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Materialism refers to a collection of personality traits. The contemporary world is full of people who possess materialistic trait. They have a belief that owning and acquisition of the right properties is the vital ingredients of happiness. These people think that success is judged by the things individual possesses. In the book Feed by M.T. Anderson, the film The Truman Show by Peter Weir, and the articles “We Are What We Consume” by Ian Zimmerman and “Consumerism and its Discontents” by Tori…

Mustang Choir went to the Trills and Thrills Festival at Burbank Middle School. We had to be at school by 7:15 AM since it was our call time, and that was way too early for me since I usually sleep at 12 AM. I was in Advanced Band and I played the clarinet. Of course I was excited to play at the competition, but I was also nervous since we were going to Six Flags afterwards and I had a huge fear of heights. Once the bus arrived at Burbank Middle School at 10:30 A.M., we setted up our…

and the cast (Haberman 22). Putting emphasis on the fact that it is a play, he tells the audience the names of the acts and stalks about the roles (Galens 227; Papajewski 4). In addition to this, he shows the viewers what is happening on stage (Burbank 76). He is very cheerful about showing people Grover’s Corners and gives details about the…

Welcome to the Desert of the Real In Peter Weir’s The Truman Show, Truman Burbank gradually discovers that his life is actually a worldwide television show. Truman is the main character of the show and the only one unaware that his life is staged. Everyone he knows is an actor or actress, and every aspect of his life is controlled and maintained. The town of Seahaven, where Truman has been stuck since birth, is actually a giant television studio—in this way, Seahaven is a simulacrum.…

Biography: According to Edmund Kemper Biography (2016), he was born in Burbank, California to Edmund Emil and Clarnell Kemper. He moved to Montana after his parents' divorce with his mother. Clarnell was an alcoholic and Kemper blamed her for all his problems. When he was 10 years old, his mother forced him to live in the basement. Kemper had developed the fantasy of killing his mother since childhood. He used to cut the heads off his sisters' dolls and would play morbid games with them. After a…

On August 1981, an officer by the name of Cyril Raumbach and other officers of the Burbank, California Police Department carried out a month long narcotic investigation of Alberto Leon and Ricardo Del Castillo, their residences, and a condominium upon receiving a tip claiming they were trafficking narcotics. The officers observed activities generally consistent with the informant's information, and conducted background checks on Leon and Del Castillo. Officer Raumbach, an experienced narcotic…

run include Abdow’s, Bob’s, Shoney’s, and many more. Big Boy Japan owns and operates more than 216 locations under 4 different names, including Big Boy, Milky Way, Victoria Station and Grill Dan. The oldest remaining Bob’s Big Boy in America is in Burbank, CA. It was established in 1949 and was designed as a drive-in where carhops brought the food out on trays. Although the name Big Boy was originally applied to the famous double-decker hamburger, the Big Boy restaurants are also noted for…

Have you ever wanted to get away from reality, and go explore something new? Have you always felt like you were trapped in your town or city and couldn’t wait to get out? The Truman Show, a film by Peter Weir, and the star, Jim Carey, as Truman Burbank promotes an idea of a perfect world, which becomes Truman Burbank’s reality. In the ending scene Truman has finally realized that the “perfect world” that he lives in isn’t so perfect in fact; it’s fake. He journeys to find a way out, dealing with…

Blake Lively’s career blew up when she got cast to play Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl. Now an acclaimed actress, it-girl and mother, Lively is living the best years of her life. We fished around for some little known facts about the actress—stay tuned for part two, coming soon! Number Fifteen: She’s a Great a Cook The actress loves cooking. To perfect her techniques, she takes cooking lessons in illustrious academies all over the world. In 2010, she fulfilled her dream of cooking at…

never was uncool, BUT if you’re dancing at work most people understand it’s because you’re making a video for The Ellen Show. Otherwise, you might be sent home because people think you got ants in your pants. Positivity will be flowing from Ellen’s Burbank to a TV near you. With all the insanity of the world surrounding us, Ellen never let’s us down when it comes to positive, happy moments. It’s a big burden, but she makes it look like an effortless opportunity. And basking in it is a viewer’s…