Strangely Beautiful Essays

  • This Is Won-A-Pa-Lei Or Karana Short Story

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    death and Ulape’s obsessive crush with Nanko, she sure was not going after him. I am glad I went after him. If I wouldn’t have gone after him I would’ve never met Rontu or Won-a-nee and her children. I also would’ve never met Tutok, who gifted me beautiful beads which I cherish deeply and

  • Today is Only the Beginning, My Past is a Complete Mystery

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    means a falter of plans. My order is changed. Emotions, actions, events, and things go on around me, and I live through them not know how it was done. Sometimes there's reflection; it's haunting until tomorrow, and I have no idea what tomorrow is. Strangely, I think of why I'm here and wonder who I am behind this façade, this name-looking for a balance and a connection, never knowing where to find it, and nobody else knows either; voices talk on the telephone about it for hours, or sit there drawing

  • R & B Song 'Scars To Your Beautiful'

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    “Scars to your Beautiful” is a very meaningful, contemporary R&B song. Alessia Cara is the performer of the song which is in her album Know-It-All. I like this song because it gives a message to people that they don’t need to try and be something they aren’t because they are beautiful the way they are. I chose this song out of all the songs that I listen to because it is catchy and it makes me feel better about myself. Another reason why I chose this song is because I admire the performer for giving

  • La Vita e Bella

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    aren’t buried until 75.” Guido Orefice, the main character in La Vita é Bella was not one of those people. In the movie, Guido is a man who lives every second, taking nothing for granted and leaving no opportunity wasted. In La Vita é Bella, Life is Beautiful, the main character Guido Orefice travels to Arezzo, Italy, with his friend Ferruccio, in hopes of eventually opening up a bookstore. On the journey to the city, Guido meets a schoolteacher named Dora, immediately falling in love with her. During

  • Harrison Bergeron - Movie and Story

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    is that the short story takes place in 2081. In the story the government regulates everything, not just intelligence, but strength and beauty as well, and handicap people appropriately. The strong are forced to wear bags filled with lead balls; beautiful people are forced to wear masks so others would not feel unequal to them in looks. The overly intelligent are forced to wear radio transmitters in their ears, that are tuned to a government station that constantly bombards them with horrible sounds

  • Shakespeare's Othello - Pitied Desdemona

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    Othello and Pitied Desdemona William Shakespeare’s tragic drama Othello sees the destruction of two very beautiful people because of a sinister intervention by a third. The most beautiful of all is the lovely and irreproachable Desdemona. Let us in this essay consider her character. In her book, Everybody’s Shakespeare: Reflections Chiefly on the Tragedies, Maynard Mack comments on the heroine’s final song: Desdemona, preparing for bed on the night that will be her last, remembers

  • I Am a Victim of Advertising

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    became more concerned with my appearance, like most girls. I tried to keep up with the fashion, but what defined the fashion? Magazines and television were the big ones for me. I wanted to look beautiful; thus, I wore what the beautiful people showed me I should wear in hopes that I could be just as beautiful, or at least as fashionable. I had a huge desire to be fashionable, because in being fashionable, I believed I could be popular. As I look back upon those middle school days, I am amazed at

  • Half Caste and Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes

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    Half Caste and Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes Of the two poems from the other cultures booklet, I have decided to compare “Half-caste” by John Agard and “Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. In this essay I will discuss the meaning of the two poems and what the poet is trying to get the reader to think and / or realise. The poem describes four people held together for a moment at a red traffic light. There

  • Chores on a Sunny Day

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    The warming rays of the sun slowly peeked through the window and into my room. As every morning begins, I am awakened by these beams of light shining in my face. As I sat up, I looked out my bedroom window. Through the thick brush of trees, I see what little sun I can as it casts its sunbeams in every direction. It illuminated the ground and the woods; the colors of which were slightly off, almost like looking at them through a stained window pane. I watched the sun climb higher into the sky. But

  • A Beautiful Mind Schizophrenia Analysis

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    A Closer Look into Schizophrenia and John Nash A. Symptoms and Diagnoses In the beginning of the movie, A Beautiful Mind, it is not clear that John Nash is suffering from schizophrenia; however, as the movie progresses it becomes clear that John has some sort of psychotic disorder. Although all of the symptoms John had from the beginning of the film were within the diagnoses of schizophrenia, the university setting and him being a candidate for Ph.D. in mathematics made it seem that his social

  • Sonnet 12

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    In modern times, youth and beauty is an image seen everywhere. For example, a Versace billboard, magazine ad, TV commercial, all of which displays images of beautiful people. But what happens when this beauty fades? Shakespeare in his 12th sonnet talks about his experience and fading beauty. The purpose of this poem is to encourage a young man to not lose his beauty to the ravages of time. In order to do this, one must reproduce so beauty will live. In the first quatrain, Shakespeare begins his

  • Schizophrenia In A Beautiful Mind

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    In the movie, A Beautiful Mind, the script presents a clear positive mindset towards those who suffer from schizophrenia. The film demonstrates the struggles of Nash, the protagonist, as he undergoes serious battles in trying to realize his mathematical research. The movie gives us a positive snippet view of the positives that a schizophrenic can have in the society. In its script, the movie addresses a critical aspect of the society: the idea that the schizophrenics are able individuals who despite

  • A Beautiful Mind Schizophrenia

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    Movie Analysis Writing Assignment A Beautiful Mind is an award-winning movie that is based on the life of John Nash. John Nash is an American mathematician who is known for his research and mathematical contributions at Princeton University. A Beautiful Mind not only highlights on Nash’s intellectual ability to create mathematical algorithms, but also the mental illness that he suffered from. Nash is a mathematical genius who suffers from schizophrenia. “Schizophrenia is a severe form of abnormal

  • Schizophrenia In The Movie A Beautiful Mind

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    Ayesha Wiseman Psychology 204 Prof. Shallenberger 20 October 2016 In the movie, “A Beautiful Mind” John Nash shows clear signs of schizophrenia. As the movie progresses you will see what is to be a paranoid schizophrenic. John begins with delusions of being tormented, thinking that the government is out to get him. Nash also suffers from hallucinations, which he starts displaying once he attends college. He starts believing that he has a roommate while in school which isn’t true. He

  • The Artifact Summary

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    “Artifact” is a documentary that depicts the hectic battle between alternative-rock band 30 Seconds to Mars and British label EMI. After 9 years of being with Virgin Records/EMI, 30 Seconds to Mars decided to opt out of the contract. In return, the recording giant served them with a $30 million lawsuit for “breaching the contract”. Jared Leto, the band’s front man, picked up a video camera and recorded the whole process under the name of Bartholomew Cubbins. Touring the world and selling over three

  • Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful

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    Roberto Benigni, director of Life is Beautiful (1997), shows us the importance of fighting for what you love. Through the use of characterization, setting, mood, and irony, film audiences are reminded of the power of love. Irony is used throughout the movie to show the importance of fighting for what you love. Before Guido and Dora are together, Guido continuously accidentally falls into Dora. Once at her house, then again in the town square. This is ironic because Guido ends up falling in love

  • A Beautiful Mind Schizophrenia

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    The film, “A Beautiful Mind”, directed by Ron Howard, is based on a true story about a mathematician who overcomes a dreadful mental disorder known as schizophrenia. The disability that the main character, John Nash, is faced with serves as a barrier when dealing with things in everyday life. Nash’s fortitude, intellect and determination help in overcoming his illness though. “A Beautiful Mind” depicts a message to society, concentrating specifically on how one defines reality. The film accurately

  • A Beautiful Mind Schizophrenia

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    A Beautiful mind was directed by Ron Howard. The main character John Nash enrolls as a graduate student at Princeton University and he suffers from schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a long-term mental disorder involving faulty hallucinations and a withdrawal from reality into a fantasy and delusion. He is assigned a dorm to himself but his roommate Charles later moves in. Charles is not a real person, he’s a character created by Nash’s illness. Nash confesses and is evident in the movie that he’s better

  • Schizophrenia In Russell Crowe's A Beautiful Mind

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    The character that we have chosen to focus on for our assignment is John Nash, portrayed by Russell Crowe, in A Beautiful Mind. John Nash is a schizophrenic, though he is only diagnosed with the mental disorder during the latter half of the movie. Even so, he began showing signs of schizophrenia early in the movie during his time as a graduate student in Princeton University. When John was in Princeton, he was a proud and egoistic person, believing himself and his work better than his peers, calling

  • Beautiful Creatures Movie And Book Comparison

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    The New York Times bestseller Beautiful Creatures novel was written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl and later adapted into a manga that was illustrated by Cassandra Jean. The film adaptation’s screenplay and director was Richard LaGravenese. A romantic historical fantasy told from the male perspective of Ethan Waite that features a love story that transcends time, literally. However, when you add a sprinkling in the mysterious new girl, Lena Duchannes, magical powers and a curse all with the Southern