“Sure thing” is a one act play written by by David Ives in a collection of six acts “All in the timing”. All in the timing has been written by the American playwright between 1987 and 1993. The play consist in a small talk dialogue between a man who will use every approach and a woman who will try all kind of different answers. David Ives choose to focus on the wordplay and the existentialist perspectives on life and meaning. The play lenght length brief and it last only 15 minutes. The story take
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Sure Thing Falling in love is something that most of us strive to do. Each of us longs to find that special someone that we can connect to. Every time someone attempts to make that connection for the first time‚ it always starts with a conversation. Sometimes it can be hard to get the conversation just right. That is where we begin our story… The play Sure Thing‚ by David Ives‚ is a one act play written in a manner that resets every time the conversation takes a turn for the worst. There are several
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“Never forget that you only have one opportunity to make a first impression . . .” (Natalie Massenet). Even though this passage may be completely true for most people in life‚ in the play by David Ives “Sure Thing‚” this phrase proves to be the complete opposite. The setting of this drama takes place in a café and its two and only main characters are complete strangers to one another‚ Betty and Bill. A bell is heard throughout the entire play as to symbolize the beginning of a fresh opportunity
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there is no such thing. People have to prioritize‚ and sometimes have to settle on a person that might not meet their dream‚ but for a person that can meet most of their need‚ and still make them happy. Relationships are a hard thing to have but an easy thing to lose‚ like it shows in the play “Sure Thing” by David Ives. The reasons to relationship fail might not be your fault but a mutual idea due to lying‚ first impressions‚ or. Building a relationship on lies is the worst thing you could do. Once
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The Dumbest Generation- Summary **This generation is processing info----but only through digital devices** In The Dumbest Generation‚ Mark Bauerlein argues that the younger generation‚ also refered to as the “Dumbest Generation” is unbelievably ignorant due to the increase in technology and pop culture. He remarks that it almost takes effort to be THAT ignorant of what-should-be common facts. He goes on to reflect upon the fact that it is indeed these very people that are the “future of
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onathan Ive Creativity is the ability to generate original ideas and clear them from thought into reality. The process involves original thinking and then producing. This is the embodiment of Jonathan I’ve the world’s most influential designer and internationally renowned as the principal designer of the iMac‚ aluminum and titanium PowerBook G4‚ MacBook‚ unibody MacBook Pro‚ iPod‚ iPhone‚ and iPad. Jonathan Paul Ive‚ was born in February 1967‚ in London; raised in Chingford‚ Essex studied Art and
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today. It takes less than a minute to find a summary of a book online but hours even days to finish reading a book. Most Millennials take the easy way out by reading the summary online. What ever happened to pleasure reading? Research papers can be done at your house or anywhere you like as long as you have access to the internet. All of the long hours spending at the library are no longer necessary. The resource of the internet is so fast that spending time at the library would be wasting your
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Medina 1 Vanessa Medina Mr. Lombardi AP Eng. 3 November 2014 Dumbest Generation “Students today live and learn in a world with vastly more complex technology than that of previous generations.” Many adults believe it’s the technology of today’s times that interferes with a child’s education. Children enrolled in schools seem to be spending more time and giving all their attention to the technology that surrounds them‚ but of course‚ rarely any child will admit to this. As a victim who spends too
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2013 “All These Things I’ve Done” Over the summer there was not much to do and The Freshmen class had to read‚ “All These Things I’ve Done” along with another book for summer reading. In the next few paragraphs there will be information about the characters‚ setting‚ plot‚ and literary element of choice in this specific story. There are lots of plot twists and unexpected things that happen and will be explained in the following paragraphs. In “All These Things I’ve Done‚” The main character
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Mark Bauerlein seems to believe that is the dumbest generation because research has shown that knowledge skills and intellectual habits have gone down‚ and although some people agree with him‚ others don’t. I believe this generation isn’t the dumbest because there are other things that need to be considered when calling someone‚ a group of people‚ or even an entire generation stupid or dumb‚ rather than just knowledge skills and intellectual habits. Knowledge isn’t all about what people know or
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