Identifying tone and mood

Trucks driving themselves is sort of a scary idea but what objects coming to life, with a mind of their own is scarier? Defend y

asambeis [7]

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Stephen King made his directorial debut here and he hasn't yet gone back to the chair, which is a real shame. Not because he's got tremendous talent behind the camera but instead because he could have delivered so many more, campy, non-sense movies. MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE is as bad as it's reputation would have you believe but at the same time it enters the "so bad it's good" range because of how silly it all is. Based on King's short story 'Trucks,' what basically happens is a group of people are stranded inside a truck stop as the trucks outside start to take over the world and go on a killing rampage. This is the type of bad film that everyone should really check out because it's amazing to see how poorly the final product turned out to be. In recent years King has admitted that he didn't know what he was doing and that he was snorting cocaine at the time and perhaps this is why everything here doesn't make since. I think the original story has some major logic flaws but perhaps King just didn't explain them well enough here. I still think there are some very campy and outrageous moments that make this worth viewing and most of them happen early on as the machines start to come to life. There's a coke machine death sequence, which is just priceless and campy. Then we have a steam roller death, which I'm sure looked wonderful before the MPAA got a hold of it. While watching the film I kept wondering if there was any sort of point to any of this. The movie has a very bad pace and it really just seems to go on and on without anyone knowing where to stop it. I think taking out ten or so minutes probably would have also helped it. Seeing people like Emilio Estevez and Pat Hingle adds some charm but the majority of the characters are just annoying.

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3 years ago

Which statement describes the use of semicolons in the following sentence?

HACTEHA [7]

A: Semicolons are used correctly to connect a series of independent clauses.

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4 years ago

The archetype of a journey across water is sometimes used in literature to represent a hero's purification.

sergij07 [2.7K]

I believe the correct answer is: It implies that in order to reach salvation, one need to have a helper, like Hopeful.

The archetype of a journey across water, which represents hero's purification, has the same effect of purification for Christian's crossing of the river in “Pilgrim's Progress” (1678), a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan, but in religious context:

“Christian doubts whether he can make it across, for the memory of his past sins weights on him one again, but Hopeful reminds him that Christ’s love would take away those sins.”

This allegory implies that in order to reach salvation, one need to have Hope. The Hope is one of three pillars of Christianity, alongside Love and Faith. In the final part, it’s implied that only true hope and belief can preserve one on his journey to Heaven, but the Vain Hope cannot:

“Ignorance has crossed the river on a ferry called Vain Hope, and yet he will not be admitted to the Celestial City, because he doesn’t have a scroll-ticket.”

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3 years ago

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Learning Task 1: Before reading the text, match each underlined word in Column

Scilla [17]

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1. Theater critics denigrate her acting ability.- C. To say unfair comments.

2. The haughty waiter smirked when I talked to him.- E. Blatantly and disdainfully proud.

3. My friend plans to go to some outlandish place to look for buried treasures.- D. Very strange or unusual.

4. Her patriotism was so heartfelt that she quit her job to serve the community.- B. Love for one's country.

5. Gun control is likely to be a contentious subject in any group discussion.- A. Likely to cause disagreement.

Explanation:

The definition of the words in the sentences in Column A are matched with those in Column B as follows-

1. Theater critics denigrate her acting ability.- C. To say unfair comments.

The word "denigrate" means saying something bad or comment in a negative way about someone or something.

2. The haughty waiter smirked when I talked to him.- E Blatantly and disdainfully proud.

The term "smirked" is an expression that is rude, to have a smug expression about something.

3. My friend plans to go to some outlandish place to look for buried treasures.- D. Very strange or unusual.

"Outlandish" means strange, unfamiliar, bizarre, weird.

4. Her patriotism was so heartfelt that she quit her job to serve the community.- B. Love for one's country.

Being "patriotic" means having a strong love for one's country.

5. Gun control is likely to be a contentious subject in any group discussion.- A. Likely to cause disagreement.

The term "contentious" means something that is argumentative, something prone to arguments, leading to debates or controversies.

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3 years ago

Please hurry.

butalik [34]

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I put caring, giving, and willing to help

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