town bar called the Crow’s Nest. Bobby’s sister‚ Mary Anne‚ didn’t put up with any funny business and‚ “Kept him on his toes”. Bobby is a sword fisher along with a couple of close friends and shipmates‚ Bugsy and Murph‚ aboard a boat named the Andrea Gail. Bobby is loved by everyone in town and has a crazy reputation‚ and Murph looks like a big mountain man with‚ “Mongolian eyes”. An old family friend‚ Billy Tyne‚ was given the captains job from the previous captain‚ Charlie Reed‚ and an experienced
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The Perfect Storm is a novel written by Sebastian Junger‚ that retells the horrific story of fishermen and sailors who were caught in the eye of the worst storm in history. The book mainly focuses on the Andrea Gail‚ a swordfishing boat‚ with a crew of 6 men‚ who disappeared without a trace deep into the northern atlantic sea. In the year 2000‚ almost 10 years after the tragic event took place‚ a motion picture‚ perfectly titled‚ The Perfect Storm which was based
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the day before had ended early to enable Gail to go and collect the headphones that the audience would wear during the performance to experience the binaural recording of the script. When rehearsal resumed today‚ everyone was busy preparing elements of the production before a run occurred using (and testing) the headphones for the first time. Two hours later‚ the run begins and as Carlos puts on his pair of headphones‚ he jokes about silent discos‚ and Gail responds‚ ‘You never know Carlos‚ we may
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Emily Bronte’s Feminine "Bildungsroman" In the following essay‚ Annette R. Federico maintains that Wuthering Heights is a bildungsroman—a novel which outlines the initiation of a young character into adulthood—focusing on the development of young Cathy Linton rather than that of her mother. In their study of nineteenth-century women writers‚ The Madwoman in the Attic‚ Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar argue persuasively that because the story of Wuthering Heights is built around a central fall—generally
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A young homeless boy‚ known only as Link‚ recounts on how he became homeless. His father left his family for his secretary. Subsequently‚ Link’s mother got a new boyfriend named Vince. Vince was a largely abusive boyfriend who treated Link cruelly and made Link’s sister (who Link was close to)‚ Carole‚ move out and live with her boyfriend after he tried to do something to her. Link; finally annoyed by Vince’s treatment‚ eventually walks out on his family. However‚ he quickly found that he could not
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come to his flat‚ saying that Link is there‚ lying down after an accident. Once there‚ Shelter kills Ginger. After some time‚ Link accepts that Ginger has vanished and that he is on his own again. Shortly after this‚ Link meets Gail‚ the best-looking dosser he has ever seen. Gail follows Link‚
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McDonald’s “Seniors” Restaurant Gail Hyde is manager of a McDonald’s restaurant in a city with many “seniors”. She has noticed that some senior citizens have become not just regular patrons – but patrons who come for breakfast and stay‚ some till as late as 3.00 p.m. Gail’s employees have been very friendly to the seniors‚ calling them by their first names and talking with them each day‚ some of the employees are developing close relationships with the seniors. Some employees have even visited
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Movie Reviewed: Red Dog Ting Tran playing Rachael Taylor Cathy Uchida playing ‘Oz Movie Talk’ show host/movie critique (Show introduction music playing) CATHY: Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome back to ‘Oz Movie Talk’ where the latest‚ hottest Aussie films are the talk of the show. This week on Oz Movie Talk is a heart-wrenching film based on a novel‚ ‘Red Dog’ directed by Kriv Stenders. This movie features Josh Lucas‚ Rachael Taylor‚ John Batchelor and most importantly the main
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to achieve a good outcome. However‚ most struggle with the choice of what to do. Central to John Steinbeck’s East of Eden the theme of good vs. evil shows through the description of landscape‚ Samuel Hamilton‚ who represents supreme goodness‚ and Cathy Ames Trask‚ the most evil character in the novel. From the first chapter‚ the author outlines the central structure of good and evil in the form of the symbolic landscape of the Salinas Valley in California. The narrator learns to tell east with
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Flowers in the Attic‚ Virginia Andrews The Dollanger family was a very happy and firm family. Father‚ mother‚ one daughter (Cathy)‚ one son (Chris) and a twins (Carry and Cory). That evening father has become 36‚ everybody was dressed very chiquely and everyone waits with anguish for the moment of father’s arrival‚ but he doesn’t come. Two policemen come to the Dollanger’s house to tell that Mr.Dollanger is perished in a car accident. All the hearts of the family are broken. They had to move
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