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Film Review: Into the Wild             The film Into the Wild directed by Sean Penn is a magnum opus production exhibiting talent among Hollywood directors. The director, formerly an actor before, acted with such seriousness - never laughing on-screen, he transfers the same admirable seriousness when he directs this master-piece. Penn’s ingenious mind is depicted as he delves himself with this film where his reverence and passion is seen in portraying the rebel tradition of the Americans who unwind the clock of time and awkwardly reside in the realms of piety. This notion of trying to go back in the wanderers’ civilization negating the promising future invested in captures the viewers leaving them in bewilderment. The cinematic aesthetics bring about the intriguing emplotment, characterization and the poignant themes and symbolism in the film which enthralls the viewers incessantly. The plot revolves around McCandless’ life, ...

A Day at the Ballpark             Each summer, minor league ballparks are packed with all sorts of competitions, from the young kids to their elder brothers and sisters, where thousands of fans fancy watching. This year was no exception with the program packed from ten thirty to five o’clock in the evening with exuberant activities. Five thirty to six was programmed for the prize awards to the winning categories in their order of seniority. My younger brother was one of the participants on this material Sunday and he had expected our support, right from our dad to mum and me. The family had enthusiastically welcomed his suggestion as one the family days to be spent together and cheering his participation in the game he liked most.             That Sunday happened to be a fine sunny day, a sign that everything was going to be hilarious. Our dad drove us to the Durham Bull...

The Fear of Flying             To starters, flying in an airplane is filled with mixture of anxiety and fear; fear that something may go amiss and then the worst happen. The main reason is because many people have at one time or the other heard horrifying airplanes crashes where very few people survive. When you view news from time to time you will see or hear airplanes crashes that leave you with nightmares that linger in the memory for a long time. Even the brave have that chill down their spines on seeing the images of these crashes which tom many elicit the fear of flying.             My first time to fly in an airplane, I was very tense that my nerves were on the verge of elastic breaking point. When my beloved mother informed my sister and I that we were taking our vacation trip to Aruba, I began having butterflies in my stomach. Besides the memories of a passenger...

A Day out in the Kuwait Streets             Looking from the top of the five-star hotel, Majid was not only amazed by the beautiful expanse of the ultra-modern city whose buildings seemed to have been constructed at the same time but also marveled at the way the people adorned red clothing walking along the well-manicured pedestrians' paths beside the asphalt roads and highways. He remembered the history of Kuwait City: it was razed to the ground in the 1950s and was consequently planned afresh to denote the rapidly growing urban city as a result of the country's inexhaustible petroleum wells. The buildings' designers seemed to have come from the same school of thought because the minarets of the mosques and other espoused architectural designs indicated a certain commonality. Camels patronized the city streets below Majid’s eyes as if in constant competition with the sleek cars that announced the luxuriant life of this oil-...