Suicide and humor are two words not often associated with each other‚ but Nick Hornby takes the pair on in his novel A Long Way Down‚ a dark comedy about suicide and life after a failed attempt. The book is narrated by four characters taking turns telling the story in their voice. The resulting hodgepodge gang includes Martin‚ a quasi celebrity who loses everything after an affair with a fifteen-year old girl; Maureen‚ the middle-aged mother of a severely disabled son; Jess‚ an obnoxious teenager
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This is a movie about the Battle of Mogadishu or commonly known as Black Hawk down. It started on the 3rd of October with what was supposed to be a quick “snatch and grab” operation. The operation was only to last thirty minutes. Under the command of Capt. Mike Steele they were to insert soldiers to capture two top lieutenants of a warlord Mohamed Farrrah Aidid. Things went terribly wrong when a black hawk was shot down by an RPG (rocket propelled grenade). It then became a rescue mission to save
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about Bill Clinton‚ the 42nd president. Bill Clinton was born on August 19 1946. He was born in a nearby town called Hope Arkansas. His father was William Jefferson Blyth Jr. and his mother was Virginia Clinton Kelley. As a young child‚ Bill was taught and raised in a home with his grandparents. His grandparents were very strict with him and wanted him to succeed. They taught him how read at a very young age. Bill recalls”at the age of three‚ I was already reading small books”. Growing up Bill didn’t
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Watership Down is a story that shows the us value of leadership. It shows us how leadership is effective in the different rabbit communities and how different character traits factor to success. You can look at the protagonists and even the antagonists of the story to get a sense of the different qualities that leaders posses. Hazel‚ our protagonist‚ guided the rabbits with his cunning wit and bold intellect. Bigwig‚ who can also be considered as a protagonist‚ was Hazel’s right hand man who took
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Executive Summary Bill Gates is one of the 21st Centuries most successful entrepreneurs. This report will take a closer look into Bill Gates whilst simultaneous exploring entrepreneurship and its role in business‚ entrepreneurial approaches to opportunity and innovation‚ management and leadership‚ growth and longevity in additional to entrepreneurial traits and characteristics. Contents Executive Summary i 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 The Opportunity Recognised 1 3.0 The Entrepreneur 2 4.0 Managing
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Never Back Down Have you ever had one of those moments when you wished nothing more than to just give up and leave everything behind? Stupid question‚ everybody has those moments. Well‚ for me it was more like I couldn’t simply lie down and give up. This big realization came to me when I was about ten years old‚ during the third practice football game of the season. “TWEET!” The whistle to start the game finally came. My stomach was buzzing with angry butterflies. However‚ in my case they felt
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Never Back Down The film Never Back Down is directed by Jeff Wadlow. The film is about a young angry teen‚ the protagonist of the film‚ Jake Tyler who is a violent teen who is always getting in to fights at school and during sports. Jake is forced to move from Iowa his home town‚ to Orlando‚ Florida because his younger brother Charlie won a tennis scholarship. He is always angry because his family blamed him for his father’s death. Jake’s main rival is Ryan McCarthy who thinks he is the ‘top dog’
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Revenge fuels the engine that drives “The Bride” in Quentin Tarantino’s ultra violent thriller‚ Kill Bill. In this critically acclaimed film‚ a clouded focal point steers the leading lady down a murderous path to avenge the attack of her wedding party. Her hit list is occupied by a group of people known as the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad‚ and specifically aims to kill her ex lover‚ Bill – the mastermind behind it all. Tarantino uses a combination of surrealism and extreme violence in this film
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: The Get Down focuses on 1970s New York City broken down and beaten up‚ violent‚ cash strapped dyin. It turned to rubble‚ a rag-tag crew of South Bronx teenagers are nothings and nobodies with no one to shelter them - except each other‚ armed only with verbal games‚ improvised dance steps‚ some magic markers and spray cans. From Bronx tenements‚ to the SoHo art scene; from CBGBs to Studio 54 and even the glass towers of the justbuilt World Trade Center‚ The Get Down is a mythic saga of how New York
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In Watership Down‚ a group of rabbits consisting of ‚Hazel‚ Fiver‚ and their companions travel away in the search of a new warren. On their journey‚ Hazel and the rabbits he brought went through many troubles including‚ crossing a river and Cowslip’s warren‚ a warren that was surrounded by snares‚ until they reach the down. Though they had found their home they wouldn’t keep it for long if they didn’t find does. Kehaar‚ a gull they found at the down‚ told them how to find does. They traveled to
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