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    On the waterfront: the American Dream In Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront the metaphor of the American dream is portrayed through some images that reconstruct the mirror of the American working-class society of the 50’s. The mise en- scène used in the film together with the characters’ performance are the key elements that eventually contribute to the connection between the reflection of the desired American Dream and the realistic tone offered in the film. As regards the stylistic techniques

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    Both Rose and Kazan delineate their protagonists to create their own moral tendencies against all opposing majority even though they are frowned upon for doing so. Within On The Waterfront‚ Terry Malloy creates a misplaced and nervous figure‚ although he contrasts this when becoming much more confident to oppose the antagonist‚ Johnny Friendly. A conversation between Terry and Eddie shows that Terry is in fact “with [himself]” and not on any opposing side. This concludes that Terry does not follow

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    Rodriguez 1  Elias Rodriguez  Dr. Jeffers  English 4C  08 April 2015   War Child  Emmanuel Jal from a certain TedTalks believes that education is more than acquiring  knowledge it empowers to develop and make your inner being stronger. ​ Emmanuel says​  that  education is the key to empowering his people‚ but what if education is the key to empowering  everybody to do a better job as citizens of the world not just people in a community. Education is  the way to keep up with the evolution of the world or making yourself self­independant

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    able to buy whatever clothes you wanted. This all changed when a young man named Elias Howe started on an uprising in the clothes making industry. He was born on July 9‚ 1819 on a little farm near Spencer‚

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    Civilizing Processes-Myth or Reality? A Comment on Duerr’s Critique of Elias Author(s): Stephen Mennell and Johan Goudsblom Source: Comparative Studies in Society and History‚ Vol. 39‚ No. 4 (Oct.‚ 1997)‚ pp. 729-733 Published by: Cambridge University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/179366 Accessed: 21/09/2010 15:16 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s

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    Rosa Elia Soto Biography

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    My full name is Rosa Elia Soto Silva. I was born in the settlement of Coalcoman‚ Michoacan‚ in the country of Mexico‚ on the day 05 of January 1975. On October 25 of 1999‚ I contracted matrimony with the young man Carlos Alvarado Alvarez and on the month of August of 2002 we decided to enter the United States of North America looking for a better level of life. I met him in Coalcoman‚ on the year 1998. After getting to know each other we started dating for about 1 year‚ we were in love and decided

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    News Report: Students Clean Up Waterfront April 23‚ 2012 Yesterday‚ students at Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute won the contest. They were participating in a clean-up contest held by Live Green Toronto™ on Earth Day. The school that collected the most garbage would receive a $5000 grant for their school and runner up grants. The students‚ who were eager to win‚ went to Downtown Waterfront to clean up garbage along the Lakeshore. There were over 70 other schools across the TDSB were involved

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    Days later she is about to graduate from high school‚ her professor is concerned about her because she is not working on her college applications. Elias Guzman‚ Ana’s high school professor encourages her to follow her dreams and goals. A week after Ana graduated‚ she gets a notice that she got accepted to Colombia University in the city of New York with a full scholarship. Ana’s mother does not agree with her daughter going off to college. She tries to convince Ana to stay and work in the family

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    Kazan and Schulberg effectively blacklisted for decades many of their creative‚ intelligent‚ and politically active peers. The only loser from Terry’s decision is Johnny Friendly‚ a merciless bully who clearly deserves what he gets. Kazan’s testimony allowed him to pursue a directing career undisturbed. However‚ many of his subsequent films deal with themes similar to those in On the Waterfront‚ which suggests that his HUAC decision haunted him‚

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    Tale of Two Cities and On the Waterfront Synthesis A Tale of Two Cities and the movie On the Waterfront embodies a distinct message when looked at carefully‚ from certain individuals who act on their conflicts to bring about a more extensive change to their company. Dickens and Kazan illustrate a clear significance in their works emphasizing the difference an individual can make when situated in a conflict but sacrifice what they have to others benefits. We see this in A Tale of Two Cities with

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