The Town

early 20th century, the sardonic practice was well developed in English Canada as demonstrated in the writings of Stephen Leacock. In his work Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town which was published in 1912, made Leacock legendary for his satirical wit, he used tragic irony and shrewd approaching to examine day-to-day, small town life. This book remains a classic of Canadian literature. A yearly Canadian literary award, which is the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, is named after his…

Put one foot in front of the other. One of the most famous lines from the Christmas classic, Santa Clause is Coming to Town. A simple jingle sung across America every year come December 25th. A simple, innate action that billions of people take for granted every single day without even realizing it. The basic ability to walk is the single greatest ability us human's posses, and it is the reason why the human race was able to figuratively climb to the top of the food chain many years ago. On…

I believe that Thornton Wilder's manipulation of time and use of flashbacks in Our Town was very effective. It's almost as if there are flashback inside a flashback. The events of the play happened anywhere from 1900 to 1913, while the play was performed in 1938. So the whole play is technically a flashback. However, leaving that twisted statement behind, there were two major flashback scenes in the play that had the most significance in time manipulation. The first flashback starts…

In the movie there were four different newspaper headlines. One read "The Best Place on Earth Seahaven Voted Planets Top Town", they used that title so that Truman would feel safe. He was planning on leaving, but they make the rest of the world seem so horrible so that he won't want to leave his little town that protects him from all of the evil. If he leaves then the entire show is ruined so they are using the media to influence him to stay. Another newspaper headline was "who needs Europe"…

I was born November 8, 1977, in San Salvador, El Salvador. I was raised around Ilopango which is a small town right outside of the capital and my birth place. It was much more rural, like a countryside really. It was a pretty place to grow up. The town was extremely small. There were only a few houses that were largely spread out throughout the town. In no way was my situation luxurious. My parents didn’t really want me, or any of us really. I knew my dad and my mother and where they were but in…

something from a World War II movie, my mother would say something about Julia Roberts and I would go into deep detail about the scene in Burlesque where Cher is applying Christina Aguilera’s makeup and how it transformed her character from a small town girl into a confident woman. I'm certain that scene is so iconic to me because that's what happened to me, but instead of a forever young Cher I had a little old thing called YouTube. I can still remember my first attempt at winged eyeliner. It…

game and figured things out on my own along with a ton of googling and friend talking to gather together my current knowledge on the best way to go about this game. Hope you find this useful in your days as a farmer in Harvest Moon Friends in Mineral Town! :Crops:: Crops are really your main source of income. Planting them and watering them is your best method of getting the big bucks. I recommend planting them in a specific pattern known as the Donut pattern. Basically, you make a square but…

Each person has a way that works best for them to share their feelings. There are writers such as E. E. Cummings that utilizes poems to share his thoughts on the world. In his poem, “anyone lived in a pretty how town,” Cummings encourages his readers to not become an ordinary person with a bland life. The way he writes is unique to him, but the meaning still stands true. Other authors, such as Shakespeare write in the form of a play. The dialogue between the characters…

On Wednesday, February 1, 2006, an 18 year old boy, Jacob Robida, entered Puzzles, a gay night club, in New Bedford, Massachusetts and performed an act of violence inside the club. Puzzles: When Hate Came to Town, is a documentary that walks us through that night and the days after, Jacob entered Puzzles night club and performed a hate crime, injuring 3 victims. In the documentary you hear the victims’ recollection of that night and also here Jacob’s friends describe his character. In the…

class, I clearly show that I am paying attention to the lesson always and make sure that I know what assignments are due. I always focus on the task at hand when it comes to it. This includes the time in which the author of the novel The Girls in My Town, Angela Morales, came to our classroom and we had to become even better well-behaved students while also participating in class by asking her questions and creating commentary. And throughout the entire time, I was the one who would constantly…