In 2006 the movie "Crash" won the Academy Award for Best picture and received outstanding reviews from critics across the country. Director Paul Haggis was stunned that his picture won such acclaimed awards. Haggis surely thought Ang lee’s "Brokeback Mountain" would have taken the award for best picture. This shows that the American people and the academy thought Haggis’s movie had pointed out real issues that are relevant in today’s society. An analysis of the movie "Crash" reveals three main reasons
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Have you ever struggled on standing up for yourself? Sometimes people don’t have the courage to stand up for themselves when challenged with problems. In the story “ Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros‚ the main character‚ Rachel‚ is faced with many challenges that she doesn’t face at school and challenges that she doesn’t face with her fellow classmates. For example‚ Rachel loses herself when challenged by her teacher‚ Mrs. Price. So there was an ugly old sweater that had been sitting in the locker room
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Multiculturalism in Crash Crash is highly ambiguous in the depiction of multiculturalism in American society. Almost all the ethnicities depicted in Crash question the perception others have their particular group‚ but at the same time affirm the different stereotypes surrounding their ethnic group. For example‚ one of the black characters (‘Anthony’) remarks that they should be afraid in a white neighborhood‚ due to their group’s association with crime. Following this intelligent observation‚
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The story Eleven written by Sandra Cisneros is about a girl whose birthday was spoiled all because she did not stand up for herself. The theme of this story is how it is important to be confident and stand up for who you are. In the beginning of the story Mrs.Price Rachel’s teacher‚ asked who’s sweater is this? Rachel the main character does not say anything or that it Isn’t hers. By not speaking up shows that she is afraid of speaking up in front of the class. If Rachel would have said something
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Choose three characters from the movie crash and compare their relationship elements based on social status‚ gender dynamics‚ age‚ race and tolerance of uncertainty. The opposing characters within the movie “Crash” depict contrasting lifestyles‚ attitudes and behaviours.The elements of social status and gender dynamics determine the characters’ tolerance for uncertainty as well as the ways in which they react to societal situations. A situation which may be quite dramatic and life changing for
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Greece is a country in Southern Europe. According to the 2011 census‚ Greece’s population is around 11 million. Athens is the nation’s capital and largest city. 1)Greece is mainland located at the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. Greece is surrounded on the north by Bulgaria‚ the Republic of Macedonia and Albania; to the west by the Ionian Sea; to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and to the east by the Aegean Sea and Turkey. 2)The country consists of nine geographic regions: Macedonia‚ Central
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Jacob Ledford Professor Vasconcelos Hammock English 1102M 21 January 2012 Sandra Cisneros Sandra Cisneros was born the daughter of a Mexican-American mother and a Mexican immigrant father. She grew up as the only daughter of a family of 7 children. The family frequently moved back and forth between Chicago and Mexico and she never had much time to settle anywhere. Cisneros graduated from Loyola University in 1976 with a bachelor’s degree in English and eventually went on to obtain her master’s
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Japanese-American Dwight Okita and Mexican-American Sandra Cisneros were both greatly influenced by US culture. Okita’s "Response to Executive Order 9066" and Cisneros’s "Mericans" establish topics of American identity and family relationships. Both Okita’s poem and Cisneros’s short story share themes that American identity comes from merging cultures and supporting one another is important in family relationships. In "Mericans" by author Sandra Cisneros‚ the first sign of American Identity in the
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be analyzing the character of John Ryan who is played by Matt Dillon. Ryan is a white middle-aged police officer who has been with the force for quite some time. He appears to be racist from his many encounters with the black characters. From the beginning of the movie‚ you can tell John is an arrogant person. He seems to feel like he is superior to the other characters. This is displayed in the way he carries himself and the way he condescends to pretty much every other character he interacts with
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CRASH COM200 Steven Fritzenkotter June 11‚ 2012 Crash Racism has been a big issue since the beginning of time. We have dealt with racism for as long as I can remember. In the movie crash‚ they deal with racism conflicts. In the beginning of the movie‚ two white
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