I Could Never Rescue You: The Rise and Fall of Jamie Wellerstein Narrative – Jamie Wellerstein is the lead male character in Richard LaGravenese’s “The Last Five Years,” a 2014 movie adaptation of the hit broadway musical of the same name. In the movie, Jamie is a Jewish, twenty-something budding writer who dreams of his work getting published. While working hard day and night, he meets Cathy Hyatt, an aspiring actress struggling to find her place in New York’s theater scene, who ends up becoming the love of his life. Months into their relationship, Jamie gets a call from Random House, a publishing company interested in getting one of his novels published. He accepts the offer and makes a better life for him and Cathy by earning a lot more …show more content…
Little by little, Jamie’s life goes from being full of light to suffocated by an intense hunger for his worldly desires. He and Cathy start fighting everyday after he consistently chooses work commitments over his relationship. In the end, he finds himself seeking comfort in other women who surround him in his pursuit of happiness in his skyrocketing career and fame, which he himself admits are “conscious, deliberate mistakes” in the song “Nobody Needs to Know,” where he sings about his broken vows to Cathy because of his multiple extramarital affairs. In the fifth year of their relationship, Jamie abandons Cathy, leaving a note ending their marriage in an empty apartment for her to find. It was implied that he left her to pursue a new relationship with Alise, one of the many women he slept with behind Cathy’s back. In the final note, he tells Cathy that he had already closed their joint bank account, and that he was leaving because he “didn’t see a way [they] both could win.” He was ridden with anger, and she with sorrow, so instead of trying to work things out, Jamie quit on their
“The Alliance” by Gerald N. Lund is about a man named Eric who vows to take down The Alliance, also known as the AFC, The Alliance of Four Cities, after him and the rest of his village get kidnapped with implants included. He wants to take it down because of a cruel man named Major Denison. The citizens of the four cities have a microchip implanted into the base of their skulls. This chip prevents them from being angry, feeling prejudice, or committing crimes. This implant makes the AFC a brainwashed and mind controlled society under the Major’s rule.
Humans are damaging the planet to live comfortably, we must change the way food is distributed worldwide, support local farmers and switch to a healthier diet in order to stop global warming. The current global has been getting better for us humans over the years, from eating bread and eggs 3 times a day in the XV century, now we can eat better than the kings of those times, however the much of the food in not healthy and the global food system still fails in getting food to every individual in the planet and in addition it contributes to the destruction of our world. Ms. Anna Lappe explains how the food system contributes to around 1/3 of the global warming issue in her essay “The Climate Crisis at the End of Our Fork”, while a group of Plos one explains the issues about the export and import of food growth over the last 50 years in the
Lauren Alleyne uses the rigid form of the sonnet to navigate through the healing process after being sexually assaulted. Ten years after that night, she writes the sonnet sequence Eighteen, which deviates from the typical sonnet form in the aspects of the speaker, subject, and format. Playing off of the standard sonnet form, Alleyne is able to recount the emotions of that night during the first sonnet in the sequence. The typical sonnet tends to objectify the female body or one’s lover; in this sequence, the sonnets address what happens when an individual acts on these objectifications and assaults Alleyne. Alleyne deviates from the standard subject and speaker of the typical sonnet form to begin the healing process; the process begins
The author demonstrates a personal example of how communication became a barrier because of the way Tan had to assist when her mother would speak. Tan would often have to relay the meaning of her mother’s message, because her mother’s “broken English” was difficult for others to comprehend. When Amy was younger, she remembers having to act as her mother on the phone, so that people on the other end would treat her mother with the respect she deserved. On one occasion, when her mother went to the doctor to get her CAT scan results on a benign brain tumor, her mother claimed that “the hospital did not apologize when they said they had lost the CAT scan and she had come for nothing” (Tan, 544 ). It was not until Tan had talked to the doctor that the medical staff seemed to care about any of her mother’s complications. Tan seems to come to the conclusion that a language barrier affects both sides. Not only does it affect Tan, but it also appears to affect the people around her. For instance, this happens when Tan changes her major from the stereotypical “Asian’s become doctors” to an English teacher. She eventually learns to write fiction and other writings that she was constantly told she would never be successful at.
Of all the novels I've read, not that I've read a lot, but 'The Sweet Hereafter';, written by Banks, is by far the best. I especially enjoyed the first person narration used. The plot in this novel was dependent on three main events: the bus accident, Mitchell Stevens, Esq. (the lawyer), and the testimony of Nichole Burnell.
Understanding the drive for molestation of an individual is hard to grasp. “Sick” is the word that parents and other individuals would describe it as. An article written to provide information on victims of sexual assault stated, “Approximately 1.8 million adolescents in the United States have been the victims of sexual assault” (NSOPW). The take on the issue is a very touchy subject to talk about. According to Murray, “Most victims happen to be women or young girls and their rapists are usually close family, friends, or distant acquaintances” (211). Most cases go unknown for various reasons. Predominantly, the victims are too afraid to speak up in fear of the molester finding out or they feel a sense of embarrassment by their families reaction
In Eleven, author Sandra Cisneros reveals a theme: Coming of age. Thus, this story is about Rachel expecting to feel eleven but she doesn’t. It makes her feel annoyed and irritated. But, the story takes place at school, in the classroom when Ms. Price claimed that ugly sweater was Rachel’s. The main character, Rachel, has a conflict when the teacher and she had an argument about a sweater that wasn’t hers. The author writes, “when you're eleven, you're also ten, and nine, and eight, and seven, and six, and five, and four, and three, and two, and one ”. This example reveals the theme of this story how Rachel wishes she wasn’t eleven because of that dispute that had in the classroom. She was shocked because she didn’t know what to say or do when
Escaping Peril a fictional book in the Wings of Fire series, by Tui T. Sutherland, was prodigious, a truly marvelous augment to the other sequels.
Tom Culley, writer of “The art and skill of cutting corners” and Patrick Weidinger, director of environmental health and safety, disagree on the act on the act of “corner cutting” when starting and operating a business. In the article, “The art and skill of cutting corners”, Tom Culley believes that corner cutting is the most efficient way to a profit-making business. He believes that when starting off, precious time should not be wasted when attempting to make profit. Patrick Weidinger on the contrary believes that “cutting corners” play a part in the injuries or deaths or workers, in efforts of obtaining quick profit. Weidinger also believes that “corner cutting” leads to pollution of the environment as well as a violation of state and federal regulations. Both sides provided a strong case and I
Jeffrey Eugenides' The Virgin Suicides The virgin suicide’s was written by Jeffrey Eugenides it was an interesting and fun Filled novel. There were stressful things that take place that lead to the twist and turns within it, The story is told by men looking back who grew up in the same neighborhood as the Lisbon girls, their lives had forever been changed by their fierce, awkward obsession with the five young sisters: Therese, Mary, Bonnie, Lux, and Cecilia. The men noticed and became very into the sisters when Cecilia tried to commit suicide. She was the first sister to attempt suicide among all the Lisbon sisters. She cut her wrists with her father’s razor blade and laid in a bathtub full of water… she laid in the bathtub full of water so that the blood would bleed out of her faster.
Though sexism and racism differ in their manifestations and social implication of the victim, they both exist and go hand-in-hand in distorting and limiting one’s matrix of options in various ways. Unfortunately, racism and sexism have played an integral role in slowing the development of society. Moreover, they have both been recognized as being toxic to the development of humanity, yet they continue to breed rampant throughout areas of corrupt power relation and oppression. Marilyn Frye, a feminist author ahead of her time, parallels the two and uses their similarities to expose the underlying origins and mechanisms of infection that plague humanity.
What if there was one phrase that could dampen hopes? What if there was one phrase that could rock worlds? What if there was one phrase that could destroy dreams? Would you use it?
In Gerda Weissmann Klein's memoir, All But My Life, the author illustrates the three psychological stages people usually experience during war. The first stage includes her and her family's mental preparation after they find themselves no longer in the safety of their home, and realise that their number one priority must be survival. Stage two is when they must face the reality of the situation, Gerda, her father, her mother, and previously her brother Arthur part ways, and each is in his/her own road to survival. As time passes, Gerda faces the fact that her beloved ones have died, and that she has to stay strong and competent to dig her own path for the future if she makes it out alive. The third phase introduces Kurt, her future husband
Introduction “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” is a piece written by moral philosopher, Peter Singer, who places a challenge on our traditional notions of charitable giving. The essay argues in favour of donating, and of the moral obligation imposed upon us to contribute and help the global poor with humanitarian purposes. By critically assessing Singer’s writing, this reflection paper will study the main arguments advocated for in his work, as well as possible objections. Main arguments of the article Throughout the piece, Singer highlights that ‘we ought to give money away and it is wrong not to do so.’ This statement is not merely showing that it will be commendable to give money, but failing to give will be morally wrong.
In the article “Free at last” by Sara Bullard the parents of black children are upset and confused why their kids get treated differently for schools. The parents of Linda Brown were confused by why there children had to go do different schools as the white children's school. Harry Briggs was mad that the white children's school got funded more than the black school. Also Ethel Belton was upset why the children had to take long bus trips to get to school so she took her complaints to the court and then the NAACP got involved. The NAACP is the National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People. It was formed in 1910 by both black and white leader. The NAACP was a legal campaign against racial injustice. After them losing their case