Something about Basketball Good afternoon everybody today is my great honor to be here to give my speech to all of you. My topic is something about basketball. It was my very first time playing basketball when I was in primary school. At that time‚ I even didn’t regard basketball as a kind of sports; I just enjoy the time playing basketball with my friends after school and that is my happiest time everyday. So now you see the result‚ I grow higher than others and this should contribute to basketball
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"The Son In The Afternoon‚" by John A. Williams is a story about a black man’s jealously of a white boy. In the story Wendell is a black man. He has a job as a scripted writer. After work he goes to pick up his mother‚ who is watching a young white boy‚ named Ronnie. Wendell turns to be very jealous of the boy‚ because he believes that his mother gives the boy more attention than she gave himself. In spite of this‚ Wendell hugs the boy’s mother in front of the boy. This ultimately turns that young
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When it appeared in the eighth (and final) Impressionist exhibit in May of 1886‚ Georges Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Grande Jatte—1884 (FIG. 1) left an indelible impression on the critics‚ artists‚ and public of the time. Here was a painting that was a collage of contradictions—impressionist paintings were all about modernity‚ plein air painting‚ spontaneity‚ and improvisation. The Grande Jatte was a painting of modern life‚ but it was hardly impressionistic. There was nothing spontaneous
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Sunday morning session Dieter F. Uchtdorf - Let god know of our trials - Ask for strength and support - Ask that your eyes and ears will be opened - Walk in the light - God knows that we will make mistakes - But he loves us just the same - He has given us the gospel - As we strive to do right‚ the light of the gospel will surround and uplift us - Dark can not exist in the presence of light - Our lives may be touched with darkness from time to time - Our living hope should be in Jesus
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Assignment 2 Film Form Analysis Meshes of the Afternoon: The first scene I chose to analyze is the scene where the woman‚ who is the only person in the film‚ is falling out of the bedroom window. We come to realize that she is‚ in fact‚ falling inside of the house rather than outside of the window‚ causing confusion for the viewer. The camera is out of focus for a moment and is used at a Dutch Angle or Dutch Tilt Shot‚ giving the impression that the world in frame is out of balance‚ which
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the concept of "left cycle" films using the article entitled "The Left and Right Cycles" by Robert Ray. To help me explore what makes up a "left cycle" film‚ I will compare two movies‚ both "left cycle" according to Ray. Those movies are "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Clockwork Orange". What makes both of these movies "left cycle"‚ and how to they differ within that classification? First‚ I think it is important to differentiate between the "left" and "right" movies. What Ray says to this is "the three
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An actor who at one point in his career was nominated for an Academy Award in four consecutive years‚ which is an Academy Award record. His list of films reads like a bucket list of movies to watch before you die. The Godfather I and II‚ Dog Day Afternoon‚ Scarface‚ and Scent of a Woman is just a small sample of films which have earned this man critical acclaim and box office fame. It is with great pleasure and reverence I present to you‚ Al Pacino. 2) Al Pacino was born on April 25‚ 1940
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In the poem‚ “Traveling through the Dark”‚ William Stafford conveys the story of a person coming across a deceased doe at night and has their mindset to move the body out of the way rather than drive around it. Then when the doe is approached‚ it has then occurred to the person that the doe passed away with an unborn fawn. After much though‚ the narrator decided to dispose of the body with the fawn into the river. The central conflict in the poem is an internal conflict within the person of what
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Dialogue in text adds to our understanding about people‚ social issues and life. Poems that use dialogue include ‘Weapons Training’ (WT) and ‘Pleasant Sunday Afternoon’ (PSA)‚ written by Bruce Dawe. The themes these poems express include ‘strive for happiness and fulfilment and make the most of life. Another text that also displays these themes is ‘V For Vendetta’ directed by James McTeigue. The poem ‘Weapons Training’ written by Bruce Dawe is monologue from military instructor that is lecturing
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In Linda Nochlin’s “Seurat’s Grande Jatte: An Anti-Utopian Allegory” she advocates the anti-utopian message presented by Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. The composition of her argument is threefold. By contextualizing Seurat’s vision of society among other utopian works by impressionists and traditionalists‚ Nochlin emphasizes the intentionally critical nature of La Grande Jatte. After establishing the work to be critical in nature‚ the argument is narrowed using critiques
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