Nostalgia

In reality, mortality describes human nature by emphasizing the normalcy behind one’s subjection to death. The process of death is simply inevitable because the human body wears out and slows down over time. The only way to avoid the inevitable, the ultimate diminishing of life’s legacies and qualities, is to regenerate them. In order to pass down and maintain life’s spiritual presence even after they have physically left the world, one may choose to have kids. In “Birches,” Robert Frost depicts…

the website Distilled from the text “Finding Your Brand’s Voice – How to Shape a Tone of Voice”, “Formal language can convey a sense of professionalism as well as the qualities of being authoritative and respectful.” (Cummings). In addition to the nostalgia emotional appeal, the sound in the background is again the instrumental of “N.Y. State of Mind”, a melancholy tone it could be a rhythm and blues instrumental. According to Ebscohost for the Full Sail University students from the text “Music…

of the ad thinks that purchasing a Chevy truck will be enjoyable and will help them to complete hard work, they are far more likely to do so. “Still plays with trucks” is an effective advertisement because it causes the reader to feel a sense of nostalgia and hard work. The “Still plays with trucks” ad uses a rhetorical appeal with pathos very effectively. The words “Some of us grew up playing with tractors and trucks, the lucky ones still do” make the viewer…

have come from traumatised communities telling stories of heartbreak, loss and devastating experiences. Patricio Guzman, known for his political documentaries ‘The battle of Chile’ and ‘The Pinochet Case’ travels to the Atacama Desert, for his film Nostalgia for the light. The radiant sky above attracts astronomers from around the globe to the coast of Chile, peering into the outer reaches of the universe. But the Atacama holds a darker and much more sinister secret. The incredible dryness of…

ruin. Piranesi’s ruins represent a different and nightmare-ish ‘authentic ruin’ of which Huyssen argues contemporary depictions of ruin cannot realise. “Such ruins and their representation in picture books, films, and exhibits are a sign of the nostalgia for the monuments of an industrial architecture of a past age that was tied to a public culture of industrial labor and its political organization.”(pg. 8) The twentieth century has been an age of regeneration and preservation, losing the chance…

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 film Vertigo is now considered by the American Film Institute to be the best film of all time. With that title comes some flack for “beating” out all of the other films that come out ever. Obviously this title is subjective and doesn’t make the film anymore better or meaningful than it previously was, but the backlash from film critics are kind of ironic being about Vertigo. People are writing article after article and blog post after blog post about how Vertigo doesn’t…

operationalization (maximum 7 items). You must refer to a wider theoretical framework. - Degree of conservatism of an individual - Consumer loyalty to a product (pick a product or a brand) 1] Experience- Trust, Customer Service, Branding message, Nostalgia 2] Practicality/ Feasiblity – Budget, Points from company, Discounts and offers “Customer loyalty is viewed as the strength of the relationship between an individual’s relative attitude and repeat patronage.” A primary attribute of loyalty…

and she is writing this letter to him. The most important part of this story is that Jhumpa Lahiri uses the first and second person perspective to tell the story which helps the reader to feel familiar with the family and the culture, creates a nostalgia even if the story did not happen to the reader, helps the reader understand the relationship between “I” and “you” as well as feeling the “I”s emotions while reading, and the most importantly makes the epiphany…

a great impact. It is positive because the children are learning the truth but on the contrary it is a painful and necessary process. Lee conveys the idea of lost innocence by putting the children into adult situations. The major thematic topic nostalgia helps emphasize the idea of loss of innocence…

The short story “Whoever Is There, Come on Through” effectively conveys the importance of human connections both in real life and in good literature. I believe that being able to connect with a character is an important facet of the story to a reader, which makes it more relatable and enjoyable. This story was written recently, in January of 2018, which means that the author should fall in more with the most recent authors that we have read, trying to portray the people around him, like Bobbie…