‘A fascinating account of a fascinating period.’ How far do you agree with this judgement of your chosen book? Explain your answer. The dictionary definition of the word fascinating is simply ‘extremely interesting’ and that is exactly what Timothy Garton Ash’s The File; A Personal History is. It is a compelling excavation of the Stasi and the people who came into contact with it‚ including his younger self; for‚ as a student and journalist working and living in East Germany‚ he was placed under
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Hoaxes have proven to be unquestionably persuasive throughout the years as in War of the Worlds‚ 2012 Mayan Predictions‚ possible nuclear war‚ and Christian predictions about the deadline of the world. Hoaxes have become genuinely persuasive due to the unknown origins and terrors that individuals may have hidden deep in our minds. For example‚ there have been numerous stories passed around through culture to as how the world might end‚ but humanity has no clue about when or how this would happen
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the sound design of Star Wars. Sound designer Ben Burtt was responsible for the sound designs in Star Wars the Movie. Example one of the sound design techniques is R2-D2’s voice. Half of his voice is made electronically and the rest of it is a mixture of whistles‚ water pipes‚ and vocalizations by Burtt. Example 2 of the sound design techniques is Chewbacca. His sounds are made out of part of walrus sounds and other animal sounds. Example 3 of the sound design techniques are the light sabers. Their
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Malcolm Timothy Gladwell‚ (born September 3‚ 1963) is a Canadian journalist‚ bestselling author‚ and speaker. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He has written five books‚ The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (2000)‚ Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005)‚ Outliers: The Story of Success (2008)‚ What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures (2009)‚ a collection of his journalism‚ and David and Goliath: Underdogs‚ Misfits‚ and the Art of Battling
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green It was confirmed by the doctors that a couple‚ namely Jim and Cindy Green‚ couldn’t have any children. One night‚ they were losing their hope and Jim came up with the idea that they would make notes of what kind of child they wanted to cheer Cindy up. They buried those notes in their garden. Then a storm went by. Later on‚ a child named Timothy sneaked in their house‚ claiming that he came from the garden. They saw that Timothy had leaves on his legs‚ and they discovered
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Filmic Techniques Establishing shot • An establishing shot is usually the first shot of a new scene‚ designed to show the audience where the action is taking place. It is usually a very wide shot or extreme wide shot. • To orientate the viewer to the flow of the narrative by alerting the audience to the beginning of a new sequence‚ but does not itself carry narrative information. Effect: When the director wants the responder (us) to understand the emotion being experienced by the character
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Leo jumped right up. Then I saw a big hole in the wall. The pieces of the wall went 3 feet into the warehouse. Many solder comin through the hole. Then I noticed they were Hunter. I am still coughing for dust of explosion. There were about 20 rifle men at the back 5 hunter in the front. The 5 have a sword and a red mark on there chest. You can tell they were the one that will do the fighting. The rifleman just for backup. I heard of them doing this. It ‘s for to spoke the animal spirit. The 5 Hunter
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The dreams that showed in the moments between as he slept were hardly anything calm. Perhaps they could be considered a way his body processed what happened to him. Not yet violent enough to be a nightmare‚ Hikaku first remembered pieces of the battle. Moments that that been caught with his sharingan. Memories that couldn’t be forgotten. It’s near the end of the battle the dream changes. It becomes more darker and deprived of colour. The flickering of the flames dims‚ one enemy smears into a stretch
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Response 1 In the narrative told by Specialist Haywood T. Kirkland‚ one understands that after experiencing traumatic events‚ relationships with society and others can be permanently affected. To begin‚ Kirkland goes into detail about certain experiences as a civilian up until the day he was drafted‚ experiences he claims that “freaked him out‚” however‚ didn ’t scare him yet (92). He only experiences signs of emotional distress when he’s put into situations where he has little control or inescapably—no
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Arthur Dimmesdale was struggling with his mistakes for a large part of the novel but was torn between revealing his sins to the public and living in secrecy with Hester. The guilt that was living inside him was too much for him and it was eating away at him so he decided to come clean. He decided to do so in one of his church sermons. The language he used had a certain rhythm that conveyed his release of guilt and shame that was bottled up inside. Hawthorne writes‚ “the language in which the preacher
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