On Stranger Tides

Good evening to everyone gathered here today. I am honored to be here representing the East Ascension Class of 2016. Our time spent in East Ascension’s halls has flown by, yet this day seemed never to come any closer. I am reluctant to leave the sense of community I have come to know as I have walked these halls, but also excited to see what life has in store for me. Today is a bittersweet moment for each of us. While it is a scary yet thrilling moment, we are finally leaving our comforting

also been performed by some the world’s best instrumental ensembles. He has written for The Kings Singers, The Philharmonia Orchestra, and the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. He even wrote a song for the movie “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”. Previously mentioned, he got international recognition for his virtual choir which included thousands of voices from different countries and the choir received

Index Page 1: 1. Annotate the poem and research. 2.The romantic epic. 3.Casting characters. 4.Create a character through the camera 5.Desing a costume. 1. Annotate the poem and research: Summary of poem: The poem starts out with a highwayman (this is a thief who use to hold people’s carriages they usually come on horseback) visiting his girlfriend Bess who is the daughter of an innkeeper. He's on the move (meaning he will be back the next day after he has robbed some people) so he only

She is guarded at first by the new stranger that approaches her. Even so, she is intrigued. Janie first disregards Tea Cake to maintain the respect of the town and avoid getting hurt. Janie wanted to ask around about Tea Cake, but she is afraid he might misunderstand her intentions. She thinks

tale, half snare" (55) "that hid sickness for love of gain . . . (56). The city that had "a disreputable secret [like] his own" (57).   In musical terms, death is the leitmotif, the theme keeps reappearing: heard in the overture (the first stranger Aschenbach sees in Munich), continually sounded in the Venetian passages (more odd men), swelling to a crescendo of hysterical laughter and swirling pipes of Pan, and, in the

Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis is a study both of self and Jewish identity in the 20th century. The novel's meditations on self are reminiscent of modernism and the parallels between Kafka's own life shine a light on Jewish identity. Samsa's experiences and his family's reaction to him have frightening resemblances to the holocaust, an event which wouldn't happen till 20 years later. Kafka's perception of the world, as we see through Samsa's eyes, is a deeply troubling view of humanity. We can only

dryly coughed in the air. My impatient hands tightened against the cold structure involuntary. "There you are!" I heard a voice over the stammering of feet. I twisted around to find the caller. He was just another face in pushing and pulling in the tide of people. "Over here!" He shouted again. My eye caught hands frantically brushing the sky with his fingertips. I pushed through the stampede. "Where have you been all day? I couldn't find you at lunch." Ross (that was his name, right?) guided me through

When the Atomic Bomb exploded over the city of Hiroshima, the people who experienced it were not expecting it to occur the way it did. We were given an insight of the lives of several characters on that fateful morning in August in 1945. Neighboring towns had all been bombarded by American B-29 raids, but so far Hiroshima had been spared and rumors spread that “something special” was in store for them. Every plane that flew overhead was a considered a threat and would set off the air raid warning

hospitality, Circe was in the wrong by harming her guests as she did. So, Odysseus went to Circe with the drug, and when she attempted to do the same thing, Odysseus was able to triumph over trickery. Thus, another important Greek value is to be kind to strangers, treat them as guests, and follow the hospitality etiquette. The next event demonstrates that the commander must be loyal to his troops. Circe offers Odysseus marvelous food with "appetizers aplenty too, lavish with her bounty" (242), but

Imagine a small, personal office, a designer coffee on the desk. From the look of room, its’ owner has a good life. Maybe they haven’t always, but certainly now. The office is in a nice house, in a quiet neighborhood. Two cars in the garage and company van in the driveway. A walk down the hall reveals snapshots into a happy family life. A loving couple on their wedding day, the smiling faces of their five children as they throw the rice. More photos line the walls; school concerts, candid moments