Seaside Epiphinies
Sand squelched between Megan’s toes, gritty and grounding as she waded further from shore. Gentle waves lapped at her ankles, calves, knees, and she simply stared out at the blinding ribbon of pink that encompassed the final chapter of sunset. Further down shore, Megan could barely make out the gleeful squeal of over-excited vacationers, igniting smoky plumes of bonfire and living these precious few moments of sundown without a care in the world. She envied them. For her, these final moments of day represented a losing battle—failing health, lost partnership, and the empty pang of a lost love that rattled in her chest like the chirping of cicadas—ever present, unavoidable, and certainly something she could never grow
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And Megan couldn’t help but grin herself, thinking back, smile threatening to split her face in two.
But time came to open her eyes, and Megan was left staring at the horizon, the only music the gentle crashing of waves against her bare thighs as the tide drew cool ocean spray up towards the hem of her skirt. The evening air was cool and pleasant. Megan usually delighted in the playful way it caressed the sharp panes of her face, reaching behind to ruffle her thick plaits of messy midnight, but not today. She squeezed her eyes shut once more: let tension spread from her eyelids out past her temples, tighter and tighter until bright spots appeared in her vision. She thought on Arthur so intently that Megan was sure she’d never wanted anything harder in her entire life. And once more she found herself engulfed in the instantaneous escape of performance. In certain moments, she would improvise the accompaniment—just notes and chords based loosely on orchestral recordings she had heard maybe once before. It was exhilarating to know that whatever she played, it would be alright. It would be right, because no one was going to care if it was different. It made her want to kick off her shoes and play standing up, the better to experience all the vibration in the floorboards. From her sustained notes to the tremulous thrum of Arthur’s vibrato, to the thunderous applause of the audience, Megan wanted it all. She wanted it forever.
The film The Sea Inside shares the heart warming real life story of a man named Ramon Sampedro. At the young age of twenty-six he suffered an accident while diving into shallow waters of the ocean that left him a quadriplegic. Now at the age of fifty-four, Ramon must depend on his family to survive. His older brother Jose, Jose’s wife, Manuela and their son Javi do their best to take care of Ramon and make him feel loved. Although Ramon is extremely grateful to his family and friends for their help all these years, he has come to see his life as aggravating and unsatisfying. He wishes to die with the little dignity he has left in his life. However, Ramon’s family is dead set against the thought of assisted suicide and the
Topic:'Terry says to Charley, "I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody instead of a bum. Which is what I am". Does the film support Terry's judgement of himself?
There is a towing company in central florida that does something similar on the beach boardwalks, they put the signs up facing AWAY from the lot so you can't see them until you actually get out of your car and go to the beach, and they will have an employee in plain clothes and a binocolar calling the towing truck so by the time you go to move your car, it's already loaded up and there's "nothing they can do" so you have to pay hundreds of dollars to get your car back. It's basically extortion, its terrible.
The key to the relationship between politics, commerce, and the media is that they are all linked through violence. Violence is how to ensure the audience will pay attention and support films. It also plays a significant role in how some businesses, both legitimate and illegitimate, running smoothly. Just the threat of violence can create compliance, further launching individuals and groups to success. Politics thrive on violence, usually through trying to stop it from creating corruption within society.
In the movie, “On The WaterFront”, I would apply the theory of virtue ethics to the problem that Terry faced in corrupt union. According to virtue ethics, “we know what is morally correct because it is what the virtuous person or one who has good characters would do” (module 7). Virtue ethics is different than the theory of utilitarianism and deontologism. The action isn’t judged by its outcome or rule but by a person who acts. Virtue ethics looks deeply into a person’s soul. It looks for a person’s good characteristics. It claims that no matter what you do as long as your are a virtuous person, your action is morally correct. For instance, a honest person is put into a situation where he has to choose either to tell his Mom about his Dad’s affair or not to. He loves both of his parents. He knows his Mom would leave the house if she knew the truth. He nevers wants them to be separated. His Dad will be in big trouble if his secret gets revealed. But, it wouldn’t be fair for Mom staying home and cooking for the family while Dad is happy with another woman. Also, he never hides things from his parents before. Therefore, he decides to tell his Mom the truth despite of the fear of separation and Dad being mad at him. We are not born with innate good character traits. We develop good potential from time to time as we grow. In order to develop virtues, we have to keep practicing them until they become a habit.
On the Waterfront is a classic, award-winning and controversial film. It received eight academy-awards in 1954, including best-picture and director. The director, Eliza Kazan, in collaboration with Budd Schulberg wrote the film’s screenplay. Based on actual dockside events in Hoboken, New Jersey, On the Waterfront is a story of a dock worker who tried to overthrow a corrupt union.
Intro: Hello my name is Bikram my candidate number is 0013 The film I have chosen is On the waterfront directed by Elia Kazan. I will be giving an in depth analyses of the 5minuted extract I have chosen from 00:02:00 – 00:07:00. This film explores the social issues of corruption and racketeering by crime gangs or crime unions (OR WE CAN CALL THEM ORGANISED CRIME GROUPS) which have control over the dock area in New York IT explores how the protagonist Terry Malloy played by Marlon Brando goes from working for these gang units into testifying against them for their crimes.
The beach exploded with noise as children ran around, playing whatever game their imaginations' could dream of. Toddlers with shovels and pails were building wonderful sand castles with their parents. Some of the other older kids raced around the beach deciding which one was "it", while chuckling to themselves. The sound of yelling "Mine!" and "FREE!" came from the young volleyball players. Children were laughing and playing as the waves came crashing down upon them. Seagulls, squawking and screeching, waiting for someone to chase after them, or feed them. The sun's heat with mixture of the cool wind made a lovely combination. The warm water covered people's feet as they talked and had their own conversations. The ideal weather was perfect
Dover Beach intrigued me as soon as I read the title. I have a great love of beaches, so I feel a connection with the speaker as he or she stands on the cliffs of Dover, looking out at the sea and reflecting on life. Arnold successfully captures the mystical beauty of the ocean as it echoes human existence and the struggles of life. The moods of the speaker throughout the poem change dramatically as do the moods of the sea. The irregular, unordered rhyme is representative of these inharmonious moods and struggles. In this case, the speaker seems to be struggling with the relationship with his or her partner.
Her mind wandered to the calming scene of the ocean. The soothing sound of the waves crashing against the pure white sands brought her heart rate down considerably. Although she was disassociating herself from the temple training, she could make out the blurry noise of Yongrui turning on a projector screen and telling the nuns to focus on the
What does the language and structure of the opening sequence of ‘On Chesil Beach’, reveal about the two protagonists characters.
This photograph was taken on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2015. It was taken during sunset and as the tide had gone out, revealing a wider coastline. The world-famous beach is manmade and since 1951, over 80,000 cubic meters of sand has been imported to replace sand lost through erosion from heavy rainfall, sea swells, wind and tropical storms.
I walked along the beach. As I was walking I could feel the fresh smell of the beach like it was an air freshener but it also smelled that gave me a tingle in my nose. As I kept walking along the beach I could feel the light breeze coming against me. This fresh air felt warm as I felt like I was sleeping in a comfortable bed. I kept walking in the beach, as I did it felt like an escape to all my problems and also my stress. Beach felt like a solution to all my problems and could be open with anything.
The place where I feel most comfortable is a place where I am calm. A place that is peaceful in its own ways. It is the place to go to get away from all my troubles. It is the one place where I could sit forever, and never get tired of just staring into the deepest blue I have ever seen. It is the place where I can sit and think the best. A place where nothing matters but what is in that little moment. The one place capable of sending my senses into an overload. This place is the ocean.
The sun’s rays glisten across the water as my family and I lie on the golden sands of the beach to relax. Seagulls and other families are scattered around us along the length of the beach. My mom, my sister, and I lie next to each other, listening to the waves crashing against the ocean bank.