Obituary Paper Jake Spak Dr. Block 11/08/10 Jake Spak‚ a 19-year-old actor‚ and a long-time resident of Los Angeles died yesterday due to a tragic acting related stunt. While acting in his anticipated movie "Death is Tragic‚" Jake attempted a very dangerous yet necessary motorcycle jump scene. All of the calculations and measures were taken to ensure Jake a safe 50 foot jump. Unfortunately‚ when Jake was landing‚ the pressure on the bike was too high and therefore caused the
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of the film at the reservoir. Jake Gittes‚ the anti-hero detective played by Jack Nicholson‚ chooses to ignore this vital clue‚ as do the audience. They make reappearance towards the climax of the film when Jake finds them in a saltwater pool at Evelyn Mulwray’s mansion and draws the wrong conclusion‚ his pride enforcing his clouded sight and the belief that “when you’re right‚ you’re right‚ and you’re right.” The glasses are cracked in the lens‚ a metaphor for Jake and the audience’s inability to
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Reflection Paper The article “How Ursula Burns Reinvented Xerox” is extremely informative and gave me an outlook on how major businesses operate in society. It was interesting to read about a woman of color who completely gave her life into Xerox the company and made it a success. This article‚ made me more open minded about a lot of things that goes on into businesses I haven’t experience. One perspective‚ which was interesting‚ is how Xerox the company couldn’t do anything about their
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Atticus Finch‚ the hero of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ and Jake Brigance‚ the leading man of A Time to Kill‚ are both brave‚ determined lawyers. Though they share some similar techniques in the way they defend their clients‚ overall their methods as lawyers are quite different. In the courtroom‚ Atticus qualities are the same as they are in his everyday life. He takes being a lawyer seriously‚ and sees it as a calling‚ rather than a job. He is an experienced lawyer‚ and uses cross examination
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has an older brother named Jake. Jake and Toby both love baseball and Jake won the championship last year. Their father left when they were little and never came back‚ so to stay fit financially they had to sell their house and move to an apartment. Once Jake gets stressed out he relies on drugs to help him cope. Toby has to cover for Jake when he comes home high. Jake starts to skip school and still money from his mom’s tip jar. Once Toby realizes what’s happening to Jake he relies on a baseball card
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“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder” -E.B. White. And what a wonder the world of Pandora is to ex-marine Jake Sully in the movie‚ Avatar. Sully‚ who is paralyzed‚ takes on the persona of a Na’vi‚ the native people of Pandora‚ through an Avatar to gain information on these people for the government in order to get an operation to correct his disability. Though Avatar is science fiction‚ the movie shows us the reasons and effects of war within our society and how the environment can
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focuses on the professional and personal life of boxer Jake LaMotta. In the opening sequence‚ the film uses narrative‚ mise en scene‚ cinematography‚ editing‚ and sound to provide a framework for the rest of the picture. These elements also help to establish the film’s themes of nostalgia‚ isolation‚ loneliness‚ and suffering. In addition to setting up the film’s themes‚ these elements also help to create two distinct personas of the main character Jake LaMotta. The narrative form exhibited in the opening
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Master director Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull was released in 1980. It focuses on the life of the famous middle weight boxer Jake LaMotta‚ who is known to have had abusive tendencies‚ masochistic rage‚ paranoid jealousy directed towards his wife‚ and problems with overindulgence in a range of vices. The movie starred Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta‚ Joe Pesci as Joey Lamotta‚ Cathy Moriarty as Vickie LaMotta‚ and Frank Vincent as Salvy (Scorsese would come to work with nearly all of these actors
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often been denied of real representation in the media‚ especially the mainstream media. The movie opens in 1963 in Wyoming when two young cowboys are looking for work as sheep herder. The two cowboys‚ Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal)‚ are sent to Brokeback mountain to herd sheep’s and it is there that both fall in love with each other. After this realization‚ both go their separate ways; Ennis back home to his sweetheart‚ Alma (Michelle Williams) and Jack to Texas
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Jake Frey. A name that carries weight‚ and fame. Though‚ the person fortunate‚ or unfortunate enough to own this name‚ knows what kind of fame he has. I know what it is I’m famous for. I’m a survivor and a victim‚ but of course‚ to some I am a monster. What happened to me all those years ago was not in my control. It’s not my fault that man had decided to come to my school‚ shoot many of my friends‚ and even myself. I was only hit in the lower left portion of my back‚ but playing dead saved me. He
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