Sentences with phrase «with fictional people»

But, we're not dealing with fictional people whose lives are mapped out in a Los Angeles writers room.

Not exact matches

We need, to understand that they are fictional people, who are able to do things that real people can not, but I'm talking more about identifying with their moral code, their values in helping others and doing right from wrong.

They ask people to call into their podcast and go on - air with the drama their experiencing at work, using the fictional company «Penn & Pencil» when discussing their business in order to keep callers anonymous.

Investigators say they believe that the Sony hack probably emanated from North Korea, perhaps in retaliation for the company's role in producing «The Interview,» a comedy built around a fictional CIA plot to assassinate that country's leader, Kim Jong Un, say people familiar with the probe.

A short description of all religions: A fictional narrative intended to help people avoid dealing with some of the harsh realities of life and encourage them to be better citizens and members of the society in which they live.

On the other hand, if you told that same thousand people to write a fictional short story, you'd get a thousand different stories with virtually nothing in common.

Though it may sound bizarre, engaging with fictional characters on a deep emotional level can be a sort of thought experiment in empathy, where we briefly step outside of our self - constructed glass boxes and engage with people who are both vastly different and the same on an intimate level.

LOLOL... I love the way you people argue over this fictional crap as it it were a real reality... like arguing over the color of Santa's suit and how many reindeer he had and oh yeah... how did they fly... with tiny tiny wings that were invisible?

People don't need to go around saying hey elder Dave or Elder Chuck, or Elder Frank (fictional names), it can just be noted in bulletins and programs in the morning or whatever you communicate with.

Well, sorry to say but with the exception of 1 % of the population that are true atheists people know there is a difference between Fictional stories and the truth expressed by Christ.

Why don't we just live with what people (fictional or not) are and not try to change them just to appease someone, (while offending someone else, by the way)?

Here is what Karl Barth has taught us to consider a great «saga», but one that is not fictional nor imaginary but grounded in happenings in the world and in the manner in which those happenings were seen and expressed through a long period from the earliest days of the Jewish people down to and through the specific occurrences in Palestine which are associated with Jesus Christ.

This fictional encounter illustrates the relationships between sex, personal pronouns and forenames (we are concerned with third - person pronouns only — He / Him / His and She / Her / Hers): it may seem impersonal for Andrew to have initially referred to the child as «it», but he used that word only because he did not yet know the child's sex.

the fictional character of jesus heals a lot of people by laying hands on them - leppers, blind, diseased, sick, etc. he also «exorcises» demons from people with his magic touch.

American commentators with European credibility should have been deployed throughout the continent, in person and through the electronic media, to challenge the virtually unchallenged cartoon of American evangelical cowboys running riot in the world» a cartoon that helps explain, at least in part, the vapors of Anglican bishops in Great Britain who imagine that Tim LaHaye's fictional speculations on the Book of Revelation play a formative role in U.S. foreign policy.

Careful with centrifugal — it's a pseudo-force or fictional force that is just perceived by the spinning person, not one that actually accelerates.

Halali was also a real person, and his story is skillfully interwoven with that of the fictional Younes.

With fictional characters you may include a smattering of personality from different people, well - known or not, to create a monster or a flawed hero; a misguided disciple or ruthless advisor.

Interested in how — and whether — we use metaphors to solve real - world problems, psychologists asked 253 people how they would deal with illegal activity in Addison, a fictional city where crime was rising at an alarming rate.

I've covered quite a few books on my blog over the past year or two, all of them being related to ethical fashion on varying levels, however, I've never read or reviewed a fictional book until I discovered A Harvest of Thorns and realised that fiction could be another way to help people understand and come to terms with fast - fashion.

People connect with fictional characters through empathetic feelings, and neuroscience research has shown that the same hormones and chemicals associated with stress and attachment in real life situations are released while watching TV.

People with herpes or the survivor of brain herpes can no longer identify whether a drawing made is of a real animal or fictional Hybrid beast.

Elphaba Thropp / ˈ ɛ l f ə b ə ˈ θ r ɒ p / is a fictional character in Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire Fixed at the pillory people feel up Grete immorally and furthermore pelt her with unsound fruits... torture photo gallery from Inquisition World porn website

Season 2 was more subtle and was a good examination of conflict tearing people apart, the characters were developing and were interesting, they have now turned into soundbite gimps, the creators have severely erred in trying to reconcile a fictional conflicts of a biker gang with a real world conflict of the IRA without any attempt to create even an iota a sense of realism or use skillful tact, (its difficult to see how a biker gang could make such in roads to the IRA when whole arms of government have tried and failed) The outcome of which is to turn a decent and interesting show into farce.

Played by Michael B. Jordan with a juvenile ardor, rage boiling under his skin, Killmonger is a beautiful fictional creation, the embodiment of this passage from German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk's Rage and Time: «The person who is en - raged in the highest form enters the world like a bullet enters the battle... Wherever rage flames up we are dealing with the complete warrior.»

The film deals with what it means to be a person of color in today's world, but it plays out within the confines of a fictional East African country called Wakanda.

Together they've tackled the Manchester music scene in 24 Hour Party People, and the fictional side of their celebrity personas in Tristram Shandy: A Cock And Bull Story, both with the help of eclectic English director Michael Winterbottom (The Killer Inside Me).

A second viewing on Blu - ray opened up some of the attributes that I missed — most notably the lovely photography — and made me realize that I was reacting negatively to certain plot twists in the script by Baker and Chris Bergoch, as well as the actions of certain characters; more and more, I find that I don't wish to spend any more time than is necessary with people (including entirely fictional creatures) who are selfish and unkind.

This is the second, more serious problem with the film: it's fictional status means the filmmakers could have done anything they wanted to, and this is what they chose to film — a fabricated and unflattering characterization of a real person disguised as a documentary about the making of her film.

There's a scene early in Justin Simien's debut film Dear White People where Sam (Tessa Thompson)- a student at a fictional Harvard - ish Ivy League school who's known for organizing rallies against racist school policies - has an argument with her white friend -...

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«I'm deeply keen to make sure the African story is told with specificity,» says Gurira, explaining that creating fictional African nations and peoples, while common, doesn't sit well with her.

Mixing actual events with fictional elements and characters (Tolson and Farmer are based on real people), the movie manages to be engaging and thought provoking, even if it is sometimes predictable.

The movie keeps mixing real - life events / people with fictional elements — but not in that good E.L. Doctorow way:

'' [The plot follows] a 19 - year - old student who sees the fictional characters in the play he's writing intertwining with the people in his life.»

Well, your twisted dreams are about to become video game reality, with confirmation coming today that the upcoming Capcom zombie slasher Dead Rising 2 will feature four - person multiplayer set within a fictional television show.

Andersen opens the film with an idea: if people can appreciate documentaries for their fictional qualities, why can't the opposite be true?

However, she's awful as a (fictional) person so I don't want to hang out with her, but WOW is it fun to read a bit of fluffy karma.

Lana Waite talks with BookBrowse about the fun she had creating the town of Burrywood - the fictional but idyllic setting for her first murder mystery book - and the people that inhabit it.

Deftly spanning decades and continents and peopled with a wide range of characters - assassins, journalists, drug dealers, and even ghosts - A Brief History of Seven Killings is the fictional exploration of that dangerous and unstable time and its bloody aftermath, from the streets and slums of Kingston in the»70s, to the crack wars in»80s New York, to a radically altered Jamaica in the»90s.

I've always done my best to make Avery and Derek «real people,» the kind of fictional characters most of us can relate to and that we might like to hang out with.

Fictional people are allowed to have feelings about art entirely unconnected with the analysis of formal attributes, still less any knowledge of art history.

The plot itself, the investigation of the murder of two black men in the ninth ward, hinges on familiar Burke tropes — the powerless caught in a web of circumstance; surprising acts of nobility from the least likely people; unfathomable evil prompting eruptions of Robicheaux's thinly suppressed rage — but the novel's power comes from the way it explores the tragedy of Katrina in a manner that is exactly in tune with the series, a kind of perfect storm brought together by the confluence of fictional and nonfictional realms.

Attenberg takes a patchwork approach to Mazie's story, interspersing fictional diary entries with invented first - person testimonials from her friends.

In a world filled with bigotry and hatred, Ned is simply a decent person who surrounds himself with noble Texans, such as Deputy John Washington, the first «colored» deputy in my fictional Lamar County.

Both books combine the stories of fictional characters with actual people who lived at the time, with anarchist Emma Goldman making an appearance in both.

It's refreshing for young people coming to terms with their own sexuality to see such a range of fictional versions of themselves in your novels.

Thankfully, a Facebook support group has been established to help people like me, people who have accidentally and unintentionally blasted their fictional families with a searing gust of Arctic wind.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is First - person Shooter rooted in a fictional, but ultra realistic near - future conflict of mostly American forces with those of the Russian Federation around the globe.

Set in the fictional Hope County, Montana, you take on the role of an unnamed Junior Deputy, who, along with fellow law enforcement, is tasked with arresting preacher Joseph Seed, the leader of a militaristic doomsday cult called the Eden's Gate who have taken over the county to protect the people from an inevitable collapse.