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    position, she finally decides to ask for forgiveness and flip her attitude towards being a saint. Her reaching out to Jesus in this moment represents hope and emphasizes her extreme hypocrisy. This creates an intense distrust of the character beyond what the reader previously assumed. From this, we can infer that Grandma is in a state of horror, which is why she keeps changing her morals. O’Connor’s main message may be that these humans, as flawed and complex as they are, will do anything to be seen as

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    novels can be used to convey character development that can be seen by the reader rather than read via texts. Thompson uses postmodern styles such as borderless panels, timeless and spaceless scenes, and a mesh of religious imageries to encapture moments of his coming of age journey. As he strays away from the traditional in-box or in-bubble texts, Thompson seems to be urging the readers to take a closer look in order to see the struggle young Craig is having in his relationship with his first love

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    silence for a few moments to process what was about to take place. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity for us considering the way our band program organizes things; it was almost a given that we would not be coming back anytime soon. Likewise, our director told us that this will be the highlight of his entire career, his proudest moment, and I will be forever grateful to have been a part of one of his most cherished memories. Being on that stage in Indianapolis, Indiana, was a moment that I will

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    he grew up, he discovered that he had things to fight for, an example being the Civil Rights movement. Also he would unearth the life values that he would live by, and would come to trust God more and more. The question is, what changed him? What gave him purpose, formed his values, and reinforced his trust in God? We all, like John Lewis, have many life changing moments.

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    The Dancing Spirits

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    On Saturday 25th February, 2017, 10.00 am was a strategic moment to watch the film, “Forest of the Dancing Spirits” at the Roxy Theater Missoula considering the theme of the film. A shift from the conventional movie based on urban contexts, the uniqueness of the film results from the stunning insights that it offers into an endangered way of human life. The film covers the life of members of the Aka tribe living inside the rainforest of the Congo Basin that is yet to be disturbed by civilization

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    There are moments in our lives when we wonder who we are? What events have shaped us the people that we are today? The author of the Quotesgrams website claims that “we are not perfect, we are learning” (Elle, 2018). I think that Alexandra Elle is right because no one is perfect and everyone grows up learning new things and their values shift and may change. In fact, how people view any situation, will help shape them into whom they will become. For this reason, I have interviewed my parents to find

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    In this little town of Idaho Falls, my life has been modified in many ways. Some of the most important things that have happened to me were in Idaho, like meeting my best friend, winning 10th place at a cross country meet, and even picking out my dog. The reason I am who I am today is the effect of these little important moments. My first major life event was meeting my best friend Angie. Meeting Angie taught me how to be happy, even through the crap life throws at me. I have learned that people

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    Your Purpose/Meaning of Life. From this class, I learned the importance of mindfulness, the aspects of effective interpersonal communication, how to improve my personal emotional IQ and how to contribute to find my purpose or meaning in life. “Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally” (Kabat-Zinn 16). The first time I heard

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    is so important to be grateful for what you have in your life. Be grateful for what you have right now, and you will simply be living a happier life. People that fill their lives with complaining, fill their lives with stress. We almost go through our day looking for things to complain about. Once you change that and have a positive outlook, lots of that stress will go away. Be grateful, positive, live in the now, because on a moments notice it can all be taken away. This took me a long time

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    Life is like a box of chocolates, they all look the same but when we take a bite out of every single one, we will begin to realize that each one is unique in flavor. The feelings that I had towards the transcendental ideas were mixed because it made me think what can people do to make their lives better. In the movie Dead Poets Society, they were taught to be original then to conform to society. This makes me think “why do we have have to be taught to be original, but we don't need any body to tell

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