’’How Many Miles To Babylon?’’ Jennifer Johnston Characters: Alec Moore - Narrator Frederick Moore - Father to Alec Mrs. Moore - Mother to Alec Jerry Crowe - Friend to Alec Mrs. Crowe - Mother to Jerry Major Glendinning - Commending Officer to Jerry and Alec in the army General Points: - Reflects different stages of Narrator Development. - Written in social realism. - There’s a continuous stream of consciousness‚ no chapters. - Starting and closing lines are both the same: ’’Because I am an
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someone’s wrong doings against you seems childlike and un-motivational for a main character. However‚ after some thought‚ I wondered whether revenge was the real motivational tool to help them succeed in their quest. In films such as Spartacus‚ Gladiator and 300‚ the motif is apparent from the beginning of the film. Yet this motif wasn’t the driving motivation behind the main characters campaign. Rather‚ revenge served as the launching point for the real motivation‚ whether it was for revolution
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Bought A Zoo‚ directed by* Cameron Crowe‚ Benjamin Mee goes through his life trying to feel complete again‚ trying to fix things‚ and trying to get his family on the right track on life again. In the beginning of this story‚ Dylan was in the principal’s office. Benjamin notices a squeaky window. Even though he has to be focusing on Dylan‚ Benjamin walks over and tries to fix it. Dylan tells angrily tells his dad to stop but‚ as always Benjamin said he could “fix it” (Crowe‚ x;xx). In addition‚ of Benjamin
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film‚ made sure that every little detail in the movie had meaning. He also made sure that he picked the correct actors for the position. Dr. Malcolm Crowe was played by Bruce Willis and Cole Sear was played by Haley Joel Osment. In the movie Cole‚ has a problem that only Dr. Crowe can relate to. But not only does Cole have a major problem‚ Dr. Crowe struggles with an issue as well. Throughout the movie they both try to overcome their problem with each other by their side. They both need to find
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Pollice Verso by Jean-Leon Gerome Pollice Verso‚ latin for Thumbs Down‚ is a realistic painting by Jean-Leon Gerome depicting a gladiator battle in the ancient Roman Coliseum. The scene is of a Gladiator standing over his defeated opponent and looking towards the audience‚ most likely a group of Vestal Virgins‚ waiting for their order of whether to kill his opponent or let him live. The Vestal Virgins are seen with their thumbs pointed down‚ which was the order to kill him. Despite living
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movies in our era and one stuck out above the rest; Gladiator. The movie Gladiator‚ which debuted in the year 2000‚ follows the fall and rise of General Maximus as he is thrown into chains after being betrayed by the new emperor Commodus. Despite the fact that this movie chronicles fictional events of the Roman Empire‚ there are numerous aspects of this movie that parallel Aristotle’s view of what makes a good Greek Tragedy. Before comparing Gladiator to Aristotle’s six parts of a Greek Tragedy‚ it
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central color that attracts the most attention. In person‚ the colors are striking and quite unique. The Spoliarium depicts an even during the Roman empire‚ where gladiators die for entertainment. The painting shows how gladiators are being dragged mercilessly by men towards an unknown darkness‚ where other tragically killed gladiators are brought. To the left is a cheering crowd‚ screaming for blood while to the right‚ a woman is crouched and seemingly in sorrow. The painting shows a tragic event
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Some slaves were purchased as gladiators to entertain the Romans. Slaves were stripped bare and put up for sale. By seeing the slaves naked‚ people could judge by their body type what they would be good for. Spartacus had the ideal body structure for a gladiator and was purchased by Lentulus Batiates to be just that. Lentulus Batiates was a teacher at a ludus‚ which was a school for gladiators. (2) He was already a great warrior and was a natural and being a gladiator. The ludus was in Capua
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that was used as a form of entertainment is the Roman Colosseum‚ also known as the Flavian amphitheater. In ancient Rome‚ the most popular form of entertainment was the gladiator fights. These fights‚ usually among animals and trained public fighters‚ were staged in open arenas in a city’s forum. There is evidence that the gladiator fights were originally staged in Rome’s main town square because of a remark by the first-century B.C. Roman architect Vitruvius. He once wrote: "The custom of giving gladiatorial
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The Colossevm . 2006. 2 May 2008 <http://www.the-colosseum.net/>. Time-Life Books. "What Life was Like ." Dersin‚ Denise. When Rome Ruled the World. Richmond‚ VA: Time-Life Books‚ 1997. 132-157. Times‚ Gladiator History &. Gladiators. 1 January 2008. 3 May 2008 <http://www.murphsplace.com/gladiator/main.html>.
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