This is my masterwork (disasterwork?) from Dr. McM’s W2DII class. I realize that it is a). horrifically long, and b). on a fairly obscure book. The original title itself is too long to fit in the subject line. Yawning is permitted at the introduction, snores at the development, and mumbles of confusion when it finally concludes. Thank you.
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Fighting. Torture. Revenge. Giants. Monsters. Chases. Escapes. True love. Miracles. View Full Post
Up, the most recent movie by Pixar is, well, incredible. It’s a tale of brokenness, love, dreams, pain, joy, beauty, sprinkled with a good amount of fresh, clean, wonderful humor.
If you’ve seen the trailers, you know at least a little of what I’m talking about. The movie is better than the previews. Just like WALL-E (if you’ve seen it—their film from last year, which is also fabulous), the makers do not add unneeded words. Just like The Incredibles (yet another incredible—heh heh—film of Pixar’s from 2004), has a beautiful depiction of marriage. There is one bit near the beginning with only music, no words, which is probably the most beautifully heartbreaking portrayal of marriage I’ve ever seen. Absolutely gorgeous.
Ella’s assignment for economics class was to read Thomas L. Friedman’s The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century and summarise the 488-page book in one page. This is the slightly longer version, with added commentary; but it does still fit on one page in ten-point.
In the back of the van, I scribbled down four words in my notebook: “The world is flat.” As soon as I wrote them, I realized that this was the underlying message of everything that I had seen and heard…. The global competitive playing field was being leveled. The world was being flattened. (8)
