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Western Films
... Fenimore Cooper's novels such as The Last of the Mohicans (1826) (re-made as a feature film at least three times - 1920, 1936, and most recently as a popular film starring Daniel Day Lewis as a white scout named Hawkeye raised as a Mohican in The Last of the Mohicans (1992)), Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail (1849), Samuel Clemens' (Mark Twain) Roughing It (1872), Bret Harte's short stories, and other mythologies (tales of Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Jim Bowie, Gen. George A Custer, Calamity Jane, and outlaws such as the James Brothers, the original Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Billy the Kid).
Westerns are often set on the American frontier during the ...
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A Clockwork Orange: Good Riddance To Bad Rubbish
... between the movie's graphic violence and an
increased crime rate.
In Clockwork . . . , there are unquestionably violent and graphic
actions. Multiple beatings, a rape, and a murder are performed by the lead
characters. These crimes are drug induced. Before going out, the gang goes to
the "milk bar" for some "milk plus" which is riddled with amphetamines. The
first violent act came not more than ten minutes into the movie. It was when
the boys, led by Alex, beat a helpless wino that asked them for some change. The
gang then strode away as if nothing occurred. They struck him repeatedly with
canes and they kicked him a few times to the job. Next, the boys wen ...
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The Success Of Michael Crichton's Novels In The Media Industry
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hanging note to make sure that readers will keep reading, regardless of the
characters vapidity. He includes many frantic chase scenes or race-against-the-
clock scenes that will translate graphically onto the screen. He puts plenty of
technical, pseudo-specialist talk into his characters' mouths to give readers
the illusion that they're learning something as they quickly flip the pages
(Kakutui 3).
Michael Crichton has definitely made a boom in the entertainment
industry. Whether it is his top grossing movies or his top rated television
shows like E.R. which took a leading twenty prime-time Emmy nominations last
year including best drama (Carter 23).
C ...
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Summary And Analysis Of The Movie Gandhi
... stressed non-violence to such an extreme, that his
followers stood up to armies unarmed and without intent to harm anyone
viciously being beaten to the ground for holding the beliefs that they did.
When India was declared independent the people were joyed, but the British
government had a catch they stated that the Pakistanis and the Muslims must
be separated . As intended the country became up roared with each other
starting a war between the two cultures. At this time Gandhi began one of
many fast that he had taken in his life crumbling his health to near death
in declaration of the cease of the war and to demonstrate his strong
disbelief in violence. He f ...
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Gossip In Grover’s Corners
... in Concord [Joe Crowell, Jr.] (Wilder,
828).” Gossip allows people to learn more about their community without
having to ask each person what is going on in their lives. Instead people
talk about others thus creating gossip. An example of a conversation about
a birth of a baby is when Howie Newsome sees Dr. Gibbs and asks if
something is wrong. “Somebody sick?[Howie Newsome]. Pair of twins over to
Mrs. Goruslawski’s [Dr. Gibbs]. Twins, eh? This town’s gettin’ bigger
every year [Howie] (Wilder, 828).” It is best for the community to know
what is going on so they can help out each other if needed. Gossip builds
strong communities and allows them to function ...
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Antigone: Civil Disobedience
... is given the right to control a group of people by the people
composing the group. If an individual has a problem with an injustice they feel
has been placed against them, then they have a right to convey this. Civil
Disobedience allows one to convey their thoughts and ideas in a passive,
nonviolent way. It can be used when one believes that they are morally right,
and that others will agree with them. Antigone conveys this thought when she
tells, “No one will ever convict me for a traitor” (Page 61). In a nonviolent
from, Civil Disobedience is a basic human right.
Often society has laws that individuals feel is immoral, or unjust.
Antigone decided t ...
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The Advantage Of Commercials
... so are TV's impact credibility, selectivity, and
flexibility.
Television is powerful in may ways, mostly by having the ability to
combine all major medial into one media called commercials. TV commercials are
like direct mail because it comes directly to the consumer in his or her house.
It is like the radio because TV has to have sound to make it powerful impact.
It is also similar to print or newspapers because TV is able to show the product
alone, in a setting, or in use. Finally, unlike any other advertising vehicle,
TV can portray the object in motion while the other forms of media cannot.
TV is believable mostly because of the old of "seeing is believ ...
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Fate In Romeo And Juliet
... when Romeo cries out the he supposedly is fortune's fool. He claims
that fate has brought on Mercutio's death, and has lead him to kill Tybalt
in revenge.
In Act 3, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is seen to be upset
at Mercutio's death and predicts that the “days black fate on more days
doth depend.” (III, I, 118) Tybalt then re-enters and Romeo becomes more
upset that Tybalt is triumphant with Mercutio being dead (III, I, 121).
As Romeo becomes overwhelmed with Mercutio's death and Tybalt's joy over
it, he suddenly declares that either he or Tybalt must die with Mercutio
(III, I, 128). Tybalt responds predictably and threatens Romeo (III, I,
129). Romeo ta ...
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Oedipus Rex: Tragedy Of Fate
... Once the destiny was foretold by the gods, no amount of
hope, faith, or vain effort by human beings could have prevented it.
As soon as there was interference with fate, it was counteracted by the
divinities. Jocasta wanted to kill the baby, so she skewed his legs together,
had a servant bring him to the forest and leave him for dead. The servant does
not want to carry out this deed and therefore "saves his life" by handing the
baby to someone else, so that he can be raised in another city. Further, a
drunken man in a tavern tells Oedipus about the prophecy, so he runs home to
question his parents about his fate. Instead of telling him the truth, they
give him ...
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Review Of Three Movies: Trainspotting, Ferris Bueller's Day Off And Jurassic Park
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electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance.
Choose fixed-income mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your
friends. . . . "But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to
choose life: I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who
needs reasons when you've got heroin?" It is very difficult to resist the film's
great energy.
"Trainspotting's" subject matter is raw and raunchy, including AIDS, overdoses
and violence as well as obscene situations described in unprintable language.
This is a film that makes you laugh of things that can in no way be described as
funny. How is this p ...
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