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    Police Academy

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    The Hunter Standard is a police academy that’s focus is on having the police officer upon completing the training ready to be prepared to start enforcing the law and serving the community the best way he or she can. The Hunter Standard Police Academy will consist of 360 hours of stressful and non stressful training techniques that will have an officer prepared to handle most situations faced in the real world and in the legal system‚ from how to handle hostile situations on the street‚ to filling

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    James Cameron: Avatar

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    Avatar James Cameron‚ the director of Titanic‚ is innovative and intelligent. Cameron is a man that knows exactly what variables are necessary in creating a movie. About 12 years after the release of Titanic‚ Cameron creates yet another smashing‚ breath-taking‚ mind-boggling film. One that initially raised suspicion but later proved to be an extraordinary film. The name of that film is Avatar. Avatar is a sensational piece of work. It has a clean cut message about earth preservation and anti-war

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    The movie “Shawshank Redemption” is a movie about the struggle of a man named Andy Dufresne‚ who is a banker in Maine that gets convicted of killing his wife and her lover. He claimed he was innocent‚ but because of his cold and sheltered personality no one believed that he was truly an innocent person‚ so he was given two life sentences at the Shawshank Prison. A month later Andy approaches another character who they call Red‚ and Red is the guy you go to in the prison when you need something from

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    Shawshank Redemption Practice Essay Analyse how BOTH internal and external conflict were important to the text as a whole. Note: “internal conflict” means conflict within a character‚ and “external conflict” means conflict between a character and other individual(s) or group(s). Conflict is not rare (is prevalent or recurring?) in the film ‘Shawshank Redemption’ directed by Frank Darabont. Throughout the film Darabont uses many effective film techniques and camera shots to portray the theme

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    American Beauty Things Aren’t Always‚ As They Seem American beauty (1999‚ Sam Mendes) is a very unique film with many different themes. The main characters in the film‚ Lester (Kevin Spacey) and Carolyn Burnham (Annette Bening) prove that there is a big difference in appearance versus reality. With the help of Colonel Frank Fitts‚ (Wes Bentley) we learn that people cannot just be judged by their outer appearance‚ but rather by what’s inside‚ because people are not always what they seem. Lester

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    The Shawshank Redemption

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    The Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank Redemption is a very unique movie which involves many different personalities and underlying themes. The personalities of the inmates are very interesting and when they are combined they create a very fascinating plot which looks at prison life in a interesting and different perspective than one normally thinks. The main characters are Andy Dufrense (Tim Robbins) and Eliss "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman). These characters are well complimented by the wise

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    Clear and Concise Prose

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    Why is it important to Write Clear and Concise Prose? The purpose of writing is to inform and entertain. To do this‚ clear and concise prose is needed to deliver essential points with impact and meaning‚ whilst still sustaining the reader’s attention. To get the point across‚ the text needs to keep to the topic and remain relevant‚ avoiding anything that is unnecessary. An incorrect use of technique such as rambling or jargon can obscure the purpose of the text. A concise style of writing uses a

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    I. Problema “Shawshank Redemption” Brief Summary: Andy Dufresne a young and successful banker is sent to Shawshank Prison for the murder of his wife and secret lover. When he first arrives in prison he is very isolated and lonely. With time he realizes there is something deep within every man‚ that no other can touch‚ that will help him get through this phase in his life. This element is Hope. Andy becomes friends with prison ’fixer’ Red and becomes influential within the prison‚ with both

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    Alan Paton Style Analysis

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    Style Analysis Authors often make an impact on the reader through imaginative story telling and bringing to life intriguing and compelling characters in their stories. Alan Paton not only succeeds in doing this‚ but further raises the bar by fully immersing his readers by making them not only learn about the characters‚ but actually instills a sense of caring about their well being. Throughout the novel Paton makes it clear just how much adversity and suffering his character‚ Stephen

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    Media Analysis of The Shawshank Redemption Craig Moody ENC 1101 Composition I July 20‚ 2011 James Slama Andy Dufresne is an innocent man that is sent to prison for murder that he did not commit. There is a lot of innocent people in are prison system. For example‚ George A. Souliotes is convicted of setting a 1997 fire that killed a woman and her two children. George is currently serving life in prison because evidence showed that the substance on his shoes were the same as the substance

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