Working and volunteering are different but both have an impact on people and communities throughout the world. Work is needed to provide a person with basic needs to provide for themselves and even for their family. Many people have a job to meet these needs by staying focused on what they need to achieve to stay with that employer. A person may have a job just to meet those needs but are not happy with that job. Individuals feel obligated to stay due to unemployment problems and would further
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When one contemplates the concepts of cinema and attractions‚ the ideas of the modern day blockbuster film might come to mind. World disasters‚ car chases‚ and high profile police investigations are just some of the story lines that attract people to theatres year round. The term "cinema of attraction" introduced by Tom Gunning into the study of film is defined more precisely. To quote Gunning‚ a cinema of attraction: "directly solicits spectator attention‚ inciting visual curiosity‚ and supplying
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Dorothy‚ The Tin Woodman‚ and the Scarecrow meet the Lion. The lion comes out of the forest expressing how he wants courage‚ because he is known as a coward. Dorothy allows the Lion to tag along to the Wizard. Throughout the novel the Lion demonstrated remarkable courage that helps the group to get where they need to go. “Something
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biographical problems raised by these poems. There is no exact answer to the question who Lucy is‚ except to say that it is irrelevant. Lucy may be inspired by W’s younger sister Dorothy or by the mother of his daughter – Annette Vallon or by any other young woman. It is interesting that Coleridge’s guess was that Dorothy is hidden behind the character of Lucy. On the other hand‚ she can also be viewed as a folk-song heroine‚ as well as a nature-spirit. However‚ there is no reason to suppose that
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on some of the key points that made The Wizard of Oz a cinematic breakthrough and a major success for its time. The first thing that made the Wizard of Oz a cinematic success was the main characters. The Scarecrow‚ Tin man‚ Lion‚ Wizard‚ and Dorothy are all likeable characters in the film. Everyone can relate to one of them and feels a bond with them and their struggles. We all face these struggles in our lives such as; not smart‚ no heart‚ scared‚ a feeling of power‚ and a feeling of being
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Discrimination and Equal Protection Christine McGee EDL 535 October 13‚ 2014 Dr. Rahim Jones Discrimination and Equal Protection The U.S. Constitution‚ Amendment XIV‚ Section 1 states “. . . no state shall . . . deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” In the United States‚ all students have the right to a free public education from Kindergarten to the 12th Grade. This Amendment includes non-citizens who are in the United States illegally have the right to attend
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A Telephone call In “A Telephone Call” Dorothy Parker uses repetition‚ tone‚ and point of view to show obsession and give it a voice. Parker shows the deep feelings of a woman experiencing love. The language used and tone of her writing help keep an unstable feeling throughout the story; although she does a good job on balancing positive and negative thinking in the story. The point of view focuses on the confusing thoughts of the crazy woman. Parker takes advantage of repetition as a literary
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Hampton‚ Virginia to win the space race around 1950s. They were considered as ‘human computer’. In the novel‚ Margot Lee prefer to talk about the discrimination that followed their journey. The most dominant characters are Dorothy Vaughan‚ Katherine Johnson‚ and Mary Jackson. Dorothy Vaughan was an African American mathematician who became acting supervisor of the West Area Computers. Katherine Johnson is an African-American physicist and mathematician who made contributions to the United States’ aeronautics
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American Quarterly explaining the similarities between the two. He explains how a lot of the characters from the Wizard of Oz represent some elements of the Populist Era. There are a lot of hidden meanings in this story like for instance did you know Dorothy was every man and woman apart of American Populism in Kansas. Scarecrow was the native farmer who didn’t know one thing about city life but understood things with a little education. Also‚ the Tin Man represented the industrial workers who often felt
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Garland’s big break came in 1939 when‚ “[...] Fox would not release the child star Shirley Temple to appear as Dorothy in MGM’s long-awaited Wizard of Oz (1939)‚ and Garland was cast instead” (Evensen 1). The casting of Judy Garland was an excellent choice for MGM. Garland was obviously more fit for the role than Shirley Temple. The plot of The Wizard of Oz‚ “[...] focuses on the characters that Dorothy meets in Oz and their journey to meet the Wizard‚ who they hope will grant them each one wish” (Petersen
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