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    especial in some manner, and what could be more exceptional than the chosen messiah all his people coveted. Even-though, the relationship of father and son was essentially one of estrangement, even before he started frequenting the radicals of the wastelands. However, since his return, he detects something different in his

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    Student 1 Introduction I will be analyzing “Let You Down”, a song originally directed towards the artist's father. Nathan John, better known as NF has had a hard relationship with his father. He felt like he has been a letdown and that his father wanted him gone. His new video explains the song very well. The thoughts all trapped in his head. My interpretation disregarding the actual meaning is dealing with the struggle of disappointment and failure, touching upon the subject of self doubt. Not

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    McCarthy shows the potential for the boys needs to be met when he meets the other man and gets taken to a safer place, and eventually shows how his needs are met. At first the boy does not know if he should trust the man, but eventually he does because the man states “we have a little boy and we have a little girl” (284). The boys decision to go with the man may have been influenced by his need of security of a shelter, because he cannot take care of himself as well without an adult. His need for

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    Another scene in American History X that Kaye uses effective editing to enhance the audience's emotions and feeling towards the characters Danny and Derek is the shower scene in which Derek washes away his sins. At the beginning of the scene Kaye uses an effective cut from a frame where Danny is wiping away a tear from his face to a frame where Derek’s hand is feeling the water in the shower. This is used to show that Danny and Derek are connected and they are both letting out their emotions and

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    UNDERCOVER GRANNY presents as a family friendly comedy. The idea of an “undercover granny” police detective is a lot of fun. It’s a nice setup for fun, comedy, conflict, and character transformation. There are solid themes about family and reconnecting. The tone and pitch are light-hearted and the characters are likable. It’s easy to root for them. Eventually the goal becomes clear and the stakes are fairly high. There are nice setups and payoffs (the sarsaparilla, snow machine, and the Princess

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    In the poem “A Father to His Son” by Carl Sandburg, the father’s attitude towards his son as he’s nearing manhood is conflicted and reflectivet because in the poem, the author uses repetition because the father seems to want to be able to guide his son through life as he gets older, but also like holding his hand but letting him go to be able to make his own decisions.. The father’s attitude towards his son can be seen at the end of the poem where the style of this poem seems to be conflicted,

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    a bad example for his children, even though he had good intentions. Along with his inability to admit his own faults, he teaches his sons the wrong lessons in life. Willy’s immense pride and his lack of honesty cause him to become a lousy father. Being unable to accept his mistakes, he makes it seem as though he has lived the perfect life and

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    A father's influence on an adolescent plays an important role in a child’s development. An absent father can be interpreted in two ways; physically present but not emotionally there or not being physically present. Both of these have a negative impact on a child. A notable example of this is the unfavorable impacts Conor experiences because of his father’s non-existent presence illustrated in A Monster Calls written by Patrick Ness. The novel begins with 13-year-old Conor O'Malley having a nightmare

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    tulip is already in its bulb. Right there. One shot. That’s it.”(142) The bloom represents hope and happiness while the bulb is the person within whom it resides. When Christopher, Olive’s son moves away with his wife, she and her husband, Henry, become extremely upset. To cope with the pain of losing their son across the company Olive and Henry fill their time with activities that fill them with a certain amount of comfort. Henry begins woodworking while Olive, “ordered one hundred tulip bulbs

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    Rejection (written in 2007) is about a successful man, Boris Ivanovich, and his wife Anna, whose son is rejected from “the very best nursery school in Manhattan”. Boris and Anna are wealthy and

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