Motorcycle Diaries Directed by Walter Salles As most potential viewers know‚ this film is based on diaries and letters to home written by Ernesto "Che" Guevara during a motorcycle and foot tour of a significant portion of South America during the early 1950s‚ years before Guevara achieved international renown as a Communist and Latino revolutionary. Thus‚ the film functions as an attempt to get at the heart of the person who preceded the myth. The film is therefore difficult to judge as pure
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TITLE: GLADIATOR PLOT: The story is about Maximus‚ one of the leading generals in the Roman army. He led the Romans to victory in a decisive battle with the Barbarians that ended a long war between them. This victory helped him gain trust and favour from the old Emperor Marcus Aurelius‚ which is now old and near his end. Emperor Aurelius wishes to appoint Maximus as the temporary leader of Rome‚ even though he has a son‚ Commodus. Commodus‚ being told by his father that he would not be the appointed
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Critical Lens Essay “Good people... are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure”. This quote from William Saroyan means that wise people acquire their insight from experiences‚ especially unsuccessful ones. I agree with the quote and the idea of people being knowledgeable because of the hardships and journeys they had endured. The two novels Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger both support the idea of gaining wisdom through
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All my Sons - Critical Essay ’All my sons’ written by Arthur Miller is a dramatic play which shows actions and consequences and morality and studies the theme of idealism verses realism‚ social responsibility and the American dream. This play takes place after World War II‚ in the year 1947. The play shows conflict between a Father and a son and how quickly a family can fall apart following a serious revelation. Arthur Miller uses techniques such as characterization‚ stage directions and a delayed
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“The Red Badge of Courage”- Critical Essay In the “Red Badge of Courage” Stephen Crane demonstrates the use of naturalism. The novel shows how Henry‚ a young union soldier‚ struggles with war and becoming a man. Henry joined the war because he wanted to experience the glory of fighting and winning. While Henry is in the wilderness‚ Crane uses nature as naturalism and makes nature a model for Henry’s acts. In “The Red Badge of Courage” there are many themes. One is learning to be a man. At
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What Makes Interstellar a Good Movie. With genres varying from horror and comedy‚ romance and sci-fi‚ everyone has his or her favorite movie. Their favorite movie is the one they think was so good and entertaining that they would watch it time and time again. However‚ other people may view the same movie as horrible. So what makes a movie truly good? How can philosophers help us come to a universal meaning “good” in the movie industry? Philosophers such as Plato‚ Aristotle‚ and Socrates can give
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CRITICAL ESSAY ON "CRASH" The film "Crash" written and directed by Paul Haggis was taken place in Los Angeles. This movie illustrates how discrimination and prejudice has affected our everyday lives‚ due to the misconceptions we have of each other. All the characters in this movie are either victims of prejudice and discrimination or are guilty of it. To help us give more understanding about this movie I am comparing the movie Crash to Joseph Healey textbook‚ Race‚ Ethnicity‚ Gender & Class. In
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Michelle Veliz Period 7 4/27/12 Critical Lens Essay A famous author named Richard Wright once said‚ “All literature is a protest”. In simpler terms‚ books have been written to raise awareness about problems in order for humans to find solutions for them. This quote is true because in most works of literature the author makes their characters go through difficult obstacles to overcome that not everyday people go through. The book Night was written to protest against anti-Semitism‚ which means
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The Outsiders movie was directed by Francis Ford Coppola in the year 1983. The author of the Outsiders is S.E Hinton. I think that the movie was intriguing. It had most of the plot but it was very short and cut out a lot of the scenes that were in the book. If they hadn’t cut out as many scenes as they did‚ it would have a better movie. The actors that were cast for the movie did a very good job; they captured the role of their character‚ and performed consistently. They played the role of their
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Cited: Hemingway‚ Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. Scribner Paperback Fiction. First Scribner Paperback Fiction edition. New York: 1995 Perkins‚ Wendy. Novels for Students‚ Vol. 14‚ "A critical essay on For Whom the Bell Tolls". Toronto: Doubleday‚ 1997. Martin‚ Robert A.. The Hemingway Review‚ "Robert Jordan and the Spanish country: learning to live in it ‘truly and well ’". New York: Ernest Hemingway Foundation‚ 1996.
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