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The Flick is Pulitzer Prize winning play written by Annie Baker. It is set in an old movie theater, appropriately called “The Flick”. The movie theater is currently being upgraded from using an old 35 millimeter projector to a digital one. Just like the theater is undergoing changes, so are the lives of the play’s three characters, Avery, Sam, and Rose as they learn more about each other in the time they share at The Flick. The play begins by introducing to Sam and Avery, both of whom are seen…

Act I shows promise for Vera and Gloria while decades later showing a sad ending in Act II as exemplified by the critics of Vera’s life. What I didn’t get from reading the book was how bad it got for Vera later in life as shown by the productions ability of using the characters/acting, overall plot, theme, spectacle, music/rhythm, and language. The characters were portrayed with great animated acting, especially Vera showing enthusiasm in both Act I and Act II but in different ways between the…

Technology has helped yet hinder everyday life. It affects everyone and how they communicate to each other. It connects people and businesses to be able to share anything they would like. It also keeps families in touch whenever they need to talk. There are a variety of options to communicate with others. It is also the simplest form of communication when connecting to family and friends from far away. You can catch up on their lives through pictures and quick updates. As the world is rapidly…

everything we have is genuine. Unfortunately, in order to achieve this, we sometimes lose the very essence of what we were trying to achieve. John Cheever’s famous work, “The Enormous Radio” demonstrates just that. In this essay I will be focusing on the inauthenticity of society as illustrated in “The Enormous Radio”. I will argue that that the inauthenticity in society illustrated in the story is caused by the fear of what others thinks and the need to keep up appearances. To begin I will look…

Have you ever had a child that resisted bedtime? Perhaps your child was afraid of the dark, was sensitive to every noise he heard, or simply couldn't relax himself enough to fall asleep. Well, that is our son Ian, and he has had challenges with bedtime from an early age. To help him feel comfortable at night, my husband and I would lie down with him until he fell asleep. Now we are trying to change this bedtime routine because not only is it unhealthy for Ian, it is becoming challenging for us.…

Chance Bradley Leister was the kind of person every single member in our family wanted to be. He was every one of my cousins idol as children and even to this day. He was always there for anyone that ever needed someone and he always kept his word. Not a single person could stay mad at Chance. He was just an uplifting person that could make your whole day in a heartbeat. He has memories with so many people it’s unbelievable. Chance and I would stay up night after night just playing with legos…

The article's primary focus is the positives and negatives to getting a tattoo. Some jobs are unattainable if someone has a tattoo, whereas other jobs like a prison guard there is more leeway. My experience with tattoos isn't much, I have worked with a couple people who have tattoos, and everyone that has seen them wouldn't say anything about them. I always say to someone with tattoo(s) that’s awesome or something like that. Since I don’t have any tattoos, I feel I can't say much to a person’s…

“The Danger of a Single Story” Every day the world is faced with the dangers of a single story. In the 2009 TED Talk The Danger of a Single Story, presented by Chimamanda Adichie, she talks about how a peoples’ perception of other people of a foreign country, or even a foreign country as a whole, can be highly influenced by what they read, hear, or see on TV. “I loved those American and British books I read. They stirred my imagination. They opened up new worlds for me. But the unintended…

In the novel ‘Don’t call me Ishmael’ written by Michael Gerad Bauer, we meet a fourteen year old boy called Ishmael Lesuer. Ishmael Lesuer is the only recorded case of ‘Ishmael Lesuer syndrome, it is capable of turning a normal person into a walking disaster are registering at nine point nine on the imbecile scale. Through out the novel Ishmael and his friends let fear stand in the way of their many capability. One of Ishmael’s biggest fear is going the debating team and talking in front of a…

Have you read the amazing and inspiring story “Anthem” by Ayn Rand. Read this essay so you can learn about Equality aka The Unconquerable. In this essay I am going to talk about the invention that Equality had created, his greatest invention. Then I am going to talk about his main primary motivation into making his invention. Next I will talk about if it is right for him to be motivated this way. Last I will talk about if everyone one else was motivated the same way. Let’s jump right into this…