The Shawshank redemption is based on a novella by Steven King and it is one of the most underrated movies of all time. I believe it should have won an Oscar. The protagonist‚ Andy Dufresne was convicted of first degree murder for killing both his wife and her lover after he supposedly caught them in the act. Andy was sent to the Shawshank prison to serve his life sentence charge. Even in prison‚ he maintained that he was innocent of the crime. Andy Dufresne was an educated man‚ a banker by profession
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The War of Art Steven Pressfield has a colorful background. I believe that’s why I’m drawn to him and his book‚ The WAR of ART. He has worked as an advertising copywriter‚ schoolteacher‚ tractor-trailer driver‚ bartender‚ oilfield roustabout [I like that word‚ roustabout‚ reminds me of Elvis]‚ attendant in a mental hospital‚ fruit-picker in Washington State‚ author and screenwriter. As author he has written many fiction and non-fiction books‚ but the non-fiction book I want to talk about is‚ The
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Steven Pinker has a voice all his own- engaging and amiable‚ but also informative and scientific. His light style provides an interesting contradiction to the heaviness of the topic he presents to us. It’s a tough question: where does morality stem from? Is it genetic? Does it come from the structure of our brains? We don’t get an answer‚ per se‚ allowing us to come to our own conclusions and wrestle with the evidence for ourselves. However‚ as we the audience read the essay‚ it doesn’t take a particularly
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A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD In 1831‚ Charles Darwin received an astounding invitation to join the HMS Beagle as ship’s naturalist for a trip around the world. For most of the next 5 years‚ the Beagle surveyed the coast of South America. Darwin later called the Beagle voyage “ By far the most important event in my life.” By the time he returned he was established naturalist‚ well-known in London for the astonishing collections he’d sent ahead.When he set out‚ 22-year old Darwin was a young university
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rhinoceros‚ Jamal Wallace and William Forrester helped each other grow and prosper. The story of Jamal and William from the movie‚ Finding Forrester‚ tells how two very different people became the best of friends due to their mutual fondness of writing. Jamal never would have thought that a simple dare would change his life for the better. William never would have guessed that he would befriend a young boy from the Bronx‚ but life is definitely full of surprises. Jamal Wallace is a sixteen- year-
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In Consider the Lobster‚ David Foster Wallace discusses whether or not it is humane to boil lobsters alive just for people’s gustatory pleasure. Wallace’s attention is directed to people who read the Gourmet Magazine‚ such as higher class people who are interested in knowing what their eating and how it’s prepared. He uses various appeals to engage his audience‚ convince them into believing his argument and earn credibility. He goes into depth about the Maine Lobster Festival specifically to inform
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Introduction Michael Stevens is a relatively new investor struggling to maintain profits in an uncertain economy. Recent conflicts and conflicting reports have left the Canadian Market muddled and somewhat divided. Michael capitalized on recent volatility in the market and has gained some unrealized profits. He sees a bullish economy returning in the near future but would like to ensure that his profits are maintained even through minor volatility for the next six months. He plans to do this through
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Lobster Festival. The event is held every July in an area of Maine known as the mid-coast‚ which Wallace describes as‚ “…from Owl’s Head and Thomaston in the south‚ to Belfast in the north” (Wallace.2004). Throughout the narrative‚ Wallace deftly uses concrete language to bring the reader into the tents at the festival‚ Styrofoam plate in hand along with him. When describing the fare on offer for instance‚ Wallace talks about the soft drinks being “iceless and flat” and describes the coffee as “convenience
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Escape From the Cave In his article “Consider the Lobster”‚ David Foster Wallace pointed out that the lobsters would suffer pain if cooked alive on the basis of many scientific materials about the lobster that announced by different organizations‚ trying to figure out if it is moral to cook the lobsters alive. Although he fell in an ethical dilemma at last‚ just as most people‚ struggling between the moral problem and the selfish interest in eating certain kinds of animal‚ he did not evade querying
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November 1‚2013 Textual Analysis of “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace In David Foster Wallace’s graduation speech‚ “This is Water”‚ presented to Kenyan College’s graduating class of 2005‚ Wallace persuades the class to view the world as whole instead of individually. Wallace argues that we should not feel as if the world revolves around only our needs but also the needs of others but he makes a point to state that everyone has a choice of how to view the world. His argument is obvious but
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