The Departed The Departed is about two people playing the "rat" and the "mole"; Leonardo DiCaprio as a cop pretending to be a thug for the Irish mob and Matt Damon as his opposite‚ an informant for the mob. Both are trapped in circumstances where you can’t tell the good from the bad. Each man is living a double life where one misstep will mean life or death if he is caught. This movie was directed by Martin Scorsese with the lead actors Leonardo DiCaprio‚ Matt Damon‚ Jack Nicholson‚ Mark Wahlberg
Premium American film actors English-language films Martin Scorsese
order to teach the native inhabitants Christianity. Leading this cause is Father Gabriel‚ a Spanish Jesuit Priest‚ who arrives in the jungle in South America to set up a mission and convert a small village of Guarani Indians. In the beginning of the film‚ there is an image of a Jesuit missionary tethered to a cross which is being sent over the massive Iguazu Falls. This act encourages Father Gabriel to try to reach out to the tribe. Guarani warriors track Father Gabriel down‚ prepared to kill him‚
Premium Society of Jesus Christian terms Christianity
Edward Scissorhands shows how many emotions can collide while still not being the right thing to do. Throughout the film there is exemplary acting and portrayal of emotions of characters perfectly. In this film‚ a young boy who was made as a robot being‚ was found and accepted into a new family and home‚ while still feeling and being excluded at the same time. In this neighborhood everyone was the same and had a repetitive lifestyle. As Edward gets used to the town he develops feeling for the teenaged
Premium English-language films Edward Scissorhands Film
Imagery is the element of description and these two stories display it exceptionally. The Cold Equation by Tom Godwin and The Photograph by Will Weaver‚ descriptive imagery‚ that’s what they draw the reader along with. In The Cold Equation a teenage girl went onto the ship an EDS ship taking supplies to different planets and becomes a stowaway. In The Photograph there was a photo going around of a teacher that Anthony took. Then when they found out about the photo‚ Anthony ends up losing the position
Premium Family Emotion Mind
Age of the Sith by Kevin J. Anderson:$20.00 Tales of the Jedi: The Fall of the Sith Empire by Kevin J. Anderson:$35.00 Total:$75.00 Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic by Tom Veitch:$30.00 Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising by Tom Veitch:$25.00 Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith by Tom Veitch and Kevin J. Anderson:$22.00 Total:$77.00 Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War by Kevin J. Anderson:$20.00 Shadows and Light by Joshua Ortega (published in Tales #23) Tales of the
Premium Star Wars Darth Vader Luke Skywalker
Tom Wolfe is one of the great american authors of this century. He has published a wide variety of works throughout his career including nonfiction and fiction pieces.Wolfe is probably best known for his association with the New Journalism literary movement in which literary techniques are used in an objective‚ even-handed journalism. His work is mostly non-fiction but it has captured the attention of readers by his amazing ability to make nonfiction interesting and controversial. His writing skills
Premium Writing
“The Devil and Tom Walker” Vocabulary jnjkkkkjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj- jjjjjjjjj“The Devil and Tom Walker” Vocabulary jnjkkkkjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj- jjjjjjjjj 1. Abode – a dwelling place; home 2. melancholy – gloomy; sad 3. repose – to rest or relax 4. incantation – a verbal charm or spell recited to produce a magic effect 5. singular – unusual or remarkable; unique 6. daunt – intimate or frighten 7. surmise – to guess 8. resolute
Premium English-language films Hell American films
America Televising the Holocaust During the 1950’s The events that took place during the Holocaust began to make its way to film during post-World War II America. In the 1950’s‚ the film The Diary of Anne Frank‚ and the Judgment at Nuremberg and the TV show This is Your Life gave the American audience an understanding of the disturbing events. The objective‚ of most TV and film writers that chose to portray the Holocaust‚ was to get the American audience to connect with the Jewish people. Through watching
Premium The Holocaust Nazi Germany World War II
The 2011 NFL season was a banner year for Tom Brady. Brady threw 39 touchdown passes against only 12 interceptions and threw for 5‚235 yards (the second highest total in NFL history) with a 105.6 QB Rating. Brady also led a Patriots team that had the NFL’s the 31st ranked defense and no real running game to speak of to a 13-3 record and within minutes of another Super Bowl title. If it weren’t for Aaron Rodgers and his superhuman performance at Quarterback‚ Brady would’ve almost certainly been awarded
Premium American football American football positions Super Bowl
Flatteners 54 seconds This is a presentation about Tom Friedman’s book‚ called The World is Flat. Tom Friedman is a New York Times reporter and columnist who has won three Pulitzer Prizes and has had four or five bestselling books out. He gets some criticism for this book because some people think he’s a cheerleader for Globalization‚ and those people who are against Globalization don’t particularly like that. I think‚ in all fairness to Tom‚ although he’s very enthusiastic about his book and his
Premium The World Is Flat Thomas Friedman Globalization