Patrick uses each character as a symbol of people in our society. ... While we see the guests inside the home changing for the better, Patrick teaches us a lesson about our world when we see the "sane- characters of this play becoming those who show the most need for change. ... Irony comes into play several times during the play, especially with Captain Fisby being the one who is changed instead the Tobiki villagers. ... In an attempt to escape from her hectic life as a Hollywood star, Marla decides to flee to a small New England town, only to find that life is just the same anywhere she ...

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She also showed us patients that are playing volleyball. ... For me, the most unforgettable part of our tour is when we went to "Manila Boys Town". ... After we prepared a program for them, we entered Manila Boys Town. ... On the other side of the venue, my bus mates playing "Nanay at Tatay" and we joined them because Samuel likes to play. ... And then we played "Doctor Kwak Kwak....

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For me weekends begin on a long strip of road in down town Hartford. ... Street racing isn't only found on the fast moving streets of down town Hartford, its all over the country. ... Questions that may be in our minds, but we never ponder too long on them. ... If we did, we wouldn't leave our homes in fear of what may or may not happen today. ... There is just one problem I have with it (and no, my problem is not about it being illegal, although that should play a part in my theme here, it doesn't). ...

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So, we are fed our opinion of Emily rather than left to create it. ... We come to think of the narrator as the voice of the town as a whole, and we are made to take his word as our own. ... So we are ultimately transformed into citizens of Jefferson through the narrator and through our common feelings of and for Miss Grierson Instead of focusing on actual changes within the main character, Faulkner chooses to concentrate on a change in the town's as well as the reader's opinions of Emily. Each change of our opinion of Emily's character comes through the revelation of some ne...

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Similarly, four teenagers played out a scene from the TV movie Born Innocent. ... This is more plausible for television has the power, just like almost anything found in our society, to influence how we perceive our world. ... The violence seen on TV can distort our view about our world. ... Secondly, the film must be stored in our memory. ... Television just gives us an extra indirect provocation, and plays into the violence that is already inside of us. ...

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Our first look at casino gambling came on riverboats along the Mississippi River and small southern river towns. ... One town was promised lower property taxes when they voted in allowing a casino into their town. ... All that they require is that you look like you are playing. ... I was watching friends of mine playing craps, when a waitress brought me a mixed alcoholic drink. ... The crimes that are a result of casinos, not only affect the town in which they are in, but towns that are nearby. ...

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Being cooped up in a small town for two years can do a lot to a person. ... While the boys were at home playing video games, we would go to the strip and strut our stuff. Look don't play is what I used to say. ... Aren't old people supposed to play bingo? ... I would have been much more content living a in a rural town then in a big city with a big baby. ...

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In "An Enemy of the People" the very situation in the play reflects the view of society today. ... The play ended with the people revolting against Dr. ... This is dehumanizing for that person and our society constantly allows it. ... For example in the Philippines, our vote for presidency is completely insane. ... In the play Dr. ...

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I believe that greed, in all the forms presented in the book, destroyed the town and the people of Salem, Massachusetts. ... Arthur Miller shows very effectively the terrible consequences that our greed has on us and other people. ... Greed ruined the town of Salem. ... Salem was once a thriving, prosperous village with happy children playing in the streets. ... On the other hand if we can learn to control our greed this world would be a much happier and more civil place....

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Later on in Act two something similar happens to Algernon and Jack's ward Cecily, where Algernon pretends to be Ernest Worthing, Jack's alter ego in the town and his "greedy wicked brother who live in town" when he is in the country. The plays and mostly revolves around this theme of deception to oneself and to others. ... Jack announces that he has come to town to ask Gwendolen to marry him; Algernon responds: "I thought you had come up for pleasure? ... The conventional parental conflict over love maintains our interest in the love story, but the secondary conflict is far more or...

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Girls had to be playing "gentle" things, such as with dolls, or knitting fancy quilts. On the other hand, Scout is into playing with dirt and rolling around in wheels, which was not seen as "acting like a girl.... This shows how the town's prejudice against Boo had gotten to the point where he became an urban legend. ... It is human nature to be judgmental against ideologies that go against our own, and that is why Scout and Boo were so targeted for being different. ... However, they are just kids, making them innocent and easy prey for the rest of the town to pick on. ...

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Writing in Scandinavia at the end of the 1930s, Brecht set the play in a mythical town in the Chinese province of Setzuan during the same years. ... Shen Te is quickly set upon by the town's needy and greedy, who all want a piece of her new prosperity. ... "That's not in our sphere," retorts one god. ... The town's more despicable characters roll their eyes wildly and seem ready to foam at the mouth. ... The play runs nightly at 8:00 p.m. through May 8 in the theate. ...

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Our society today is thoroughly impacted by all aspects of race, class and gender to an extent, in which it forces our society into a state of denial. ... So I decieded look at the two very diverse social situations situated in the same town, the town of Carteret. ... A bus stop right on the edge of the heart of town and another town entirely. ... After carefully inspecting the surrounding area I made my way across the street to where I would play detective for the next sixty minutes. ... All are neighboring cities from around our county. ...

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Telemakhos in The Odyssey In the epic The Odyssey, there are many themes that come into play in the development. ... Many of the main characters help to put these into play. ... Odysseus, Penelope, and Athena play a role in the development of the character of Telemakhos from a boy into manhood. ... Telemakhos also plays a role in the development of the themes and also these play a big role in the development of "coming of age" in the epic for his character. ... For now the lords of the islands, Doulikhion and Same, wooded Zakynthos And rocky Ithaka's young lords as well, Are hea...

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Commonly, God is thought of as our protector, somebody who looks down upon us and protects his people from the horrors of life. ... As Reverend Hale is introduced into the story, he is made out to be the savior of the town of Salem. ... The whole town of Salem and the values taught to the children had been based around Christian ideals, and when Abigail states that the town is phony, she is also stating that the Christian values are phony as well. ... In the case of Abigail, God plays no role, he does not stop her from ruining the lives of the people of Salem, and he does not protect the pe...

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At the same time, Disney succeeds in teaching our children a very vital lesson in life, how good looks and fame is not the key to true love. ... Marian Belle is the main character, she lives with her father who is considered by the town a loony man therefore, Belle is also looked upon the town as being a little out of the ordinary. ... Moreover every women and man in the town look up to him and would do anything for him. ... For instance, It seemed very odd that the men of the town were only paying attention to the pretty women and saying hello to them. ... The proposal is a surprise to Belle ...

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So many things come into play when it comes to social class such as History perhaps of the town that he lives in or maybe the race of him and the people that surround his family. When you look at examples of Social Class and despair such as a poor town in a city, it's a safe assumption to believe Race may also play a role in the way these people live their lives. It is beyond naive to think Race no longer effects society and the way our world works. ... It is the small glimpses that keep us striving and help us to drag our tired bodies out of the comfort of our beds in the morning. ......

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The movie is based upon the novel Our Sunshine written by Robert Drewe. ... The main characters in the film are: Ned Kelly, played by Heath Ledger, Joe Byrne played by Orlando Bloom, Julia Cook played by Heath's off-screen girlfriend Naomi Watts and Superintendent Hare played by Geoffrey Rush. ... The gang had devised a plan to derail the train outside the town of Glenrowan and murder any survivors. ... The towns and the city of Melbourne from are all really well put together, giving a feel of the time when the story accured. ... For example: The opening scene plays soft but very ...

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Early on we are introduced (as the story unfolds) to the bumbling eastern dude lawyer, Ransom A Stoddard, (played by Jimmy Stewart), who in no way fits the description of the typical western hero. ... The man who the audience is counting on for saving the town from this wild gunslinger would definitely be Tom Doniphon. ... He was the town hero; he had rescued Shinbone from the most feared gunslinger of all, and most importantly had gained the respect of the town. ... With Ransom being the town hero, this gave him the right to new things, respect from the town members, courage, and of course t...

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Today I"m going to make you open your eyes to the possible future of our planet if there isn't anything done about it. ... He lives in an underground town set up by a crazy control-freak who thought that the world would die soon so he gathered lots of people and paid them lots of money to come and start a new life down there. ... The life of both characters is a very simple one, chores have to be done like gather the eggs or sweep the rooms and there wasn't much time for play especially in Hectors world but Diana has a bit better. ... Which eventually well make its way to local...

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Living in a small Dutch village in the Catskills, Van Winkle is loved by the people in his town. ... Everyone in the town was for the most part happy with Van Winkle, except for his wife. ... As the two "men" reach their destination, he discovers more dwarfs playing a game of ninepins (equivalent to bowling) having fun and carrying on. ... He is insistent that the story is true, and that it follows historical happenings in the start of our early country. ... Rip Van Winkle might as well be one of the most famous a pieces of art ever to come out of our early country. ...

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The plan to relocate Government well Aborigines expresses the racism in official ranks as the town wants to be devoid of all things Aboriginal (In its ploy to sway coming elections). ... Whole town knows why we"re going. Cos wetjalas in this town don't want us ere, don't want our kids at the school with their kids, and old Jimmy Mitchells tight cos they reckon they Bert Aukes gunna give him a hiding in the election" This relates to the whole Aboriginal community showing the publicity of racism practised by the dominant society, and the strength arguments such as Jimmys contain, ye...

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The flute player plays music that is beautifully played and can attach many people, but yet people still seemed distant. ... This is some sort of a necessity for this town and its people. ... Everyone in the town needs to send their negative energy to this child, as it plays a pivotal role in Omelas, but it's not the greatest job to have. ... The boy or girl constantly endures pain and being humiliated so that others of the town can be live life happily. ... (p.1) They make do without the technological advancement and special equipment that people can use to make our lives so-called happ...

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The lottery is a ritual that takes place in this small town where the winner is stoned to death in the towns square in hopes of a bountiful corn crop come during harvest time. ... The town people feel powerless to change or even try to change anything. ... The black box is a representation of all the evil acts that this small town has executed both in the past and the one they expect to execute in the future. ... In "A Rose for Emily," the story is relayed to the reader through first-person narration, "When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral" (Fau...

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On our study tour this spring, we were in Dublin. ... It left the town to suffer for decades to come. ... In the 1640's Dublin was still a medieval town confined within its town walls. ... Parallel with the increasing population the town got bigger. ... Michael Collins, who had played a minor part in the rebellion, now raised an army of rebels. ...

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