Alexandra Maria Lara Essays

  • An Analysis Of 'Accident, Mass. Ave.'

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    Gina Meyers and Jill McDonough both illustrate a lack of control within the poems “Hold it Down” and “Accident, Mass. Ave.”. “Hold it Down” by Gina Meyers describes a long narrative of the problem, a lack of control, impossibilities and frustration in everyday life, while “Accident, Mass. Ave.” presents a narrative of a problem, a moment of loss of control, aggression and frustration in a single moment that happen on a specific day. Similarly the poems are long and include long enjambed lines disturbed

  • The Legend of Colton H Bryant

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    I very much enjoyed The Legend of Colton H. Bryant by Alexandra Fuller. It captured me right away in the beginning scene of Colton racing away from the Kmart Kids on his bicycle. I loved how Colton could take a sad event and turn it into a lighter topic. For example, in the first chapter, Colton was being bullied and harassed. Even though he was crying, he made it lighter by chanting his mantra “‘Mind over matter. I don’t mind so it don’t matter.’” (Fuller 7) There are other examples of Colton behaving

  • Blanche is Responsible for her own Fate in a Street Car Named Desire

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    This essay will describe whether or not Blanches’ unfortunate eventual mental collapse was due to her being a victim of the society she went to seek comfort in, or if she was solely or at least partly responsible. The factors and issues that will be discussed include, Blanches’ deceitful behaviour and romantic delusions which may have lead to her eventual downfall, the role Stanley ended up playing with his relentless investigations of her past and the continuous revelations of it, the part society

  • Essay

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    still written through Scout’s eyes, but instead of passing by them on the sidewalk, Scout is in their home sitting with them, or hearing personal stories about them. Three of these characters that Scout points out specifically are Jem Finch, Aunt Alexandra, and Tom Robinson. The reader acknowledges Jem Finch as Scout’s older brother from the start of this novel. He is brave and strong. “When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem’s fears

  • How Is Hitler Presented In Oliver Hirschbiegel's Film, The Downfall

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    processed what horrific influence Hitler had on so many people, all she thought during this time was the ability to please him following his strict commands. As the movie progresses, Traudl Junge, a 22-year-old girl from Munich played by Alexandra Maria Lara, along with Margarethe Lorenz, Ursula Puttkammer, Hannah Potrovsky and Hedwig Brandt are awaiting their interview to become Hitler’s secretary. He interrogates all the women asking for their name, last name and where they are from. He questions