Malith Samaradivakara 4/28/2013 MCS 100 Culture Film 2 Gran Torino A movie I watched and liked a lot was Gran Torino. I thought this movie was great! There is a lot of culture in this film. Gran Torino is about Walt‚ a Korean War veteran‚ who’s neighbor Thao Vang Lor is pressured into stealing his Ford Gran Torino by this gang. Thao is caught and Walt makes sure he deserves a punishment. Walt makes Thao do chores around the house for a month. During this time‚ Walt and Thao develop a strong
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Alex Villone CRJ 150 November 15‚ 2012 Professor Fitzgerald Paper # 2 The Infamous Mobster Al Capone Al Capone‚ also known as Scarface‚ was born in Brooklyn‚ New York to immigrant parents born in 1899. He dropped out of school in sixth grade to become affiliated to a notorious street gang. Johnny Torrio was the street gang leader along with Lucky Luicano‚ who would later break off from the gang. In 1919 Capone joined Torrio in Chicago and became a lieutenant in the Colosimo mob. Capone
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In the book Always Running La Vida Loco: Gang Days in LA by Luis J. Rodriguez‚ the author is the main character. He shows through his writings a remarkable amount of personal character development. From the beginning of his story Luis describes the many changes he goes through as his life unfolds. Luis uses many examples to describe his life experiences and the way he acted when obstacles stood in his way. Luis experienced many highs and lows throughout his life. He also had many wants and desires
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Manifest Destiny This painting (1872) by John Gast called American Progress‚ is an allegorical representation of the modernization of the new west. Here Columbia‚ intended as a personification of the United States‚ leads civilization westward with American settlers‚ stringing telegraph wire as she travels; she holds a school book. The different economic activities of the pioneers are highlighted and‚ especially‚ the changing forms of transportation. The Native Americans and wild animals flee.
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In 1898‚ America was beginning to expand its horizons. But unlike Manifest Destiny over a half century before‚ they were now seeking out overseas lands. Realizing the great increase in the cost of exports‚ America was put in a compromising position. With a booming increase in wealth and industrialism‚ the nation was prepared to take on new challenges outside of its boundaries. Other elements also stimulated the imperialist attitude. The “yellow press” and missionaries made the behavior glorified
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French Film Noir: Touchez pas au Grisbi and Ascenseur pour l’échafaud Azaria Wassyihun Film Noir is often regarded as a uniquely American phenomenon. The particular context these films were produced in‚ marked by the post-war period‚ infused these films with a unique style Hollywood had never encountered before. America might have been the adequate setting for this unique phenomenon to occur‚ but film noir would not be the same without it’s international aspects. Famous Austrian born directors
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Most people think that people from the mafia are ruthless gangsters‚ who don’t care about anybody except them selves. They can do anything they want to and not get punished or caught. Another stereotype is all Italians are part of a mob or gang. A perfect example is the show "Sopranos". In this essay ill show you how shows and movies stereotype the mafia and the Italian race. A very common Mafia Stereotype is that all Italians are part of a gang. The Sopranos shows this because the soprano family
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Arthur Penn’s film Bonnie and Clyde‚ starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway‚ tells and displays the story and career of the two notorious bank robbers Clyde Barrows and Bonnie Parker and their gang during the great depression. The film in many ways was a groundbreaker and a pioneer for the ”New Hollywood” in the way it distinguished and separated itself from the well established style of the classical Hollywood. One thing that gets obvious just a few minutes into the film is that the main characters
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The American Frontier Ryan Williamson History 204: American History Prof: Gwendollyn Noble-Wold November 17‚ 2014 The American Frontier The idea of the West still lingers on throughout the world as a time filled with tough people who win over misfortune to overpower a harsh land; this period of time is very well-known in American history. In movies‚ novels‚ television stories of the west are still being repeated‚ rebuilt‚ and reiterated to lessen the events; “Native American myths and
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Gangs‚ which are usually groups of criminal or youth delinquents‚ are said to be able to be dated back to the times of the Greeks. It is theorized that some of America’s present-day gangs are stemmed from these ancient formations. However‚ today’s gangs are more serious‚ violent‚ and spiraling out of control. The indications of a gang can be identified by certain graffiti tags‚ tattoos‚ gang colors‚ and the self-identification by youths. When departmental crime officials are asked to tell how they
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