Love Across the Salt Desert K N Daruwla The story "Love Across the Salt Desert" is set in the village of Khavda‚ located in the Desert of Kutch‚ Gujarat‚ India. The author has used this backdrop to effectively symbolize the thirst that the two protagonists feel for one another--so the scorching sun of the desert becomes a metaphor for their parched lives which were looking for satiation. He also extends the drought prevailing in the land to be an expression of the same deprivation and with the
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to pronounce‚ which is where she became Connie Francis. At first‚ Connie struggle to get a record label. She was continually turned down by all of the record labels‚ until finally MGM signed a contract with her‚ only because one of her demo songs was “Freddy”‚ which also happened to be name of the MGM president’s son. “Freddy” was released in June 1955 and was Connie’s first single. However‚ she had several less successful singles following “Freddy”‚ and was preparing to quit the music business
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1920s-30s. In the 1940s‚ the short lived MGM studios were popular too producing Oscar winning cartoons such as Tom and Jerry. Walt Disney Studios produced the first animated film ever: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs‚ while Warner Bros were making the original Looney Tunes shorts. The 1950s were a time where Disney were really getting money with their classic features such as Sleeping Beauty‚ and Dumbo. The 1960s were where former animators at the now closed MGM studios created the much praised Hanna-Barbara
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the colorized portion of the film. The Wizard of Oz was nominated for six Academy Awards‚ competitive prizes for the best song‚ Over the Rainbow and a special juvenile prize for Judy Garland. As in all films‚ production companies use test markets. MGM used three and Oconomowoc‚ Wisconsin lays claim to the first viewing of the classic on August 12‚ 1939. The original cast choices‚ for one reason or another‚ did not make it to the filming or to the final cut. The original choice for the Wizard
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IT’S A MIRAGE We live in a country where television and advertisement is designed to entice people into always wanting more than what they already have. This enticement is achieved by feeding into the human desire for happiness. Advertisers create persuasive campaigns that inundate the public with images of societies narrow interpretation of success and beauty. These images are then presented as a precondition to the happiness that human beings are searching for. When a person’s reality does not
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farce became known in history as the Golden Age of Hollywood. The celebrity culture that is idolized today was in actuality a ploy used to attract an audience following. Stars were created‚ not born. The Studio System comprised of The Big Five (MGM‚ Paramount‚ Warner Brothers‚ RKO and Fox)‚ who are credited for creating some of the most legendary stars of the time‚ thus leading to the term ‘star system’. Studios invested a great deal of time and money into grooming and publicizing an actor‚ and
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word mirage is used to imply that the life he is living is all one big illusion. He uses this word at the time when all the Jews are reciting the Kaddish. The reason why he chose to use it is because as they were reciting the Kaddish there was a sense of peace and happiness that was only there for a split second‚ but then faded away in despair and agony. In that moment then and there people felt as if there was tranquility and peace but before they realized it‚ it turned out just be a mirage.
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is only one way out and that is to survive/win. One thing they have in common is the setting. For example‚ they are both isolated. "Countryside-on the moving train"(Foreman 326). The only way out of Hadleyville is the train. "Mirage" thought Rainsford but it was no mirage‚ he found when he opened the tall spiked iron gate. The stone steps were real enough; the stone steps were real enough; the massive door with a leering gargoyle for a knocker was real enough; yet it hung in all unreality" (Connell
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‘We see and understand things not as they are but as we are’ Discuss this claim in relation to at least two ways of knowing The typical description of a nice day outside includes lush green grass and clear blue sky. Everyone can relate to it‚ we see the colour‚ we can smell the scents and we can feel the texture. Yet do we see colour and smell the scents? Or does colour and scent exist in the world and all we as humans do is simply comprehend them? Is the day really a nice day? Or are we just in
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would destroy the environments storage of water and affects the rest of the state. Another example is a picture of Rancho Mirage by the New York Times showing how in the left side of the photo is a desert with shrubs‚ which is the original way the environment looked like. The right side is where the residents lived and is covered with grass‚ golf courses‚ and houses. Rancho Mirage used lots of
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