English-language films

Sleepy Hollow Greyson, GA is a pretty small town in the middle’a nowhere, lived here all my life. Everybody knows everybody; one supermarket, one gas station, the smallest police station i’ve ever seen, we’re probably not even on the map. Everybody’s homes are at least a mile away from each other, course... there are only about 16 homes; about 4 are vacant, including the one across from mine, the only two homes this close to each other. Its a nice lil’ home.. Charming; four bedrooms, one bathroom

Throughout the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding there is a constant struggle between civilization and savagery, however, in the novel, savagery prevails. This is evident in the constant struggle between Jack and Ralph and ultimate success by Jack whom represents savagery. Fear is an example of how savagery prevails over civilization, Jack used fear to overtake control from Ralph. Another example is the boys inability to stand up for themselves and for each other, meaning,

In tenth grade I was enrolled in conformation class at my parish church. This was the first time I had really started getting involved with my Church parish. The big event everyone was talking about for the upcoming summer was the mission trip to Jamaica. My first thoughts about this trip were to stay away from it. I found myself not wanting to get involved with a huge event like this. Leaving the United States is something that I have never done before. A whole week away from home is something that

A Widow for One Year by John Irving is comical as well as disturbing, a love story with intense emotional force. It is a brilliant novel about the passage of time, the persistence of grief, and the loss of innocence that occurs over time, which is why it would be a great fit for the American Literature curriculum. The Cole family stands out as a paradigm of dysfunction. Ted and Marian Cole, Ruth’s parents, never recovered from the deaths of their two sons, Timothy and Thomas, leaving them weary and

Losing a chance that will make an impact on your life hurts; especially when it was a favor that someone had asked of you. My dad used to always ask me to record his story of coming to America – the story of all his struggles and accomplishments. Planning to do so later in the future, I didn’t think about the time I had left. I thought I would have all the time in the world to do so, and to be able to hear it through his voice. You don’t know how wrong I was to think so. On September 27, 2013, I

#### this is a very poorly written personal narrative ###### Once upon a time there was a little girl who was born in February 14 and is named Valentine Lin. She has long dark hair and her eyes brown and she has an older brother his name is James Lin who has a dark hair and a light kind greenish eyes. James was born in January 30. But James went away to study abroad and he left Valentine she was five years old. When James left he was only nine years old. He was a nice kind brother that had

“Please get off me,” I muttered around a mouthful of platinum blonde extensions and soon they were whipped back to fall carelessly around the mascara stained face of Zoey’s sworn enemy. “Nice to see you, Amy,” I laughed as Zoey mocked us behind her back. “I would’ve been here earlier but I had cheerleading practice - did I tell you I made it to the top of the pyramid? Figuratively and literally and it’s really good because I don’t have to look up anybody’s skirt but it means that everyone can see

Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s short story “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” begins with the village children discovering a strong and handsome man’s corpse and ends with the town changing. At the end of the story, the handsomest drowned man’s inspires the villagers’ new vision of future. The villagers begin to make their doors wider, to find springs, to paint their houses bright colors, and to plant flowers. At the end of story, Marquez writes “They did not need to look at one another to realize

After reviewing the film Expelled no intelligence allowed I was taken back by the whole idea of people being terminated from their jobs for mentioning intelligent design. When Ben Stein would question people about the subject of intelligent design they would say they are no such thing and reply with if people want to educate their children they will not mention this again. They would reply it is nothing but a waste of time and energy. It was like they were pushing God away from the subject as well

“Idiot! Stop moving! You’ll hurt yourself more than you previously did!” My arms desperately moved around as I strained to sit up but the woman who offended me was resilient and pushed me down. I could not perceive what she looked like, my senses were blinded by bright lights as my pupils are additionally sensitive than most due to my unfortunate albinism. “It is not in the slenderest way proper or polite of you to call a wounded adolescent an ‘idiot’ while he is alarmed and utterly unaware of