Film review on La Haine (Kassovitz‚ 1995) The problem of les banlieues (the suburbs) became particularly prominent from the early 1980’s onwards. Violent confrontations between suburban youths and the police took place in a number of the suburbs surrounding France’s major cities like‚ for example‚ Sartrouville and La Corneuve near Paris and Valulx en Velin and Venissieux near Lyon. Mathieu Kassovitz’s bracing 1995 feature La Haine ‘hate’ documented the rupture between the authorities and mostly
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“Vive la Divisoria” By: Abraham Floredo Evaluation: “Vive la Divisoria” is an informal or personal essay. As a personal essay it serves well for its purpose‚ to express and to relate author’s personal observation and experience about life and human behavior. It has a very ordinary language‚ colloquial in particular. I see the mood of the essay as a humorous one. He showed his funny attitude towards the subject presented and therefore formulated the tone that has been a comic tone. Informal essay
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lAira G. Manalo August 31‚ 2012 COM31 Mr. Edgar Garnace Life is Beautiful (La Vita è Bella) I believe that being free is a matter of choice. We are free because we want to be defined not by other people but ourselves. We make choices together with the thought of making a choice for the good of everyone. We exist not for other people to tie strings on our hands and feet and do the manipulation. I don’t exactly know what to feel about this film. It was a good laugh and a painful
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La Luna Short Film La Luna is a short Pixar film‚ which displays a family’s love‚ conflict‚ and tribute to family. The story begins by presenting a young boy‚ and the honor he has to uphold to please his grandfather and father. Conversely‚ his family takes him out to sea during the starry night. Shortly‚ conflicts will arise between who the young boy has to take as a role model or if he will decide to follow his identity. This short film pinpoints the honor and respect one has for family‚ and
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Guardame las Vacas by Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz is a harp consort that was written in Spain during the baroque period‚ which was in 1677. The selection I heard on 91.7 FM was performed by Andrew Lawrence-King. This musical piece caught my attention because of how soothing but upset the harp sounded. I was able to connect with this selection because I felt the Spanish sensation run down my spin. I felt the sadness in the song that it made me develop a knot in my throat. Hungarian Dance No. 21 by Johannes
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She was one of many factors that would lead to the Aztec Empire falling. As La Minche was a communicator‚ the image shows the belief at the time that both she and the Spanish conquistadors were to be trusted by the Aztec Empire. The image is also significant as it shows the instrumental nature of La Minche’s role; namely‚ that she was able to warn the Spanish of attacking forces. Another source that fits the criteria would be the first
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Page 1 of 2 ZOOM The two pieces of art called Las meninas by Picasso and Velázquez are two great pieces of art. The original one by Diego Velázquez was made in 1656 and Pablo Picasso made his rendition of Velázquez art in 1957. They also represent some same and different aspects that mean many things.The two pictures are similar in many ways. They both have the same name and were painted by famous people. The two pictures were also about a princess and had one in the picture. They also
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La Gloire can be translated as a reputation in the world and the posterity for nobility‚ honour and glorious feats of arms. With this in mind the question can be interpreted as whether Louis XIV was to use his foreign policy to establish a universal monarchy for himself or alternatively to use it to secure natural frontiers for France thus improving its defences. During his reign Louis was involved in four major wars some of which Louis may be accountable as the provocateur‚ however‚ I believe that
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After reading the short text called “A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚” by Bartolomé de Las Casas‚ I was surprised at the brutality and coldheartedness of the Spaniards towards the Indian natives. I knew that they did some horrible things from previous history classes and what not‚ but actually reading about some of the specific things they did was a bit hard to take in. An example of this is the following quote: “And thus pregnant and nursing women and children and old persons and
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By the global conveyor belt transferring heat‚ it affects the climate. The Gulf Stream is a part of the thermohaline circulation‚ it is another current that allows Western Europe to be warmer in winter then any other country at the same latitude. The La Niña can be referred to as the extensive cooling of the Pacific Ocean‚ it is often accompanied by much warmer sea water then the surface temperatures (SSTs) in the western Pacific Ocean‚ and the north of Australia. The El Niño is currently the best
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