Craig Kidd Downing Psychology of the Movies Summer II 2009 The Deer Hunter Movie Review The character’s I enjoyed watching the most were the members of the group who were left behind from Vietnam‚ John and Axel. I liked the simplistic innocence that they possessed. Axel’s reply to everything was simple and straight to the point‚ “Fuckin’ A!” Even if he didn’t understand all of the emotions welling up between his comrades‚ he would still give the same answer. John‚ the bar owner was the
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sympathy for the person from whose point of view the camera is showing. Historians compare the trueness of one film to the rest‚ and they have found that every film is at least somewhat fabricated‚ and at least somewhat true. The 1978 film‚ The Deer Hunter‚ is about three blue-collar Pennsylvania factory workers who are drafted during the Vietnam War. This film won the Best Picture Oscar Award in 1979‚ so it was a good movie‚ however it didn’t have much to do with the actual war itself. The movie
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others suffered from disabling injuries and mental instabilities even after returning home. Both The Deer Hunter (1978 Michael Cimino) and Apocalypse Now (1979 Francis Ford Coppola) can be used to provide and insight into the effects of the war on the soldiers that fought in the war‚ but also to those who knew the soldiers and remained in the United States during the war. In short The Deer Hunter is a film about men from a working-class steel town that are about to be shipped off to Vietnam with dreams
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community advocacy approach. I believe Hunter College’s Urban Affairs program can provide me with the diverse training and skills needed to understand issues related to community development and sustainability. It is my understanding that the interdisciplinary curriculum and the flexibility of the program can give me the broad based analytical skills to assess urban community needs‚ resources and delivery of services in light of youth development. Hunter College’s multifaceted approach to understanding
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O’Connor Professor Wheeler English 105.48 23 October 2007 A True American Icon Throughout the years America has had many symbolic icons that have influenced its change. In the late 20th century one man by the name of Hunter S. Thompson made a big impact on American society. Hunter S. Thompson with his writings‚ satirical humor‚ and his strong political beliefs caused changes in our society. Through his journalism he criticized society on topics from consumerism to politics. He fought desperately
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United States. Bounty hunters do not have any official capacity‚ but the law provides significant leeway for bail bondsmen to recover fugitives who attempt to skip out on court. Before a bounty hunter can act‚ a judge must usually issue a bench warrant‚ which authorizes the immediate arrest of a suspect for failing to appear in court. Bounty hunters have significant different rights than a police officer. When a person agrees to a bail bond contract‚ they agree to allow a bounty hunter to come after them
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Duygu Tanrıverdi 1657147 Hunter-Gatherer Societies From Different Views Before comparing and contrasting the attitudes of the scholars July‚ Cameron‚ Sahlins and Polanyi towards hunter-gatherer societies‚ one should discover some facts about these societies’ lives. Hunter-gatherers are the people living in small mobile societies who makes their life on subsistence level by daily hunting and gathering activities. They try to avoid market and do not tend to trade for economic benefits
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The evidence anthropologist Richard Lee gathered about the hunter-gatherer! Kung people definitely contradicts philosopher Thomas Hobbes early 1600s beliefs of pre “civilizations” as being “nasty‚ brutish‚ and short”. These commonplace views of misconception often held by people in the industrialized world toward small-scale societies are not only wrong but offensive. During Richard Lee’s time studying the !Kung people of southern Africa he noticed various traditions and customs they adapted into
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A Day in the Life of a Hunter-Gatherer My people are what you call Hunter-Gatherers. We survive by hunting and gathering our food. We live in what are called “Bands.” These usually consist of 15-20 people‚ all of which are usually related either by blood or marriage. We don’t have any type of government or hierarchy like other civilizations. Instead we believe we are all created equal‚ and we treat each other in that manner. We are nomadic‚ which means that we do not stay in the same
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The tools which were used by hunter-gatherers to survive are more primitive than those of the farmers. The hunter-gatherers lived in a period when technology and industrialization were not yet present. They managed to make their tools from the materials they found and gathered nearby. These tools undeniably helped them to adapt to their harsh environment and survive. The hunter-gatherers had to rely on a very basic toolkit. It was often made of wooden trunks‚ sticks and bones which they were
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