...World Mythology March 5th, 2012 Arabian Nights Essay Fantasy our Daily Determination The art of storytelling is the oldest and most captivating art form man has ever produced. Each and every one of us has been lead on a path by a story so unique that each path can only be traveled once with no chance of return or pause along the way. The reason these stories create a one-time offer is due to the mysterious element of fantasy that no man can ever lack or cease to exist. Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Though formal in definition the fantasy defined above is only the tip of the iceberg because fantasy can be created in one’s mind at a moments notice. Kieran Egan an education professor at Simon Fraser University states that, “fantasy is the most valuable attribute of the human mind; it enriches children’s spiritual development, and is the most important tool for orienting ourselves to reality”(3). This quote pinpoints why fantasy stories have been with us since the start of man and why books like “The Arabian Nights” are so popular thousands of years after there first dictations. Each story read from “Arabian Nights” has different fantasy elements in it, these elements captivate us and bring us inside the stories and are exactly what we connect to, not as a form of “escapism” but to help fuel our own determination to fulfilling our own fantasies. Many of these stories...
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...chapters fml. Once Sinbad finally walked back into the throne room from the balcony he noticed Judal asleep on the throne. "Never thought I would see a queen asleep on a throne." "Shall I wake him up?" Sharrkan asked. "No, no, I got this" Sinbad carefully picked up Judal bridal style and smiled as he watched the beautiful raven snuggle up to him. "So, Ja'far... how do you feel?" "Well, I'll be alright. Although I can't believe I'm saying this, you were right when you said that I knew nothing about him." Sinbad nodded and smiled. "He's very sweet when you get to know him. You just have to take time to try and understand him. I always listen to him because...
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...party’s for the best solution for all party’s involved. I would have done some relationship building so that I could have come up with a mutually beneficial set of outcomes. Next I would have done some information gathering about Sinbad and know the odds of the feasibility of a possible settlement. Then I would have used “information using” by assembling the case that makes the possibility for my preferred outcome and settlement. Then bidding. I would have stated my first offer and let Sinbad make his offer and move toward the middle ground. I would have not taken his first offer. Next I would have worked on closing the deal. I would made sure that the deal we settle on is beneficial to both. I feel as though Abigail was very immature and that she had a crush on Gregory. I feel as though Slug had a crush on Abigail and that is why he did not take her across the river in the beginning. In the end Slug had a means of crossing the river. Vana probably knew Abigail had a crush on Gregory and that Gregory didn’t feel the same way about her that is why she did not want to get involved. Sinbad uses his power to coerce Abigail. 3. 1. Slug is the most honorable he was just trying to defend his friends since she had already been taken advantage of by Sinbad. 2. Vana knew Abigail and new she was up to no good, so she decided not to get involved in any of it. 3. Gregory could have been more understanding and not have been so mean about the situation he should have defend her. 4...
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...The protagonist of the series, Maron is a 16-year-old high school girl and rhythmic gymnast, who can also transform into the supernatural "Kaitou Jeanne" (怪盗 ジャンヌ Kaitōu Jannu?). Maron lives in an apartment alone—having been left by her parents, work abroad but is really possessed by demons. She is well liked at school, especially in chapter 11, when lots of guys from her school offer to escort her home on Valentine’s Day, and request chocolate valentines from her. She is also very stubborn and head-strong. Even so, Maron is a lonely young woman who hides her feelings behind a warm smile. Even though she has her parent's phone number and address, she is afraid she would once again be "thrown away" by her parents, and thus refuses to contact them. The only time she is contacted by her parents is by her mother, in order to tell her they are divorcing. Maron is very close with her best friend Miyako, though she still holds her at a distance. In the beginning, she sees Chiaki as merely a playboy, and refuses to trust him as he had always seemed to be hitting on her. However, after the incident when Maron was told of her parents’ divorce, Chiaki found Maron alone in tears, and he encouraged her to believe in herself. This was a turning point for Maron: Chiaki’s kindness helped her trust others, and it also sparked romantic feelings toward Chiaki. Throughout the series, she tries to confess to him, but something always happens. Finally, in the second last chapter, she confesses to him...
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...them. In the "Tale of the Fisherman and the jinnee" the jinnee was intent on killing the fisherman even though he had released him from the bottle. Now the fisherman is responsible for telling the jinnee (an inner story) "The Tale of King Yunan and Duban the doctor" as a method to further elaborate and drive home a lesson that the jinnee should’ve learned already from his current predicament. The fisherman tells the tale about the King Yunan who befriended a wise doctor that cured him of leprosy. The King’s vizier begins to plot against the doctor by planting ill thoughts in the king’s head about Duban, however, the king is still beholding of his dear friend, the doctor and tells "The Tale of King Sinbad and the Falcon". By the same token, King Yunan tells "The tale of King Sinbad and the Falcon" with the purpose of communicating to his vizier that he must not act too swiftly to bring harm to someone that has brought good to him. King Solomon informs his vizier of the story and how King Sindbad and his beloved falcon went hunting and at the end of a long and successful day, King Sindbad became very thirsty, so he removed the golden bowl from around his falcon's neck so that he could catch the water that was dripping from a tree. As the bowl filled with water, the king placed it before the falcon, but the falcon knocked it down over and over again. Consumed with anger and completely feed up with the falcon the king chopped off both of its wings. The bird gestured for the king...
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...landed on the ground he looked you both over as if he was trying to figure out why you were there. “Hey,” aladdin said smiling and waving to Hakuryuu, “Alibaba regrets not having a good talk with you..” “I see..” the kou prince said with a weak smile on his face, he looked a bit sadder than he did earlier in the day. “Plus if we get separated like this, we will feel lonely until the next time the five of us will be together again.” Aladdin continued, hoping to persuade the older boy back to the others. “I wonder if .. the “next time” we will be allies like this.” Hakuryuu said with almost a sad look in his face. “Nevermind. It is time I tell you everything. The reason I came to Sindria in the first place… was to be frank with King Sinbad and you, to ask for assistance.” “My assistance?” Aladdin asked glancing to you for a brief moment as if you might hold some answers. “From now on I will split the Kou empire in two. I will cause a war. When that happens, will you lend me your powers as Magi?” Things suddenly got more serious than you had anticipated, perhaps it would have been best if you had stayed behind. War talk was not something you were often involved with. So as the two continued their talk you simply stood there completely forgotten. If they remembered you were there you were afraid to pick a side. Looking to Hakuryuu you could tell what Aladdin was telling him was not what he wanted to hear as a darkness seemed to creep over him. As their conversation came...
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...INNOVATIVE MARKETING Baskin-Robbins was a manufacturer and seller of premium quality ice cream in a variety of unique flavours. The first Baskin-Robbins store was first set up in California in the 1940s soon after the Second World War. The company quickly expanded to other states in the US and various countries around the world. Over the years, Baskin-Robbins developed over 1000 ice cream flavours along with other novelties like milk shakes, smoothies, cakes, etc. In the summer of 2003, Dream Works Pictures Ltd. released their animated children's movie; Sinbad: The Legend of the Seven Seas. To promote the release in an innovative way, the studio tied up with Baskin-Robbins, a well known ice cream chain in the US. As part of the promotion campaign Baskin-Robbins developed a range of ice creams and novelties based on the theme of the movie. Ice cream flavors like Sinbad's Triple Punch Sherbet, Deep Blue Menace Sundae, and a Sinbad themed freeze frame cake were brought out by the company. The flavors effectively captured the ethos of the movie and generated immense publicity for both partners. The summer of 2003 was the third summer in which Baskin-Robbins had taken up the promotion of a Hollywood movie. "We've translated Sinbad's courageous spirit into a bold new line-up of flavors and desserts," said Joe Adney, (Adney) senior director of marketing at Baskin-Robbins. Analysts felt that Baskin-Robbins had hit upon a novel way of partnering for mutual benefit as the hype generated...
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...Toffe tuinen en biologisch bouwen Wilt u op de hoogte blijven van de vorderingen van uw kind? Wilt u informatie over de bijeenkomst? Of wilt u gewoon iets vragen? Volg ons dan nu via Facebook en Twitter. Hier zal een medewerker actief mee bezig zijn en zal elke week een aantal foto’s en kleine verslagen plaatsen van de lessen. www.facebook.nl/Biotuinen Toffe tuinen en biologisch bouwen Noordwal 10 2513 EA Den Haag 079 2500800 @Biotuinen @Dakkindercentra Kom u ook naar de bijeenkomst op 10 januari? Ga dan snel naar de onderstaande website en schrijf u in. www.biotuinen&biologischbouwen.nl Komt u ook? Toffe tuinen en biologisch bouwen Wat doen wij? Wij leren kinderen over biologische voedingsmiddelen, wat houdt het in? Hoe smaakt het? Wat voor effect heeft het op het milieu en waarom? Wat is onze missie? Onze missie is om met behulp van de bio-tuintjes de nieuwe generatie bewuster laten eten. De kinderen maken op een creatieve, en vooral ook effectieve, manier kennis met biologische producten en het verbouwen hiervan. Onbewust nemen zij een hoop informatie in zich op dat zij in doorgaande jaren met zich mee zullen nemen. Op latere leeftijd zal dit zich uiten tot een voorkeur voor biologische producten. Dit is niet alleen goed voor het milieu maar ook erg goed voor de gezondheid. Visie op de kinderen Kinderen worden steeds vaker in de tuin betrokken en beleven dan ook een heerlijke periode. Leerrijk en toch speels worden veel groenten...
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...Using this extract as your starting point, you should: • Explore Doyle’s development of the voice of the child narrator here to convey changes in his attitudes and perspective. • Examine how Paddy’s voice changers as the novel progresses to reveal his developing awareness and maturity and how this relates to his changing circumstances. Towards the beginning of the extract, Doyle uses a simile to show Paddy’s simplistic imagination and comparison to things, “His laugh was a noise he started and stopped like a machine.” These simple similes, as well as “like a dragon” on pg.3, show paddy likes to explain things visually – by using descriptive pictures and images. This may suggest he is too immature to use sophisticated vocabulary and finds explaining things in a more adult way too hard. Furthermore, the use of the word “machine” emphasizes Paddy’s fascination with “boyish” things – football, violence etc. This could also show that Paddy is still interested into violence, loud noises and things associated with machines – suggesting why that particular simile is used, because it involves things Paddy is passionate about. Paddy’s perspective is fairy basic here; he sees things quite obviously and doesn’t look deeper or further. Repetition is used to show Paddy is observant of what people don’t see/realise,” he didn’t know” and “he didn’t know that either”. The repetition shows that Paddy is aware of situations and notices smaller...
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...Busoni and he manipulates Caderousse for the information needed for connecting the dots after being in prison for so long. He states that “God may seem to forget sometimes; when his justice is inactive, but he always remembers sooner or later” (Dumas 110), whilst he begins plotting his revenge. Through gaining allies and information from his old “friends” The Count is brought into the light about the plight of his other enemies and decides the fate of his acquaintances. The Morrel family owns the ship The Count once sailed on and now that they are on the verge of bankruptcy, The Count decides that under an alter ego, “Sinbad the Sailor”, he can prevent his beloved friends from dishonor. He strikes up a deal with Morrel’s daughter, giving her a diamond as her dowry and she “promised to obey me blindly; I now remind you of your promise” (Dumas 127). Sinbad the Sailor then saves her father from ruin, thus gaining an ally and now holding power over their fate without their knowledge or consent. The Count’s carefully orchestrated revenge plot reveals his enemies and his friends, and he must wait patiently for each meticulously detailed piece to unfold. The Count invites his enemies to a party at his country house because he knows of a secret that took place there and he wishes to scare the secret lovers, Madame Danglars and Monsieur de Villefort. He brings them on a tour of the house and stops at a certain room asking them to “‘Notice how strangely the bed is placed…look...
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...Harryhousin did 85 precent of the work. harryhousin next film and and breakthroue came when warner brothers asked him to do the special efects for the Beast From 20,00 Fathoms it was a low budget film only 200,000 dolers the result was he would have to to improvise to create some of the specal efects he wanted because of it he lerned a proces caled split screen it housed rear projection to create the scenes he wanted it was were you had an image projected behind your dinosaurs or what ever you wanted to animate in to a real world background the film became one of the most infuantal si fi films of the 50s after this he after this he went over to to columbe and teamed up with Charles H Schneer that made The 7th voyage of Sinbad it was his first film...
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...He called her Lucia after Joyce's mad daughter, or sometimes he said she was Santa Lucia, singing her song at the top of his voice whenever she stepped into the studio He never had problems telling them apart - Sophia, Maude, Cassandra, Sinbad, Costello, Tatiana, Hamlet, Icarus, Jezebel or the dozen or so children by the secondary mothers. 'Lucrezia!' he'd call out, without turning his head. 'O mercy to myself I cried, if Lucy should be dead!' There he'd be at his easel, dressed in a spattered blue shirt like the one Kirk Douglas wore in Lust for Life, surrounded by the paintings that he turned out so effortlessly. Portraits mostly - not just of women, though these were his most famous. The faces of madmen and vagrants from his Dublin sketchbooks, and of his own children when they were young. Sometimes he even said she was named after Lucian Freud, that cold fish, just to tease her. Lucian Freud! The London establishment. To Ridley, painting was just a fragment of what he was about. His great enterprise was the gathering of hidden knowledge, and for him the true meaning of art transcended craftsmanship. All of his offspring were talented. Costello was playing Horatio at the Old Vic. Tatiana's first novel was on the Booker shortlist, while Cassandra was a furniture designer and Icarus a potter. Only Lucia had chosen a more conventional career. She taught at a school in a small town far away. She loved the bright eyes and the squirrelling bodies of the little...
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...Charming innocent and angelic, childhood, it is a period of colourful dreams, carefree life. It is short lived and feeling but its indelible. One always recalls it with adoration and wishes for the revival of the period. As Keats said, "Always let the fancy roam, Pleasure is never at home." I in my childhood always like to go outside my home to enjoy and places I loved to visit were all the amusement parks in Karachi, specially Aladdin, Sinbad, Safari park, PAF museum, etc. The amazing rides, puppet shows, magic shows. I used to be crazy for them. At Safari park the sight catching entertainments are ten minutes chair lifting, and 'Go Aish' project offering ropes course, paintball, quad biking, indoor climbing and I used to spend hours there. Another exciting and favourite place I liked to visit in my childhood was Aladdin Amusement Park with more than fifty thrilling rides, among which crazy bus was my favourite. In the center of the city there is PAF museum, I loved to see the historic aircrafts, and details of Pakistan Air Force, the former war details, weapons used, totally one room designated for detail of events occurred in 1965 and 1971 wars. Weapons, costumes, ranks, Air Marshals, History of PAF and Museum itself was also there. my this love for Air force later became my passion to join Pakistan air force. Now recalling those...
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...The Alligator River Story (p. 25) – 2nd (b) draft The Alligator River Story is a tragic love story about a loving, young couple that’s trapped on both their sides of the furious river. The girl, Alice, is willing to do anything to be with her beloved Cecil. But are love for another person strong enough to justify the fact, that she have slept with another man, Sinbad, in order to cross the river? Well, that depends on the point of view. First, looking at the fact that she’s engaged to Cecil makes it morally wrong to sleep with another person. Especially if the relationship is healthy, which, by looking at the first couple of phrases, we must conclude it is. And moreover also thinking about the fact that Alice is still virgin. Secondly, even though it seemed like the easiest and fastest way to cross the river, their relationship will be harmed for life. The trust will forever be broken. She puts her own needs of quickly crossing the river in front of the fact that she’s saving herself for Cecil. Thirdly, she let the strong woodsman stomp off toward the house, to beat the crap out of Cecil, which, in my opinion, indicates that she now blame Cecil for their break up. On the other hand however, you could say that she loves Cecil so much, that she’s willing to do anything, even sacrifice her virginity, in order to be with the man she loves. This statement might, in some way, justify what she did. But in conclusion, Alice is definitely, no matter how you look at...
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