DIALECTICAL JOURNAL – The Book Thief A dialectical journal is a type of multi-column‚ conversational note-taking. It will help you develop critical reading and reflective questioning. In your journal‚ have a conversation with the text and with yourself – The Book Thief is the perfect book for this type of conversation. Write down your thoughts‚ questions‚ insights‚ and ideas while you read. The most important part is that‚ while reading‚ you are responding to the text with what’s on
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Oksana Ibragimova English 201-085 Professor Chancellor March.25‚ 2011 Food and Affections Lorraine Hansberry’s best known play‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ talks about poverty in the Southside of Chicago and revolves around African American family and their dreams of a better life. I believe that food is an adequate means of showing and receiving love. The first reason is the mother cares in the family by making sure the family eats. This relates to how the
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Gattaca Film Review Gattaca is a science-fiction film released in 1997‚ lead starring Ethan Hawke‚ Jude Law and Uma Thurman. The film details a man’s (Ethan Hawke/Vincent Freeman) physical breakthrough of the barrier of attaining his dreams of becoming an astronaut‚ but not being able to due to a heart defect imprinted in to his DNA. The film begins showing the birth of a baby and the process that goes with such an ordeal in ‘the not-too-distant future’. This baby was Vincent‚ who was genetically
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Shakespearian roles that many actors have aspired to master or at least‚ bring something distinctive and fresh to the pivotal character. There is no doubt that Hamlet “brazenly solicits interpretation”‚ demonstrated by modern day actors including Mel Gibson‚ Ethan Hawke and Kenneth Branagh‚ in the medium of film. Throughout the 20th Century‚ film adaptations have finely developed both the character of Hamlet and have nurtured a performance of the play‚ in some very creative and exciting ways. Film directors
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English II Curriculum 2009-2010 10.1.2 (1st 9 Weeks – 2nd 4 ½ weeks) Thematic Collection 2: From Generation to Generation and Novel of Choice -- Wish You Well by David Baldacci‚ The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd‚ The Chosen by Chaim Potok‚ orEthan Frome by Edith Wharton Essential Questions: How important are family relationships in everyday life? How does familial love transform one’s life? Novel Essential Questions carried over into the 2nd 9 Weeks Hobbs Standards A ____ ____ ____ ____
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The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast Shakespeare’s play Hamlet‚ with Hamlet the movie starring Ethan Hawke. In this paper I will discuss the similarities and difference in reference to: setting and costumes‚ how the text was delivered‚ and scenes that may have been deleted or added. While the storyline for both the play and movie were very similar‚ it was the differences that made the movie easier to understand and enjoy. First‚ the setting and costumes for the play and movie were
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Women in the Victorian era were held to certain expectations that affected them socially‚ politically‚ and economically. Between the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century‚ women had very specific gender roles‚ and when they did no adhere to these standards‚ their reputations and overall way of life would completely change. Women had very few rights‚ were considered property of their husbands‚ and many were forced to endure abusive relationships. The repression of women in this era
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Paola Álvarez Guízar 6/06/2013 Assignment 1 Gattaca Gattaca is a science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol in 1997. In this movie it stars Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. In 1997 the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. The movie at the beginning takes places in the United States where a couple has a baby named Vincent who has problems with his heart and also has myopia. When he was born the doctor
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1997 GATTACA THEME NOTES: quotes /scenes for an essay -Love/trust: Scene: nostalgic music harmony:" I was conceived in the Riviera‚ the Detroit variety: warm colours natural light trees and the beach Scene: stark cold procedural surgical emotionless clinical. "They say a child conceived in love has a greater chance of happiness they don’t say that anymore "it seems your everything they say you are and more" Irene says how she has a heart condition to Jerome (v) he replies "if there’s
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