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money. “But something has changed, Sylvia feels ‘funny, shame’ for reasons she can’t articulate even to herself, she does not want to enter the expensive toy store. Once in the store, Sylvia finds her behavior even more uncharacteristic. She and her best friend Sugar move quietly, silently, on tip-toe. Then Sylvia finds herself angered, like she wants ‘to punch somebody in the mouth,’ although again, she cannot articulate why,” Eldred explains (510). Sylvia is frustrated by all of the confusion…

Perth author releases picture book series in several languages Prolific local author Werner Stejskal has been working on a very innovative picture book series for children up to seven years called ‘Oliver and Jumpy’. This series has been beautifully illustrated in Disney-style and has won a gold medal by the ‘Readers Favorite Book Awards’. There are 20 books including 62 stories. Each book was a Bestseller in various categories on Amazon. Many stories do have educational value. Oliver, is an…

In the movie, Erin Brockovich, Erin is portrayed as a determined, self-sacrificing, compassion and empathy character. Throughout the movie Erin does what she feels is her duty to get what hundreds of people deserve while sacrificing time away from her children. Erin Brockovich is a single mother of three kids that finds herself having a hard time getting a job. After Erin was involved in a car accident, which she wasn’t at fault, she begs her attorney, Ed Masry, to hire her at his law firm…

Sub-point 1: Pegg’s and Wright’s history together, how Frost comes into play, and their almost 20 years together as both co-workers and friends. Talk about the implications the films have, about how they’re also a commentary on why the adolescence lasting into one’s twenties shouldn’t last. Also talk about how the movies show the significance of maturity and the character’s…

Johnny, a character from S.E. Hinton’s novel the Outsiders, has a sad and rather undesirable and short outer life, which is best depicted in George Friedrich Handel’s, The Death March. Johnny can almost be described as being rather melancholy. His life at home is not ideal,”I think I like it better when the old man's hittin' me." Johnny sighed. "At least then I know he knows who I am (Hinton 45). Johnny’s parents are not very honourable individuals and are constantly using physical violence…

would think he would revert to his view of extreme optimism, but Cunégonde's influence on Candide will once again be present, and make it a chore. She relates her story and claimed, "Pangloss cruelly deceived her when he told [her] that all was for the best in this world". A person is always affected by the feelings of someone they love, and Candide loved Cunégonde very much, so he was unable to overlook her feelings about and unhappiness and disagreement with Pangloss' teaching. Still, Candide…

Holden’s scene with Sunny does not happen because he does not “feel very much like [himself]” but that exactly is not the reason why he has sex (125). Reason being that he begins to feel nervous when he is lying about having surgery in order to avoid having sex. Holden’s depression is not the only reason why he does not have sex with Sunny. He does not have sex with her because the whole scene is “peculiar” or in other words weird (123-125). It is weird because one she tries to be seductive but…

Westphalia. He begins his journey in Westphalia.He lives in a castle and is being tutored by Pangloss. Pangloss’ philosophy of life is “in the best of possible worlds, the Baroness’ castle was the most magnificent of castles, and his lady was the best of all possible Baronesses,” (Pg. 1). He believes in blind optimism. He thinks “all is necessary for the best end,” (Pg. 1). Pangloss thinks that everything happens for a reason and he teaches this to Candide.…

Equals Dystopian World In Candide, written by Voltaire, is a story where the words "All is for the best," are often repeated by the protagonist, Candide. Among his misadventures that proves that quote wrong, he comes across a city called El Dorado. This city is seemingly a utopia lacking conflict, but all is not as it seems in the utopia. J. Robert Oppenheimer once said “The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.” This book agrees with the quote…

The theme of this speech from the movie “The Great Dictator”, is that we can achieve peace, equality, and happiness if we put aside our differences and not think of each other as “black” or “white”, or as “Christian” or “Muslim”, but as fellow human beings. Charlie Chaplin’s tone changes throughout the poem. He starts out with a calm and peaceful tone. But, as the speech goes on, and as his words become more and more inspiring, his tone becomes stronger and more direct. He uses metaphors and…