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    suffering because young girls don’t want to buy fashion dolls anymore. So Eve must return to her life as a doll with the knowledge she has learned from Casey and her dad to save the doll sales. After learning about the Mickey Mouse Monopoly‚ watching this movie (which was once one of my favorite Disney movies) was almost comical. The movie immediately opens with Casey on the football field‚ bickering with some boy about how he plays‚ and he immediately says‚ “You throw like a girl… go play with your dolls”

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    Gender Roles In Movies

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    child‚ they decorate‚ right? For girls‚ they buy frilly dresses and tea sets. For boys‚ the toy chests are overflowing with trucks and dinosaurs. Even as children‚ we are taught by our parents that becoming like those stereotypical families in old movies is essential; where women always stay at home and care for the kids; where men go to work and make it home in time for dinner; where little girls are expected to wear dresses and play with dolls; where boys have to be physically active and play with

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    Watching the Breakers It was November 16‚1910‚ America was going to war with Spain regarding the ownership of Cuba and many men were getting drafted into the military. There were two husbands‚ in particular‚ that got drafted‚ named Thomas Detrain and Jonathan Baker. They had been best friends since youth and both were desperately in love with their wives‚ Marilyn Detrain and Jane Baker. On this cold‚ rainy day the ship slowly pulled into the navy shipyard on the mainland of Virginia to prepare for

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    Movies are not the only part of the film industry that misrepresents mental illnesses; cartoons and tv shows misrepresent them as well. By referencing mental illnesses within children’s cartoons‚ it allows the children to learn to stigmatize mental illnesses early in life. For example‚ in a study of six main cartoon characters portraying mental illnesses‚ three of them were comical‚ and the other three were the villains (Wilson par. 15) This is another example of how the entertainment industry is

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    V. that is violent. These children are too young to be watching violent T.V. or the little kids are watching their parents watching violent T.V. Much of this violent T.V. affects the children by the way they act and the way they think. After watching violent T.V. shows most children develop terrible social skills‚ poor grades‚ and aggression towards others. The children that are allowed to watch these shows don’t view it as bad. By watching violent T.V. shows they forget what is right and wrong

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    beginnings of film history the issue was ironically the containment of women. Megan Stem Wade states in her research paper on gender in postwar class room films that from 1946 through the 1970’s there were films called social hygiene films in which mini movies were watched in educational settings serving as the base example of how men‚ and women should act in societal settings. The films had titles such as “What to do on a date”‚ which served to encourage abstinence‚ and waiting ‘til marriage‚ while titles

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    are some people that believe that these programs can even make children more violent. In the news‚ there was a story about a young boy who was watching an action movie that had a lot of fighting. The boy tried some of the things that he saw in the movie on his younger brother and put him in the hospital. The problem is that many of the characters in movies that are performing violent actions are supposed to be the heroes‚ and children want to mimic the actions of their heroes. In a young mind‚ seeing

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    Watching television is a waste of time. Do you agree? Nowadays‚ television has become a major part of our lives. Almost every home has a television. In fact‚ even restaurants‚ grocery shop‚ clinics and also mamak stores have televisions as a way to attract customers. We are now a television nation but this is not something that we should be proud of because television is not a vital necessity in our lives. Furthermore‚ too much television is eating our life away. Watching television is a waste

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    Language

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    property of the human mind’ (Chomsky‚ 1975).  Does the evidence favour Chomsky’s view?  Language is a form of communication. **First‚ what is language‚ and how does it differ from other forms of communication? There does not exist a universally accepted definition of language‚ or criteria for its use; this is one of the reasons for the disagreement among scientists about whether apes can use language. Language consists of various aspects which people believe are more or less important‚ for example

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    Two Unforgettable Movies

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    James Cameron’s “Titanic” and Nick Cassavete’s “The Notebook” although two tragic movies are two of the most romantic tales ever seen. Two loves found by destiny. In Titanic‚ Rose is a wealthy young girl forced by her family to marry rich to secure her place in society and Jack is a poor young artist that won his ticket to the Titanic in a card game. “The Notebook” tells a similar story of a forbidden love of two young souls who are distend to be together. These two films similarities can only be

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