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    GI Jane

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    Women Discrimination in the Military; GI Jane style Women have been as housekeepers and stay at home moms throughout time. Feminist groups during the 1920’s till now have been fighting for their equal rights that men have just been handed. It has been almost 100 years since that time and we have made great leaps as a society to achieve many of these accomplishment. Women over the years have branched out to many jobs that brought them astonishing opportunities in life. There are women that want

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    Jane Eyre Equality

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    The book Jane Eyre is split into four main parts by its setting. In each different setting‚ Jane lives a different chapter of her life. Each chapter adds to Jane’s character and story‚ and has its own symbolism and deeper meaning. Jane Eyre is written as an autobiography by its own narrator‚ Jane Eyre. This makes the story credible‚ as the reader experiences all that Jane experiences‚ and also serves to connect the reader to Jane on a personal level. The book is also written in chronological order

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    General Custer as a scout at Fort Russell‚ Wyoming. She thought of herself as reckless and one of the best shots in the West. When they returned from Arizona‚ she was order to the Muscle Shell Indian outbreak. This is where she earned her name‚ "Calamity Jane." Over the next few years‚ she was ordered around‚ still continuing to dress and act like a man. She was found out to be a woman after being seen swimming nude. Later‚ she got severely sick and was in the hospital for 14 days. After regaining her strength

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    Sake of a Symbol “Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.” - Alfred North Whitehead. To symbolize is to represent much like the Cowboy Ethics principle ‘Ride for the Brand’. A brand is a symbol used to mark an object in order to claim it as owned property by the entity the brand is specified to. The knowledge of symbolism has been my north star for what has seemed an infinite amount of time. To me representation and responsibility

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    The film G.I. Jane takes place in the 1990’s and shows discrimination of a women in the United States Navy. Lieutenant Jordan O’ Neal played by Demi Moore‚ is a naval intelligence officer who has ambitions of moving beyond her military desk job‚ to become a member of the Navy Seal. Thanks to the political maneuvering of a female senator‚ O’ Neal becomes the first female candidate for the Navy Seals. The Seal’s are the military’s elite Special Forces team. O’ Neal becomes the guinea pig of senator

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    Symbolism

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    Humanity in Movie “Life of Pi” —Conflict between human nature and death Introduction Pi whose father operates a zoo in India has his special attitudes towards beliefs and humanity because of his extraordinary environment in which he lived when he was a child. His parents decided to immigrate to Canada when he was only 17 years old while Pi had to break out with his first lover. On the ship to Canada‚ a rainstorm occurred and the ship sank. Nevertheless‚ Pi survived dramatically

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    Hollywood-esque "Gattaca" is a prophetic distopia concerning genetic discrimination in the early 21st Century. A true hero is one who is willing to commit body and soul to achieve a dream‚ discuss. Gattaca is a provocative science-fiction interpretation of the future of genomics. Andrew Niccol’s presents us with insight to a pessimistic view of genetic enhancement set in the "not to distant future." The film takes us through the journey of Vincent Freeman‚ and Jerome Morrow who with the value

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    Symbolism in Cinema

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    Symbolism in the Cinema Symbolism is an underlying and sometimes specific theme that affects a piece of work‚ such as a film. It’s usually hidden subtly under the main story’s conversation or narrative in order to emphasize the main themes and increase a certain layer of depth that would otherwise be missing.  Reynolds (2014)‚ “It’s something that’s continually been looked at more as a term for an element displayed in literature‚ rather than in film.” (para. 1). Many films are brought forth from

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    The novels Jane Eyre and Little Women are strikingly similar in many ways‚ and the characters Jane Eyre and Jo March are almost mirrors of each other. There are many similarities between Jane and Jo‚ and also some differences‚ as well. From childhood‚ although they find themselves in completely different situations‚ both girls experience many of the same trials in their younger years. Jane is an orphan who has no family to call her own‚ and lives with an aunt and cousins who despise and dislike her

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    the use of symbolism

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    The Use of Symbolism in Literature Obviously‚ symbolism requires the use of a symbol. Symbolism in Literature A symbol is a common object that represents meaning. For example‚ a common symbol in literature is the color black. Black often represents darkness or night. It may also symbolize evil or something bad. Thus the symbol of black must be interpreted within the context of the story and in light of what the author may be trying to represent with his or her use of the color. Many types of

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