FRANKENSTEIN AND BLADE RUNNER Introduction to text Frankenstein by Mary Shelley About the author * Published Frankenstein in 1818 Type of text- novel under the Board’s Prose Fiction category Context * Galvanism * Luigi Galvani (18th century) used electric current to case a frog’s legs to twitch. * Theories- current could reanimate human corpse’s brain‚ also caused by chemical reaction * Shelley used these theories to create monster * Genesis * Story of
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Pretty in Pink is a movie based in the 1980’s that is all about culture. It reflects on the popularity and diversity among the youth at that particular time frame. Andie Walsh is a teenager who lives in the unstable part of town with her underemployed dad. She works at a record store with the very bizarre friend Ionia and is considered an oddball at her high school‚ but somehow‚ she rises above them all. Her unconventional best friend‚ Duckie‚ is so much in love with her‚ so he causes trouble for
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The Pretty Lilac Lily Once a upon time in a village of a pond there was a Lilac Lily‚ she has a lovely petals and have a beautiful leaves that’s why all of the pond respect and adore her cause she is the only one who notice by others‚ even the person who leisure walk in the side of the pond she is the always notice among the lily’s One morning when everyone busy doing their work Lilac Lily looks around and proudly tells the other lilies. “I’m the prettiest.” That is how she feels. In the side
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well-known poems are carefully written pieces distinguished for their personal imagery and intense dialogue. Written in 1960‚ "Point Shirley" is a poem in which the details are more important than the actual time and place that the events occurred. Sylvia Plath is an American writer whose best-known poems are carefully crafted pieces noted for their personal imagery and intense focus. She was born in Massachusetts in 1932 and began publishing poems and stories as a teenager. By the time she entered
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She Walks In Beauty Sandy Jackson ENG125: Intro to Literature Instructor: Jaclyn Mallan-King February 18‚ 2013 Three elements in the poem “She Walks In Beauty” are rhythm‚ rhyme‚ theme‚ and a fourth is language. The theme “She Walks In Beauty” is what caught my eye. She walks in beauty‚ I’m thinking about a beautiful woman walking along the shore of the beach with wind blowing her hair in the moonlight. The stars are out and the moonlight is glistening from the water. The theme is the setting
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This poem‚ like Before You Were Mine‚ is autobiographical‚ but more obviously so. Mrs. Tilscher is a real person‚ who taught Carol Ann Duffy in her last year at junior school. The poem is about rites of passage‚ the transition (move or change) from childhood to adolescence and the things we learn at school‚ from our teachers and from our peers. Duffy also associates the oppressive feeling we have in humid weather with the physical changes of puberty. Leaving primary school for the last time is like
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society has on an individual. DeSoto’s novel‚ A Blade of Grass‚ is the story of two young women of different races who struggle to survive in apartheid South Africa. DeSoto is able to accurately convey his message because he personally experienced the consequences of apartheid. DeSoto utilizes symbols to convey the many ongoing conflicts of the novel. DeSoto used the character of Marit to depict his message of conflict through various symbols in A Blade of Grass. The character of Marit is a representation
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Rubén Blades is a famous Spanish singer and politician. Rubén Blades was born in July 16‚ 1948 in Panama City‚ Panama. He was the son of Rubén Blades Sr. and Anoland Bellido de Luna He is presently 64. He grew up in neighborhood in Panama City. His parents were both musicians. He has composed dozens of musical hits‚ including the “Pedro Navaja.” He also composed and sang what many Panamanians considered their second national anthem. In 1970 Blades wrote and recorded a few song hits. Blade worked
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Her Kind The poem “Her Kind” by Anne Sexton brings attention to her readers from digging deep into the true meaning behind her imagery. Her poem is quiet but along with an intense emotion‚ it brings out most of what she truly felt in reality. Anne describes very descriptively three roles of women in society that are overlooked and judged constantly by the people around them. In Anne’s eyes‚ she makes us feel that as good of a person she can be‚ she’s always overlooked and misunderstood and she
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Workers. Her Mother gasps When She Sees What Happened. Summary: Veronica was diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukemia. The ironworkers nearby first noticed her because she kept waving at them each day. Their kind gesture stunned Veronica’s mother. Introduction: Veronica Cannon might have been just two years old‚ but she already had the struggle of a lifetime ahead of her. She had been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Chemotherapy drained her and caused significant pain‚ so her mother
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