The film “The Black Balloon”‚ is a 2008 Australian AFI award-winning dramatic feature film that stars Toni Collette‚ Rhys Wakefield‚ Luke Ford‚ Erik Thomson‚ Gemma Ward; as well as a cast of newcomers. It is directed by first-time feature film director‚ Elissa Down‚ Despite being set in the early 1990’s‚ the movie‚ “The Black Balloon” still contains relevant messages for audiences in the modern age. These messages involve the discrimination the Mollison family is subjected to‚ the characters that
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The prison is often seen as a “black flower” of a civilized society. Hawthorne makes examples of decay and evil through the architecture of society: The wooden jail was already marked with weather-stains and other indications of age‚ which gave a yet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front. The rust on the ponderous iron-work of its oaken door looked more antique than anything else in the New World…It seemed never to have known a youthful era. Before this ugly edifice‚ and between
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Black soldiers have a very important part in the Civil War at the moment. They are fighting in the war because they need their freedom‚ the war is about slavery‚ and the Emancipation Proclamation is taking action. These soldiers are currently fighting for their freedom. In the beginning they were not able to fight because the Confederacy and the Union thought they would be useless‚ so they are in charge of being able to feed the soldiers and help out. Now they are allowed to fight with either side
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The “Black Sox” Scandal In the early 1900s‚ baseball was the American pastime. Baseball players were the idols of the young‚ the old‚ and everyone in between. Baseball games were played everywhere from sandlots to stadiums and radios in homes across the nation were tuned to baseball. Attendance and profits were on the rise; between the first World Series of 1903 and the World Series of 1919 revenues had increased by 50% (Everstine‚ 1998). The money was too tempting and greed changed the wholesome
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Bellis‚ Mary. (2012) The History of the Telephone - Alexander Graham Bell. Retrieved on September 11‚ 2012‚ from http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/telephone.htm The history of the telephone‚ was invented in 1870 by Alexander Graham Bell. In 1877‚ construction of the first regular telephone line from Boston to Somerville‚ Massachusetts was completed. The first Bell telephone company started in 1878. This is now known as the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)‚ which was
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Samir Hadzic PDP World History 3rd Period Chapter #15‚ pgs 296-301 I. Introduction A. Main Idea- The Middle Ages were a time period filled with a shocking amount of chaos and calamity‚ although accompanied by a large amount of intellectual prosperity‚ political expansion‚ and rebirth. i. During the High Middle Ages (eleventh to thirteenth centuries) 1. The Latin Church became a strong spiritual authority in Europe. 2. Revolution in agriculture. Increased food supplies and populations. 3
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Thesis The Industrial Revolution introduced technological advancements in manufacturing output‚ agricultural output‚ and social growth. These advancements came at a price of public health and safety‚ paid by the lower and middle class. Progressive economic growth was not achieved until after these issues were resolved. Argument Statement 1 Children as young as 6 years old were forced to work up to 19 hours a day in harsh conditions. The safety of children was often neglected‚ resulting in injury
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Working Title: “The First Step to Live Independently” Dominant Impression: Deciding to live in a dormitory is the first step to a new lifestyle away from home. Thesis Statement: Living in a dorm is something students always look out for. I. Introduction A. Start with an opening statement. 1. Students or teenagers are often thrilled to live away from their parents to live independently but it’s not as easy as they think. B. State some observations about students who want to stay at a dormitory
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Jenny Pham Ineida Soares Olivia Keynon Title: LifeStraw Family Pack 1.0 I. Introduction a. Within Africa‚ Ghana has grown much attention to the LifeStraw Family Pack 1.0 because of its lack of clean water‚ waterborne illnesses‚ and interesting liability for the population. II. Product Profile (Olivia) III. Country Culture Profile (Olivia) IV. Country Risk Assessment (Jenny) a. Political Assessment within the last 5 years i. Terrorism Travelers ii. Nationalization Incidences Health system iii
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The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history‚ it resulted in the deaths of about 75 to 200 million people in Europe in the years 1346–53. The cause of this sudden eruption of the plague is not exactly known. From the Gobi desert‚ it spread out in all directions. The plague then spread eastward to China. During the expansion of trade during the Early and High Middle ages‚ trade routes with China were strengthened and ventured greatly. European traders‚ particularly those
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