Let It Be

Flowing Towards the Future In the book Never Let Me Go, as he discusses his impending donation with Kathy, Tommy muses about his visualization of a flowing river. He describes the fervent rush of the water, and how the current pulls apart two people who are trying to hold onto each other. Tommy’s river symbolizes how he views his future: an inevitable march towards donations, and then death. Kazuo Ishiguro’s inclusion of this symbol emphasizes how helpless the clones feel towards their…

is to work with David Williamson on his 2009 masterpiece, Let the Sunshine. I chose to feature it in the 2016 season because it is still relevant especially to young adolescents trying to find their identity and really captures a perfect image of society today. Also because I can relate to the play through personal experience. The play is set during the global financial crisis and demonstrates the effects of it on one of the couples. Let the Sunshine explores the relationship of two families…

developing, and in order to due so you must go to sleep. As a result in the article “ Let there be Light” says “ Sleep disorder have been linked to diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and depression, and recent research suggests one main cause of “ Short Sleep” is “ Long Light. Just imagine yourself under those circumstances, which wouldn’t be a good situation to be in. In other words cut the lights out, and don't lets the bugs bite because sleep is a medicine in disguise.…

light sources of all kinds. In response to this behavior, author Paul Bogard asserts that light pollution endangers natural darkness and urges his audience consider living a less bright life and enjoy the sky as dark as it should be. In his article "Let There Be Dark,” he conveys this through citing facts, appealing to audience’s emotion, and utilizing vivid language. The author begins by describing the beauty of a dark sky, painting a lovely image in the minds of his readers, urging them to…

In a article title “Let there be dark” by Paul Bogard he makes an argument to persuade his audience to keep the natural darkness. The author makes an argument through many different ways to persuade to the audience on why the natural dark should be kept through emotion and logical breakdowns. Originally he starts by providing background information about his childhood and making the audience picture a beautiful night with gorgeous scenery and the experience he includes is one of his own to show…

they can try to understand the hurt and pain, but it may truly never be known. Though the majority of the time we never even consider family turning their back on us, both books, “Let Me Go” and “Cry, the Beloved Country” show us that lack of confrontation and injustice among family can turn things for the worst. “Let Me Go” is a deeply compelling story about the attempt to reconcile a relationship between mother and daughter. Helga Schneider is a young child in Berlin growing up amongst one…

Let There Be Dark The general argument made by Paul Bogard of Los Angeles Times in “Let There Be Dark” is that he wants the people to stop wasting light and diminishing the darkness. In this article, Bogard is suggesting that we should be more conservative when it comes down to light usage and light pollution. To support this argument, Bogard composed and used three techniques, which are quotes, empathy, and questions to lure his reader into complete persuasion. The first technique Bogard…

From the video “Let the fire Burn”, brought to life one of the most tumultuous and largely forgotten clashes between government and citizens in modern American history. MOVE was foundered by John Africa believed in nature and vocal about the treatment of black people in society. On May 13, 1985, after a long standoff, Philadelphia municipal authorities dropped a bomb on a residential house. The Osage Avenue home was the headquarters of the African-American radical group MOVE, which had…

Euthanasia: Live or Let Die? The world today, as advanced as it may seem, is filled with suffering. There are multiple diseases that are incurable and cause pain, such as cancer or AIDS. People who were once filled with life are reduced to staying in a hospital bed twenty-four hours a day. The evolution of medicinal practices is often not enough to cure or relieve the pain for these people. Euthanasia is simply “the act or practice of killing hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons…

The film, Let the Fire Burn, features police testimony from the MOVE Special Investigation Commission. Over the course of the film, the audience hears police officers, chiefs, and commissioners discuss the relationship between the Philadelphia Police Department and MOVE members as well as the events and conflicts that transpired between the two groups. During the police testimonies, three contradictions arise in the police’s framing and use of violence. The policemen’s perceptions of MOVE…