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    The film Metropolis is a unique film. If one thinks about the time in which the film was made and then thinks of how little technology was available to the film industry‚ they would see how awesome the film truly is. A specific scene that had two camera angles involved in it was when Maria was saving all the children from the flooding. It was filmed with a crane‚ but it also moved around her on a dolly to show all the children gathering around her. This scene involved two common camera shots that

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    Donna Nguyen Mrs. Dotto ENG 3U1 – 01 23 February 2009 Animal Instincts William Golding‚ the author of the Lord of the Flies‚ uses three main literary devices to portray the animal that Jack‚ a once disciplined boy‚ has befallen. Using a simile at the beginning of the chapter‚ Golding forces the reader to envision Jack in such a creature-like state. “Then dog-like‚ uncomfortably on all fours yet unheeding his discomfort‚ he stole forward five yards and stopped” (Golding 48). During

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    The Legend

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    killed by a grizzly? Connections 1. Relate the girl being taken in by the bear to similar myths or legends in which a human is rescued or raised by caring animals. 2. Relate features of this story to elements of creation stories that you have in your own culture. What is the appeal of such straightforward explanations? Critical Thinking Questions “The Navajo Origin Legend” Comprehension 1. Summarize the Navajo creation ceremony. Interpretation 1. Why do the Navajo

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    Although that the film is a rural comedy‚ Berlanga imitates some of the most important film genres: western‚ film noir‚ epics and Soviet Realism. These different genres‚ most of them American‚ are used in the dream sequences of the film. With those dreams‚ the director tried to explain the fears and ambitions of the characters and to make a relationship between the genres and the ideology of the characters. The first character that we see dreaming in the film is Don Cosme who is the priest of the

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    Mystery of the Sleepy Lagoon Have you ever heard of the word discrimination? Discrimination is an extremely relevant word‚ especially in today’s society. Nevertheless what exactly is discrimination? The word discrimination basically means making a distinction. Whether it is a race or religion‚ it is essentially another way of being prejudiced or racist. You are probably wondering why I am explaining all this to you‚ however the point of me explaining this to you is strictly to ease my way into a

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    time by emphasizing the march scenes using camera angles‚ editing‚ and sound. It also focused on the interactions between Dr. King and Lyndon B. Johnson‚ which was a very important factor in determining how Dr. King acted in Selma. The movie used editing and camera angles to accentuate the emotions of people during certain scenes‚ and set the tone for the entire movie. In the first scene‚ there were five black teenage girls

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    were things such as Kyle’s yellow car and some scenes which had either red wallpaper or red seats. However‚ there are two primary color that we see throughout the whole movie‚ blue and brown. This is shown through Kyle Hadly and Mitch Wayne and is used to represent them as distinct characters. These elements support the mise-en-scene of the movie and helps us further understand the characters and story. One reason for the color scheme of the character’s costumes could be that the muted brown shades

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    Legends

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    PROMPT- Do you defend or challenge this statement: “When legends die‚ dreams end. When dreams end‚ there is no more greatness.”? Use evidence from history‚ your readings‚ etc. I am inspired by the sound of a dribbling basketball‚ by the sound of squeaking shoes‚ and by the sound of a basketball swishing through a hoop. I can still remember the time when The Celtics almost beat the Lakers in the NBA Championships. I was ten years old‚ in Tennessee‚ watching the All-Star game with my relatives

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    Hughes uses a variety of poetic and literary techniques to communicate his tone. Namely‚ he utilized figurative language‚ personification‚ similes‚ and metaphors to effectively get his message across. He uses the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds; "Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?". Up and sun do not rhyme‚ but they have the same "uh" sound. Rhyme: Poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the lines. "Does it stink like rotten meat?...like a syrup sweet?" Meat

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    Zakary Houtrides Professor Snowberger English Composition 2 15 May 2013 Literary Technique Poem Analysis The imagery in Langston Hughes’ poem “The Weary Blues” explains the theme of dejection and the relief that music can bring. In the first line the words droning and drowsy appear‚ immediately reflecting the tone of tiredness first stated in the poem’s title. These two words‚ droning and drowsy‚ describe the blues‚ the type of music the narrator is hearing. Hughes’ imagery is further reinforced

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