The Last Samuri Movie Review The Last Samurai‚ directed by Edward Zwick‚ starring actor Tom Cruise is based on the Japanese history during the end of the 18th century and the start of the 19th. The main focus of the movie is the transformation between a thousand year old tradition of a samurai soldier using a sword as his weapon‚ with the introduction of modern day weapons. During this time period‚ the Japanese communicated with various other cultures such as those of the French‚ English‚ German
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Furthermore‚ Nick Serpe’s article did not only show social commentary on class‚ the article also argues that TV shows explores bias towards gender in game shows. Serpe mentions‚ “Beauty pageant that collided with a high-stakes Dating Game: women were paraded on stage for a rich man‚ seen only in silhouette‚” (Serpe 269). When Serpe describes this‚ it illustrates that men sees women as lottery to choose from. This kind of show changes the way in which some of these women think‚ due to the fact that
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national hero‚ Dr. Jose Rizal on the eve of his execution on Dec. 30‚ 1896. When Jose Rizal walked from his prison to the place of his execution‚ he not only walked proudly for himself‚ but he planted the seeds of pride for his people. His last words written in his cell “My Final Farewell” were an enduring life giving breath from a man who was about to breath no more. The poem was Jose Rizal’s goodbyes‚ first to his country‚ to his family‚ friends and loved ones. To his country he said in
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The Last Lecture Whenever you hear about a tragedy that happened like a car crash‚ someone getting cancer‚ a mass shooting‚ someone catching a simple disease and dying. You think to yourself for a second and say‚ “that’s terrible‚ why does stuff like that happen in this world. Then you think to yourself of course that would never happen to me. Reading this book and watching the video makes you think that stuff like this happens to ordinary people just like me. Randy Pausch was a very smart man
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Romancing the Brick wall in Pausch’s Heart When I read the pages 57 – 79 in Pausch’s (2008) The Last Lecture‚ I was surprised and impressed by his expression to his great wife. Even though he continued to love his wife‚ Jai‚ he sometimes felt her to get over such obstructions as a big wall and formidable things. He wrote‚ “The most formidable brick wall I ever upon in my life was just five feet‚ six inches tall‚ and was absolutely beautiful. But it reduced me to tears‚ made me reevaluate my entire
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Outside Reading Project The Last Olympian The Last Olympian tells a story about the war that happening between the Titans and the Gods. In the 4th series‚ the Great Prophecy were announced and stating that when a child from the eldest gods turn 16‚ s/he will make a choice that will determine the fate of the world. The story begins with Percy being sent on a mission to destroy Kronos’s ship (Princess Andromeda). However‚ they failed to kill Kronos and Percy found out that something horrible is going
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Part 1 Childhood Dreams Looking back on my childhood‚ I tend to go negative. We moved so much. My parents were not educated enough to help me with my homework. I felt lonely. My mom suffered from manic depression‚ and it sucked. We were so poor. But when I think about actual moments of my childhood‚ specific‚ tiny‚ day-to-day moments‚ I know I was lucky: in many ways‚ I had won the parent lottery. My parents somehow innately knew that part of the reason for their misfortune was their current lack
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The Bluest Eye depicts the social conditions and psychology of black citizens in post-World War II United States. This excerpt‚ situated in the Autumn part of the book‚ introduces the reader to a family‚ the Breedloves‚ part of whom is the protagonist‚ Pecola. The point of view is omniscient‚ enabling the author to describe the family‚ their house and state of mind. This extract has several layers of meaning : it depicts the physical‚ then moral conditions of the Breedloves‚ but also sheds light
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Destroying Avatar "The Last Airbender is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be invented" (Roger Ebert‚ Chicago Sun-Times). Many have sat through and watched The Last Airbender‚ directed by Shyamalan‚ while others have ravished over Avatar: The Last Airbender‚ the Nickelodeon cartoon. Both of these have the same concept and story line‚ but yet still vary completely. Shyamalan altered the setting‚ plot structure‚ added and deleted ideas and details
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Last Breath Ever since my daughter Rachel’s death‚ I feel as if it has been drifting away my 30 year marriage with Franklin. I have myself to blame because‚ a week after her funeral I ordered a gravestone with mine and Franklins names and birthdays next to hers without discussing it with him first. At first I thought Rachel was just depressed like any other teenager at her age; however‚ I was unaware that the boy Rachel was talking to for the past months she met online. It all began
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