Jeremaiah Lesking Professor Garneau English 100 16 September 2013 David Sedaris, a wizard with words Anyone can write a story, but a person that can brainstorm thoughts in his head and combine originality, humor and creativity is considered a genius. This “genius” is David Sedaris, a compelling writer who often writes about his life experiences. David Sedaris is a famous author who wrote many books such as “April and Paris” and “Journey into the Night.” Sedaris was also featured on a television show called “the late show” In class, we read two of his articles, “Journey into the Night” and “April and Paris.” After reading the first article, “Journey”, one thing that fascinates me about Sedaris is that he is able to incorporate metaphors in his stories. For instance, Sedaris is comparing the inside of a plane to a hospital ward “Their slow-footed padding gives the cabin the feel of a hospital ward: the dark aisles, corridors; the flight attendants, nurses” (Paris 1). Another example would be, “Chipmunk-like, my cheeks packed with warm nuts, I cocked my head” (Journey 2).
Wolf describes all this wonderfully as you feel the gravitational power of Kessy s charisma pulling something together out of nowhere. The group of people drawn in by Kessy and the LSD come to be known as the Merry Pranksters. They are a strange group and are consumed with the LSD experience. The Pranksters come from sorted histories but eventually merge together, the intellects, visionaries, and weirdo s. By this time we begin to see the first signs of social awareness of what is going
Chronological order - the events of the story are narrated in the order in which they occurred in actual time (Ex: “Prometheus: Fire Thief”) 2. Flashback - the story begins in the midst of action and flashes back to a previous time to provide an explanation (Ex:Forrest Gump, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory) 3. Foreshadowing – the giving of a hint or indication of events to come (From Spiderman - “With great power, comes great responsibility,” “The Sea Devil”) 4. Suspense – it is the intentional withholding of information from the reader to create curiosity and interest (“The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Sea Devil,”) Character o It is the basic personality traits and habits of a character in a
Relentlessly raw, observational and insanely witty in its subversive quirkiness, Cellmates (originally entitled “White Knight”) hits its mark as an off-kilter satirical laugher laced with Coen Brothers-esque vibrancy. Writer-director Jesse Baget (“Wrestlemaniac” aka “El Mascarado Massacre”) and co-writer Stefania Moscato deliver an unlikely clever and heart-warming story of an imprisoned racist rogue in Texan Ku Klux Klansman Leroy Lowe (a surprisingly riotous Tom Sizemore) and showcases his eventual redemptive vibes en route to the road to racial salvation. As an Arizonian-bred filmmaker, Baget is able to capture the underlying tension, outrageousness and nonsensical hysteria recently bombarding the national headlines concerning immigration issues, Hispanic-oriented causes, Spanish language barriers and other xenophobic preoccupation. If anything, Cellmates’ caustic campy humor is timely given the political jingoistic sentiment running amok. What could have been considered a clichéd and callous prison yarn about cartoonish caricatures under the shock value banner of racism is actually an inspired and wacky yet shrewd comical commentary on fear and ignorance.
Anah Chapman Rhetoric Analysis March 2nd, 2015 “Insatiable” Dark, contrasting colors, striking images, and thoughtful placement are just a few of the deliberate elements that make “Insatiable” a wonderfully crafted, and undeniably thought provoking piece. Theodore Bolha and Chris Davis have come together to put a spark in our minds with their earnest piece named “Insatiable”. Originally used as cover art for a documentary that they had worked on, End:Civ, which explores the relentless industrialization we have unleashed on the world, has now reached far beyond the dimly lit room of any home theatre. Somewhat viral on the internet, tracking down the original creators was no easy feat, but an invaluable one nonetheless. I was lucky
Mr. MacInnis ENG 4U1 Thursday April 5th, 2012 Willy Loman: An Everyman Every day, our society takes its scalpel, cuts open our brains, and shoves the flawed “American Dream” into our subconscious mind. Movies, novels, plays, and songs, all skillfully sharpened to imprint us with the idea of having the perfect white-picket fence, a gorgeous family home, and all the luxury one can imagine. I often question why the media insists on doing this. My understanding is that in some sickening way, we enjoy watching, studying, and comparing mirror images of ourselves. As we carry our daily lifestyles, with its goals of obtaining the ultimate materialistic success, we are all living, breathing, Willy Lomans.
2/17/2015 Quizzes Games Other Outbreak - Fun Facts and Information Team Me ? Register New Player Log In Play Now! Welcome to our world of fun trivia quizzes and quiz games: New Player Fun Trivia : Outbreak Structure Subtopic of: Movies LP Quizzes Interesting Questions, Facts and Information There are a total of 95 general entries. We are selecting 30 for display. Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information Outbreak What is the name of the deadly virus?
I tried it and found out that I really liked Dead Frontier because it is a violent massive multi-player online zombie game that I could play with people all over the world. An example on how pop ups are annoying would be when you decide that you want to try and catch up on series so you go to YouTube to watch the series. You get about fifth teen minutes into your episode when an ad that is ten to fifth teen minutes long appears and this happens every ten to fifth teen minutes in your episode. That’s four ads every hour episode and you are spending as much time watching ads as you are watching your episode. Another example of how pop ups can be annoying, is when you get the pop ups that say you need to update your Adobe Flash, when you really don’t need to and it won’t let you close the pop up so you have to completely close out the internet
Is Abu Ghraib the military version of reality TV? - Analysis and comment The text is an article from Spiked published in 2004 and deals with photos from the Iraq war compared to today’s reality TV. The article is written with several technical terms and rather complicated language such as “…the West’s degenerate contemporary culture…” and “…the carnival of degradation…” The article has a byline witch tells us something about what we are going to read and wakes up our interest. You can say that the article starts in media res as we are “thrown out” into the writer’s perception of reality TV. The structure of the sentences is very describing and especially in the first paragraph it almost feels like as if we were there our selves or watching what he describes in the television.
“What is the Meaning?” The Invention of Love is a fascinating and interesting steam punk short film. To some “steam punk” is a catchall term, a concept in search of a visual identity. “To me, it’s essentially the intersection of technology and romance,“ said Jake von Slatt. There are countless ways to interpret the meaning of this story. The film has a way of grabbing the audience’s attention and keeps its members wondering what else is not as it first seems?