an even worse plot and characters. Duchovny plays Eugene Sands‚ a L.A. junkie who used to be a L.A. surgeon until his medical license was revoked for performing surgery while under the influence of amphetamines. He crosses paths with Raymond Blossom‚ played by Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People‚ Beautiful Girls)‚ a ruthless criminal who hires Eugene to treat associates he needs to keep alive‚ either for information or for personal reasons. Eugene gets caught up in Raymond’s dangerous dealings and finds
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Racism in Film Throughout the history of film in the United States‚ the depiction of race has only changed slightly. Although‚ the display of various races in film is pertinent to the specific time period in which the film was made‚ films have‚ for the most part‚ always portrayed white superiority over other races. People of color have traditionally been presented in a negative way (if presented at all) that helps to maintain the status quo where whites are at the top of the social hierarchy. A
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Julie reports that they are often low on volunteers so she helps her husband most nights. On these cold nights the Egan center will feed 250-300 people each night. Many local restaurants contribute food donations to the Egan centers as well as the Eugene Mission‚ another local shelter. Co-occurring disorders of mental illness and substance abuse accounts for the primary population of homelessness. The Egan warming center itself is named for one of Eugene’s homeless veterans that was well known to
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When Percy is scheduled to be the executioner on death row‚ he "accidentally" does something wrong. Instead of taking the standard precautions to make death by the electric chair swift and painless‚ his mistake makes the death of Eduard Delacroix go slowly and painfully. After causing this agonizing death‚ Percy gets what he deserves and is never mentioned again. <br><br>When a towering black man named John Coffey is sentenced to death by the electric chair‚ the prison guards assume that
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Stories” there are many accounts of people who underwent the holocaust‚ were even tortured and attended concentration camps. The beginning of the text talks about one victim and what happened when they first were captured. The text states “On May 14th Eugene was returning home from school. 200 yards from home‚ he saw a German military lorry outside the family home with his
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nothing wrong and that everyone is fine. The story starts by describing the day as ’clear and sunny ’(309). The people of the town are happy and going on as if it is every other day. The situation where Mrs. Hutchinson is jokingly saying to Mrs. Delacroix ’Clean forgot what day it was ’(311) is ironic because something that is so awful cannot truly be forgotten. At the end of the story when Mrs. Hutchinson is chosen for the lottery‚ it is ironic that it does not upset her that she was chosen. She
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Aniket Marathe Mrs. Nelson Honors 9th Literature 9/2/2016 The Lottery Introduction (Mrs. Hutchinson’s POV) In the crisp summer morning‚ the birds were chirping‚ and the sun gleamed through the crack in my window. It was June 27th- one of the most important days in the year for my village. Today was the great day that someone would be chosen in the lottery. The lottery was a mysterious ritual that occurred in the village. No one understood the purpose of it‚ but it was held every
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Set in the not-to-distant future‚ the film "Gattaca" gives us a chilling yet eye opening glimpse of life bound by DNA. Children are perfected by genetic manipulation before birth and then born into a prejudiced society where DNA determines your social standing. The director‚ Andrew Niccol successfully expresses a bold warning about tampering with nature through his epic cinematography. The film Gattaca offers a warning about ’tampering with nature’; it portrays the prejudices of life ruled by genetics
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who plays an 11 year old 7th grader. Trevor was inspired by the idea of pay it forward by his social studies teacher Eugene Simonet when he asked his students on the first day “what can you do to change the world”. When Trevor’s first attempt at pay it forward fails with jerry a homeless man Trevor try’s to help out his 2nd person and his own teacher Eugene. He tries to help Eugene out by setting him up with his own mother Arlene and after some hesitance at first by him there relationship grows and
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and riveting elections that had lasting effects on the party. We must explore every aspect of the party to discover what it truly believes. The Socialist Party was founded as the Social Democratic party in 1898 by Eugene V. Debs and Victor Berger. A few years later in 1901 Eugene V. Debs ran for president of the country by uniting with Socialist Labor Party who was run by Morris
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