While You Were Sleeping While You Were Sleeping‚ composed by Randy Edelman and directed by Jon Turteltaub‚ includes good examples of a leitmotif. A leitmotif is a reoccurring piece of music associated with a specific character‚ event‚ theme‚ or mood. The two leitmotifs used in this movie are “Lucy’s Theme”‚ which is a slow‚ romantic‚ or even sad piece of music. The “Family Theme”‚ has a faster beat that goes back and forth and is quirky. The main characters in While You Were Sleeping are Lucy
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family’s house where this woman‚ who he has never met before‚ is sleeping on the couch. He is suspicious about this girl Lucy and is told she is his brother’s fiancée who he has never heard of. The fact that his only brother hasn’t announced his engagement is very suspicious to him. His initial perception of her “sneaking” out of the house has alarmed him and he assumes that her actions are “fishy”. He comes to her apartment to seek her out and try to obtain more information about this girl‚ Lucy‚ but
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“The American Dream” The American dream‚ isn’t this what everyone is chasing? Isn’t this why people work so hard and go to extreme lengths just to achieve this “Dream”? Owning a home‚ having a family‚ and basically living care free is the “dream” that is projected‚ but is this goal that so many people are told to strive for even obtainable? There is a belief that once this goal is achieve all the troubles will some how fly out the window‚ but sadly that isn’t true. The American dream itself
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How to Want What You Have “It’s not having what you want. It’s wanting what you’ve got.” - Sheryl Crow The 45-minute drive home last Wednesday night from Leavenworth to Overland Park‚ Kansas gave me some time to think. I just dropped off my younger son‚ Andrew‚ for a five-day personal development seminar‚ and I welcomed the chance to remember a similar night six years ago. Andrew‚ I concluded‚ was fortunate. Attending as a 17-year-old would give him valuable resources he could use for his
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In the “What‚ of this Goldfish‚ would you wish?”‚ one of the protagonists named Yoni‚ is a cynical person who wants to get money from everyone. In the story‚ Yonatan is a mercenary who has a “genius idea” and will try to benefit economically as much as he can from people’s emotions. Instead of helping people‚ he uses their rawness and melancholy stories to benefit from it. The narrator in the story‚ stated that out of this idea instead of helping people‚ “Even better‚ maybe he’d cash out…” (Keret
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CHCAOD408B – Assess needs of clients with alcohol and/or other drug issues Project 1 Toby is a 33 year old man with AOD issues. While ‘high’‚ the drug he uses affects his entire body‚ from blood pressure to heart rate. Toby uses cocaine to ‘amp up’ his body‚ increasing his blood pressure‚ metabolism and reducing his ability to sleep. Toby also drinks alcohol excessively which causes him to fluctuate between aggression and depression. Toby’s marriage
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How Engaged Are You in Creating The Future Today? By Mwangi Wanjumbi The fact that most people are complaining of this challenge or the other in our country‚ may not be disputed. Individuals are not getting what they want in life; nor are they unleashing their full performance potential. Organizations likewise‚ especially small and medium enterprises are hard hit by the same challenge. The national situation is even worse because it depends on the success of the business sector‚ which remits taxes
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I have known in my heart since I was a little girl what I wanted to be when I grew up. It was not a stereotypical child’s dream such as a lawyer or an astronaut; my vision was instead something that has effected my community on a regular basis. In the last few years I have realized that my passion for crime solving and the medical field is a natural calling that I am destined to follow. I plan on specializing in Forensic Pathology. Forensic pathology is the medical examination of bodies of people
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The song “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim Mcgraw is about a conversation between a man and his best friend who was dying. This song was written to explain how everyday should be lived to its fullest because any day could be your last. A man who just learned that he would soon die and was asked by his friend what he thought about it. His reply was that he did things that he wanted to through life like bull riding‚ skydiving and climbing the rocky mountains. These were all things that he had put
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The books‚ “This Is How You Lose Her” by Junot Diaz‚ and “Ten Little Indians” by Sherman Alexie illustrate certain narratives that minority groups in the United States are exposed to on a daily basis. Diaz‚ “This Is How You Lose Her”‚ is the collection of stories of people coming from the Dominican Republic and also of people who live in the United Sates but have a Dominican background. The book is primarily deals with Yunior; a young hardhead who’s yearning for love is only equaled by his recklessness
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