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Thaipusam Procession Thaipusam Festival Devotees
626 wordsThe documentary I watched is about Thaipusam festival. I watched it on National Geographic Channel and was amazed to discover the meaning, the process and the traditions and practices of Thaipusam. It was interesting to watch the procession yet at the same time learn more about it in detail. Every January/February, depending upon the lunar month - on a full-moon day in the Tamil month of Thai, the Hindus will celebrate Thaipusam in honour of their Hindu God, Lord Subramaniam (sometimes referred ...
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Aimed At Children Groups Of People
1,387 wordsThe relationship between violence on the screen and violence in real life is extremely complicated. But while the relationship may not be that of direct cause and effect, we must bear it in mind. Violent programmes may depress some people, shock others, de-sensitive some and encourage imitation by a few. " (BBC Handbook-Guidelines for T. V Producers Regarding Violence and Censorship) The media is all around us and for this reason I feel it is inevitable that it will have some sort of effect on u...
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Tulips By Sylvia Plath
807 wordsTULIPS BY SYLVIA PLATH I only wanted To lie with my hands turned up and be utterly empty. How free it is, you have no idea how free Sylvia Plath longs for freedom, as expressed in the poem Tulips, not from enslavement or death, but from life and little smiling hooks that cling her onto the living, and from the red, vibrant tulips. The tulips define the opposing white. They represent the outside world, and life, spring and warmth. They distract Plath as she lies on her hospital bed. I am learning...
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Smile Crept Isabel Looked Andy
1,455 wordsIsabel leaned her forehead down on the windowpane and sighed deeply. The icy glass seared her burning flesh and sent a rattling shiver down her spine that reverberated to her fingertips. She peered into the room almost longingly. The first thing that caught her eye was the crackling fire dancing in the old, brick fireplace. The light from the fire flickered on the walls, illuminating and casting shadows all at once on the black and white photographs that hung all around the room. The pictures we...
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Huckleberry Finn Word Nigger
602 wordsThe movie that the class watched dealt with the classic novel Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain. Huckleberry Finn was written in the late 19 th century, but it takes place during slavery in the southern United States. The book revolves around the adventures of a white farm boy from Mississippi, Huckleberry, and a run away slave Jim, as they try to reach the North and freedom. Written in the narrated view of the main character Huckleberry Finn, the grammar and language of the day is incorpor...
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1,042 wordsIn both Odour of Chrysanthemums and The Horse Dealers Daughter by D. H. Lawrence, many similarities are present with regards to the plot of the stories, the characters, and the themes. The plots are similar, because each story is about a family who has to deal with troubles because the man in each family who is supposed to be supporting everyone is not doing his job, instead he is spending his money on alcohol. The main character in both short stories is a woman. The themes are related because e...
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Theory States 2002 P
892 wordsWhat made him abuse his newly wedded wife? Why did his son become an aggressive child? There is no way I would have expected this from such a considerate and loving person. Everything in their relationship seemed to be thriving. It may be possible that we never know someone until they are pushed to the point in which he or she are forced to act in response to a situation. I witnessed this happening and never could have predicted what transpired. My Aunt Natalie (not her real name) has always bee...
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Sister Sisters Life
496 wordsLife is a made up of a collection of moments. Some people say that one must learn from obstacles that everyone struggles with. Some people say that every challenge helps to achieve strength of character and self-growth. The most significant change in my life was my elder sisters battle with cancer. Even though it was a very hurtful experience that has drastically affected both me and my family, it helped me know myself better as a person, realize that I can appreciate Gods gift of life and good ...
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Playing Time Team Shot
679 wordsRunning in a line, clumped unevenly together, my team ran out of the locker room with a burst of energy as the crowd slowly acknowledged our arrival on to the court. I glanced around to see who might be watching this anticipated win, and to look for my mom's face up in the stands. I nervously waited for the ball to complete my first lay-up of the night, to ease my way into the game atmosphere. My fear of getting hurt again haunted my mind, and the fear was affecting my athletic performance. The ...
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Back And Forth Soccer Players
1,130 wordsSoccer or football (or foosball or futbol), as it is called by the rest of the world outside the United States is surely the most popular sport in the world. Every four years, the world championship of soccer, the World Cup, is watched by literally billions all over the world, beating out the United States professional football's Superbowl by far. It is estimated that 1. 7 billion television viewers watched the World Cup final between France and Brazil in July of 1998. And it is also a genuine w...
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Mom And Dad Live A Life
1,237 wordsWhere are you on a typical Sunday morning at 10: 00 a. m. ? In the bed, on the lake, at the golf course? Maybe just sitting at home? Or are you in God's house? I was born on May 12 th 1984 and I have been to church every Sunday since then. I go to church because I wish to go. Church is the best place to go. People think church is a waste of time, but personally I believe that if it wasn't for God some of us wouldn't still be here. Like when Gary wrecked his truck, he could have easily lost his l...
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Presque Isle Island Made Him Feel Deer
945 wordsIt was the middle of summer in a small town called Harvey, near the city of Marquette, Michigan. The road (driveway) to my family? s cabin was lengthy; it took a half-hour to get to the cabin from the road. Our camp was a small, one bedroom cabin in the middle of the woods. A creek flowed around our eight acres. A half mile away was a rundown cabin that we called "Jack's house. " My dad always said that an old man named Jack lived there. He told us that Jack watched us at night while we were asl...
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Good Or Bad Alter Ego
1,292 wordsThrough the character Rorschach, The Watchmen explores the issues of nature verses nurture for him. Moore adds that a super hero, can be a psychological argument. A super hero is neither born nor shaped by environment, it is the creation of an alter ego to suppress childhood conflicting inner issues. Rorschach dealt with issues as a young child that rationalized in his mind to hide behind a costume and a mask in order to live. The first character the book introduces to the reader to is Rorschach...
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Men And Women Amount Of Time
1,115 wordsAbstract The difference between male and females was examined in five investigations in a large, well known video store chain. Different genders were looked at in groups of all male or all female, single men and single women, and then groups of mixed gender. Differences between the two were measured in actions, words, and attitudes. The findings were in sync with what society generalizes so broadly as: men and women differ in everything they do. The research was conducted not to prove this famil...
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Night She Shot Police Officer Marion
437 wordsMarion Pritchard was born in Amsterdam, Holland in 1920. Her father was a judge who treated her with love, respect and caring. Her mother lived in Britain. Marion would visit her mother who resided there. Marion watched the German invasion on May 10, 1940, and as anti-Semitic laws were passed, she told her Jewish friends to escape or to hide. Her father was not Jewish; however, he was disappointed that the Dutch government did not do more to help Jewish refugees. As Hitler rose to power she watc...
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766 wordsVolunteering Many people today have never and will never volunteer. Volunteering by definition is a person who acts of his own free will in a transaction. When people hear the word volunteer they ask, "Am I going to get paid?" Volunteering is something you do not for the money, but for self-satisfaction that you helped someone else. Any time someone helps another without being asked they are volunteering. Many people volunteer but inside they really wish they were out fishing or shopping, but I ...
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Police Force Blonde Hair
901 wordsPanopticon: The Ideal Social Order Chris Carlson English 1 - 53 The Panopticon is a marvelous machine which, whatever use one may wish to put it to, produces homogenous effects of power. Panopticism is a style of controlling the individual and making him conform to the system. That system could refer to the police or the world as a whole. There is never a definite top position, therefore, everyone feels as if they are being monitored by someone else. It is for this reason that this disciplinary ...
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Local Access Channel Access Channel Show
554 wordsI over heard a conversation last night in a lounge, between two teenage girls, that really disturbed me. The two were complaining about the unsettling nature of a program they saw on the local public access channel. I was intrigued by the nature of their conversation. It seems that both of the girls felt as though the show was too graphic in nature and gave too much freedom to the producers of that show. How can that be? The idea of too much freedom implies that some of their freedom should be t...
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Father Couldn T
1,938 wordsThe rain beat down on that cold October morning as my feet scurried toward the courthouse. The smell of hotdogs, onions, Tabasco Sauce, and pollution filled the air. The town looked to be in a panic as people were running around aimlessly trying to get to their respective places of employment on time. I, on the other hand, was in no hurry. I dreaded the day ahead of me. Today was the sentencing of my father who had pled guilty to six counts of sexual battery a month prior. He originally had six ...
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Shakespeare King Lear
1,067 wordsGood King, that must approve the common saw, Thou out of heavens benediction com? st To the warm sun Approach, thou beacon to this under globe, That by thy comfortable beams I may Peruse this letter. Nothing almost sees miracles But misery. I know? tis from Cordelia Who hath most fortunately been informed Of my obscured course, and shall find time >From this enormous state, seeking to give Losses their remedies. All weary and o? er watched, Take vantage heavy eyes, not to behold This shameful lo...
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