mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability (Merriam-Webster). There are two types of heroes‚ epic heroes and modern heroes. Odysseus‚ one of the most famous epic heroes ever‚ will be compared to Mahatma Gandhi‚ a modern day hero‚ to see if there really is a large gap separating the two types. However‚ one thing is certain‚ modern heroes can be identical to epic heroes if they are larger than life‚ embody the ideals of their culture‚ embark on a perilous
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Unit 4 Assignment “Pollock” Alison Williams The movie “Pollock” staring Ed Harris as Jackson Pollock is a story of how art was affected by an artist. The movie follows the latter years of Pollock’s life as he rises to fame as a painter but also watches him struggle with life. American artist Jackson Pollock was an alcoholic‚ manic-depressant and often an uncontrollable‚ angry and insecure man. However‚ through one woman and when he painted‚ he found a sense of freedom and peace‚ a release
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year old Oscar Schell (Thomas Horn) heard from his father Thomas Schell (Tom Hanks) that were left on the answering machine as tragedy was unfolding. His father was on the 105th floor of tower one as the first plane crashed into the building. This movie is based on events that took place during the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks. A young boy (Thomas Horn) named Oscar narrates the story of how the day unfolded from his point of view referring to it as “the worst day.” Oscar comes home after being
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by Paul Haggis was taken place in Los Angeles. This movie illustrates how discrimination and prejudice has affected our everyday lives‚ due to the misconceptions we have of each other. All the characters in this movie are either victims of prejudice and discrimination or are guilty of it. To help us give more understanding about this movie I am comparing the movie Crash to Joseph Healey textbook‚ Race‚ Ethnicity‚ Gender & Class. In this movie we see a wide range and depth of prejudice and discrimination
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Analysis of The Notebook The Notebook begins at a nursing home where an elderly man called “Duke” reads a love story that is written in a notebook to an elderly woman who is also a patient. The story is set in Seabrook Island‚ South Carolina where a local boy by the name of Noah Calhoun falls in love with a young heiress named Allie Hamilton. In order to get her to go on a date with him‚ Noah climbs up a Ferris wheel at the local carnival and threatens to jump off unless she agrees to go out with
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The movie World Trade Center (2006) directed by Oliver Stone centers around the terrorist attacks of September 11‚ 2001. The movie follows two Port Authority officers‚ John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno‚ who attempt to aid in the rescue of 9-11 victims. While trying to make their way to help victims in the first Tower that had been hit‚ they become trapped under the rubble without an ability to get free or call for help. The movie centers on the struggles faced by these two men to overcome fear‚ pain
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zootopia is not just like any other fun and colorful cartoon movies produced by Disney because It depicts many situations that happens in real life. The story of this movie does not only suit young people but also for adults because it contains morals that every age‚ young or old‚ need to know. This movie taught me life lessons that had a big impact on my personal development as a human. First‚ I learned that we‚ people‚ can coexist with one another no matter what race‚ gender‚ age‚ culture‚ or religion
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Since I am not a fan of viewing blood‚ and the violent actions that causes it; I decided to watch a movie in which the violence is less grotesque. The movie that I chose to watch was "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." I chose this movie because I have recently read that the children’s book series Harry Potter has been rated amongst the most violent books meant for young readers. If you look at "Harry Potter" through a uses and gratifications perspective‚ children would most likely watch
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exposes many talented artists and their brilliant work. The film in its entirety was interesting‚ motivating‚ and comical. This is a documentary that I would recommend to any type of person. When I think of documentaries I think of a boring low budget movie about someone trying to convey a message to an audience. Now after seeing the Banksy documentary‚ “Exit through the Gift Shop” I have a whole new respect for documentaries. This film traces the lives of different talented street artists across the
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Racism affects everybody. This is shown in the movie ‘Australia’‚ how everyone can be affected by racism. Many different ways of racism towards people in the movie ‘Australia’. A few of the main characters that are affected in the movie is Nullah‚ The Drover‚ Lady Ashley. The people that are being most affected in the movie would have to be the indigenous‚ that’s because the time the movie was set in‚ was when the white australia policy was happening‚ so pretty much every Australian was being racist
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