Through the medium of the song "cailin", the persona expresses his changed emotion through the catalyst of his daughter who gives him new meaning for life, which transforms him into a better person. The emphasis of the song is drawn from the context of the lead singer Scott's relationship with his daughter, therefore the lyrics and music represent the intention of a real relationship and its transforming effect on the persona. ... The listener is put in the position of the person experiencing change, the "I" and the person causing the change the "you" as the father singing to his ...

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At the time she felt reckless and dashing' (pg 5) but a few years down the track and 3 children later, Pearl was a single mother with a part-time job and a depleting self-esteem. ... By the time of her death, she seemed to have accomplished this, with all of her children having successful careers and even managing to convince their father of the happy family' illusion. ... Though love's destruction spread throughout the whole Tull family, Jenny, the youngest and only daughter grew strong enough to challenge its force. ... Ambrose's (all 7 of them) embraced Jenny ...

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Stewart had made the decision to continue fishing because he needed that time span to barrier himself against the reality of life and difficulties he was in. ... She was exhausted with the fact that she wasn't living a suitable life as she aspired to because of her haunting memory of losing her daughter that made her feel anxiously distracted. ... His intentions were to divert his attention from the real life to the reel life where he could find time to redeem, and that was through fishing. ... Jude was characterized as a strong, supportive woman from the outside, however she was broken d...

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Author Joan Didion, in her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking, narrates the year after the death of her husband, John Dunne, and her attempts to deal with her grief while tending to the grave illness of her daughter, Quintana. ... Digging deeper into the memoir, Didion construes that how unexpectedly her husband passed and how suddenly her daughter's normal cold turned into pneumonia and septic shock have changed her views of everyday life, which is what usually happens when one experience such sudden change of events in his or her life. ... In this memoir, Didion takes a long time to...

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It is not until she sees how her friends have moved on with their lives that she finally discovers her "emotional body-; she realizes of her unhappiness and decides to have a daughter. ... However, Susan's character evolves considerably during the play, since, by the time that they meet in a restaurant, she is no longer the woman interested in political activism that she was before: "I'm not political anymore. ... I'm afraid I haven't been happy for some time I feel stranded the point was that we were all in this together- (232). ... She realizes that she has one daughter t...

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She will stop at nothing to see the entire Evrémonde line dead, and the extent of her animosity is displayed when she will go so far as to kill Lucie and her daughter, who although related to Darnay by marriage, are completely innocent. ... Both introduced in an eerie manner, and continually brought up with suspension, Madame Defarge and the Revolution explode with violence at the same time. ... Through the development of her character, the reader is able to tie human emotions to a historical event, gaining a deeper understanding of not only the French Revolution, but the train of tho...

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Adolescence period is considered a time of experimentation, transformation, and revelation for some people because they are going through cultural, physical, and psychological changes. ... Panels can transport individuals through time and space. ... At the same time, in the next scene, which features her father's hand, readers can appreciate the lines around Alison's face and symbols above her brother, which are reflecting the fear that many children have, to be hit. ... Finally, Fun Home is a story about a daughter trying to understand her father after his dead through the common an...

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Similiarly, Beyond the Pale's "Killworth Hills", a song about Scotish clans uniting against a common foe in time of war, reveal a tradition that is shared among the people of Scotland. ... Similiarly, Smithfield Fare's "Fire in The Glen", with a rhythm of 6 notes per measure and a tempo of Adante, resembles a song for a marching infantry in time of conflict. ... A song of love without marriage, Beyond the Pale's "Lady Dysie" paints a gloomy tapestry of events for a pregnant kings' daughter and a guilty kitchen boy. ...

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Floyd video chats with his daughter to ask what she wants for her birthday, and there is similar shot toward the middle of the film where Frank Poole gets a recorded birthday message from his parents. ... It is seen as merely an obligated past time, losing its genuineness over the course of time. ... This is the first time that humans after the protohuman era that a human has displayed emotions that weren't programmed or dulled, guiding his vengeful and heroic emotions toward ending HAL. ... This shows that while time is usually perceived to be linear, it is portrayed as a cycle if one t...

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However, he also feels he need to, "exact vengeance and redeem the family's honor," when his sister and aunt are offered jobs as prostitutes for extra money at a time when, "food was barely sufficient," (139). ... It is in the beginning and middle of his journey that he tells of spending time with prostitutes. ... This is specifically true during this time because he admits that sometimes the prostitutes will trap their clients, by having a police officer come and claiming that they were assaulted, if they don't have enough money or are unwilling to pay. ...

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