About Time was the first movie I had ever seen that Richard Curtis had written or directed, and I am glad to say that I really enjoyed the film. I think that Curtis was trying to write a love story, but wanted to avoid normalcy by adding a fantasy element that you wouldn’t usually see in a love story. The fantasy twist that was put into the film was that the main character, Tim, came from a family where the men in the family could travel through time and only having a few limitations. I think the characters in this movie show us that sometimes all it takes is one person to help you grow as a person. While watching Tim at the beginning of the movie he seemed like a shy kid. He didn't know how to act around girls and always seemed to stumble on his own words. That is one reason he wants to use his newfound skills to get himself a girlfriend. When he first meets Marry you can tell that he is shy and a bit awkward at times. Throughout their relationship you see spots where Tim says something that he shouldn’t but thanks to the time traveling he can take those words back. By the end of their He talks about how he goes out and tries to live life to the fullest. He goes out and tries to notice everything that is good about that day and doesn’t look back. I think that is a great way to live your life. If you go out and live your life with compassion and notice the good things life is going to be more enjoyable than worry about everything that is going wrong. I thought Yellow Birds was an interesting novel to read because it was written from the perspective of someone who had actually been to war. All the other books that had war in it was written by an author who had never actually fought in combat. Kevin Powers followed the biographical theory by using his background knowledge of actually being at war to help create this work of
“Every war is everyone’s war”... war will bring out the worst in even the strongest and kindest people. The book tells about how ones greed for something can destroy everything for both people and animals leaving them broken beyond repair, leaving them only with questions… Will they ever see their family again? Will they ever experience what it’s like to
In “Roger Ebert: The Essential Man” by Chris Jones, Ebert displays an astonishing amount of optimism despite the many hard obstacles physically and emotionally, that he has gone through. Ebert Values life differently from the rest of us because he knows what it's like to lose someone close to you. Ebert focuses on what makes him happy like his work and the good memories of his life. Ebert writes about death saying “I know it is coming, and I don not fear it”. Ebert has comes to terms with his inevitability and chooses to look on the brightside. Ebert is the type of person to not agree with putting a price tag on life. He knows that life is unique.
He achieved so many of his dreams and lead his life in a such a magnificent way. To me his statement speaks the truth. To lead your life in the best way possible for you, is to pursue and achieve your dreams first. By doing this, you can lead your life doing what you love and living in the way you want. No one wants to live their life not pursuing something.
Without a doubt, war is an experience that can define a person, for good or bad. In the case of author Kurt Vonnegut, his experiences in World War II greatly affected his writing. Most of his works in his long bibliography of novels, articles, short stories, and plays have some sort of reference or allusion to war or other world conflicts. Kurt Vonnegut uses his novels Cat’s Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five to preach against war by stringing together loose and outlandish story lines in a satirical and melancholy fashion.
In our book club we discussed “Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children 's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death” a short anti-war novel in which Kurt Vonnegut, the author, presents an important aspect of war through his tragic war experience in Dresden, which killed thousands of Germans mostly civilians, and destroyed one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. Vonnegut’s main character, Billy Pilgrim, is used to explore the various themes about life and war. He has became a prisoner of war to show the senseless destruction, pointlessness, and hate of war.
In conclusion, Slaughterhouse-Five is an anti-war novel because Vonnegut, the character, says it is in the first chapter, the terrible damage it left on Billy, and how it exposes war's horrifying practices. Knowing these elements, one might wonder why people still have wars. Although these anti-war novels cannot completely stop wars, they are important. The role that such novels play is one of raising awareness of war's actions and wrongdoings. Since the role of the novels is important, authors should continue to write them to keep people informed and educated about a problem of such a huge magnitude.
War is not meant to be glorified. War is not meant to look easy. Stephen Crane was one of the few authors during his era who realized this fantasy-like aura around war and battles and decided to do something about it. The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane, was inspired by Crane’s life and his desire to portray the realistic side of war.
Steve Jobs is trying to say that you should live every day like it is your last. He knew his life had value to him and his family. He felt like life was worth living even though once in a while a hard choice would come along to toughen his life. Making a choice is very hard, but when making a choice it should be one that you will not regret later in life. Making choices is one of the hardest things in life so you must see all the good and all the bad to the outcome of your options. Live everyday like it is your last. Ebert says that life is a very precious thing. Hamlet wants to die, but him not knowing what is on the other side scares so he decides to live. Even though Ebert had to get surgery, he got through it and learned to still live his life with no regrets.
Unique in style and content, the novel explores the emotions of a young Civil War recruit named Henry Fleming. What is most remarkable about this classic is that the twenty-four-year-old author had never witnessed war in his life before writing this book. Crane's story developed to some degree out of his reading of war stories by Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy and the popular memoirs of Civil War veterans, yet he also deviated from these influences in his depiction of war's horror. Critics have noted that his portrait of war is an intensely psychological one, blending elements of naturalism, impressionism, and symbolism. Indeed, he broke away from his American realist contemporaries, including his mentor William Dean Howells, in his naturalistic treatment of man as an amoral creature in a deterministic world.
of war through the eyes of the main character, Henry Fleming. Because the book is rather
His life, his actions, only show that no matter what you’re facing, be it anything from racial prejudice to something as simple as a mean girl, you can face it and change it for the better. I feel as if he really didn’t find his true calling until he was in his twenties, and that makes me realize that I still have time to find what I’m meant for. After learning so much about him, I am surprised I this is the first time I am hearing his story.
thoughts, as he questions how much faith he has left, and how he seems to know his time is
“The Story of an Hour” was a story set in a time dominated by men. During this time women were dependent on men, but they always dreamed of freedom. Most people still think that men should be dominant and in control. They think that without men, women can’t do anything and that they can’t be happy. Well this story has a twist.
He enters the first big point by saying “After all are role as care givers, as people who care is to relieve suffering not add to the pile.” I really like this statement, basically saying that we shouldn’t add more stress or hurt a person any more than what they already are, we should try and help them / care about them. Even to our selves’ we should try to care for our self and not keep suffering , do things that excite you and are healthy to you. BJ talks about frank
The author is Rick Warren, who is considered to be “America’s most influential spiritual leader”. He writes that our life begins with God, and it is He who directs our lives. As we search for the purpose of our existence we should seek spiritual guidance and listen to the small voice we have within. I have read the book, and although I don’t agree with everything he says, it is a valuable read for those who are lost in their own existence and searching for inner self-awareness and assurance. Many of us feel as if we are accidents and resent the trials and tribulations we go through. Rather, we should seek the lesson to be learned from our struggles, and overcome. We are not accidents; in fact, our lives are much more than that. Whether parents planned for us or not it was in God’s