stylish and at times it’s a real tear jerker. “In Bruges” is without doubt the best film I have seen all year and definitely the best British film I have ever seen. “In Bruges” deserves to win the coveted Oscar for best picture. There are three reasons why “In Bruges” deserves to win this Oscar: firstly the brilliance of the directing from McDonagh; secondly the perfect chemistry between the cast and thirdly the amazingly witty screenplay. Unsurprisingly this film is almost entirely
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is both a typical and a typical novel. It has a recognizing coming-of-age story of Oscar’s journey to adulthood but it is also so much more. It has Dominican Republic history and how the “fuku” curse has affected Oscar in more ways than you could imagine. It is a novel within a novel and is much more than ever thought it would be. Junot Diaz creates something that’s both typical and a typical. He creates a twenty first century
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Running head: SENATOR OSCAR BRAYNON II 1 Senator Oscar Braynon II BACKGROUND Oscar Braynon II is the current vice-Mayor in the City of Miami Gardens (Keeland‚ 2011). Braynon always believed that he was supposed to dedicate his career to serve the people. He inherited his traits from his family members who dedicated themselves to serving the community. The family taught Braynon about the significance of returning to the community at a premature age. Because of the values taught to Braynon by
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Matthew Wong P. 6 12/1/14 Luis Javier Rodriguez: “You ‘Will Never Believe it” Luis Javier Rodriguez is a well-known American poet‚ novelist‚ memoirist‚ journalist‚ critic‚ columnist; his work also includes short story writing and children’s books‚ but before his writing career‚ he was an active gang member during the 1960’s and 1970’s. Born in the United States-Mexico border city of El Paso‚ Texas‚ Luis grew up with diligent and honorable parents. Luis’ father was a high school principal‚ while making
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a second language. 2. What does Rodriguez mean when he says‚ “[I]n a way‚ it didn’t matter very much that my parents could not speak English with ease…. And yet‚ in another way‚ it mattered very much” (para.15)? I think when Rodriguez’s said it didn’t matter to him he meant socially because his parents didn’t speak English that great but they were able to speak it to the attend of people understanding them and getting things done. It mattered to Rodriguez a lot emotionally because when you
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Jorge Luis Rodriguez highlight in the interview. As a University of California‚ Riverside student‚ I had the opportunity to interview a successful‚ wise and kind man‚ who owns his own small business. He owns big trucks that pick up‚ transport‚ and drop off packages and small shipments within the state of California. He began by talking about his early life as a garbage collector and how the backbreaking job led him to serious health problems that ended up with him in the hospital. Rodriguez informs
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Born on October 16‚ 1854 in Dublin‚ Irish writer Oscar Wilde is best known for the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and the play The Importance of Being Earnest‚ as well as for his infamous arrest and imprisonment for being gay. Beginning in 1888‚ while he was still serving as editor of Lady’s World‚ Wilde entered a seven-year period of furious creativity‚ during which he produced nearly all of his great literary works. Around the same time that he was enjoying his greatest literary success‚ Wilde
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AND THE OSCAR GOES TO……Inception Thrilling and intense written and directed by the masterful Christopher Nolan‚ “Inception” is an extremely exciting science-fiction thriller that’s bound to win an Oscar at the next awards ceremony. Inception is definitely the best film that Nolan has ever made and he has made a lot of hits! It is a popular entertainment with a knockout punch so intense and unnerving it’ll have you worrying if it’s safe to close your eyes at night. Christopher Nolan’s incredible
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Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks‚ so is he. Publilius Syrus OVERVIEW Requirements for Informative Speaking An informative speech is strictly regulated. It should meet certain norms of presentation: 1) A model length of an informative speech is up to 7 minutes; 2) Visual aids are welcome but their role is limited to illustrating the verbal message; 3) The speech should be based upon credible sources which should be cited during the presentation; 4) Using notes is acceptable
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to Oskar Wao #2 “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” written by Junot Diaz‚ is about a man’s spiritual search for himself. Set in New Jersey‚ Oskar Wao attends Rutgers University. Oskar spends his free time writing science fiction stories.Oskar’s loneliness and desperate need to find a companion haunts him and eventually leads to his death. Oskar’s skills with the ladies didn’t last past elementary school. By the time high school came around Oscar was an outcast. Oskar was overweight and anti-social
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