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    City Of Heroes Analysis

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    Prologue and Chapter 1: Forty-Eight Princes If men can repeat their lives‚ would they opt to do so? For those who lived a life of glory‚ Would they relive their lives to experience their triumph all over again? For those who lived a life of boredom‚ Would they relive their lives to seek delight and fight their tedium of daily lives? For those who lived a life of agony‚ Would they relive their lives to go through it all over again? For those who lived a life of mistakes‚ Would

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    Heroes and Villains of The Holocaust The resistance would interrupt germany’s weapon shipments to the front line.The partisans were a big role model for jews to join them in the fight against germany.Partisans were like superman an inspiration to all that their is hope.In the holocaust germany planned to kill all the jews they saw but they had minor setbacks with the partisans ‚and russians.these heroes saw germany’s wicked ways ‚and rose to fight for germany’s reign to end. The rescuers

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    There is a huge difference between Modern Heroes and Ancient Greek Heroes. Modern Heroes usually have some sort of super ability‚ while Ancient Greeks are more of hand-to-hand combat. In The Odyssey; Odysseus has no superpowers‚ but he faced many dangerous obstacles on his way home. In the DC Comics‚ most of their Heroes have powers‚ like Superman flying‚ having super strength‚ and laser eyes to save people. Just because they are different‚ it does not mean they both can’t be called a Hero. The

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    Police Officer Heroes

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    Police Officers: Heroes of the 21st Century It is the bad things that the media highlights in the news when it comes to law enforcement and the bad things that people remember when it comes to police officers. The job of an officer changes daily and from one circumstance to another; they must use their best judgment to make the best decision in the most critical of times ensure the safety of everyone. With the advancement of technology and weapons of all sorts‚ law enforcement has come a long way

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    Terry says to Charley: “ I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody‚ instead of a bum. Which is what I am.” Does the film support Terry’s judgment of himself? Elia Kazan’s film‚ “On the Waterfront”‚ tells the story of a washed up ex-boxer named Terry Malloy and his fight against the organised crime syndicate controlling the shipping docks of Hoboken‚ New Jersey in 1954‚ but more importantly‚ according to Kazan himself: “This motion picture is about one thing only: a young man who has let

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    Heroes are given their titles according to their bravery‚ but their traits have an impact on that. In the epic poem‚ the Odyssey‚ the hero undergoes several trials and loses many friends along the way. Homer used the Odyssey to tell the tale of an epic hero‚ and Odysseus’s traits prove him to be a hero. Odysseus was brave‚ so he was not selfish and saved his men from Polyphemus. “As luck would have it‚ the men I would have chosen won the tossーfour strong men‚ and I made five as captain.” This shows

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    Addam Farmer MUS 468I Written Project Professor Perry La Marca 3/19/2012 “On the Waterfront” and the Music of Leonard Bernstein (1954) “On the Waterfront” is a masterpiece film about a union man (Terry Malloy) whom makes an attempt to stand up to the corrupt mob bosses leading the Longshoremen’s Union. Just as important as the plot of the film is the music; the original score by Leonard Bernstein greatly influenced how other composers would approach film scoring. Bernstein combined the “American”

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    The Iliad and Greek Heroes

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    The Iliad is an epic tale of war and hero’s within the Greek way of life. A predominant and consistent theme of honor and glory reside throughout the poem. The motivation for any Homeric Greek is glory‚ or "Kleos"‚ that is to be honored and respected among their people. Emphasis is put on living by the heroic code. Honor is essential to the Greeks and life would not be worth living without it. When a warrior or hero is advised to avoid risking their life in battle it almost drives

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    Tale of Two Cities and On the Waterfront Synthesis A Tale of Two Cities and the movie On the Waterfront embodies a distinct message when looked at carefully‚ from certain individuals who act on their conflicts to bring about a more extensive change to their company. Dickens and Kazan illustrate a clear significance in their works emphasizing the difference an individual can make when situated in a conflict but sacrifice what they have to others benefits. We see this in A Tale of Two Cities with

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    War Without Heroes

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    Hamilton’s work defines the rise of the consumer society in the mid to late 1950s and is also iconic Pop art. David Douglas Duncan’s War Without Heroes was published in 1970‚ War Without Heroes shows what war was like for the men who fight it. The book features some of the most moving‚ and powerful battle photographs of its time. In 2004 till 2006 Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China was exhibited

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