Word: motifs
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...sense that Linkous is assembling bits and pieces in an attempt to scare his listeners, rather than to tell a story of any sort. For the same reason, it seems a tenuous stab in the dark to try to analyze his words beyond face-value. Still, there exists a motif of emergence and rejuvenation in “Dreamt…” In 2001’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Linkous seemed trapped in a dark sea—or the belly of a mountain—murmuring...
...When I began this book I looked at President Bush as an anomaly. But in working on the book I found that all American Presidents in one way or another invoke God. If you look at U.S. history through religious history, there is very much a motif that shows the importance religion has played in the U.S. We're a very religious country and it affects the way we look at varioius political issues. President Bush is a little different because he's so sure about what religion is telling...
...rare; most of the poems are predictably profound. The ending of “The Knowers” is typical: “dead leaves / come back as green / leaves: only / we / don’t return,” he writes. The smell of snow is a recurring motif in the poems, and there is a certain chilly, blandly poetic quality to the volume as a whole...
...standard-grade kink. The film then evolves into a meditative psychological thriller that wears its psychoses on its sleeve. The affair inevitably turns sour over broken promises and long, drawn-out arguments where both Nola and Chris reveal their own (and maybe Allen’s) neuroses. The motif that resonates throughout “Match Point” is the concept of luck, starting from Chris’s initial voiceover: “The man who said, ‘I’d rather be lucky than good’ saw deeply into life...
...they have no racial bias, no age bias, no gender bias,” Davis said. According to Davis, defining moments can only be identified by “looking back through the rear-view mirror of your life.” Although religion was a consistent motif in the life of Davis, he believes that he did not become complete until a fellow athlete advised him to truly live the will of God. “The reason I’m living an abundant life is because I gave it all over to Jesus Christ...