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    Connected and alone

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    Connected and alone We have all experienced being alone and feeling as though there is no one there for us‚ even though we may be surrounded by many people. It can be an uncomfortable feeling. We are social beings. From the moment we are born we seek connection with other people. We listen for a voice‚ feel for a touch and try to make eye contact in order to experience this connection. From infancy through childhood to adolescence we depend on our connection with our caregivers to help us understand

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    All Alone

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    Imagine that one day you awoke from an apparently deep sleep. You feel extremely rested but your head is pounding so hard you can barely see or even think. Then you look around and realize that you’re outside in some forest. You can’t remember anything but… this one lonely thought… a name… Del… Del is your name. So you get up from the grass to look around and all you see is forest. Suddenly your eye stops on something tall and broken‚ yet very straight. This mysterious pillar pierces the sky and

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    Everybody loves to knock things over. Now what if I said you could knock over some pins make a game out of it? Would you be interested? This game would be called bowling. Bowling isn’t always as easy as it seems. Before you can know how to play‚ it may be a good idea to know some background of the game. Bowling was first played by the Germans in the third century. Every German peasant had a kegal‚ which was a small club. They carried it for protection. They would place it on the ground and roll

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    Kaina Santana Professor Kevin Coogan 28 July 2014 Alone Together Today social media has become one of the most important parts of people’s lives. The word social in its name can be considered deceiving. Has social networking really made us more social? Or has it made us alone together? Social networking sites such as Facebook‚ Instagram and twitter are all used as getaways‚ whether it be at a party‚ a business meeting or even at home. Social networking can be used as a way to keep in contact

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    everyone screamed and panicked as the vitriolic killers aimed for their next target. Even more repulsive‚ the killers were only teenagers who study at that exact school in Columbine and were killing their own classmates. They were also seen going to bowling class that morning of the calamity. How could they do such a leisure activity when they were preparing to lay innocents to waste‚ to end their lives? How could they embark on such a shooting rampage‚ and finally‚ committing suicide? The deaths‚ injuries

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    Traveling Alone

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    Looking outside‚ I am attracted to see beautiful autumn scenery‚ which seems to invite me to travel alone without any companion. Somewhere in the forest‚ I would dance as freely as no one’s watching‚ sing as loudly as no one’s listening‚ or take a nap as deeply as no one’s waking me up forever. Likewise‚ travelling alone gives me much more freedom‚ confidence and rest than travelling with someone. First of all‚ I am inspired by a free will whenever and wherever I do something to live a happy life

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    Better Alone

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    Better Off Alone In the bible God’s greatest servant is Job; “This man was innocent‚ upright‚ and God-fearing‚ and kept himself apart from evil” (66). Job did everything God requested‚ and yet Job was maliciously tested by his creator. Throughout the story of Job there were several accounts of Job expressing his misery that resulted from God’s cruel tests of faith. Reading the story of Job I came up with the question of‚ would Job be happier without the weight of God’s continuous misperception

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    Home alone

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    others. School was as boring as ever. Mara and Vicky teased me mercilessly and I had obtained yet another F in Maths. However‚ when I got home‚ I found a note saying that my mum was out and that Dad was to arrive from work soon. I was home alone. I was not home alone very often and so the idea was thrilling. Should I make myself a huge‚ dripping peanut butter and jelly sandwich or should I prank call Vicky and Mara? I was lost in my thoughts when I heard the driveway gate open. It was my father‚ arriving

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    and conventions of a documentary ( Voiceover‚ Archival footage‚ “real footage”‚ Interviews with ‘Experts’‚ use of text‚ Sound [music used‚ background noises]‚ set-ups‚ visual coding) The documantry being analised‚ what it’s about and the director (Bowling for columbine‚ Reasoning behind the columbine massacre and other gun related violence in the United States‚ Directed and narrated by Michael Moore. • Audience and purpose 6 characteristics Age (18-30) Gender (Male and Female) Race (Caucasian)

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    Michael Moore’s ‘Bowling for Columbine’‚ the film which won an Oscar for best documentary‚ is not in fact a documentary‚ but rather more of a persuasive essay in film format. The widely accepted definition of ‘documentary’ is a film emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings‚ insertion of fictional matter‚ and minimal editting‚ and ‘Bowling for Columbine’ does not show any of these characteristics. Instead of presenting a neutral view of the issues‚ it is

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