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* Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
à first American writers to introduce themes from American history and popular story in
his writing
à A Psalm of Life
- Act – act in the glorious present
- To act and to love
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- “Art is long, and Time is fleeting”
- strive to look at the human attitude toward life and death
- major theme: living is not the only thing humans are put on earth for, heaven
may be the goal at the end of life, humans are also sent to earth to live
productive and generous lives as well
à Paul Revere’s Ride
- it is a poem that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul revere on
1775 with a significant inaccuracies.
à My Lost Youth
à “A boy’s will is the wind’s will
And the thought, of youth are long, long thoughts”
à poem about wanting what has already past and no matter how we try, we
cannot regain what we lost
à sand glass
à (VII)
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime
And, departing, leave behind us
Footsteps on the sands of time
à Writing style: describing from far to near
* Paul Revere
à American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and a patriot in the American
Revolution.
à most famous for alerting the Colonial militia to the approach of British forces 
* Boston
à Make Way for Ducklings
à The Freedom Trail
- red path through downtown Boston, Massachusetts that passes by 16 locations
significant to the history of the U.S.
à Parker House
- historical hotel in Boston, Massachusetts built in 1927
à Old North Church
- famous “one if by land, and two if by sea” signal is said to have seen sent
- the phrase is related to Paul Revere’s midnight ride
- oldest standing church building in Boston and is a national historic landmark
* The Departed
à “an undercover state cop who has infiltrated an Irish gang and a mole in the police
force working for the same mob race to track down and identify each other before
being exposed to the enemy, after both sides realize their outfit has a rat.” – IMDb
* Breakfast at Tiffany’s
à My Huckleberry Friend
à a young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into
her apartment building. 
* An Affair to Remember
à a couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building –
but will it happen?
* Sleepless in Seattle
à a recently widowed man’s son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his fater a
partner
* When Harry met Sally
à Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they
fear sex would ruin the friendship
* Julie and Julia
à Julia Child’s story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with bloger Julie
Powell’s 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child’s first book.
* You’ve got a mail
à two business rivals hate each other at the office but fall in love over the internet
* The Age of Innocence
à Let the River Run
à A tale of 19th century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love
with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman’s cousin.
* Hillary Clinton – Action is Eloquence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvUfEpaPOls
* Edith Wharton (The Great Escape)
1. Alert
2. Observant
3. Made up stories
à First to get Pulitzer Prize 
* Errol Flynn
à He is an Australian actor, and was known for his romantic roles in Hollywood movies
and his playboy lifestyle.
* Amanda Hepburn
à Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3oxqmKGM5g
