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    The Renaissance Man

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    The Renaissance Man In the film there was a group named the double d’s. They are called double d’s meaning‚ dumbest dog shit. The people from that group are chosen to be in that group because those students are the ones that do not comprehend the army duty. Mr. Raga‚ the teacher from the group double d’s‚ was not as responsible. Facing some of his own consequences like‚ getting fired from his previous job‚ losing his relationship slowly with his only daughter‚ and not taking his new job as

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    Man on fire

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    Man on fire "Man on fire" is a great and touching movie‚ which tells a story of a bodyguard names "John Creasy". Creasy was hired to protect a young daughter of a wealthy Mexico City couple "Pita" from getting kidnapped. Creasy has a lot in common with Jesus. He has scars in his hands; he sometimes looks heavenwards why God has forsaken him. He has God’s word on his mind and heart. And his initials‚ "J.C". Creasy is a wounded American who meditates on bullets as much as he does the bible. However;

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    The Company Man

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    Analysis of The Company Man In the essay “The Company Man”‚ by Ellen Goodman‚ she argues that life shouldn’t be separated by work and one’s personal life‚ because work never finishes‚ and life can be taken at any time. Phil in the other hand was focus on getting recognition on his hard work‚ ending up as just “the company man” when he passed away. Goodman repeatedly says in the essay “This man who worked himself to death finally and precisely at 3:00 A.M. Sunday morning – on his day off.”(18)

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    Cinderella Man

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    Life in the 1930’s shown in Cinderella Man In Ron Howard’s film‚ Cinderella Man‚ the story of the famous boxer James J. Braddock is told during his career in the late 1920’s and 1930’s during the Great Depression. Jim is a fierce boxer during the 1920’s and is very successful‚ but as the years go by Jim begins to wash up and lose his luck in the ring. He suffers an injury and loses his job as a professional boxer right as the economy begins to plunge as the country enters the Great Depression.

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    island man

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    Island man is a poem written by Grace Nichols; she was born in 1950 in Guyana and is still alive today. In 1977 she migrated to England. Just like John Agard the author of the poem “half-caste” they both are of mixed cultures‚ and they try to show this mixture on the language in their poems. The themes explored in Island man by Grace Nichols are Cultural identity‚ the difficulty of belonging to 2 cultures‚ feeling separated from home and not being able to distinguish dream from reality. Cultural

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    Island Man

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    an isolated island in the Caribbean and crowded energetic atmosphere at the urban areas called London. I will be deeply analyze the techniques used in the poem and how they affect the reader’s attention. Signpost 1 The poem is based on “Island man” who wakes up to the sound of his home at the island and he now lives at London. He dreams about his home at Caribbean listening to the familiar sound of the waves. He is feeling very isolated to be in the place where is so far away from his home town

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    moments of terrible guilt and absolute pessimism. These fluctuations reflect the tragic tension within Macbeth: he is at once too ambitious to allow his conscience to stop him from murdering his way to the top and too conscientious to be happy with himself as a murderer. This constant inner struggle provides a deep insight into the Macbeth‚ making the reader sympathise with him while strongly disapproving of his actions. This ability to get the reader involved makes Macbeth much more remarkable than

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    In The Shadow Of Man

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    In The Shadow of Man Although the distance between Jane and the chimpanzees was too far for her to make any detailed observations‚ she still was not able to get any closer than 500 yards before the chimps fled during her first few months at the Gombe Stream Reserve. She still got up before dawn every morning to make way to the peak‚ where she sat for most of the day waiting for a group of chimps to pass for her to watch with her binoculars. This depressed Jane‚ how could they receive more funding

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    Yes Man

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    that he will end up completely lonely if he does not change his life. Carl decides to attend the seminar and meets inspirational guru Terrence Bundley (Terence Stamp)‚ who publicly browbeats him into making a covenant with himself. Carl reluctantly promises to stop being a "No Man" and vows to answer "Yes!" to every opportunity‚ request or invitation that presents itself thereafter. After the seminar‚ saying yes to a homeless man’s request only leaves Carl stranded in Elysian Park. Disillusioned

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    The Illustrated Man

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    In the 1950’s science fiction collection of stories The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury‚ there are two stories that express the main idea of revenge and they are The Other Foot and The Veldt. In The Other Foot‚ revenge is seen when Willie takes revenge on the white people because of how they treated his parents and the other black people on Earth. In The Veldt the children‚ Wendy and Peter‚ take revenge on their parents when they don’t let them take their rocket to New York‚ this revenge builds up

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