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    People look to comedy movies to laugh just as they look to scary movies to be frightened. Producers and directors of these films include key elements to fulfill the audience’s wants. In scary movies producers use elements such as: colors‚ foreshadowing‚ symbolism‚ camera angles‚ sounds‚ etc. to heighten the suspense and scare factor of the film. In Robert Zemeckis’s films he uses these techniques to scare the audience and build up the suspense. Zemeckis specifically uses foreshadowing and camera

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    Through It by Norman Maclean‚ presented me with a deeper insight into the hidden meanings within stories. Quickly I am introduced to the main characters: Norman‚ the eldest; Paul‚ the youngest brother; and their father‚ a Presbyterian minister. The main

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    Directions:  Use the following FILL­IN­THE­BLANK graphic organizer to answer the following  question:    In Tim O’Brien’s “Speaking of Courage‚” is Nowman Bowker a coward?      Norman Bowker is not a coward man. He is a man with dignity and and strong heart. I wanted to prove to his dad how strong he could be and that he is capable of anything. Norman may seem to be like any other man. Even when he was folded in with the war‚ he was part of the waste‚ he would not give up or let it destroy him. He was a person

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    fired off the remaining rounds. Delmer handed Wilgus the pistol and told him to reload it (Norman 26). However acknowledging the true coming of age is when Wilgus opens a beer and hangs out of the window and starts firing at the signs himself. “Wilgus had blown one whole corner off with his first shot. The .38 was heavy in Wilgus’ hands but he reloaded it smoothly and put it back in the glove compartment” (Norman 26). How grown he must have felt‚ drinking beer and shooting guns with his uncle. Even

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    GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS List of principal questions: 1. Outer history Scandinavian Invasion Norman Conquest Formation of the English national language 2. Inner history Phonetics Grammar Word-stock 1. Outer history LI. Scandinavian Invasion The end of the Old English period and the beginning of Middle English is marked by two outstanding political events — the Scandinavian invasion and the Norman conquest. It is impossible to state the exact date of the Scandinavian invasion as it was

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    owner-manager Norman Bates and its aftermath. Unlike “Strangers on a Train”‚ where two storylines are told parallel‚ “Psycho” emphasis Norman Bates‚ the antagonist suddenly becomes the main character of the movie‚ when the protagonist‚ Marion‚ was killed in after 30 minutes of screening time. One of the reasons Alfred Hitchcock decided to promote Norman Bates narrative line is to unravel the obscure character‚ who appears more than simply a psychotic murderer. We first meet Norman when the attractive

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    it was something that brought the minister and his two sons together. The two brothers learned as young boys that their father was worthy of respect and could teach them many things‚ not just about fishing‚ but about life as well. The movie shows Norman looking out for his brother‚ Paul‚ and he tries to keep him away from trouble. The two boys grew up loving to fly fish and the information they received when they were young helped them become better at fishing and also better in

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    Chivalric Essay Ivanhoe is a story set in England a few generations after the Norman Invasion. The invasion was between the Saxons and the Normans. Big issues arise when neither of the two people groups agree to speak one another’s language. King Richard is in prison‚ while is brother‚ Prince John‚ is reigning and abusing his power by oppressing the Saxons. The Saxons furious with the Normans are being made as serfs and having their land repossessed. The father of our main

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    Group 2: 13. Characterize the dialog between Kiowa and Norman Bowker. What does their speech reveal about their personalities and “handling” of the war? (645) From the first dialog between Kiowa and Norman‚ we could assume that Kiowa is more emotional; whereas Norman is cold. Kiowa wants to care‚ he wanted to grieve. He is a Christian man. All Kiowa wanted to was talk about what he saw. Kiowa also “admired Lieutenant Jimmy Cross’s capacity for grief. He wanted to share the man’s pain‚ he wanted

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    FRANZ SCHUBERTMusic Appreciation Section 02 FRANZ SCHUBERT “I HAVE COME INTO THE WORLD FOR NO OTHER PURPOSE BUT TO COMPOSE” It was Franz Peter Schubert‚ who said to a friend “I have come into the world for no other purpose but to compose”. For someone to be so certain‚ focused and dedicated at such a young age with extraordinary talent and promise‚ finding out more about Schubert’s life and astonishing music was a must for me. Franz Peter Schubert was bone in Vienna‚ on January 31‚ 1797

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