Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is an shy 11-year-old living with his proud miner father (Gary Lewis) and older brother Tony (Jamie Draven) during the political and social unrest of the 1984 miner’s strike. Times are hard - the men of the house spend their days on the picket lines clashing with the police‚ while Billy navigates the minefield of adolescence and takes care of his increasingly senile grandmother (Jean Heywood). Determined to forge his son in his own image‚ Billy’s father sends him for
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issues affect society There are various representations within the text that challenges the individual to experiences familiar and new horizons. Through the texts Billy Elliot and The short story "The Story of X" have helped to convey various new horizons and familiar experiences. Firstly‚ New horizons can be explored through both Billy Elliot and the story of ’x’ with the challenging of gender expectations and the effort in which the characters display in order to breakthrough the dominant discourses
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In the film Billy Elliot directed by Stephen Daldry we see many important ideas and presented with one of them being identity. The idea of identity is presented through the use of a number of techniques such as symbolism‚ contrast‚ music and dancing. Billy’s characters suffers many consequences because of this challenging time of trying to find his own identity and symbolism‚ contrast‚ imagery and music helps us to understand this. Identity is an important aspect for any individual‚ as it separates
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I have to say that I am disappointed with the prosecution team. Naturally there are many cases when new evidence would come in after a case would be done and that would take things in a whole new direction and maybe give the guilty party a chance to prove themselves innocent. Thats fair and understandable since the new evidence that came in proves that the person didn’t do the crime. Evidence is always helpful in a trial and both the defense and the prosecution will use it to their advantage as best
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west Africa lies a need for soldiers on both sides of their civil war. Many get confused on which side is good and which side is in the wrong‚ but the reality of it is unclear. The people who get caught in the middle of this mess: children‚ mostly innocent. Jeffrey Gentleman says in his article Armed & Underage that nearly ¨80 percent of rebel troops and 20 percent of government troops are children.¨ These children are forced to fight in a war that they weren’t even alive for the start of. Some kids
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In the Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut‚ we are introduced to the main character‚ Billy Pilgrim. He is an average guy‚ who has no special qualities‚ however‚ does have the ability to travel through time. My interpretation of the reading and Billy’s time travel is that he suffers from a traumatic mental illness‚ which could have led‚ him to hallucinate his time travels and alien abduction. There are two connections I found that could have encouraged Billy’s behavior‚ becoming a prisoner of war
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Donna Johnson Ms. April Campbell English 111 February 17th 2013 My guilty pleasure I become so alive whenever my little ears catch a catchy beat to their liking. My feet start to mimic the beat‚ my shoulders start to do a happy dance that most outsiders looking in would think I am having a mini seizure. I close my eyes‚ slightly tilt my head back and just embrace the wave of music. I am in a blissful state of mind where I have not a care in the world. Then it hits me‚ my three brief minutes
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Their burning fire is a very common feeling that anyone can relate to. The extremely hard to resist desirer for revenge is that fire. The men refer to themselves as “The Regulators.” The leader of the men is a man named William but better know as Billy the Kid. Add horses and guns to all this and you have a classic movie called Young Guns. The film Young Guns is entirely about the notion that retaliation is a must‚ even when one is against all odds‚ these brave men fight to avenge a friend’s death
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Social conventions In the movie‚ Billy Elliot‚ we witness how the community stops Billy from forming his own identity in this world of miners illustrating the social conventions in a community restricting individuals from transitioning into the world. Billy’s father‚ boxing instructor and his brother are all against him in the journey of becoming a ballet dancer as it is against the community. This happened in the 1980s‚ when the London mine workers were striking against the forced closure of the
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Moving into the world is a notion which encompasses transition and change. The concept explores how both choices and consequences can alter an individual both physically and emotionally. Billy Elliot‚ a film directed by Stephen Daldry (2000)‚ is a film with a powerful message about venturing into a new world. It explores the themes of maturity and growth as well as gender conflicts. The choices and consequences endured by the characters of the film are used to highlight the positive and negative
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