The Plasticity of L.A. L.A. Land "I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They’re beautiful. Everybody’s plastic‚ but I love plastic. I want to be plastic." - Andy Warhol “Probably no city in the Western world has a more negative image” - Richard Lehan‚ professor emeritus‚ University of California‚ Los Angeles There are two visions of Los Angeles – one of a successful‚ sprawling ‘Jewel of the West Coast’ and one‚ the ‘‘nightmare’ anti-myth’ of superficial soullessness first depicted by
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Running in the Family By Michael Ondaatje Language The language used in Running in the Family is descriptive and poetic. The variety forms of figurative languages (especially metaphors and similes)‚ vivid imagery‚ and unusual sentence structure Ondaatje utilized elaborate the sentences making the novel Running in the Family sounds more of a poem than a novel. For instance‚ the description of Hetti Corea’s voice is written as a poem using simile and imagery: "Your voice sounds like a scorpion being
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A: Because It Is Running By ”She smelled of soap and gorse flowers‚ of sunlight and bracken and earth‚ things living‚ things dying‚ things continuing in the same way”. These are the lines which end “Because It Is Running By” written by Jo Lloyd in 2009. In few words the last part of the extract summits the situation of the main character Wil and what the author wishes to criticize. While times go by and things live and die‚ his social background ties him to the spot where he was born‚ and he is
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*Austin Brooke Running Loose Chris Crutcher This story is about a boy named Louie. He is in his senior year of high school. He has the girl of his dreams‚ a starting spot on the football team‚ and has decent grades. But everything turns out for the worst. Louie the protagonist was a well fit‚ thought out person. He had a few antagonists‚ Jasper the principle‚ Lednecky his football coach‚ and boomer the running back on the team. Louie the round character over all was confronted by many the flat
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Running of the bulls is a widely known event that takes place in Pamplona‚ Navarre Spain. It is known in Spain as ‘encierro’ however to the rest of the world it’s known as the craziest ‘sport’ in history. The event is one of three main portions of the San Fermin festival. Including bull fights and religious celebrations the ‘run’ is undeniably the most notable part of the festival in modern times and only really became an international phenomenon after Ernest Hemmingway published his book “the sun
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Vida Goldstein The 20th century was a time of great change in the way women were perceived as members of Australian society. A notable example of a person who helped to bring about this change is the feminist Vida Goldstein‚ who campaigned for women’s suffrage and social reform in regards to gender inequality. She was an influential leader in the history of Australia’s feminist movement‚ and her actions were critical in the formation of the gender equal society we live in today. Vida was
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Because It Is Running By Times goes by‚ things change and people die‚ whether you like it or not. This is a known fact‚ but yet it seems so shock many people‚ people who think that they have planned their life and that’s how things are going to be. “Because It Is Running By” is a short story written by Jo Llyod in 2009. The story deals with the lack of courage it takes to take a step towards our dreams‚ which is a problem that a lot of people can have. In the story we follow a young man
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Running Observation (Day one) Time Observation Comments 4:06 p.m. Plays with toy and stares a TV‚ but pays more attention toward TV. He seem more attended to the TV‚ because his facial expression seems calm. 4:14 p.m. Lays by the couch on floor and quietly watches the movie. His form of his body looks relaxed and calm because he lies with one hand above his head. 4:24 p.m. Child lies on couch with father and holds a laundry basket in his hand by the rim‚ and side talks to father. It
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Running head: ASSIGNMENT #3A: CRITICAL RESPONSE #2 1 "How to Legalize Pot" by Bill Keller Venessa Douse Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning In the article “How to Legalize Pot” by Bill Keller‚ the author explains his view points on how to make the recreational use of marijuana legal in the U.S.A. In the article‚ he points out that Mark Keliman‚ a drug policy expert he spoke to in 2002 on why the legalization of marijuana was not the best
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