intended meaning for generations. Well written poems contain various types of rhetorical devices such as imagery, metaphors, similes,…

The Lady of Shalott: Tantalus’s Daughter Alfred Lord Tennyson is a Victorian poet who seldom strays out of narrative territory. His poems are stories, and “The Lady of Shalott” is no exception. The Lady of Shalott, for whom the poem is titled after, is a heartbreaking heroine who spends most of her life locked away in a tower, only to finally emerge and softly depart from the world. In the short span of four parts, her tale spans the themes of dreams, imprisonment, misogyny, and death. Not only…