“Advice to Graduates” George Saunders convocation speech‚ “Congratulations‚ by the way” was delivered at Syracuse University for the class of 2013. In this speech‚ George aims to convince his audience that we are going to have a lot of regrets in our lives but the one we will regret most is the failures of unkindness. In order to live a full happy life we need to become kinder. Saunders says‚ “All we want in our hearts is to be less selfish‚ more aware of what’s actually happening in the present
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the horrors around us stand in irrelevance. There’s no place like home. In Salman Rushdie’s story‚ At The Auction of the Ruby Slippers the world has fallen into apparent disarray‚ and the auction house has risen like a church of consumption. People spend everything they have in an attempt to find some piece of a long forgotten home‚ hoping to finally find happiness. When the ruby slippers come up to auction the people value slippers because of “their affirmation of a lost state of normalcy in which
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Visual symbols- 7/11/13 One group focused on symbolizing Ray’s grief through the use of the Ruby Doll. Ray was cradling the doll like a baby‚ trying to keep it safe from ’The Lord’ in the scene with Dulcie and Ray. "What sort of God would take an innocent little girl" Dulcie makes the sign of the cross‚ after putting down the birdcage and the doll on the seat‚ which conveys a religious symbol. The way their relationship has become perverted The way they play games to construct meaning
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injustice is surfaced through the color‚ subject matter and use of light in painting. Rockwell’s sense of injustice was initiated through the color of the protagonist’s clothing. The protagonist in this painting is the young African-American girl‚ Ruby
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How has Cameron Malcher used dramatic forms‚ performance styles‚ techniques and conventions to communicate strong social and personal issues in his production of Ruby Moon? Contemporary Australian theatre mainly focuses on the reflection of the ‘real’ Australia and communicating to the audience real and modern issues/ideas that respond to the social climate and community. As well as that‚ CAT tries to give marginalized voices a voice that is heard. Cameron Malcher has used dramatic forms‚ performance
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Outline: Can I have a minute of your time? Dear Joe and Sara‚ I am writing you because I wanted to send my congratulations‚ as well as give you some advice to help you in your relationship. I know that you may or may not have thought of the importance of communication however I wanted to let you know that the key to a successful relationship lies in how you communicate as well as how you understand what is being communicated to you. I have read and utilized a majority of what I am about to share
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The Appeal of Pokemon Ruby Pokemon Ruby carries the same charm‚ the same appeal as all of the other Pokemon games. The concept behind these games is brilliant‚ best‚ in that sort of "simple genius" sort of way. It is not that it’s some far out idea that happens to be brilliant‚ it’s just that it’s such a smart concept that it’s strange that it wasn’t capitalized on just before Pokemon did it. It’s pretty obvious when you consider it. The appeal? These games combine pretty a lot every thing kids love
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plays. The way in which lighting and sound interact with the elements on stage can also heavily imply meaning – a doll standing on a well-lit stage with happy nursery rhymes would have different air than the same doll standing on a shadowy stage‚ a haunting Greensleeves playing in the background. In Ruby Moon‚ multi-media plays an essential role in lending mood to the audience member – the recurring use of song and sound effects‚ and contrasting well-lit scenes and shadowy‚ unrealistic ones allows
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Gender Race is clearly a defining factor to residents of Ruby‚ but gender also plays an important role in the actualization of paradise. Mixed race interactions both within Ruby and outside of the town seem to bother the residents‚ however‚ women seem to truly fuel the Ruby men’s hatred. This loathing seems to stem from the pact the original Ruby founders make with God that relies on an “‘unadulterated and unadulteried’ bloodline‚” which means what the men value most‚ the exceptionality of their
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in 2002‚ a GameBoy game by the name of Pokemon Ruby was released by Nintendo‚ and it took over the gaming world by storm! For its time‚ it was very technology advanced with having colored graphics on a handheld device‚ the first of its time! Nonetheless‚ after a few years ‚ the game started to fade from the eyes of the average gamer‚ as they looked into
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