Platoon was a movie of the 1980’s that focused on the Veitnam war. Platoon was written as an anti-war film‚ showing a lot of the negitive aspects of the war. Platoon was a special film because of the 360 degree filming style that shows all angles of the war. The film was written and directed by Oliver Stone‚ who fought in Vietnam. He had a dream to make a movie about the war that is not fictional but how he actual remembered the movie. This movie has a sumwhat hard to fallow plot trying to emulate
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Both Patricia Highsmith and Donna Tartt‚ authors of The Talented Mr Ripley and The Secret History‚ have created their novels to have a theme of disturbing behaviour‚ portraying it through how the characters act and also how their backgrounds have influenced their behaviour. Main protagonists Thomas Ripley and Richard Papen go through stages of showing abnormal behaviour which may be defined as behaviour that is disturbing and is often the result of distorted thoughts. Freud stated that human behaviour
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as part of their cultural traditions. Iktomi‚ a Native American tale; and Anansi‚ a West African tale‚ are a few of these well-known stories. Even though these tales are from different regions‚ they are essentially the same. Both revolve around a trickster who is clever‚ greedy‚ and supernaturally powerful. Iktomi and Anansi both show that they are very clever characters. Iktomi proves that he is clever in how he catches ducks for his food. He tells the ducks he will teach them how to dance‚ but they
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---------------Relationship Between Gods and Mortals---------------------------------- -----Observing the relationship between the polytheistic gods and mortals in the time of Homer seems‚ in comparison‚ is odd to our judeo-christian traditions found in our society. Where some may see a omnishient and powerful being as a inactive in the our everyday dealings‚ the Gods in Homer’s time were consistently involved in either hindering or aiding those they found to their liking or disliking. In the
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Prometheus//Greek mythology According to the ancient Greeks‚ Prometheus was considered a transformer of culture because he stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans. He tricked Zeus and because of this‚ he was considered a trickster. Today‚ trickster might imply someone who is dishonest‚ but here and in many other tales‚ it’s more like a Robin Hood. Someone who takes from the rich and gives to the poor (rich being Zeus and poor being mankind). He tricked Zeus in order that mankind could
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Simone White is a folk female singer-songwriter. She realised her first album in 2003 since then she has released four more albums and toured throughout europe and america. In her album Yakiimo she realised the song‚ Bunny In A Bunny Suit. This has become one of her more popular songs resting comfortably in the second slot. In this song she uses a combination of finger plucking‚ transposing using the capo‚ lyrics‚ and chord progressions to create the rather sad atmosphere around this song. To
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Chapter 42 – Epilogue Rennie Rennie sat in the lobby with his coat waiting for his cousins to come pick him up. As he waited‚ he fiddled with the zipper of his coat looking back at his adventure in Iceland. He wondered to himself how he lived through such a cold environment. After waiting a while‚ I turn around to see my cousing D.J. looking at me. “Rennie!” he cried scaring me out of my pants. “Yipes! You scared me!” I replied. I’ve never seen D.J. before‚ but he has a pretty similar resemblance
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in Ge’ez going back at least to the 4th century AD; the best-known work in this tradition is the Kebra Negast‚ or "Book of Kings." One popular form of traditional African folktale is the "trickster" story‚ where a small animal uses its wits to survive encounters with larger creatures. Examples of animal tricksters include Anansi‚ aspider in the folklore of the Ashanti people of Ghana; Ijàpá‚ a tortoise in Yoruba folklore of Nigeria; and Sungura‚ a hare found in central and East African folklore.[5] Other
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Gloria Steinem Timeline 1934 Born on March 25 in Toledo‚ Ohio. 1956 Graduates magna cum laude from Smith College‚ with a major in government. 1956-58 Studies at universities of Delhi and Calcutta. 1960 Moves to New York City and takes a job with Help! Magazine. 1968 Begins writing a political column for New York Magazine; writes first openly feminist article‚ “After Black Power‚ Women Liberation.” 1971 Produces the first edition Ms. Magazine. Helps found the National Women’s Political
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LAB 1 1. Describe the function of the following pieces of safety equipment and how each might be used: (10 points) a. Eye Wash (2 points) In the event of a chemical splash to the eyes‚ flood the eyes for at least 15-30 minutes with water. Flush from the eye outward. If you were not wearing proper eye wear‚ a chemical could splash into your eye and would make it necessary to use this. b. Fire Blanket (2 points) Used in order to put out a small fire. If a small area of the lab caught
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