Orient Express

Poetry has always been utilized to express the ideologies and beliefs held by the individual. The poets Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley, usually chose to write about topics accepted by society. For instance, they have both written works about embracing the love of God and the deliverance he offers, however, these early American poets have also written works that express their personal beliefs sometimes contradictory to society. To begin with, both of these women were strong believers in…

The film version of Ten Little Niggers (1945, US title: And Then There Were None) by the French director René Clair, starring Walter Huston and Barry Fitzgerald, is one of the most faithful Christie adaptations. In addition to these mysteries, Christie wrote her autobiography (1977), and several plays, including THE MOUSETRAP, which run more than 30 years continuously in London, and had 8 862 performances at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. The play was based on the short story 'Three Blind…

After cutting his teeth on last season’s highly successful Flatline and Mummy on the Orient Express I expect many have been looking forward to seeing this year’s offering from Jamie Mathieson. The scares and chills maybe toned down in The Girl Who Died compared to his previous offerings – indeed, after the last two stories a more upbeat tale is well placed – yet Mathieson still manages to stamp his unique mark on what’s traditionally known as the light-hearted romp. In essence, the events that…

Artistic Freedom All artists should have the right to express themselves without having to worry about being restricted or censured. Around the world, artists are using many art forms to express how they think or feel. A good example of this will be controversial music. This type of music is becoming more and more common due to its high popularity, many performers from all genres are finding ways to express their discontent or approval towards many important issues in today’s world. They are…

Kipling writes, “Freedom for ourselves and freedom for our sons/ And, failing freedom, war” (19-20). This, according to Said, unveils the real Orientalist’s (White Man’s) intention and shows that beyond his angelic-like mission “there is always the express willingness to use force, to kill and be killed” (Said 226). Orwell, in his first paragraph of his essay about Kipling, argues that no one should agree with Kipling’s ideology toward imperialism or even exonerate him as he is “morally…

He hid all the evidence of freud having money abroad and the fact that his company had debts. Sauwerwald then helped Freud and sixteen members of his family attain exit visas. However the ordeal was not over there, as he was about to board the orient express at the Westbahnhof to paris, he got stopped by the gestapo forcing him to sign a paper saying that they did not harm him. He signed the letter by writing “ I can most highly recommend the Gestapo to everyone” . The Nazis failed to see the…

self-awareness of their work through the conversation. And the aim is to provide a deeper holistic perception of the text (book).These literacy lessons are important for the cognitive development of the personality of the student, which helps to orient kids in the book. Of course, each lesson should be interesting, logical, orderly, cognitive, active as of the child must be "charged" the reader's interest by having a particular interest in reading. For me, as a student who had this kind of…

One of these concerns is addressed in letters to the editor of the Portland Orient. Katy Chin a junior and English major feels like the ordinance has neglected safety, even though it claims safety as priority. Chin says she does not feel safe when walking at campus at night. Chin shares past experience “I’m scared to walk alone…

Summary instructions: Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie, is a novel written in the early 1900’s about a murder that occurred overnight on a train heading from Istanbul to Europe. But when the train is stuck in a snowdrift, Hercules Poirot, a renowned detective, decides to take…

that comes with this kind of relationship. People who are passive-aggressive, or those with a negativistic personality, tends to be ambivalent about themselves and others. The conflicted avoidant pattern would experience withdrawal tendencies, and express them in a manner that matches their idea of “interpersonal guerilla warfare”. Behavior of a conflicted avoidant • Withdraw into…