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    Musnit ------------------------------------------------- Corporation Wear Check offers many services for predictive and preventive maintenance‚ including competitive pricing and short turnaround time. Analysis are carried out at state-of-the-art‚ custom built‚ automated laboratories with interpretation and reports being completed by qualified staff. Other services include: * * Telephonic and on-site support. * Advice including in-depth investigations and trouble shooting by

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    Harrison Saito Professor Hollingsworth English 1C 13 December 2010 American Beauty Ever since civilization began‚ trends have socialized groups on how to dress‚ think‚ and act; it becomes an absolute necessity to support whatever is in vogue or risk ostracization. Modern businesses create advertising in American media by following these cultural trends. Whether it is through periodicals‚ radio‚ or the all powerful television these companies use effective methods to psychologically convince

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    Sam Mendes’ American Beauty‚ sound is an crucial tool in communicating narrative and constructing characters. Although many films use both diagetic and non-diagetic sound in their productions‚ American Beauty amalgamates both forms of sound throughout the film. In the film’s cheerleading sequence‚ the protagonist Lester‚ is watching his daughter cheer whilst the synchronous sound of cheering and clapping is accompanied by a diagetic song ‘Lights on Broadway’. The sound changes when Lester notices his

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    love. A more specific example is the relationship between Lester and Carolyn Burnham in the film American Beauty. Lester and Carolyn possessed negative qualities that led to several conflicts with each other and‚ eventually‚ overshadowed the positive aspects that kept their love alive. A relationship is between two people‚ each with their own characteristics that can be either loved or loathed by the other person. In the case of Lester and Carolyn’s relationship‚ each possesses a few negative characteristics

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    Happiness is the result of love. Lester pursues his own happiness by paying close attention to what he enjoys‚ his desires and ignores the alarming voice of his wife who embodies what society dictates is the right way or appropriate way to live life. Lester finds happiness in the things that are considered frowned upon by society like for example‚ smoking marijuana or pursuing a fifteen year old girl‚ who to top it off is his daughter’s best friend. He even decides to buy an old‚ ugly looking car

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    closer. The chilling tag-line of multi award winning American Beauty has great relatability‚ from the lives of all of the characters to the hidden beauty on showcase throughout the film. It cannot simply be filed into one genre‚ instead being a drama‚ comedy‚ tragedy and more. Director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Alan Ball fine-tuned the film‚ resulting in a triumph of writing‚ acting and directing. The movie follows the last few months of everyman Lester Burnham’s (played by the seemingly ideal Kevin

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    the movie "American Beauty"‚ as I remember it‚ Kevin Spacey portrays Lester as the films main character‚ a middle aged man experiencing a mid-life crisis. After being fired from his job‚ Lester decides to return to his high school career as a burger flipper‚ smoke marijuana‚ lift weights in the garage‚ and try to impress his daughter’s high school friend. During this series of events‚ the other characters in the film go through crises of their own‚ until the film comes to a close and Lester is killed

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    Rehan Billimoria American Beauty: Reflection A consistent metaphor throughout the film American Beauty is the feeling of imprisonment and trying to escape it. Lester Burnham is an average American male who lives in a suburban neighborhood with his wife Carolyn and their daughter Jane. Lester lives a mundane life; he goes to work everyday only to come home to his overly frustrating wife and his angry daughter. As the days begin to pass‚ Lester feels more and more trapped at work as well as at

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    American Beauty Summary 1 In the movie American Beauty there are many ideas of the American Dream that come out of it as well as many controversies. There is much argument in the world already about what true beauty is and with the American Dream it is apparent that mainly it is about having material objects. In the article “Beautiful Necessities:” American Beauty and the Idea of Freedom by David L. Smith‚ he talks about how the two main families (the Fitts and Burnhams) are represented. “If

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    Defining Canada Lester Pearson Lester Pearson left a lasting legacy on Canada; it was during his tenure as Prime Minister when Canada adopted its own official flag‚ universal healthcare was applied on a national level‚ the Canada Pension Plan was negotiated and the Royal Commission on the Status of Women and the Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism were created. However‚ perhaps his greatest achievement came before he was Prime Minister‚ when he won Canada’s only Nobel Peace Prize. Through

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