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    A Boy and His Dog is the post-apocalyptic tale of Vic (the boy) and his sidekick Blood (the dog) who wander the desert wastelands of what was once the outskirts of Phoenix‚ Arizona in a perpetual quest for food and sex. Filmed in 1974 and released in 1975‚ the low budget independent film was the winner of the 1976 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation‚ placing it in the company of such better known blockbusters as 2001: A Space Odyssey‚ Star Wars‚ Blade Runner and Jurassic Park. Although it

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    Class Action: Tort Tale

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    The film Class Action is a piece that does not directly involve a tort tale‚ however the case portrayed in the movie could easily depicted as one. In order to convert this case into a tort tale‚ we have to have a brief overview of the events that occurred in the movie. To start‚ the defense attorney (Maggie Ward) for Argo was the daughter of the attorney who was representing the clients who were suing Argo (Jed Ward). According to the movie‚ a certain model and year of an Argo (Fictional car company)

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    Although Europeans were beginning to spread their influence throughout the entire globe‚ not one country’s expansion has been so written about and debated over more frequently than North America‚ more specifically‚ the future United States. Every individual’s trip across the ocean‚ from one coast to another‚ would be either directly or indirectly influenced by maps that John Smith (and other explorers of that epoch) drew (and had commissioned in different parts of the world.) It is now well known

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    The 1998 movie American History X was a controversial American crime/drama film written by David McKenna . Since being released November 20‚1998 it has grossed $23‚875‚127 worldwide. Derek Vinyard‚ played by Edward Norton is a former Neo-Nazi skinhead who is trying to save his younger brother Danny Vinyard from making the same mistakes he did . After their father ‚ who was a firefighter was murdered by a black drug dealer while extinguishing a fire at a suspected Compton drug den ;You can

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    Throughout the history of America‚ the country has obtained a tremendous amount of land. One of the biggest excuses for expansion was the idea of ‘manifest destiny’. In the 1840’s‚ this popular idea was used as the reason for America’s westward expansion. ‘Manifest destiny’ is a term coined by Americans in order to reinstate the idea that they were destined‚ by God Himself‚ to spread their beliefs. Therefore‚ Euro-Americans pillaged the Native American’s land‚ believing it was what their God wanted

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    The westward expansion of the United States allowed a countless amount of people to seek new opportunities‚ whether it be more land‚ money‚ or simply freedom. People of various cultures traveled west in hopes of a better life. However‚ there were already indigenous people that were thriving‚ historically undisturbed by European influence. There were numerous tribes of Native Americans that had their own land and cultures. The rush to expand west negatively impacted Native Americans by either forever

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    In the song‚ “All That I Require” written by Radney Foster‚ the speaker conveys a theme of the political dangers of extremism and fascism. The line “I’ll make us strong again / you’ll sleep safely in your beds / I’ll reign down hell upon those dirty mongrels’ heads / And the blood of all your children is all that I require” directly correlates to pathos for the pity of the beliefs against previous fascists leaders like Hitler‚ Stalin‚ and Mussolini during WWII. Through this‚ he illustrates the errors

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    Railroads In the 1800s‚ the United States was becoming an industrial country and discovering the country around them. Immigrants and citizens were moving west. Inventors were creating new‚ easier‚ and more logical ways of doing things. With all the expansion going on‚ there needed to be a way for people to get around faster and transport goods. President Lincoln approved a request to build the idea of a railroad. A machine that could transport people from one side of the country to the other

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    In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. How many expansions of the United States such as immigration railroad expansion growth of cities in the frontier industrialization in the Homestead Act. What’s the rapid growth of the railroad in 1818 to 1890 more than 70‚300 miles of new lines open in this time. This would bring up the total mileage of railroads to 163‚597 miles. With this rapid growth of railroads in cities the abilities to transport Goods you can easier to transport the

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    Boyz N The Hood Sociology

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    Boyz n the Hood‚ is the portrayal of the struggles that African Americans in ghettos face‚ and how they deal with the thought in the back of their minds that there is no way out. The setting for Boyz n the Hood takes place in South Central Los Angeles in a neighborhood riddled with poverty and violence. Throughout the movie Singleton brings various elements seen in these real life neighborhoods to the big screen for people to observe. Robberies‚ shootings‚ and murder are some of the violent aspects

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