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    “Where the Wild Things Are,” Max, a mischievous young boy, is sent to bed without supper by his mother. Magically his room turns into forest, his bedpost turns into trees, a table turns into a bush, and suddenly his room was a transformed into a giant forest. An ocean appeared and he sailed long and far until he found the wild things. The author of this book Maurice Sendak uses imagery and the imagination of the young character to explain a mother's feelings toward her son and his wild behavior. In

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    certain principles in regards to how we interpret pictures. Bang explains how the use different line work and shapes provoke different feelings in the viewer, a notion which is seen in Maurice Sendek’s, Where the Wild Things Are, particularly when Max makes his way to the land of the Wild Things. Line work is not simply the outline of a bigger picture,

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    The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry is a level three poem of Difficulty. The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry with its not uncommon language and diction would be a score of two. The poem has many familar words that help give the meaning and general understanding. However there are some uncommon words that might prevent the reader from understanding the meaning fully. For example, words used that might do that are despair, least sound, and wood drake. If the reader didn’t understand

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    However, the New York of the future might be of an entirely different character. By visiting it, I might be able to gain a better sense of what the world is likein the 41st century. If the city is still flourishing, I would learn things I never could in my own time period. In this newer New York, humans might know if there is life of other planets, or have a better appreciation for Earth’s environment. The human race might be able to create life, or understand how it first began

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    In Chapter 8 “Where the Wild Things Are,” the author Le Doux looked at the how our brain regions and systems functioned during the development of anxiety disorders. He introduced many researchers’ ideas and theories such as Pavlovian conditioning and instrumental conditioning; then, he listed the brain regions that were associated with anxiety and fear conditioning such as hippocampus, amygdala, sympathetic nervous system, and various brain cortexes. He also explained how our brain became conditioned

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    all of them in such a short period of time. However, my critical thinking skill improved a lot in this month. Literary monster is an interesting topic and we read and watched many different type of monsters in different ways. Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are really gives me a chance to think more critically, because the whole story is just several page of comic. I used to have a pretty bad analyzing skill, especially for those books with very little words or images. This work has particularly limited

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    Skies the Limit Imagine being stuck in the wild, on the verge of dying from either starvation or freezing to death. There are not enough resources, not enough food, all you have left is to hope. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, is a story written of a man named Chris McCandless who overall did not like his life. He thought society corrupted his dreams that he previously set, and he wanted to get away from all of societies norms. Chris wanted to achieve his dream, he wanted a “thrill” in his life

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    is a place full of adventure and mystery. It is a place to feel free and experience new things. Chris McCandless loved all of those things. Chris McCandless (or Alexander Supertramp) is the main character in the novel “Into The Wild” by Jon Krakauer. Krakauer wrote about Chris’ life in the wild. He talks about Chris’ hatred of authority, his relationship with his family, and his journey before going into the wild. Krakauer was inspired with McCandless’s story and believed that he was a smart man who

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    into the wild? Some may think his relationship with his parents was the cause of it. Although it may be true, people should consider he wanted to experience life and take risks Chris wanted to get out there, explore the livings of nature, expand his knowledge on mankind itself. McCandless was his own person he did what he wanted not caring about what anyone thought, well at least it seemed like he didn’t care. In my opinion I would consider Chris as being overly confident, going into the wild was the

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    Some people would never consider leaving behind everything and everyone they care about to live in the wild. In the movie Into the Wild, a man does just that. Into the Wild is a movie where a man named, Chris McCandless (aka Alexander Supertramp) ventures out into the world to go to the Alaskan Wilderness. For two years he has been building relationships with people, goes through different jobs, while also hiding from the authorities and his family. He left behind his home, family, friends, and society

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