serves as a "storehouse" of information that can help us understand change and how the society we live in came to be. The definition of History as a "natural tension between tradition and innovation" is best represented in the movie Dead Poet’s Society. Set in 1959‚ the movie is the story of students at the respected "Welton Academy"‚ an all-boys preparatory school in Vermont. Such schools were (and often still are) very conservative institutions that serve as high schools for parents who insist on
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that we’ve formed a closer bond not just to our companions‚ but also to the subject itself. There’s just something about it that we can’t find and apply in other subject areas. That may be true‚ but we’re still amateurs. Still‚ we get better as time goes by. Now‚ let’s center our discussion more on the teacher. Actually‚ when we were still in the previous year‚ commentaries about him being too challenging intimidated us‚ let alone the thought that we were advancing to “the most frustrating year
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One of the movies I chose to write about was called "Pay It Forward". The movie was based on the concept of "The Simplest Idea Can Make the Biggest Difference". This is achieved by doing good things for other people with three steps. The first is‚ it has to be something that really helps people. The second is it has to be something they can not do by themselves. Third is if "I" do it for them‚ they do it for three other people. This is supposed help others by paying a good deed forward‚ without expecting
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Elie Wiesel once wrote‚ “For the dead and the living‚ we must bear witness”. This quote rings true in our world full of atrocities‚ past and present. Elie Wiesel’s true narrative‚ Night‚ is an acclaimed description of his trials through the cruelties of the Holocaust. Within the story‚ Wiesel accounted many abominations that happened daily to thousands of Jews at the hands of the Nazis. I couldn’t help but contemplate a few themes that played out‚ as I read the book‚ and have a few of my own epiphanies
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Five years ago‚ I recently moved to Colorado from Mexico. I got enrolled in school that same year which I was getting into eight grade. That was a big change in my life because moving to a different country is complicated. It wasn’t easy to overcome this challenge that I had to adapt but with dedication and hard work I was able to overcome it in a short period of time. When I first started school‚ I didn’t know how to write‚ read nor speak English very well. At that point all I probably knew was
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In Romans 1: 18- 32‚ it is telling us that what we are worshipping is wrong. It is telling us that God‚ our creator‚ who gave us everything is the one who should be worshipped and adored‚ but that because we ignored him and disobeyed him he gave us up to shameless lusts‚ to a depraved man‚ to do what ought not to be done. This passage also tells us that it’s not wrong to have these other idols; it becomes wrong when we begin to love these things and turn to them to satisfy and fulfill ourselves‚
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Love? Love? Love? I know I’m too young to fall in love. I’m too young to say I found the right one. But there is really a moment in our life where we can say that we already found the one we would like to spend our forever with. The only one we wanted to love until God takes our breath away. January 14‚ was the happiest day of my life. Happiest‚ because it is the day where I found my peace of mind‚ my happiness‚ my one and only and my other half. I know that it is really weird to say that I am so
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October Sky is the most heartwarming movie I’ve seen in a long time. I could not help applauding at the end. It was really nice and very entertaining. It was very touching in terms of family relationships and very inspiring in terms of science and fulfilling our dreams. The point that I remember most about the movieOctober Sky is the relationship between Homer and his father. Watching the movie and seeing the bad relationship they had made me think about my own dad. We rarely have arguments and
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Fireproof Summary Share your opinion At work‚ inside burning buildings‚ Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter’s adage: Never leave your partner behind. At home‚ in the cooling embers of his marriage‚ he lives by his own rules. After seven years of marriage‚ Caleb and Catherine Holt have drifted so far apart that Catherine wishes she had never married. Neither one understands the pressures the other faces--he as firefighter and she as the public relations director of a hospital. Regular
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Choose one specific difference between the movie and the graphic novel. Explain why the script writer‚ director may have made this change? Try to connect to character development and the big themes and ideas. In my opinion‚ the most specific difference that I think the director have made the script different from the graphic novel is the detail that Benjamin was grew up by Queenie- a black women. I think the director have made this difference because of the role of women in the society at that time
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