we have discussed about making good and bad decisions in life. In grade 12 curriculum we have watched a movie called A Million Dollar baby cast by Clint Eastwood as an Frankie Dunn (coach)‚ Hilary Swank as an Maggie Fitzgerald (female boxer) and Morgan Freeman Eddie "Scrap Iron"(gym keeper). In this movie Eastwood has shown in his movie a story about a struggling life of boxers and coach. In this movie an actor and director is playing a role as Frankie Dunn a boxing coach. Frankie has played his
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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 and simple old man‚ Brooks (James Whitmore)‚ and the evil warden. The personalities of the Shawshank prison combined to form a sort of community. One never really thinks of a prison as such
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prisoners in Shawshank redemption are there for life sentences. All that time behind the walls have changed the way the prisoners think and how they live. The young prisoners always say they are innocent when they are truly guilty. But Red‚ (played by Morgan Freeman) admits that he is guilty after spending 40 years in jail. The time he had to think about what he did is what led him to confess the truth. This is just one example of what all those years of isolation does to a person. The formal elements
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PROBLEMS WITH DICTATORIAL LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA Have you heard that some of the world’s most brutal leaders are from Africa? After the colonial leadership‚ many African countries have come under the control of dictators. Some of them are the most notable ones worldwide‚ such as; Colonel Muammar Gaddafi‚ Idi Amini‚ Mobutu Sese Seko‚ and Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe. Countries like Zimbabwe‚ Uganda‚ Libya and Sudan have all experienced dictatorial or single party regimes. Citizens and opposition political
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Paul is likely to be found criminally liable for rape. A person commits the offence of rape if he intentionally penetrates another person’s vagina‚ anus or mouth without the other person giving consent to the penetration and the perpetrator does not believe the victim consents to the act. The main element required to establish rape is the lack of consent. Lack of consent is characterise by the use of force or threats by the perpetrator‚ deception and where the victim was unaware of what was happening
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tend to be very enthusiastic. As a result‚ my high energy level enables me to motivate people‚ get along with everyone and create a fun and supportive environment. After surviving the rotational nature of the eighteen-month training program at JP Morgan Chase‚ I learned how to be amazingly flexible. I circulated through a new business unit every three months‚ mastering different topics and business segments‚ adjusting to different groups and situations‚ and producing results in a short period of
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classic short story is one of the first films that come to mind when I think of film that was meaningful and moving. For the duration of the film the story is told from Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding’s point of view‚ played by critically acclaimed actor Morgan Freeman. Red is a veteran of Shawshank Prison who has established himself as “the guy who knows how to get things.” It is through him that we learn of Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins)‚ the character who in which the story is about. Andy was a Vice-President
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Unrealistic? Wendell Berry‚ Scott Sanders‚ and Morgan Spurlock all take part in an unrealistic world to prove their points. They portray themselves as the perfect humans who live that idealistic life we all dream of. They do this by living simple lives‚ having a great deal of knowledge‚ and being in great shape. If you could combine these three I think you would have the perfect human. There are plenty of evident cases of this happening in their writings‚ or‚ in Spurlocks case‚ his movie. This
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Andy the Intelligent: Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Intelligence is the capacity to think and reason clearly and to act purposefully and effectively in adapting to the environment and pursuing one’s goals. (Nevid p. 274) Intelligence can be classified in many different categories‚ but it can all so be used as a broad term. However according to Howard Gardner there are seven types of intelligence: Musical‚ Logical-Mathematical‚ Spatial‚ Bodily-Kinesthetic‚ Interpersonal‚ Intrapersonal‚ and Naturalist
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)‚ directed by Frank Darabont‚ is a film about Andy Dufresne‚ a lawyer sentenced to life in prison for supposedly murdering his wife. The main theme of the film is that Andy survives the brutality and corruption of prison through his enduring hope. The director expresses the theme in two scenes from the film. The first sympathises the audience with Andy. The second is about Andy escaping. The film particularly appeals to viewers going through personal hardships like
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