Laurie Thompson

How does ‘Secrets in the Fire’ show personal strength and courage? ‘Secrets in the Fire’ written by Henning Mankell and translated by Connie Stuksrud, is a story about a young girl named Sofia who goes through many struggles and shows how she can cope and deal with those situations. The book gives examples of personal strength and courage by having the characters be persistent, having Sofia cope with her struggles, having characters encourage the protagonists, etc. This will focus on the three examples mentioned and they will be explained in more detail. One example of personal strength is Sofia being persistent and not giving up on living the ‘normal’ life, like how everyone else is expected to live. After the attack in Sofia’s old village, Sofia and whatever was left of her family went to try find another place to live so they can live normally. One time when Sofia were in the village, she and Maria got told about school and education. They got told how many children of the village went to school and eventually they wanted to go to school as well. It wouldn’t be usual to see children working for a majority of the time instead of going to school. Maria and Sofia wanted to be like other children. There was also a time when Sofia returned back to visit the village after she was at the city. There she found out that mother Lydia was having a baby. Sofia It wouldn’t be the most normal thing seeing a single mother with children so Lydia decided to find a new husband.…

Symbolism in the works of literature refers to the use of objects, people, animals, and situations that have other meaning than the literal one used in the story. It creates a certain emotion or mood in the story making the reader understand it better. Symbolism is widely applied in the story Everyday Use by Alice Walker. This paper will explore symbolism in the story Everyday Use which includes the house, quilt, yard and characteristics of some characters. One of the prominent symbols in the…

Dr. Q Honors English 17/3/23 The Fundamental Actress of The Importance of Being Earnest- Dame Judi Dench “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a British comedy written by Oscar Wilde, which was transposed into a movie by the director Oliver Parker in 2002. Lady Augusta Bracknell is a dominant character which has a profound impact in both play and movie; her role is essential. She symbolizes the stereotypical upper-class woman during the Victorian Age. She is the tool through which Oscar…

Within the realm of communication there are five contexts of communication which we utilize regularly to effectively relay the messages we intend for others to receive. These five contexts are referred to in Business Communication for Success (2012) as intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, public and mass communication. As each context is examined we will explore examples of each one as they present themselves in everyday life in addition to the appeal of intrapersonal communication and the not…

Though they adapt the same source material, through the skillful use of setting and cinematography, the openings of Joss Whedon’s and Kenneth Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing present vastly different moods. Both contain sequences not featured in the text that add to their vision of Shakespeare’s original work - a triumphant and frenzied entrance in a bucolic setting for one, and an intimate abandonment in the other. Branagh’s production is a show, choosing to downplay the darker aspects of the…

1 INTRODUCTION While humans have been using fire for many thousands of years, we have only recently in our history recognized the benefit of removing smoke from the home. There is little documentation on the history of chimneys and their function in the home. In western civilization there is record of chimneys being destroyed by an earthquake in 1347 (Butler, n.d.). Most homes had a centrally located hearth that was used for heat and cooking, which had a vent directly above it; While this did…

“Ship of Gold In the Deep Blue Sea” by Gary Kinder is a book about the search for the SS Central America; a steamship that carried hundreds of passengers and an estimated $2,000,000 in gold (which is $292,000,000 in modern day value) in 1857 that was trying to reach New York from Panama which later went down in a hurricane. Tommy Thompson later sets out to discover the riches of the lost vessel on a quest that people had thought was near impossible to plan. While Thompson had found the ship and…

conversation with Laura. When the call ends, the audience will see Jeevan knocking on the door to his brother’s apartment. This will be done at an eye level shot. This shot will exactly match what happens in the last three paragraphs on page 26. For the role of Jeevan, I would cast Michael Weatherly from NCIS. Whenever I picture Jeevan, I picture a tall young looking man with brown hair. Michael Weatherly fits this description. In NCIS, Weatherly’s character struggles to find a girlfriend and…

“You are beautiful”. Matthew Hoffman’s piece titled “you are beautiful”. This piece is an biennial panel. Installed at the Elmhurst art museum Illinois. March 2015. “You are beautiful” falls under contemporary art.”You are beautiful” provides people with an opportunity to reflect on our society and the issues that we are going through on a day to day basis.People can relate to this piece.”You are beautiful” is more than just three words.”You are beautiful” is hung at the entrance of the museum…

Between 1942 and 1945 he began to document the Japanese community forced to live in internment camps in California. In the mid- 40s Lange, who had been hired to record the Japanese - Americans in the concentration camps, was censured by the Relocation Authority War, because she was showing the internment camps for Japanese-Americans in a way the government did not agree. Dorothea Lange became world famous with her series of photographs entitled "Migrant Mother". These images were taken in…