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...proselytizing--and, unfortunately, these people are the ones that do most of the shouting. Yet most religious Americans, whatever their faith, do not believe in this message. Instead they try to live their lives according to their God--to be a good Christian, good Hindu, good Jew, good Muslim, etc. These people have a strong belief in a value system and see themselves as moral people, yet they are neither bitter nor aggressive towards those who do not share their beliefs. It is in this manner that religion has taken hold in this country, and it this spirit which drove...
...merely a part of our cultural routine and joins, in our minds, the passing parade of stupidity/psychosis/chaos/entertainment that Americans seem to like, or have come to deserve. In Freudian terms, the once forceful (and patriarchal) American Superego (arguably including the authority of law, of the presidency, of the military, etc.) has collapsed into a great dismal swamp...
...Suicides has a character crisis. Lacking a central protagonist, the film keeps the viewer detached . There is no character that the audience can latch on to or place its empathy with. There are the five Lisbon sisters, their two parents, the numerous neighborhood admirers, the unidentified narrator, Trip Fontaine, etc. The audience has trouble keeping count of all these faces and names, and no character materializes as the focus of the story. A multi-faceted character approach as a literary convention was a critical success, because Jeffrey Eugenides could verbally and descriptively acquaint the audience with the characters in novel...
...Jerry's brings him a lifetime supply), but he thankfully ended a severe news drought. Until last week, Time and Newsweek were resorting to their stock stories - you know, updates of "Is There Really Life on Mars?", "Human Cloning: The Future is Now," "Was Jesus Black?," etc... Every time Anna Kournikova wins a tennis match, her mother and coach make a beeline for the nearest liquor stand to take shots... Resorting to legal force, Oprah managed to prevent one of her ex-employees from writing an expose of what really happens behind the scenes at the Oprah Winfrey show. Ironic...
...ACTIVITIES ETC: Drama club (9 plays as actor, techie, director), Orlando Sentinel teen correspondent and movie critic for three years, Florida Film Festival volunteer, Science State (2 years), Drama State (1 year), Nat'l Merit Finalist, school literary mag, Mu Alpha Theta, volunteer at local Democratic headquarters...