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Self-imprisonment

Oh how its foul smell lingered in my head

The taste of sorrow I feel

As I get caged in my own head.

I run on an unending road,

As these thoughts crave for my sanity.

The darkness is deafening!

I let out a loud screech.

Shards fell and slid on my flesh.

A light I sense

From the huge crack above.

Oh, what a sweet hope!

A beam of light,

A beam of salvation

Guard me until we get home.

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Anomalisa (2015) - Movie Review

The best movies don’t have to star a single human in it.

Stop- motion animation is one of the animation techniques that are hard to master. We’ve seen a couple of these films with rough animations. It usually ruins the film. The movie Anomalisa is a haunting and hypnotic drama film. The skilful screenwriter of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich, Charlie Kaufman made another groundbreaking film. Kaufman enlisted this film with co-director Duke Johnson. Anomalisa would bring us into the mysteries of human nature and social interactions. This film conveys the art of stop-motion animation to the next level by using puppets with mask-like faces.

How did the story went? Michael Stone (voiced by David Thewlis) is a renowned motivational author who specializes on business customer relations. He may be motivated in this film but not in his own life. Michael has a hard time in relating with other people. He has a low sensitivity to excitement and lack of interest that led him to a repetitive life. Everyone he encountered was all of the same face and voice (voiced by Tom Noonan). But when he went on a business trip in Cincinnati, he met an extraordinary stranger. Lisa (voiced by Jennifer Jason Leigh) became a potential cure for his negative view in life. As he tries to get to know her, a different character starts to unravel within Michael. Unfortunately, Michael gradually went back to his old unappreciative self. Lisa became like everyone else in Michael’s perspective. He then abandoned her and went on with his depressing life.

For Michael, meeting Lisa must’ve been the highlight of his life. Hearing a woman’s voice gave him hope for a change. He finally learned how to genuinely appreciate a person but, ‘twas all for one night. This part showed how a single person may ignite something inside someone. It deeply explains the true meaning behind Michael’s condition. Michael and Lisa shared a lot in common. They’ve introduced themselves as an “anomaly” in this world. Michael was finally breaking his way out of his condition. But in the end, he failed to do so.

The film required a lot of time and effort for the production. Anomalisa was filmed for almost 3 years, which was roughly funded by Kickstarter. The use of puppets was no joke. It was shot with one frame at a time. Every facial expressions were made individually. The seams on the puppets’ faces were left there on purpose. Kaufman stated in an interview that the seams weren’t necessary to remove anymore because it went well with the film’s story.

All props and puppets used were realistic. “We didn’t want the characters to look cartoony.” says Kaufman in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. The settings were believable. Everything was fully functional, even the digital clocks. The electronics were working. The miniature replicas of some landmarks were precisely made. As for the puppets, the execution of the animation was detailed. The breathing, expressions, and reflexes of the characters came out naturally. While watching the movie, it wouldn’t make us feel like it was an animation anymore. The viewers would just naturally get lost in the middle of the film. As we get sucked into the film, it would seem like we’re watching a live-action movies.

This award-winning film possesses a different quality of story and screenplay. It reflects the lives of most people who do not get easily interested in social interactions. There’s so much sadness in this film yet at the same time, it is a beautiful masterpiece. A single person may change a person’s perspective in life. There is always somebody for everyone. Never let them slip away. Michael knew the anomaly he was and he thought Lisa was his salvation. Loneliness and depression affect the way we hope for better circumstances. High hopes led Michael back to the mess he once was. If you get to watch the film, whether you’ll be touched or disappointed, you know you have seen a really unique movie.

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“Alone” by Edgar Allan Poe reflects a lot on a personal experience, particularly on Poe’s childhood. The theme of this poem relates back to Poe's life. The tone is dark, and the mood is gloomy. Edgar Allan Poe is the persona of this poem. He talks about his experiences when he was a child. At a young age, he nearly lost his entire family. Poe is known for his dark and revealing works. He may have described a traumatic experience as a child. Since he was young, he knew that he was unlike everyone else. It is observed in the first part of the poem. Images can be observed in certain lines in the poem, such as “I could not bring my passions...” and “I could not awaken my heart...” Symbolic metaphors are used in the poem to show the brighter sense and darker sense of the events in his life. He stayed the same in spite of everything.

The poem consists of the common rhyme scheme of rhyming couplets aa, bb, cc, ee, and so on. It is beautifully written along with this rhyme scheme. We can observe how the flow of words is really smooth. The poem would start off with an iambic foot in the first 12 lines. It is then followed by a trochaic foot starting from line 13. The lines of the poem consist of a short syllable count per line, ranging from 7-9.

I personally chose this poem for various reasons. Dark and personal poems always amuse me. It tells a lot about the poet and his past experiences. I felt this certain connection on Poe’s poem. This poem is simply beautiful and has a lot of hidden messages. I often feel alone, alone inside my head. There are certain things that are really clouding up my mind. Whether it’s good or bad, I managed to act the same around people. I tend to hide my feelings and let myself observe everything else. Due to a lot of overthinking, I tend to get detached from reality. I become locked up in my own thoughts. I try my best to reconnect with people. I could say that I am doing fine as of the moment.

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Learn to Wait

The poem “When I was One and Twenty” and the short story “A Footnote to Youth” have been talking about family and possessions. The persona of the poem had been really stubborn and had so many regrets in life, and so does Dodong from the short story. “Tis paid with sighs a plenty; And sold for endless rue.” This is a line from the poem that clearly showed regrets. She knew that she should’ve listened to the advices of the wise man back then. Dodong, from the short story, had the same behavior as the persona in the poem. These literary works reflect on the common behavior of the youth today. They tend to think that they are mature enough to face the world alone. When, in fact, they really aren’t. Adulthood bewilders them and they rush into it. Only then they will realize that they’re not ready. They have drown in regrets. They’re wishing to relive their youth again. We cannot turn back time. I do think that these things are fairly true. The youth have been rushing into maturity. Ironically, a lot of these people became stubborn or immature. They leave their parents or guardian and when things started to fall apart, they came crawling back to them. All I am saying is that we should be careful of what we want in life. This also requires a lot of knowledge to understand this phase in life. The poem and the short story would serve as a lesson and also a warning especially to the youth. These literary pieces revealed the fate of most of the youth who can’t wait to jump in the next phase in life. This would convince us that adulthood is hard and it’ll come in the right time. We don’t have to be as miserable as Dodong and the persona from the poem. These are powerful enough to enlighten the youth. These would serve as a reminder to everyone that all good things come in the right time.

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One Haunting Video Shows “Beauty Through The Decades” In New Light

Karolina Żebrowska’s “Beauty Through The Ages” video shows not only on the glamorized versions of women but also the real, middle and lower class women as they lived in the past century.

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Euthanasia Can be Legalized

Humans are given the freedom of choice as long as it doesn’t abuse any other person’s rights. In this case, terminally ill patients are clearly given the right to die. Euthanasia can be considered a way to upheld the “Right to life” by honoring the “Right to die” with dignity. These patients shouldn’t be forced to stay alive. If they are living in intolerable pain and their quality of life is severely diminished, then they should be able to end their life. This only applies to people dealing with incurable diseases. Personal instances wherein the patient can only live by a life support and is deemed to be in the last strand of life with no remedy must accept the fact of the imminent death. Physical suffering is natural and experienced by all humans. There will come a time wherein all of us would be confronting death itself.

Euthanasia should be restricted in the interest of not committing human errors in the name of the state, so long as it violates no one’s rights. It is then morally acceptable. Life should only continue as long as a person feels their life is worth living. We should also consider what it means to be a human being. It is the will to have the power for survival. When patients suffering from incurable disease get free from the unbearable pain, then they have achieved relief or happiness. Good death, at the time of own choosing, will make them happier than the reoccurring pain, and slow painful death. As a final note, terminally ill patients must be allowed to die at their own will as it could save patients from hours of extreme agony and gruelling pain instead of dying a peaceful death.

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Have you ever thought about what its like to not have food? I am sure that most people do not have t

Instead of an Ad video, I guess it is better to just read a short essay about the topic “ Feeding the Hungry” then evaluate its ideas. :)

In 2-4 paragraphs, express your thoughts about the following:

* Author’s use of persuasion and conviction

* Author’s reasoning and use of evidences or facts as proof

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World hunger is a sign of poverty. The author used a combination of persuasion and conviction. I think that it is essential to be combining these because it comprises a really good argument. A good amount of convictions supported all the persuasions in the selection. By stating facts about hunger and poverty, the author had a good opening in persuading the readers. This selection is more of an eye-opener for people who had been blinded by their own interests only. The selection is trying to convince us to make a change to resolve world hunger. The author doesn't want us to be careless with our food. We are blessed because we don't worry about our next meal. Maybe, it's time to step up and help people who are experiencing starvation.

The author started off with a question about not having any food to eat. This would immediately get the readers to think about it and continue on reading the selection. As we go deep into the selection, we may notice that the author had been using facts to state how severe world hunger is. A lot of possible outcomes had been stated such as starvation and death. Seeing these things would make us think not to waste food anymore. The author made it clear why we should be making a change as early as now. People are suffering and we need to help one another. By doing this, we would be one step closer in resolving world hunger. We've seen a lot of heartbreaking effects of world hunger and poverty. It's time to get rid of our ignorance and start focusing on people crying for help.

Great Ignorance

The Rizal monument reminds us about Rizal’s heroic works. The monument could be considered sacred by everyone. We are to give respect to him. But, there is now a controversy about the building behind the monument. Some say that it ruins the view of the Rizal monument certainly because a building seems unpleasant to see behind the monument. Majority of the Filipinos see this as a big controversy.

I personally think that this is a huge issue. Unfortunately, the “Torre de Manila” was already built completely. We cannot do anything about it. Huge funds have been used for the construction of the condominium. It is impossible to be demolished since the proposal of the building was approved. The only thing that I cannot understand is how the officials did not foresee the possible outcome of the construction of the building. Instead of demolishing the building, a background can be constructed behind the monument. I think that the proposal for the construction of the Torre de Manila was not closely studied. This would serve as a lesson for the officials to be extra careful in approving proposals.

Getting Lost

You had your eyes fixed in some distance. I wonder what's going on your playful little mind. I approached you and then your eyes, your pure hazel eyes, locked on mine. I stared in silence. Those enigmatic eyes wanted to tell me something I know nothing of. You raised your strong eyebrows as if they were signaling me to start talking. I finally asked, "What are you thinking about?" Your gigantic front teeth are the first thing I noticed about your mouth. This may be the reason why your mouth always appears slightly open. Surprisingly, it works well with your suggestive lips which rests below those soaring nose. You finally let out a beautiful grin and said, "My fate." I love how your excited hair falls on one side of your face. They were lavish brown which makes you look stunning. I almost got lost in our conversation. Ah, your beauty is truly hypnotizing. "What about your fate?" The sun shines on your brightly tanned skin while you're inviting me to sit with you. It exposed your popping cheeckbones and jawline. We talked for hours. For the first time in a long time, I was happy again.

The Locked Cabinet

On a cold evening, Ray met a beautiful young lady named Aqua and immediately fell in love with her. Ray asked her hand in marriage and got married after 3 days. When they started living together, Ray noticed that Aqua started acting differently whenever he catches her opening a locked cabinet. When Ray was left alone at their house, he checked out what was inside Aqua's cabinet out of curiosity. He saw pictures of men with their faces marked with "X" then, he saw his picture beneath all of it with a note: "next."

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i’m that friend that has to walk behind the group when the path isn’t big enough. i’m that friend that gets cut off in a conversation. i’m that friend that gets left behind when i ask for them to wait for me. i’m that friend that doesn’t get invited to hang out a lot. i’m that friend that if i want to go to the mall or some place w a friend i have to be the one to invite people to make sure i get included. i’ll always be that friend. 😊

Greece: The Classics

The world is composed of wide array of beautiful places. Greece is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. They’ve got a lot of beautiful spots, islands, historical sites, beaches, towering mountain ranges- you name it. Oh! What a lovely place. Apart from these beautiful places, this country also has a fruitful history. There is always a story behind every temple, mountain, city, and arenas located in Greece. Let’s have a look at some significant events in ancient Greece. Get ready for a huge jump back in time.

Ancient Greeks believed in the gods and goddesses. You probably heard about Zeus, right? Well, he is the supreme ruler of the gods. Such things are a part of the Greek Mythology. This is the body of myths and teachings of the ancient Greeks. They have the supreme literature. Well-known people came from Greece, such as Homer, Pindar, Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plato. These people made a worldwide influence. Originality can be observed in Greek Literature. These are made by a variation of intellects all over ancient Greece. Nothing can surpass the the great arts and architecture of Greece. Nobody is sure if these little remains of art is the best. Time hasn’t been kind to such works, but what remains amazed the world. No one was able to imitate every detail of their architecture. One great example of this is the Parthenon, located on the top of Acropolis, that is dedicated to Athena. The complexity of their constructions is what made it exceptional.

About 2,500 years ago, there was a feared military force in the Greek world. They were the Spartans. If you have watched the movie “300″ you probably know how vicious and ruthless the Spartans were. Only strong men will survive during that period. They fight for the glory of Greece. Different forces, such as the Persians, tried to crush the Greeks. This was the reason behind destroyed temples, arenas, etc. Only few remains survived many generations.

Everything you’ll see around Greece has a story that is yet to unfold. Visiting Greece is like travelling back in time. This is a place for adventure and discoveries. When you get there, try to pick up a rock and wonder how it got there. You’ll never know, that rock might have been held by Plato once. This country is truly historical. Greece will always be an all time classic.

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