Hidden Figures a box office success exemplifying the socio-political climate of modern cinematic developments in the West. With the Hollywood stamp of approval‚ “so to speak” this unprecedented portrayal of a not so long ago time is gaining momentum to these current matters‚ non-discriminatory ideas‚ the enduring black history month‚ and a social media boom of enthusiasm for LGBTQ and female empowerment. Any‚ who are susceptible to an enticing film predicated on social and civil movements‚ along
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The poem “The Great Figure” is short‚ only thirteen lines‚ and thirty-two words long‚ but it still conveys a lot. By the use of imagery and the construction of the poem the author‚ William Carlos Williams‚ makes you feel as if you were experiencing it first hand. The poem is full of sensory images that all contribute to the feel‚ not just the fact of the scene. The image of the fire truck is quick‚ and heavy with urgency‚ and yet there is the image of the golden number 5‚ which is completely in focus
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Hidden Figures‚ a 2016 film based on a true story by the Director Theodore Melfi. The film follows the lives of three female African-American women who endured racial discrimination‚ segregation as well as the patriarchal American society of the 1970s. These women acquired temporary jobs in National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and were the brains behind launching the Friendship 7 into space. The Friendship 7 was the first rocket the Americans successfully sent to outer space. During
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being murdered/beaten up‚ grown up and learned that fighting is not always the answer‚ and to ignore people when they say hurtful things. In this journal I will be evaluating. Calpurnia is a more suitable mother figure for the children than Aunt Alexandra. Calpurnia is a better mother figure because‚ She knows
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would you do if you found out that someone grew up only a few blocks away from you‚ bearing the same name‚ the same fatherless childhood‚ yet ended up with different lives in the end? Wes Moore went out to find the answer to the question in the book The Other Wes Moore. Both the author Wes Moore and the other Wes Moore had similar childhoods. Both grew up fatherless and living in Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ both lived a life on the streets‚ and both ran into trouble with the police. At a glance‚ their lives
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At Moore River Settlement‚ the sun beats remorselessly down on the red earth beneath my feet‚ a harsh reminder of how far I am from home. It’s been more than a year since they took me from my family. That day was really like an etching in my mind: the panic in my mother’s voice‚ the men dragging me‚ and the burning feeling of confusion and anger as I drove further from everything I had known. They say it’s for our own good‚ to teach us to live like white people and give us a better chance. But in
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discovered‚ the addictions will keep climbing. The amount of drug addicts there are in america is rising everyday‚ now it is about 23.4 million people across the our country alone. That is approximately one in ten Americans. In the novel The Other Wes Moore not only drug addiction is a problem but even becoming a drug dealer isn’t a far stretch. The novel follows two men with the same name not far apart‚ but two different fates. One Wes becomes a respectable Sargent after cleaning up his act while the
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Watchmen is a graphic novel written by the author Alan Moore. The story focuses on a group of costumed superheroes that fight crime. Together these masked heroes make up the watchmen. We find out that the group is disbanded‚ and they are stripped of their duties due to a law known as the Keene Act; they each act on their own through out the book. Aside from Dr. Manhattan‚ none of the characters have super powers‚ making them like ordinary people; ordinary people meaning they make human-like decisions
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In the short story “The Drover’s Wife‚” Henry Lawson acknowledges the hardships of Australian women whose bravery and perseverance is unfairly overlooked. It is often the men who receive all the glory while the women suffer silently in the background. In this story‚ Lawson sheds light on the life of one of these heroic women as she struggles to keep her children safe in the Australian bush. The vivid imagery of the environment creates feelings of isolation and monotony that the main character
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Once Simon has fully meditated on the inherent sickness of human nature‚ he comes to truly understand his role as the Christ-figure. It is at this point that Simon begins to experience moments that emphasize his role as such‚ as like Jesus taking up his own ministry‚ he must wait to grow from a modest carpenter to a prophet in his own rights. One of the defining moments that demonstrate this is when he calmly prophesies to Ralph‚ “I just think you’ll get back alright” (111). At first‚ it seems as
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