Sentences with phrase «of age story provides»

This coming of age story provides a pleasant respite for readers, both plain and fancy.

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The tragedy may have provided a cautionary tale to a young Jobs, since it's the story of an aged monarch going crazy trying to divide up his kingdom.

Hauerwas and the other essayists are on firmer ground when they write of the importance of holding on to the Christian story, which gives meaning to individual stories and provides «rich resources to make possible friendship between the elderly and, perhaps most important, becoming and remaining friends with ourselves as we age.»

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.

That age tells how long light from the Big Bang has been traveling and so provides a clue to the size of the universe — but it's not the whole story.

QB provides increased quality of life for those with disabilities (read Mike Phillips - spinal muscular atrophy - user story) or patients that need to momentarily stay physically away from their social environment (read Grady, age 9 - post bone marrow transplant - user story).

Films that might have fit this putative strand included the charming but overlong Timeless Stories, co-written and directed by Vasilis Raisis (and winner of the Michael Cacoyannis Award for Best Greek Film), a story that follows a couple (played by different actors at different stages of the characters» lives) across the temporal loop of their will - they, won't - they relationship from childhood to middle age and back again — essentially Julio Medem - lite, or Looper rewritten by Richard Curtis; Michalis Giagkounidis's 4 Days, where the young antiheroine watches reruns of Friends, works in an underpatronized café, freaks out her hairy stalker by coming on to him, takes photographs and molests invalids as a means of staving off millennial ennui, and causes ripples in the temporal fold, but the film is as dead as she is, so you hardly notice; Bob Byington's Infinity Baby, which may be a «science - fiction comedy» about a company providing foster parents with infants who never grow up, but is essentially the same kind of lame, unambitious, conformist indie comedy that has characterized U.S. independent cinema for way too long — static, meticulously framed shots in pretentious black and white, amoral yet supposedly lovable characters played deadpan by the usual suspects (Kieran Culkin, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Kevin Corrigan), reciting apparently nihilistic but essentially soft - center dialogue, jangly indie music at the end, and a pretty good, if belated, Dick Cheney joke; and Petter Lennstrand's loveably lo - fi Up in the Sky, shown in the Youth Screen section, about a young girl abandoned by overworked parents at a sinister recycling plant, who is reluctantly adopted by a reconstituted family of misfits and marginalized (mostly puppets) who are secretly building a rocket — it's for anyone who has ever loved the Tintin moon adventures, books with resourceful heroines, narratives with oddball gangs, and the legendary episode of Angel where David Boreanaz turned into a Muppet.

But when she starts to look at both her age and the men available for her, and when she sees that Jesse's options seem much brighter, a story unfolds that provides for a lot of honest emotion and empathy.

The story of a young man bucking the class system is a sure bet for gaining empathy and support from all (not just middle) ages, and A Knight's Tale also provides good examples of facing your challenges, having the resolve to admit your mistakes, and the positive influence of a father on a son.

Breathtaking views of the Italian countryside provide an idyllic setting for this coming - of - age story.

«Lady Bird» is a coming - of - age story about a teenager living in Sacramento whose fraught relationship with her mother provides the spine to her year fumbling toward some kind of self - reckoning.

Contrasting beautiful surroundings with sad stories is not exactly an uncommon trope in cinema — Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence provides one of the best examples, with the bright flowers that first seemed so welcoming now symbolising all the unfairness of a life bound by the limitations of class.

The story follows him through five important killings and provides glimpses into his troubling coming - of - age experience.

For mature children and teens, this coming - of - age story (for both young and old alike) will likely provide the perfect mix of softness and bite - much like a Secondhand Lion.

After the story of Jared is told, Barry provides a special section, «Death Through a Child's Eyes: How Children Comprehend Death,» which explains how to cope with problems children ages 5 to 10 may experience after a loss.

The launch of edweek.org in 1996 ushered EPE into the Digital Age and created a platform for the evolution of its Education Week flagship publication into an integrated print - digital news organization that provides distinctive staff - written original reporting, a forum for a lively but civil exchange of opinion on education issues, an unequaled online archive of 30 - plus years of education coverage, high - quality content from news and information partners, interactive databases, and a host of video, multimedia, and other features that clarify complex points of policy and bring the stories of American schools, educators, students, and parents to life.

The Giving Tree is a heart warming story that provides morals and lessons for children of all ages.

It takes place during the Golden Age of Narnia, with the Pevensies reigning in their prime, although the story is actually set in the countries to the south of Narnia, which provides for a rather different feel to much of this novel.

Viz will provide a number of titles, including Cross Game, a baseball / coming of age story; Dawn of the Arcana, a fantasy romance about a princess forced to marry the prince of a rival nation; Kekkaishi, a good - natured battle manga (Shaenon Garrity wrote the best article ever about Kekkaishi); Maoh: Juvenile Remix, Natsume Ono's indy - ish not simple, Sand Chronicles, and the thoughtful sci - fi tale Saturn Apartments, which is my favorite manga of all time.

Their passion for creating imaginative, easy - to - read, compelling books that teach life lessons along with their determination to provide a selection of age - appropriate stories for preschoolers led them to self - publishing.

Title: Of Life, Death, Aliens and Zombies Author: Dario Cannizzaro Genre: Literary Short Story Collection Age Group: Adult Rating: 4 stars Purchase: Amazon Review copy provided by Enchanted Book Promotions in exchange for an honest review.

The site will choose it's favorite from all the entries, and Gabe will create a personalized picture of the story in the same style as Life In The Analog Age (winner will provide a childhood photograph)!

A story by MSN Money provides statistical data by a research firm that studied how the car (make and model), age, and other factors affect your chances of receiving a traffic ticket.

From the manufacturer: «Rory's story cubes is a pocket - sized creative story generator, providing hours of imaginative play for all ages.