Like most good movies‚ Gran Torino contains a lot of symbolism throughout its story. Some symbols are obvious and some are easily missed if a person isn’t looking for them. Among the various symbols there are three that deserve extra recognition. They truly help to tell the story and fall perfectly in line with the movie’s underlying themes of life‚ relationships‚ and death. The first and most obvious is the Gran Torino‚ the car itself‚ representing the theme of life; the second is the refrigerator
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Cassidy Perling Mrs. Bergstrom English 8A 31 October 2011 The Outsiders essay There are many novels that have been adapted into movies. Some of these novels are The Wizards of Oz‚ Alice’s adventures in Wonderland‚ and Peter Pan. Of all the novels that have turned into movies‚ S.E Hinton’s book‚ and Francis Ford Coppola’s movie‚ The Outsiders is definitely the best. Even though it is the same book and movie‚ they differ in some
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Gangs have decimated many lives and have caused much economic damage in North America. Despite law enforcement effort the Gangs persists to exist. Attribution‚ snitches‚ and arrests have done little to stop the Mafia. Gangs are able to continually recruit new members. This paper will discuss from a theoretical framework to answer why people join the gangs. Gangs are able to continually infiltrate communities and recruit members because of broken and poor communities that do not have weak social institutions
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Gran Torino Does the movie Gran Torino glorify violence and gun culture in the United States make specific reference to events in the film? The movie Gran Torino does glorify‚ justify violence and gun culture in the United States when used for the greater good as the military or police do to save lives of many civilians every day. The protagonist Walt Kowalski known as simply Walt well he’s a character he loves using his gun as if it was his culture after all he is a retired veteran. He demonstrates
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1) What decision does Principal Sanders make about the homecoming game and dance? How does that decision turn out? Regardless of its outcome‚ would you have made the same decision? Why or why not? Principal Sanders decides not to cancel the homecoming game and dance. In the end nothing happened. I would have canceled the dance and game to make sure all the students are safe. Even though nothing happened at this one event‚ it seems as though large events are catalysts to violence in the Harper
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American Gang Culture: Then & Now There are many different parts to our american culture; music‚ clothing‚ knowledge‚ education and so much more. In this paper we’re going to be talking about America’s gang culture‚ what is was like from the beginning of our nation to now. The overall purpose of this paper is to cover over the gang activity in society‚ what it has done in the big picture of our culture‚ and how gangs have affected how we live our lives today. This paper will be covering from the
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The first half of the nineteenth century was full of different evolutions for the United States‚ not only was it improving industrially but it was also expanding‚ in 1840 many Americans Americans had migrated westward in hopes of securing land and improving their lives. The westward expansion was driven by regional interest‚ the increase of population brought more needs for the individuals. Not only did the needs of the people bring the upcoming of the westward expansion‚ but economic influences
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Gang violence is one of the main causes foe teenage deaths in society today. Gang violence can hurt everyone around the person who decides to join a gang as well as them. Gangs sometimes do not even know why they have animosity towards other gangs. Most kids these days’ join gangs just to fit in. Some of them do not take gang violence serious until someone dies or gets hurt. By then it’s too late‚ and they feel the need to retaliate. Gang violence is everywhere. It is in neighborhoods‚ cities‚
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Is there relationship between happiness and place utility within different areas of Mexico City? Fieldwork question and geographic context. This essay will investigate if there is a relationship between happiness and the place utility of La Condesa and San Pedro Martir‚ then by comparing the results of each investigation we will come to a conclusion of whether this relationship does exist and how it changes depending on the place in which it’s located within the city. Mexico city is a city
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