...On Sunday October 18th, 2015 I attended a matinee showing of the production of West Side Story held at the UTEP Dinner Theater. West Side Story is a musical drama from 1957 with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim that tells the story of two rivaling gangs and how their fight for territory tore two lovers apart. It was directed by Gregory L. Taylor and performed by UTEP students. West Side Story centers on the story of Maria (played by Nabil Gonzalez) a young Puerto Rican immigrant and Tony (played by Hugo Arreola) a 2nd generation Polish American, both of whom live in New York. Maria is the younger sister of the Bernardo (played by Joel Aguilera), the leader of the Puerto Rican street...
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...What makes a short story successful and satisfying for the audience to read? I believe that the answer to this question varies from person to person. In my opinion, an interesting short story includes a full character development of its protagonist that shows how he/she came to be and also a main event that happens that would change the whole dynamic of the story and greatly influence the main character. An intriguing short story should reveal the full character development of its protagonist because it allows us to get out of our skins and into others’. When reading about a person’s childhood, experiences, failures and triumphs, we, as readers, can explore the roads not taken in our lives. For example, in the short story “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin (1957), the writer starts with Sonny’s childhood where his parents died when he was young. His older brother was in the military, so Sonny had to live with his brother’s fiancé’s family. Unfortunately, this did not work out and Sonny’s spiral dive into drugs and illegal activities started after he moved out. It is fascinating to see and experience the path that Sonny had taken in order to become the person he is today. A captivating short story takes us out of our reality and engulfs our imagination into someone else’s life through character development. Furthermore, a successful short story should contain a main event or a pivoting moment that greatly influences the protagonist. This event changes the momentum of the...
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...What makes a war story believable? There are many factors to a believable war story, like the feelings the story arises, the questions asked after, and the essences of the story. But, a believable war story is not the same as a true war story. A true war story tends to be unbelievable, but full of great truths. O’Brien emphasizes that one cannot tell a true war story or generalize what war is because war is bigger than us. O’Brien starts off by describing that a true war story is unmoral and sometimes beyond telling (65,68). This is due to the fact that war is ugly and hard to grasp. War stories are deeper than war itself and sometimes there is nothing to reply with to a war story, but oh (O’Brien 74). But, hearing a war story is different...
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...Then after the second conversation with her, she started asking Laurie strange questions about what was “net worth,” My husband was in the room, and heard the entire conversation and started to motion to me, not to say anything. So, I said, I couldn’t answer this, because I haven’t seen him in 18 years, and second my loyalty would always remain with George. Then she searched the internet for the robbery that his ex-girlfriend, Karen sons stole from him, and then consequently hit him on the head with a bag of money. What happened to George, was a constant thought in her head? What happened to the nice sweet boy that would pick her up and they would head to Newbury Street, have a lavish meal and then run up and down the stairs of the Boston...
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...Wife's Story and What Of This Goldfish Would You Wish, there is an idea that you should either accept people for who they are or treat them differently because they are not the same as you. In both of these stories there is someone who is different than the main character and in both cases they ended up harming the other one due to them being different, although they still showed no real hatred towards the individual that they harmed. To clear up the reasoning or meaning to those who are different being mistreated The Wife's Story and What Of This Goldfish Would You wish can be compared to find out what caused this mistreatment. The Wife's Story is about a wife and husband who moved in together and the husband one day started to act strange. The story gives hints that the husband is changing into what one would assume is a wolf. however, in a plot twist it reveals that the wife and her family are actually wolves and that the husband is instead changing into a human. The Wife knew that the human was still her husband, but regardless of this she and her family killed the husband. The wife still cares for the husband, however because of how she still mourned over the body, hoping...
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...The short story called “My A`ntonia” is told from a fictional memoir named Jim Burden. Once you read about the author, Willa Cather, you get a better understanding of who Jim is and why he is there. Willa based many of the events, characters, and settings through her own childhood experiences. The story is written in first person because the story is focused on Jim’s perspective. The story is also written all in past tense. I feel Willa wrote her story in first person past tense logic because it revolves around her past memories that can never be regained. “My A`ntonia” starts off to be boring in my opinion. Once the reader has their full attention on the story, they start to grasp what is written between the lines, and the small hints that...
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...In the “Story of an Hour” symbolism means:the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. The “Story of an Hour” has a lot of symbolism some of them are pretty obvious. Symbolism can be expressed through ideas, sound, or imagery. Once you start understanding symbolism you can untangle a lot of puzzles in stories and learn why all those objects and items have a meaning in the story. Symbolism has being around for years and it has always being around it just takes wise people to notice them. Symbolism can give you a doctrine of history and why all those items have those meanings. Summary of the “Story of an Hour” has more like a twist at the end. At first Mrs. Mallard was at happy with her normal life. When Richard her husband’s friend...
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...Although we don't know to much about Pope Innocent the third, we do know a couple of things about his life. Pope Innocent played a role in the story of St. Francis. St. Francis lead a group of men that were typically called friars. The friars decided to give up everything and live a simple and rather harsh life. While the friars were living their simple lives, Francis asked to start a religious order to prevent competing with the church. To this Pope Innocent the third refused. He told Francis that his lifestyle was far to harsh. The pope didn't want everyone else living these lives. This was in 1210. In 1212 a children's crusade took place. Pope Innocent the third even played a role in this story. Pope Innocent the third gave...
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...Barbara Jordan once said, “We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.” This means that we need to understand those who are different from us because they are also humans and they have the right to be different from ourselves. Two stories address this issue of conflict.,They are “What, of this Goldfish ,Do you Wish” by Etgar Keret and “The Wife's Story” by Ursula Leguin. In both of these stories, the character are unwilling to accept the differences between each other. In “ What, of this Goldfish,Do you Wish”,a young man named Yoni sets out to make a documentary about the secrets longings of everyday Americans. By knocking on stranger's door and asking them this question: “If you had a magic...
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...Sometimes, reading literature may be very challenging for a reader. He/she will need to define a few components that will help him/her to understand the true meaning of literature. A poem, short story, novel or fiction is full of those elements, which make literature more understanding for a reader. However, sometimes the poet or writer presents those elements as irony and the reader may get confused about the true meaning of literature. Irony exists when a reader is led to expect things to happen but exactly the opposite happens. Ray Bradbury in Fahrenheit 451 familiarizes a reader with irony. His main character, the protagonist, Guy Montag is presented as a person whose life is full of irony. Through the irony of Montag’s life, Bradbury brings the reader into a better understanding of nature of language, of people understanding of their own life, and of the effect of technology. The first example of irony in the novel is the job of fireman. To readers, a fireman helps to put out fires. However, Bradbury presents the fireman, Guy Montag, as a person who starts the fires. Moreover, the symbol of hearth and salamander, in the first part of the novel, symbolizes a traditional home fireplace and the creature from mythology that could survive in the fire and not get harmed. However, Bradbury through that symbol presents irony. The reader discovers that Montag does not live unharmed by fire; but he realizes, how burning many books destroys his society. The symbolism presents irony...
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... | |Date |: |19/7/2010 | |Transcriber |: |Aya Ali Salem | INTRODUCTION |M. |Please introduce yourself to the group. Please tell us your name, age, your profession and your hobbies. | | | | |M. |Speaking of advertising, can you give me some examples of beverages ads you really like? What do you like about this? | | |...
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...Sell a story…tell a product. Storytelling has been one of the oldest arts in the human history, ¿Why we would use something that old for an innovating idea? Stories are carried with feelings, and sensations, they transport you to an exact place where you can feel the cold air in your cheeks, you can smell the roses, and hear the rush of the water. The key Word: Emotions. Times in Marketing has changed, in the last years the strategy was cold and undirected to the costumer, now marketing is trying to reconnected with them. By telling a story, you start with “Once upon a time” creating a background so the person that will be hearing your story feels that he is part of that beginning, he satisfies his necessity of belonging, so as the story keep growing he will feel identify and emotionally correspond with the story of the brand and not just to the product. The Brand Storytelling is giving the costumer more than a product to or a bunch of numbers and statistics. The idea is humanizing brands through the power of Storytelling. Storytelling and marketing share a common goal - to create communication that is interesting and encourages a specific reaction. Organizational consultants and managers have also discovered the power of storytelling in organizations. A good story of organizational transformation in one organization might motivate similar organizations to change as well; also, the informal stories people tell to each other about organizational norms, policies and...
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...Ma. Gretchiela G. Gabral R71 Ma. Gretchiela G. Gabral R71 Comparative Analysis of Philippine and Anglo-Saxon Short Stories It could not be denied that the early Philippine short stories in English were influenced by the Anglo-Saxon. The Philippine short stories had evolved from the earlier literature of fables and folk tales and adapted the elements of the short stories of the Anglo-Saxon. The Philippine and Anglo-Saxon short stories were alike in many ways. I found “Dead Stars”, the first Philippine short story in English as equally interesting as “The Storm” although the pace of the story differed in each. Both stories were able to present thematic ideas with the use of the setting “storm” and the symbolism “dead stars”. While the storm seemed to be the driving machinery of the events that followed in “The Storm”, the dead stars on the other hand seemed to be the closure of the events in “Dead Stars”. Both left an equal effect of wonder. That effect of wonder had always been present whether it was Anglo-Saxon or Philippine short story. The authors of these short stories were able to use profoundly the elements of a short story. Anglo-Saxon and Philippine Short Stories also had similarities in terms of character development and world views. The conflict in each of the characters of the short stories supported the flow of events that happened eventually. Emily in “A Rose for Emily”, pressed by the image of her coming from the elite family, led her to kill the man...
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...Whit Johnson John Dillon Irish Ghost Stories February 18, 2013 Pacing at Wildgoose Lodge Truth is stranger than fiction. Exaggerated truth is even stranger. William Carleton’s literary description of the murders at Wildgoose lodge serve to tell a factual story whilst embellishing the details in order to captivate his audience. Although Carleton’s account isn’t perfectly in line with Terence Dooley’s more historically accurate writing of the incident, the former still paints an adequate picture of what happened one night in eastern Ireland, and it is still regarded by many as the best source for what happened. But why? Why would factual truth be less favorable than an embellished one? David Shield’s Reality Hungers offers a glimpse at that answer by providing a different take on what is “real”. Through Shield’s work we can discover why an exaggerated account can be considered more realistic than a historically factual one. Defining reality is at the core of arguing for the legitimacy of Carelton’s story as a description of what happened at Wildgoose Lodge. In my opinion, reality, defined, means plausible human actions and sentiments that are based on fact, which elicits an appropriate emotion from viewers. This view on reality is reflected in the artistically focused Reality Hunger, where author David Shields explores what can be considered real in contemporary literature. This take on reality can be better explained through a brief example conducted by surveying present...
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...expected to: a. State the sequence of the story b. Identify the different seasons describe c. Appreciate the story read II. Subject Matter Topic: The Tiny Seed Reference: Reading Network, pages 103- 108 Author: Delia Hamoy Soroy Materials: Charts, pictures III. Procedure A. Preparation Teacher’s Activities Pupils’ Activities 1. Energizer I have here a song entitled “ Minicar “. I’ll sing it first then afterwards we will sing it together. The song goes like this. Minicar(2x) Beep(3x) the minicar Stop and go(3x), the minicar Camera (2x) Click (3x) the camera Smile and pose (3x) to the camera B. Motivation Form 3 groups. Each group should have 2 members to arrange the puzzle in front. The first group who can arrange the puzzle will get additional points in your quiz later. What picture is formed? The picture formed is a seed. Have you seen a seed? Yes Teacher! Can you describe the seed that you have seen? The seed that I have seen is rough. What can you say about their size? The size of the seed I’ve seen is tiny. The story that we’re going to read today has something ...
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