to protect it is strong. Elisa’s flower portray all her hard work‚ all she strives for; her perfect goal. When she saw her flowers on the side of the road‚ she felt a piece of her had shattered. Ian had become the item of value and protection in “Touching Bottom”‚ when she let him go she tried her hardest‚ pushed harder than she had been pushing‚ to save him. She found “no time to breathe‚ no need to breathe.” She allows Ian to claw at her legs‚ shares her protection of a towel with him when she reaches
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The book Touching Spirit Bear is a book written about a challenged teen named Cole Mathews. He has instigated some terrible crimes he must pay for by living in isolation on a remote island since he is a danger to society. One problem that continues to plague Cole is how he refuses to take ownership for his own choices and actions; instead‚ he wants to blame others to excuse his poor decisions. Along his journey to change‚ he is fortunate to have mentors that try to help him reform his ways. Many
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The theme of Touching Spirit Bear is that you can always change yourself for the better. Cole went through some rough times as a child which caused his actions to be pretty dumb as he was nearing adulthood. Cole repeatedly slammed the head of one of his peers into the sidewalk for telling people he robbed a hardware store and left it a disaster. Afterwards‚ the Circle sentenced him to live in isolation on an Alaskan island. Cole had to chose between changing his ways or potentially going to prison
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“The Last Song” is a breathtaking film directed by Julie-Anne Robinson about a teenage girl‚ Ronnie‚ whose parents divorced when she was young and she has been rebellious ever since. Ronnie and her father had a special language they spoke through‚ music. When Ronnie’s parents divorce she refused to play. Not only did she loose contact with her dad she lost contact with music too. This is until Ronnie and her brother Jonah are sent to stay with their dad in North Carolina over the summer. The main
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Title: The Catcher in the Rye Author: J.D. Salinger Text type: Extended written text – novel In the novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ written by J.D. Salinger‚ I found the idea of self-isolation from human relationships that was portrayed through the protagonist Holden Caulfield very interesting. While over the course of the novel‚ which is set into a timeframe of three days‚ Holden interacts with many others‚ we see that he does not have a close relationship with any of these people other than his
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The work of art that this paper is written about is ‘Love is Touching Souls’ by Sandhi Schimmel. The work depicts a woman’s face made from recycled paper. She has few facial features that stand out within the piece. However‚ she does have pursed lips and dilated eyes. It is unclear what her emotional state is‚ but it can be assumed her pleasant facial features were chosen for aesthetic appeal. She is looking at the viewer in a dreamy‚ almost lustful state‚ that is meant to invoke feelings within
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Mumsie and Zip 1. The idea of power/superiority in a relationship is evident in this short text in which one person has complete control over the other and the relationship. The author shows the idea of power in the text in which zip results to violence to get his point across. ‘The sound of Mumsie’s head striking the wall echoed in the kitchen’. Zip does this to show that his word is final and the he doesn’t like to be revolted against by Mumsie. She did this by arguing that her sister and her
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Since today is a freewrite‚ I’m going to be entirely honest and say that I read the entire book the first night that we had it. I know that probably messed up my reactions to all the journal prompts‚ but today I want to write specifically about Mitch. Mitch in general just seemed incredibly insincere to me. It might be my natural reaction to emotion‚ but nothing that Mitch is saying seems real‚ and I hated it. It was a good story‚ to be sure- that’s the problem. It reads like a made-up story rather
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“If you’re trying to achieve‚ there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall‚ don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it‚ go through it‚ or work around it.”(Michael Jordan). Negative life experiences can influence a person by positively changing his or her lives. A person can realize what they committed was immoral and make a difference in society as a whole‚ but essentially himself or herself. For instance
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Agamemnon When Agamemnon first comes‚ he is talking about long time being away from home and final come back. He says he is just a mortal man. He does not want that people honor him for victory- but God. He is just human and God the one who has to be praised and honored. After discussion with Clytemnestra Agamemnon changes. He becomes unreasonable and arrogant. He changes his mind. We can see that he gets influence of other people very easy. Agamemnon feels that he is the one who deserves to be honored
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