THE PRESTIGE: Reaction Paper Ma. Rosalie P. Bolea IV- BSA (Tues 12-1pm class) Submitted to: Pastor Parian Reaction: Contentment. This is one thing that the two lead characters in the movie do not contain over themselves. They both made sacrifices just to be able to have the title of the one who has the greatest magic trick. They sacrificed their friendship‚ their families‚ even their lives. Before they started their rivalry‚ they both have good relationship with each other‚ good family‚ a
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REACTION PAPER ON THE MOVIE: “Iron Jawed Angels” Administrative Law Joy Ivee O. Ong‚ JD 2 Student Atty. Judiel M. Pareja Professor Abstract This paper tackles the significance and implications of the movie “Iron Jawed Angels” as regards to how women were viewed in the early 1900’s and the struggles that certain women had undergone in order for the female population to freely cast her vote in a male dominated society. The purpose of this paper is to depict an era when women
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La Amistad In 1839‚ Africans being carried from Havana‚ Cuba‚ to Puerto Principe‚ Cuba‚ revolted against their captors aboard the ship La Amistad (Spanish for ’friendship’). They were stolen from Africa‚ transported to the Americas‚ and were “passed off” as having been born in Cuba. After the revolt‚ the Africans demanded to be returned home‚ but the ship’s navigator lied to them about their course‚ and sailed them north along the North American coast to Long Island‚ New York. The schooner was subsequently
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The Amistad Trial The Amistad Trial‚ also known as United States v. Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad‚ was a United States Supreme Court case resulting from the rebellion of slaves on board the Spanish schooner Amistad in 1839 (Jones). The Amistad Case is part of The Freedom Trial consisting of four cities Farmington‚ Mystic‚ New Haven‚ and Hartford. In 1839‚ fifty-three Mendi Africans who were bound for slavery in Cuba aboard the ship Amistad took over the
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Amistad is the name of a bondservant address travelling from Cuba to the U.S. in 1839. It is accustomed a burden of Africans who accept been awash into bullwork in Cuba‚ taken on board‚ and chained in the burden authority of the ship. As the address is bridge from Cuba to the U.S.‚ Cinque‚ who was a affiliated baton in Africa‚ leads a disobedience and takes over the ship. They abide to sail‚ acquisitive to acquisition advice if they land. Instead‚ if they ability the United States‚ they are confined
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The film “Amistad” by Steven Spielberg is about the 1839 African slave mutiny aboard the Spanish ship‚ La Amistad. During the voyage Cinque played by Djimon Hounsou‚ is a slave aboard the ship who creates an uprising. Cinque and the rest of the slaves seize the ship‚ killing the crew and kept Captain Montes played by Victor Rivers and his first mate played by Geno Silva. As Montes continues to sail the ship the slaves believe they are going back home but come to find themselves in the shores of New
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Hum2410-02409 Susan McClung 09/22/2010 Hyosoon kwak A Movie about Widowed Children in India I recently watched a shocking movie in class about an eight-year-old widow that never got to meet her husband‚ and she is deposited in an institution for widows called a widow’s ashram to spend the rest of her life. According to Indian tradition‚ these widows must remain in seclusion‚ apart from the rest of the world‚ until the end of their lives and are forbidden of ever re-marrying. An impressive
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Amistad Questions Sierra Drummond 1) Who were the main characters in Amistad? Cinque‚ Roger S. Baldwin‚ Theodore Joadwin‚ Tappan‚ John Quincy Adams‚ Martin Van Buren 2) What was the time period (year) in history Amistad existed? 1839 3) Describe the dynamics of the slave ship Amistad during the Middle Passage. Desperate‚ fearful‚ and stressed Absolute treachery‚ 50 thrown overboard‚ women were raped‚ men were mutilated Natives took over through force during a slave uprising Power struggles take
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The film “Amistad” is recreate base on a true story about a slave ship traveling out from Cuba to the United State in 1839. The film start off with a group of African were shackled and chained then packed in an overloaded‚ dirty slave ship and exposed to inhuman treatment‚ on the Portuguese the Tecora as it makes its way through the Middle Passage towards Cuba. The ship carries 53 Africans who have been sold into servitude in Cuba. They tackled living board the ship and tied in the freight hold of
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his co-principal having a gun. Teachers should be armed with textbooks not guns. 5. I didn’t visually find any fighting scene in the movie. I think the production is concerned with young viewers that is why they made it that way‚ and I deemed it to be more appropriate. You would not see people fighting or killing each other‚ but you will hear and feel it from the movie. 6. Could you tell of a person like Sir Balmes in your life? In what way? 7. I am blessed enough to be on a school where every student’s
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