Sentences with phrase «age stories often»

Coming of age stories often come in two forms.

Not exact matches

Christians trying to be relevant often add story - telling to their «evangelism toolbox» because of how effectively it can be used to convey the gospel in an age without absolutes.

Whether it involves a memorial in Little Rock, Arkansas, to a victim of the Trail of Tears, the Hawaiian tradition of pono (righteousness and balance), California New Age groups borrowing Indian rituals or New Mexico tribes arguing for the return of their sacred sites, the story of regional religious culture has to acknowledge these rich (and often contentious) roots.

Thus our congregations are often at the mercy of the latest kooky cult (witness Shirley MacLaine and New Age religion), and there is no common biblical story that binds them together in their faith.

The findings provide a contrast with the stories we are often shown here in the UK: they reveal an overwhelming sense of optimism amongst the younger generation - the age group who will be the next leaders and architects of the future.

Now I may have been a toddler, but I often hear stories about the impending golden age from misty - eyed veterans in the field.

Stuffed animals, dolls and other toys, likewise, are often how preschool - and elementary - age kids relate stories they have heard.

Scoundrels often portray themselves as somebody else or embellish their life stories to target upper age individuals.

Gerwig's warmth as an artist becomes important, because in «Lady Bird» she is dealing in what is often the most self - centered of forms, the coming - of - age story; particularly, the coming - of - age story based on the filmmaker's own life.

A close backwoods cousin to Stand By Me (1986), Jeff Nichols» Mud is an often moving and unpredictable coming of age story that benefits from some striking visuals and all around strong acting from its cast.

It even offers the often effective coming - of - age story line in regards to Duncan (played by Liam James) as a miserable 14 year old stuck at a beach house with him mom, her obnoxious boyfriend and his snobby daughter.

This probably would have been number one with a bullet for «Most Messed Up Movie of 2017» if not for another movie coming later on this list, Julia Ducournau's deeply depraved RAW is the sort of coming of age story you don't see too often.

MILLER»S GIRL by Jade Bartlett The story of a young precocious writer who becomes involved with her high school creative writing teacher in a dark coming - of - age drama that explores the often blurred lines of connectivity between professor and protege, child and adult.

A young, animal - loving, blond girl with curls named Ella (Lily James) comes of age with a loving mother (Hayley Attwell) and an equally loving, yet often traveling, merchant father (Ben Chaplin) in a story book version of 17th century Europe.

While the age of students will determine the tenor of this discussion, I think it's fairly easy to have even very young people reflect on how often they or do not feel represented in stories.

High interest / low reading level books are characterized by the difference between the interest level (most often the age or grade of the reader) and the grade level or reading level in which the story text is written.

Eve Sherman is twice the age of Josh, and while the story accurately chronicles the way children are often groomed by their predators for sexual activities, the descriptions of what goes on between the two of them are sometimes so graphic that they border on soft porn: «She dropped to her knees and unbuckled my belt, then skinned down my pants, and underpants.

Linked across the ages by the shared experience of early motherhood, both stories examine the often taboo corners of women's lives.

Short story writer, Chinese novelist and the youngest, first female President of the Chinese Writers Association (elected at age 49 in 2006), Tie Ning has long written about ordinary female protagonists who are often from rural backgrounds.

This coming - of - age story traces Wyld's childhood obsession with sharks and anxieties about growing up, which become palpable in the artwork: next to Sumner's cartoonish figures, realistic, often - gory sharks loom menacingly.

That's a dim, misty outline of the story that's told so often, of how man once lived in a golden age or a garden of Eden or the Hesperides... how that world was lost, and how we some day may be able to get it back again.

Broken Age really encourages exploration — and element forced on you to advance the story, which often involves the use of clever puzzles which have equally easy to understand and use controls.

The final product, however, bears few of the visual scars often associated with a long, difficult gestation — its cartoonish, cel - shaded graphics are as timeless as its age - old story.

In the age of hyper - conceptual art, the story about the art often resides less in the object than in the stories that are told about it: the curator talks and wall text descriptions.

I've often argued that the world would be better off if people, from an early age, absorbed science not as a set of facts (sadly the state of science education today), but as a story — full of vexing questions, conflict, dead ends, insights and the occasional thrilling leap.

Lying that is probably not a serious problem: Young children (ages 4 - 5) often make up stories and tell tall tales.