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In the epic poem and movie Beowulf there are a lot of differences and similarities between the two. Can you spot some of the differences that happened in the movie and the book? Well here is some of the things that I spotted out during the movie that didn’t happened in the book. First, the battle between Beowulf and Grendel in the movie they were awake and partying during his attack; however, in the book they were sleep. Second, the battle against Grendel’s mother didn’t happened in the movie,…

Phineas out of the tree. IN the article “An overview of A Separate Peace”, the author states “He recognize his attraction to deadly things and more significantly, he writes a narrative about his relationship with Phineas revealing the flaws in his own character which led to Phineas death” (Alton). The tension between Gene and Phineas builds up until Gene ultimately snap. Gene realized it was a perfect time to push Finny because they were alone. However, Gene had a lot of anger built up and…

My encounter with George Cotkin's text starts under a most unexpected premise: In his essay “The Photographer in the Beat-Hipster Idiom: Robert Frank's The Americans” , in which Cotkin carves out the connections between Robert Frank and the philosophies of the Beat movement artists, the most surprising statement appears quite at the beginning: Almost all theorists, says Cotkin, who have so far reviewed and analyzed Frank's work, have done so without paying closer attention to said link between…

wanted to hurt people intentionally with her power. Moreover, Juliette is already terrified by her powers after she accidentally kills a child who she was trying to help. And the author Amy Tan tells readers about her childhood growing up with a Chinese mother and explains how that environment was like growing up. "And right then I was determined to put a stop to her foolish pride". (Para.43) Amy Tan tells this to readers so that they know that she does not understand why her mother brags about…

In On the Mundane Significance of Bike Lanes, author Luis Vivanco delves deep into the “mundane significance” of bicycle lanes. What Vivanco means by the “mundane significance” of bike lanes is how on the surface level, bike lanes can seem very dull and insignificant, especially in comparison with many other anthropological topics. Vivanco however utilizes a different definition of the word mundane to help explain the truly “earthy” and “world-making” possibilities of everyday human life that…

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a novel written by Mark Haddon. It’s about Christopher Boone, a 15 year old boy, who lives in Swindon, with Asperger’s syndrome, a mild form of autism. Haddon used techniques such as motifs, diagrams and symbolisation to convey to the audience Christopher’s view of the world and in developing empathy towards people with disabilities. The audience is aware that he is unable to recognise facial expression and he needs to be taught to…

I am thoroughly pleased with my decision to read “Tuesday’s with Morrie” by Mitch Albom. The revealing truths about dying from many different perspectives proved to be comforting yet sometimes unsettling as well. The relationship between Mitch and Morrie is one I hope to have with someone someday. One that can be reignited even after 16 years apart as if it had only been 16 days. Morrie provides a great deal of advice to Mitch in life lessons throughout his “last class”. Although some come…

When the question of what is an author is posed the majority of people would simply reply with, someone who writes a book or novel. But, when the same question is brought to the attention of Foucault he would answer with a simple response of their ability to fulfill author function, their acknowledgement of complex operations and carrying them out,the acknowledgement an author is not a specific person, or have to connote being a specific person, and finally their acceptance of the relationship…

directed by Mark Steven Johnson. Simon is a dwarf who believes he is a product of god and god made him small for a heroic purpose. Simon and his best friend Joe Wentworth art the two main characters in the film. Simon and Joe go through troubling times but they always manage to stay best friends. Simon is a character who definitely exhibits heroic qualities. From his own Revenant putting him down, to being in life-threatening situations and leading many children to safety. Simon…

throughout the novel. Although they can confuse the reader, Kesey brilliantly uses flashbacks to expose the significance of memories as they can be the one thing left to hold onto, and portray the origin of an individual’s personality. When the characters in the story seem to struggle, the one thing that they can hold on to regardless of what occurs is their fond memories. The first flashback in the novel describes Chief’s effort to put his mind somewhere else due to the fear of being shaved by…