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    The Silence of the Lambs 1991 Director – Jonathan Demme Writer – Thomas Harris Cinematographer – Tak Fujimoto Jodie Foster – Clarice Starling Anthony Hopkins – Dr. Hannibal Lecter AKA Hannibal the Cannibal Scott Glenn – Jack Crawford Ted Levine – Jame Gumb AKA Buffalo Bill Theme can be defined as “a central insight.” According to the authors of The Art of Watching Films‚ a theme in a literary work or film should be universal and should be one that challenges people (Boggs & Petric‚

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    Breaking through the Silence An elderly woman waits along the sidewalk as the Metro bus full of student swings by to pick her up. As she enters‚ she holds a number of 99¢ Store bags in hand. She is clearly Hispanic‚ her brown skin and white hair and her modesty stand out. The bus continues its route. The elderly woman knows her stop is coming up. But she obviously strains to put her words together when notifying the bus driver. Impatient and incomprehensive‚ he simply ignores her. Seeing this

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    Selfishness and Lies

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    We all have the same needs: food‚ shelter‚ love‚ acceptance‚ support‚ etc. but little do we know that the difference between groups is minor compared to the similarities we all share. One of our many similarities is behavior including: selfishness‚ and the act of believing what we want to believe; one may analyze this among reading “The Other Wife” by Colette and “War” by Luigi Pirandello. It is our instinct to try and best each other‚ even in times of great communal strife as well as silencing others

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    [pic] Roxie Releasing presents the 2008 US theatrical release of FORBIDDEN LIE$ A film by Anna Broinowski Con or Artist WHO DO YOU BELIEVE? The journalist? The Chicago mobster? The murdered friend? The FBI? The violent husband? The extorted granny? The spurned lover? The outraged publisher? The embittered fan? The detective? The Muslim activist? The estranged father? The psychiatrist? The media? Yourself

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    Creative Writing: Silence

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    There is silence. Silence everywhere‚ such silence that the soft sounds created by swift movements happening around me are amplified. The water droplets explode into tiny particles as they hit my hot skin and flow down my body and you can even hear the water gushing into the drain. Correction: swirling into the drain. Gushing has negative connotations‚ but swirling has an optimistic twist to it. I look down and open my eyes‚ allowing the water to pour over my head down to my face. All I can see

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    rare. Though most people exhibit traits that may not be deemed perfectly acceptable by common culture‚ they go to great lengths to conform to what they see as normal. In Catcher in the Rye‚ the poem Resignation‚ and the musical piece The Sound of Silence‚ each author illustrates that

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    little public attention? There are many‚ widely varying answers to these questions. Which ones are right? Though they may claim to‚ no one really knows. These questions will always be debated. What many fail to realize is that the answer undoubtedly lies somewhere within an ever evolving and adapting compromise between the consciousness of smokers and the tolerance of anti-smokers. Failing to realize this leads many‚ when faced with the question of public policy toward smoking‚ to take a hardline stance

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    The film Hidden in Silence is based on a true story. During WWII‚ while Jews are sent to ghettos‚ Catholic teenager Stefania Podgorska (called Fusia in the movie) helps 13 Jews to save their life while raising her little sister. Every day‚ she risks execution by given food and water to the silent individuals living above her. The film is not very explicit in the violence against the Jews; instead‚ it conveys a message of hope for mankind‚ despite the horror humanity shows itself in sensitive ways

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    Analysis High-context and low-context communication In this case‚ the Indonesians hesitated to accept the over confident looking contract offered by Indian vendors. On one hand‚ they did not want to miss such attractive products‚ cheap and functional‚ which could solve current problems; on the other hand‚ they were not sure about the Indian vendor’s words. Whether it is true or not that all of the function of their products could be customized to fit to the current needs. In other words‚ the meaning

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    Silence is the complete absence of sound. Many people experience silence as a consequence‚ or for a lesson learned. In The Chosen‚ Danny Saunders is raised in silence‚ and the only way he communicates with his father is through Reuven Malter‚ the buffer of the father-son relationship. I’ve also experienced silence in the class Silence Walk. While frustrating‚ silence can make you open up and listen to not only your surroundings but also yourself. In having a day of silence‚ my mind wandered off.

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