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    would teach us about one of the young women values. My favorite stop was the station taught by Alexa Blikenstaff and Sister McFaddien they taught us about the value Divine Nature. They shared a story of King Louis XVI that goes like this “As a young man‚ he was kidnapped by evil men who had dethroned his father‚ the

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    on the computer a lot and I do have a myspace and it’s a big part of my life and it also a way that I communicate with my friends. Another hobby I have is watching TV and playing video games. I mainly like watching Sports Center‚ Baseball Tonight‚ Man vs. Wild‚ and MTV. I like watching movies such as The Benchwarmers‚ Major League 1 and 2‚ Happy Gilmore‚ Dumb and Dumber and many more. I don’t have any piercings or tattoos but if I do I think I would get a tattoo or two that would have a meaning about

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    ones from the novel. Jonas’s Characteristic are more simple‚ and realistic in the movie. Someone who sees new things is curious‚ and in his community‚ being curious and wanting to express it is very understandable‚ but in the novel he doesn’t really express his curiosity‚ and instead is equivocal. The movie shows his curiosity‚ and him wanting everyone to “feel”. Reasons that Jonas is better in the movie than the book‚ are that he is more relatable‚ he takes bigger risks‚ and has a more audacious‚

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    Doon leave their family behind and go to a new city? The City of Ember has many similarities and differences between the novel and the film; however the movie was a more entertaining experience. The movie and book are the same because Lina and Doon escape in both of them. It is important to keep these things the same because sometimes the book is a little bit different‚ but they can not be about a whole

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    Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Victor Frankenstein runs from all of his problems until he ends up with terrible consequences. James Whale‚ the film director for the movie phenomenon Frankenstein was not only an artist‚ but also a man who had a vision. The movie Frankenstein is based off Mary Shelley’s work of art‚ Frankenstein. After 85 years‚ the movie Frankenstein is still greatly appreciated‚ it implies a society we know nothing about and have a strange curiosity towards. James Whale is truly a genius for

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    Book adaptations are a huge trend in the modern era of cinema and the entertainment business in general. Almost every book‚ whether fictitious or not‚ has been made into a 2 hour long film that usually gets popular. Movies like It‚ The Hunger Games and Goodfellas are good examples. For this case of book adapted to big screen Hollywood films‚ I’m using the film Zodiac. It kinda feels obvious why a book this big would get a adaptation equally as big. From what I had gathered from a bit of commentary

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    Crucible: Movie vs. Book

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    of the Salem Witch Trials‚ however‚ this did not occur (Martin 2). Arthur Miller added this information into the play intentionally in order to intensify the dramatic account of the play. In The Crucible‚ Abigail states‚ “Oh‚ I marvel such a strong man may let such a sickly wife be−” (Miller 1246). This quote demonstrates that Abigail despised Elizabeth Proctor. Therefore‚ the affair provided Williams with a motive to accuse Elizabeth of witchcraft. The second historical change made in the play

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    Half Ton Man Movie Review

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    Dominique Castellanos Ashley Ahrens-Braunstein 11/7/2012 A Half Ton Man and I eat 33‚00 Calories A Day In these films ‚ we learn that by eating excessively it can cause harm to an individual’s health. These films showed the viewer the life styles of these individuals. For example‚ in the movie Half Ton Man a man named Patrick weighed about 1‚072 pounds which equals the same amount of 5 baby elephants. He was so heavy that his body was crushing him. He couldn’t turn over on his own and due to

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    there’s no conflict‚ there are no stories worth telling - or reading.” Is an utopian society the way to go? In the book The Giver by Lois Lowry‚ the protagonist Jonas soon realized after becoming The Receiver that the Elders in his community have been hiding the truth of what could have been. There is more feeling and technology in the movie compared to the book The Giver. The movie and the book The Giver have similarities‚ such as‚ the characters are all the same. Jonas is strong‚ courageous‚ and wants

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    of times as well. The book is a mysterious story about how a murderous man who invited nine other criminals (ten people in total) to an island and killed them all one by one according to a poem. In 1945‚ And Then There Were None was turned into a movie by René Clair who directed and produced it. It starred actors Barry Fitzgerald (Justice Wargrave)‚ Walter Huston (Doctor)‚ Louis Hayward (Philip/Charles)‚ and actress June Duprez (Vera Claythorne). Changes were made in the movie such as when the characters

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