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    Sex Trafficking in Connecticut The Girls Next Door It is hard to imagine that in our own backyards‚ there are people being demoralized and abused for sex. An industry where mostly women are exploited for their bodies and used for profit‚ more and more women are entering the practice of prostitution‚ unaware of the risks involved. Promises of a glamorous lifestyle‚ lots of quick money‚ and rights of being your own boss‚ are beliefs among the women entering this trade. Unfortunately‚ this is a

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    and other necessities for living‚ and the removal of people who went against his views. This paper aims to show that regardless of the negative policies Castro had in place‚ he played an important role in the arts for Cuba. His financial support of Alicia Alonso and her company‚ helped to foster an environment for people to learn about and build an appreciation for ballet and its contributions. The process of the Castro government‚ much like any other large political movement‚ was a step-by-step process

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    you a normal life. I want you to have fun without worrying about your health.” she apologized. “We’re going to Louisiana next week for your chemo therapy.” she added. “But mom how ‘bout my life here? How ‘bout my graduation? My friends? How ‘bout Alicia?

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    The Beautiful Mind Director: Ron Howard Writer: Akiva Goldsman‚ Sylvia Nasar(author) Cast: Russell Crowe‚ Jennifer Connelly‚ Ed Harris‚ Paul Bettany… In ’’A Beautiful Mind‚’’ her biography of the mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr.‚ Sylvia Nasar quotes one of his colleagues: ’’All mathematicians live in two different worlds. They live in a crystalline world of perfect platonic forms- an ice palace. But they also live in the common world where things are transient‚ ambiguous‚ subject to vicissitudes

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    The House on Mango Street shows the reader the life of a Mexican-American girl through the character’s eyes. Only‚ the story isn’t just about her ethnicity and poor environment‚ it’s about finding a home and growing up. Everybody could learn a lot from her. She teaches people of determination‚ inner strength‚ and connections that can’t always be explained. Cisneros’ vignettes read like individual stories with one big purpose and that in itself is beautiful. In The House on Mango Street she

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    Comparison and Contrast Recently while watching two old film classics‚ Vertigo and Notorious‚ I found myself thinking of other movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Most of his movies have many things in common‚ while remaining completely independent of each other. These two films have different plots‚ actors‚ and most obvious one is filmed in color the other black and white. Which leads me to believe that Alfred Hitchcock really knew what he was about; as a result his films all a have a distinctive

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    wind blowing‚ the house is devoid of any color and everything is gray. This treatment does however; influence the mood of how we are supposed to feel. High angle shots are used to show freedom and low angle shots to show hope. His relationship with Alicia is often shot in high and low angle shots. A Beautiful Mind elegantly uses small‚ nice effects early on. When Nash is lost looking at geometric patterns‚ they dance across the screen of their own accord; when he looks at a page of numbers‚ digits

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    for economics in 1994. His employer‚ Princeton University‚ went a long way to accommodate him and find a place for him in the academic community. Nash also benefited from the love and faith exhibited by his wife‚ Alicia. A Beautiful Mind credits the love and faith of Nash’s wife‚ Alicia‚ as a significant factor in his recovery. This film contributes to the public understanding of schizophrenia. It shatters some stereotypes of sufferers such as their being dangerous and unable to function in the

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    forces him to undertake throughout the movie. Just when Alicia‚ John’s wife‚ lets herself believe that John is beginning to overcome his schizophrenia‚ his refusal to take his medication causes him to lapse even deeper into his illness than he had before. In one scene‚ Alicia lets John alone with their child‚ trusting him to give their son a bath‚ and runs outside to collect the laundry before the onset of an incoming storm. When Alicia then stumbles upon the shed John has been working in which

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    from the world. With an introverted personality‚ he devoted himself to finding a unique mathematical theorem that would be completely original. With his success‚ John becomes a professor at MIT where he meets and eventually marries a student of his‚ Alicia. With the progression of time John becomes more unstable with his delusions which force him to become more self-aware in hopes to control his illness and work and function normally. In 1948‚ John Nash attended Princeton where he met his best friend

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