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    An analysis of Hedwig’s Theme and the Jurassic Park theme By Liam Morrow With pencil and paper‚ some of the greatest melodies ever crafted have been written for the big screen. Film music has been here since the 1930’s‚ and continues to influence the way we watch films today (T‚ Whitney‚ 2011). Two themes that have stood the test of time come from one man – John Williams. His brilliance in manipulating musical techniques have been part of the reason film culture has become what it has today. His

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    January 2015 Jay Gatsby’s Impossible Dream Many symbols are incorporated throughout The Great Gatsby. As the story begins‚ these symbols are slowly introduced and start to show meaning as the story progresses. The characters Nick‚ Gatsby‚ Daisy‚ Pam‚ Tom‚ Jordan‚ Myrtle‚ and Wilson all give these symbols meaning by instilling them throughout the novel. The message that the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is trying to tell us readers is how the American Dream is unattainable. This message

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    With life comes failure‚ it is expected for humans to makes mistakes and be unsuccessful. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman there are several characters that face failure. Their failures are based on their actions and it is the response of the characters that create a tragic story. The characters fail at facing reality and accepting change which affect their way of thinking. One could understand that the final outcome of the two novels is due to the

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    The meaning of the "American Dream" has changed over the course of history‚ and includes both personal components (such as home ownership and upward mobility) and a global vision. Historically the Dream originated in the mystique regarding frontier life. As the Royal Governor of Virginia noted in 1774‚ the Americans "for ever imagine the Lands further off are still better than those upon which they are already settled". He added that‚ "if they attained Paradise‚ they would move on if they heard of

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    Amontillado‚ he also shows details of the specific places. While Montresor is one of the few character involved in the story‚ another character‚ who is the one that eventually died at the end is Fortunato. The places Fortunato encounters with Montresor does included specific Gothic views. One of the places Edgar Allan Poe shares in the story would be the time both characters are in the catacombs. Catacombs are normally a place for many people in the medieval era to be buried. The catacombs are introduced

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    The “American Dream” can be best described as happiness and living in the lap of luxury‚ but the “American Dream” is fictitious. Winter Dreams and The Swimmer both have characters‚ who try to achieve their own perception of the American Dream‚ but in the end‚ fail. The “American Dream” comes with a great cost. F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts that in his short story Winter Dreams. The Swimmer by John Cheever depicts the “American Dream” as something already achieve but then‚ it is lost. The “American Dream”

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    Kevin Miles Mrs. Dressler 10 CP English November 3‚ 2013 Of Mice And Men There were many differences between the novella and the film. One of those differences was how Lennie killed the pup. Another is when one of the workers named Mike who also worked on the boss’s land‚ asked to switch jobs with someone because he could not keep up. The final differences is the way George killed Lennie at the end. The novella and the movie were very similar and majority of the movie favored

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    Laura’s “glass menagerie” or collection of glass animals has symbolic reference as well. The fragile nature of the glass is a direct representation of Laura’s fragile state‚ which is one of the many reasons why Tom stays at home for as long as he does. There is also symbolic reference to the Bible when Amanda‚ Tom’s mother‚ tells Tom to “rise and shine” in the morning and get ready for work. This symbolic reference can be traced to the resurrection of Jesus from the dead‚ freeing humanity from

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    Lorraine Hansberry Introduction The play “A Raisin in the Sun” reflects on Youngers‚ an African-American Family‚ who lived on the southern side of Chicago in the late 1950s. The play opens with the family receiving a $10‚000 insurance check from Mr. Younger’s (the deceased) life insurance policy. Each member of the family is ready with an idea of what to use the money on (Hansberry‚ 11). For example‚ Mama has a dream of buying a house. On the other hand‚ Walter Lee who is Mama’s Son wants to invest in a

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    Romantic Dream "If love is only a will to possess‚ it is not love" (Thich Nhat Hanh). This caveat relates to the social and moral decay of the 1920’s. During this era‚ every American had one objective to achieve -- success. Francis Scott Fitzgerald‚ the author of The Great Gatsby‚ presents a realistic image of American life in the 1920’s. The characters in his novel‚ like many people in that period‚ only care for money. Becoming rich is their definition of success‚ and is their main objective

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