not only for its cinematic qualities but for its historic insight as well. Platoon is an Orion Pictures production‚ filmed in 1986. Written and directed by Oliver Stone it tells the gruesome story of a Vietnam War not known by the American public. Tom Beringer‚ who plays the experienced Sergeant Barnes‚ was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor
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I am Tom Brennan‚ it has been 10 years since accident happened. My older brother Daniel has been released from prison 5 years ago. First five years after accident‚ my family decide to move to somewhere else. My sister and I found a school‚ we made lots of new friends. My mother was in tears all days‚ we persuaded her some days‚ about one year later‚ she pull up her slacks. That day was cloudy. It may rain every minute. I went with my parents to take my brother Daniel home. He has changed. His face
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An Argumentative essay that looks at and breaks down the philosophical difference between Tom Regan’s position on Animal rights and‚ Peter Singer’s position on Animal liberation as a basis for better treatment of animals. This paper deals with the converse positions on Animal rights or Animal Liberation as a basis for better treatment of animals. From the philosophical position of Animal rights Regan argues‚ that is humans have the ability to have moral rights‚ so should animals. On the other
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In her essay‚ “The Deconstruction of the Male-Rescuer Archetype‚” Carolina Fernandez emphasizes how the figure of a “male-hero” has evolved and changed overtime. Fernandez supports her main argument using Spanish fairy tales to oppose the strong-traditional vision of Machoism and demonstrate how women do not need a figure of a hero or rescuer‚ since they can free themselves and become independent. Although some of the fairy tales used as examples had a male rescuer‚ her main argument demonstrates
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For example‚ when Tom Szaky worked throughout his spring break not just that but he was a freshmen‚ he was interested in making a medicine from a weed "yes that kind of weed" like the author stated. Which mean that it was dangerous to his health; he could have been get
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Tom Weylin and his wife‚ Margaret‚ both resent Dana because she is an educated black woman with proper dialect. The wife even goes as far as throwing coffee on her and slapping her‚ while the husband sends flirtatious signs her way and even tries to buy her‚ but Dana refuses. Dana tells Kevin of these experiences on the plantation‚ and he tells her she needs to leave‚ but she only agrees to leave when Rufus’s leg has fully healed. Nigel‚ who is a thirteen year old slave on Weylin’s plantation asks
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Within the Hero’s journey‚ characters show the story and use emotions through‚ the journey‚ symbol’s enhance the stories’ or movies’ meaning. In this instance archetypes are used‚ archetypes are a recurring of characters and symbols in a study. A movie that consists a hero’s journey within the plot is Avatar written and directed by James Cameron in 2009. Avatar is about a paralyzed marine‚ Jake Sully‚ who is sent to Pandora after his twin brother Tommy‚ is killed. Jake serves as a substitute and
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and loyal to his friends. But the most important trait that characterized Michael was how he was a responsible and parental figure to his little brother‚ Bug. As the author of the article The Foundation of a Free Society‚ which criticized the system‚ Tom Waldron says‚ “Students couldn’t stay after school‚ (…) they had to pick up younger siblings and watch over them. Like The Wire’s Michael Lee‚ they were already parents themselves” (Waldron 3). Michael had to mature fast and make decisions that would
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Every character is a type of character that is known as part of the archetype. The hero’s journey is a literary device created by Joseph Campbell as a way to recognize the hero’s main journey throughout many different genres. It is the typical journey of a hero thrown out into an unknown world with a single objective. The
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1968 by Tom Brokaw “Documentary: 1968” covered all the usual events of that year‚ protests over the Vietnam War‚ the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King‚ the race riots‚ women’s lib‚ black power‚ hippies and drugs. This documentary was a little different in that it was more of a personal take on the events as Tom Brokaw was already working as a reporter at that time and these were his personal recollections. Also‚ he interspersed many interviews with contemporaries of the present
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