Analysis: The Shining Mountain Summary: Pangma-la’s father has named her after a mountain‚ that’s also called The Shining Mountain. She’s teased about her name in school‚ and her schoolmates are more interested in her father‚ who’s a famous mountaineer. He has big expectation to Pangma-la‚ and she feels like she’s failing. She decides that she will make him proud‚ and begins to practice in climbing mountains. Pangma-la and her father‚ goes to The Shining Mountain with the goal to reach the
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Alcoholism in “The Shining” In “The Shining”‚ written by Steven King‚ the reader is exposed to an issue that a lot of families face in the real world that of which is alcoholism. The story’s main character‚ Jack Torrance‚ struggles from this issue due to his troubled past regarding an abusive and alcoholic father as well as his struggle of becoming the very man he loved‚ yet hated as a child. By exposing the reader to alcoholism‚ they are instantly aware of the outcomes of it and how it can affect
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Shannon Cree English 167 Professor Csicsery-Ronay October 10‚ 2008 Editing in The Shining In his classic horror film‚ The Shining‚ Stanley Kubrick utilizes many different elements of editing to create unique and terrifying scenes. Kubrick relies on editing to assist in the overall terrifying and horrifying feel created in the movie. Editing in the movie creates many different effects‚ but the most notable effects created add to the continuity of the film as well as the sense of fear and terror
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The “Shining Mountain” is a story about a girl named Pangma-La. Her father named her this special name because he wanted to name her after a mountain. Her friends and classmates tease her a lot with the special name‚ but the worst for her is that those who attend her school‚ is more interested in her father than they are in her. That’s because her father is a famous mountaineer. The father has very high expectations for his daughter‚ but Pangma-La does not feel that she can live up to these expectations
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R FLICKERINGINDIA SHINING OR FLICKERING? Future of India’s Future -By Vartika Bhatewara It has been projected that by the year 2020‚ 62% of India’s population will be between the age group of 15 and 59 years. This is what is known as India’s demographic dividend. This means that while the average age of citizens in other countries is on the rise‚ a majority of India’s population will be in the employable age group. The question that arises here and one that has been on the minds of many Indians
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Many horror and thriller films focus on the field of psychology‚ but fail to execute the realness of mental disorders. The Shining‚ written by the well known author‚ Stephen King and adapted to the big screen from director Stanley Kubrick. The movie does an excellent job showing real emotions and violent actions in psychological horrors. The film‚ The Shining is about a husband and a father‚ Jack Torrance who later becomes the antagonist. Torrance is issued the winter caretaker for the Overlook
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Shining Houses‚ Timur Fattahov 1. Quotations that are Central Context and Significance 1. “Twelve years. My boys wanted me to sell then and go and live in rooms. But I said no. I had my hens and a nanny goat too at that time. More or less a pet. I had a pet coon too for a while‚ used to feed him chewing gun. Well‚ I said‚ husbands come and go‚ but a place you’ve lived fifty years is something else. Making a joke of it with my family. Besides‚ I thought‚ if Mr. Fullerton was to come back‚ he’d
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The shining mountain Assignment 2: Characterization of Pangma-La’s father Pangma-La’s father is a dynamic person. He has been described by many as: P18 l 8 ”Now there’s a hard man‚ there’s a hero”. He was a hard man to please. She always strived to please her father‚ and wanted his acceptance. He had really high expectations to his daughter‚ and always has had(and he has always had). P 19 l 32 “My daughter and I do not need porters‚” Pangma-La’s father said proudly. “We are strong and we
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NAME: SAMUEL OLATUNDE ADEFOWOKAN COURSE: READING 096 SECTION: SEC 096 TOPIC: MY SHINING MOMENT (WON A SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP) DATE: 17 NOVEMBER‚ 2014 My shining moment was one of the most memorable days of my life when I helped my team to win the Inter-school Soccer Championship. It was also an awesome day for my school. Many dignitaries such as the Mayor came because it was such a big event in the county. The atmosphere was great; the crowd was wild‚ cheering‚ whistling‚ blowing trumpets‚ and
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fundamentally some portion of a book recording called Blood and Smoke‚ yet later it turns out to be a piece of accumulation Everything’s Eventual. 1408 is not as fruitful as the novel The Shining which later embraced into a motion picture ‚yet It has its one of a kind softness and cheerful repulsiveness contrasting with The Shining which was essentially mental loathsomeness ‚Stephen King made an incredible progress in both stories which made him a well known Hollywood screenwriter when it come to thrillers
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