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    8)‚ something that is confirmed later in the poem with “Daddy’s muddy gardening shoes” which suggests a comfortable‚ middle-class background.   The diction in this poems fits in with the identity of the persona. The poet uses “cool” (1.6) and “gangsters” (1.10) to fit in with the language used by teenagers and to create the persona the speaker wishes to show.. She also mimics their speech pattern‚ like “Syn/co/pa/ted” (1.4) which shows the beat teenagers talk in.  “Strut and slide” impersonates

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    ruthless and becomes a gangster soon to be gang member. Jamal was noticing that Salim had changed due to the people he was around. When they finally found Latika they took her back. Soon after Salim would take her away from Jamal and he never seen her or his brother for the longest time. Jamal always kept his hopes up to finding Latika. He never doubted himself of making this possible. When Jamal finally found Latika and Salim he found out that she was a wife with a head gangster. Saw that she wasn’t

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    while knowing it was Sonny. Sonny then sees something within Cologreo and takes him under his wing and teaches him all about the streets and making people respect you. This angers Lorenzo who doesn’t want to see his son grow up to be a street gangster instead tries to tell him that "The workign man is the tough guy." Of course as a willful kid he

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    best known for opposing the auteur theory? Roger Ebert Francois Truffaut CORRECT Pauline Kael Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Chapter 7 of Introduction to Film. 6. Question : Which of the following gangster films was forced to add a title at the end to satisfy public watchdog groups? Student Answer: CORRECT The Public Enemy Scarface Gomorrah 7. Question : Which of the following is the best way to describe a director’s

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    York‚ with his brothers on the street to assist his journey. When a Harlem Gangster hires Shaft to find his kidnapped daughter‚ he finds himself‚ and a few other friends‚ in a complex search and rescue mission. One of the‚ often forgotten about‚ qualities that greatly helps Shaft along his journey‚ is his ability to be smooth. During the bar scene where Shaft swiftly takes over for the bartender‚ he offers the two gangsters a drink‚ in hope he can keep them there long enough to call officers in an

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    dollars. Main Characters: Henry Hill- The main character of the book‚ of Irish descent‚ but accepted into the Lucchese crime family‚ an Italian mob. Henry is drawn to the life of crime around the age of 12‚ and drops out of school to become a gangster. Hill earns the respect of the Mafia after he doesn’t rat on them and takes the fall. After he is released‚ Hill joins the army in hopes to please his father‚ but continues to maintain contact with Vario. He is eventually discharged for hustling

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    use lighting technique‚ but any natural lights that was available on the location. In Breathless‚ most of the scene take places outdoors. Despite some scenes were shot indoors‚ the lights alway come from outside through the window. Unlike the other gangster films‚ which usually either shoot at night or shoot in the alley‚ using road lights as the lighting. To take an example of lighting from Breathless‚ in the beginning of the film‚ which Michel sits in the car and be chased after the police officers

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    reminiscent of a growing materialness and desperateness in that age. Al Capone is a great representation of an individual who wanted to live the "American Dream" and put himself on the line to do so. Al Capone is for westerners the most infamous gangster of all time he was a main contributor to the notoriety of the Italian mafia and Chicago crime scene. Alphonsus Capone was born on January 17‚ 1899‚ in New York.‚" he grew up in a rough neighborhood and was at a young age entered two "kid gangs‚"

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    Bandura social learning theory has become the most influential theory of learning and development. It has three core concepts‚ which are observational learning‚ intrinsic reinforcement and Learning does not necessarily lead to a change in behavior. Bandura identified three basic models of observational learning which is live model‚ verbal instruction model and symbolic model. Live model is an actual individual demonstrate a behavior. On the other hand‚ verbal instructional model is explanation of

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    In December 1967 Time magazine announced a ‘renaissance’ in American film culture exemplified by Bonnie and Clyde. Critically assess the film‚ its impact and legacy. American film industry has been having crisis since the end of World War II. However‚ the most severe crisis started in the post-war years and culminated in the period of the late 60s and early 70s when the Big Hollywood Studios came to the brink of bankruptcy. In 1967‚ when Bonnie and Clyde was produced and released‚ it brought the

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