Edward Norton flawlessly plays Derek Vinyard‚ the main character in American History X‚ who is angered by the murder of his father by two African-American persons who then‚ therefore‚ turns to the world of Neo-Nazism searching for comfort toward his father’s death and for further justification for the hatred he has towards the murderers. After being released from prison for serving a three-year sentence of manslaughter after brutally murdering two black individuals‚ Derek comes out a changed man who
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character is Derek Vinyard. After his father is murdered in a black neighborhood‚ he becomes the leader of a group of young white supremacists‚ the DOC. After viciously murdering two black men for trying to steal his truck‚ he spends three years in prison. After serving his time he is a reformed man. He no longer has his racist views and wants desperately to put his old life behind him. Danny‚ who idolizes his older brother Derek‚ is going down the same path his brother went when Derek gets out of
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Chaucer‚ who is the author of “The Knight’s Tale”‚ satirizes the ruling class to show the value of the working class. This satire shows the corruption of the ruling class in human nature. Chaucer basically makes a point to show a bigger meaning not just for the Middle Ages but also for any one and age to come. “His sleep‚ his mete‚ his drink is him biraft‚ That lene he wex‚ and drye as is a shaft. His eyen holwe‚ and grisly to biholde; His hewe falwe‚ and pale as asshen colde‚ And solitarie he
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then he witnesses his older brother Derek played by Edward Norton murdering black boys. Derek is a kind of Neo-Nazi‚ an Honors English student in High School and a protégé of the local racist leader. He is also Danny’s hero‚ but when Derek goes off to prison Danny is left to grow without that role model and catches himself hanging around the same people that brainwashed his brother. After Danny finally sees Derek again he realizes that he has come home a man. Derek goes into prison as a hardened young
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the movie. Those three were very much shown in the film even at the beginning of the story when Danny told his brother‚ Derek‚ that a group of black guys were breaking in to his car. Their father‚ Danny and Derek‚ was killed by a black man that caused Derek’s abhorrence for Negroes. Derek‚ without hesitation‚ pulled on his gun and the youths died from a deadly force. Derek ended up in prison for three years and in that span of time‚ he experienced many things that changed this attitude and perspective
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Question 2 Can Paul take any legal action against Derek? Did Derek breathe the contract made between him and Paul? A contract is agreement concerning promises made between two or more parties with the intention if creating certain legal right and obligation upon the parties to that agreement which shall be enforceable in court law. The Trade practices act 1974 (Cth) particularly s52 cover the contract law: seven elements to create a simple contract‚ which are listed as the following: * Intention
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Final Outline Dirty Dancing and Save the Last Dance Thesis statement: Should people change to fit into a new environment? A person has to give a little of themselves in order to grow. We befriend different types of people for many reasons. Dirty dancing vs. Urban Hip-hop: Dirty dancing is sensual‚ suggestive dancing with a partner. To dirty dance is to dance with abandon‚ with your body loosened up and your whole being thrown into the rhythm. Baby is a teenage girl who crosses over into womanhood
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him I love Derek. He’ll be crushed. Arielle! Stop thinking about divorcing Alex. You love Alex. He is your husband. But... But what if Derek still loves me? I would love to be Mrs. Bassett‚ I love
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"we" were strangers in our own land." (American History X) The story follows an intelligent young man named Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) and his decline into the world of disillusion and hate known as White Supremacy. Once a thoughtful and easy-going teen‚ he soon begins his change when his casually racist fireman father is killed while trying to put out a fire at a suspected drug den. He (Derek) develops a simplistic and unoriginal philosophy blaming immigrants and minorities for what he calls a deterioration
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turning point in where you have a young man‚ Derek Vinyard‚ is stricken a blow in life by the loss of his father‚ mentor and care giver. The story unfolds from there where you have a deviant behavior of feeling‚ a disgust for another race‚ to implementing and acting out violent acts of those thoughts. This all begins with Derek’s angry interview to the local news station about his fathers death. The thought process of why such a tragedy has happened causes Derek to put blame on what he refers to as a
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