English Intellectual

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden eternity.

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SENTENCE STARTERS | TOMB RAIDER LEGEND TIMELINE

feel free to change pronouns if needed ! ____ signifies a place where you can insert a name. as much as I love new croft , nobody could forget the snark of the old one . 

❝ You know, I’m starting to think you forgot your climbing gear on purpose… ❞ ❝ Honestly, climbing’s like going up a set of stairs…only far less boring! ❞ ❝ I forgot you were such an optimist. ❞ ❝ I can’t shoot on sight if I can’t see anybody. ❞ ❝ Isn’t it beautiful? I think I’m falling in love all over again. ❞ ❝ And like clockwork, here come the bloody tourists to spoil it all. ❞ ❝ The only thing you’re doing here is getting into trouble. ❞ ❝ Ouch…That sounded permanent… ❞ ❝ Well, looks like someone picked an unfortunate place to hunt. ❞ ❝ Keep yourself caffeinated. We’ve got some work ahead of us. ❞ ❝ We’re still alive. Can’t complain about that. ❞ ❝ This place doesn’t seem quite keen on visitors these days, does it? ❞ ❝ You can’t blame me for knowing how to accessorise! ❞ ❝ If I knew that this was where it would lead, I never would have told you about ____. ❞ ❝ Are you sure you’re reading this properly? ❞ ❝ To be perfectly honest, I think this is a terrible idea. ❞ ❝ Don’t take any chances. I’m not losing any more of my friends… ❞ ❝ I hope you found what you were looking for because I’m never coming here again. ❞ ❝ Do I have to remind you how much I hate the word “no”? ❞ ❝ What exactly happened the last time you and ____ got together? ❞ ❝ Welcome. I trust you’ve been enjoying my little party? ❞ ❝ Take care. I’m a very dangerous man when my interests differ from yours. ❞ ❝ You’ll be amazed at how persuasive I can be…even with dangerous men. ❞ ❝ I am not a thief, and you would be wise to avoid such accusations. ❞ ❝ Why don’t you try begging for your life like the last time we spoke? ❞ ❝ Basic etiquette – never arrive at a party empty handed. ❞ ❝ This place is a death trap. I know you’re into those, but it’s not really a winning option. ❞ ❝ It’s not a party until something gets broken. ❞ ❝ As lovely as that is, don’t you think it’s a little big to bring home by yourself? ❞ ❝ Your persistence will be the death of you. ❞ ❝ Did I forget to mention that you’re now my new favourite person? ❞  ❝ If all else fails, we could always get into the postcard business. ❞ ❝ You know long distance relationships inevitably come to an end, don’t you? ❞ ❝ You’re not truly living if you don’t live life a little dangerously! ❞ ❝ Narrowly escaping death again, I see? You haven’t changed a bit. ❞ ❝ I bet you’d do anything to have this kind of power, wouldn’t you? ❞ ❝ Oh, come now. Waiting is for the patient. ❞ ❝ I’m sorry. If I’d have known you were alive, I would have done everything I could to save you. ❞ ❝ I told you to mind your own business, and here you are following me to the ends of the Earth. ❞ ❝ There’s no difference between stupid and charming with you, is there? ❞ ❝ Are you okay? It’s usually someone else’s past you’re digging into, after all. ❞ ❝ My God, you must be absolutely freezing! Are you going to be alright? ❞ ❝ That’s a priceless artefact, not a toy!!! ❞ ❝ I don’t want anything bad to happen, but it will if you come any closer. ❞ ❝ Make sense right this second or I swear I’ll execute you where you stand! ❞ ❝ From this moment, your every breath is a gift from me. ❞ ❝ I hope this thing is as blind as it looks… ❞ ❝ Put your hands on your head and turn around. Slowly. ❞ ❝ I don’t suppose you’d be open to bribery, would you? ❞ ❝ You just don’t know when to die, do you? ❞ ❝ I can see where the rumours of your godlike strength came from. ❞ ❝ I did warn you that being so loud could wake the dead. Looks like I was correct. ❞ ❝ Ah, you really are a woman after my own heart. ❞ ❝ Good news is we saved the world! Bad news…we’re going to die here. ❞ ❝ I’d love to join you, but I forgot my trunks. ❞ ❝ Not that I’m complaining, but what makes you so sure this is going to work? ❞ ❝ I always suspected you were more of a dog person… ❞ ❝ You find things for me and I reward you handsomely. Seems like a good arrangement, no? ❞   ❝ Instincts can be expensive and yours are going to cost you the treasure. ❞ ❝ How far are you willing to go to find the answers you seek? ❞ ❝ I don’t have time for this. Get out of the way or you die. ❞ ❝ I know how bad you want this, but we both know you’re not gonna kill me for it. ❞ ❝ I was hoping you’d show up. I’ve been dying to make you scream. ❞ ❝ You’ve reached the top. Now there’s nowhere else left to go but down. ❞ ❝ Look inside yourself. Your heart is as black as mine. ❞ ❝ You’re going to run out of bullets sooner or later, you know. ❞

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“This is how you read a novel: you inhale the experience. So start breathing.”

— Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran (via books-n-quotes)

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Grand Bazaar in Istanbul

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Miss Croft,

Pardon the mess in the foyer, but a rather large shipment of antiquities arrived while you were out. I would have had the crates placed in the Gallery, but the security alarm has somehow been activated, locking the room from the inside. If this was not concerning enough, the renovators have shut off the waters supply to the entire manor in order to continue construction of the pool house. On the bright side, I’ve located your missing journal and returned it to its appointed hiding place in your room.

Faithfully in your service,

Winston

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17th July 2019

Me and my family are going on a vacation, in about two days, to turkey. I am a bit excited. I have been very bored, so hopefully I will have a great time in Istanbul. However, today I have been angry and sad, for no apparent reason. It’s probably just PMS, but I still think it’s annoying and uncomfortable, when you’re feeling down for no reason. Something else that is bothering me, is that I am not losing weight - and I have been trying for a month! How crude. I hate looking at myself in the mirror, and I feel (and know) that I am not working hard enough. For the past 4 years I have gained 20 kgs, and I am finally trying to lose weight. I have lost about 6 kgs this year, but lately it has been difficult keeping them off. Hopefully it will be well.

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13th July 2019

I just graduated high school in Denmark. It’s been about a month or so. I feel happy. Like I am free from all the trouble and concerns I have had and now it is a fresh new beginning. I am not entering university in a year, so I am beginning to contemplate what I should plan to do this coming year. Perhaps I might lose weight and try to start a healthy diet. My lifestyle is messed up. It has been from the beginning of high school and it’s self-damaging. I need to change my life. Improve it. If i don’t, i’ll just end up feeling like a failure. But that’s a whole different story. I want to work and earn money. Maybe get a driver’s license. And also improve my grades, before I enter university. I have been thinking about studying English, since it has always been my passion.

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What is evil? Summarizations of short stories about evil

Evil can be defined in two forms: Moral evil and natural evil. Moral evil is the evil humans do, by choice, knowing that what they do is wrong, but they do it anyway. Moral evil is a broad subject, because there are a lot of factors in display (for instance, personality disorders). Those who commit morally evil crimes have freely chosen to do so. Then there is natural evil, the bad things that happen naturally, storm, flood, volcanic eruption, fatal disease. But we ask a vital question, to those who commit moral evil - are they really evil? Neuroscience begins to tell us that while the cognitive part of the brain works normally, other parts of the brain do not. For instance, this makes sense since psychopaths feel no remorse when doing horrible acts, or when hurting other human beings. We can conclude that we must not lose sight of the evil act itself. Nonetheless, what this man did is wrong, but he is still a man.

The tell-tale heart is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. We learn from this short story, that criminal minds are very diverse. When the madman wanted to kill for the eye, it shows that not all psychopaths want to kill for the same reasons. The madman admits he has no logical explanation to kill the old man, he just develops an obsession for his eye. This shows that many people in the world are deluded, and this can be a very realistic story to portray how the world can be. We just don’t know about it, because we never hear about it. The madman believes that he has powers, and this shows how severe his psychopathy is.

Born of man and woman is a short story about a young boy who is being verbally and physically abused by his parents. His father beats him and hurts the young boy’s feelings, and the mother hurts his feelings by being verbally abusive towards him. This shows how evil can also take form of abuse in the family. The young kid feels that his parents are emotionally absent, which is quite difficult for him. This can be very traumatizing for young children, and it can damage their future, as they grow up to be agressive, abusive, negative and so forth.

Why Not Everyone Is a Torturer is an article that shows Iraqi prisoners photographs from Abu Ghraib prison. People feel the need to distance themselves from the horror and brutality, because they are monsters, deluded, disturbed, and that we ourselves would never condone to such activities. But unfortunately, 50 years of social psychology has shown that any person can become violent when strained.

We have also read about psychological defense mechanism. Freud influences literature in the 20th century. He saw our conscious minds as threatened by norms and instincts and invented several mechanism, which people use to protect themselves against their fears. Defense mechanisms are psychological strategies that are unconsciously used to protect a person from anxiety rising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings. We use defense mechanism to protect ourselves against feelings from guilt or anxiety, whise arise from threats, or because our id or superego becomes too demanding. They are not under our conscious control, and are non-voluntaristic. One of them is projection: You send your fears into something/someone: the boy is scared - he projects his fear onto the cat.